Centering device for electronic components, particularly ics
AssigneeMultitest Elektronische Systeme GmbH
InventorJohann Pötzinger
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Abstract
A centering device for electronic components, particularly for ICs, has at least one centering unit comprising two L-shaped centering elements and two coupling elements. The centering elements and coupling elements are hinged together such that a pivoting movement of the coupling elements is forcibly coupled to a parallel displacement of the centering elements, thus causing a widening or narrowing of a centering opening for the components.
Claims11
Centering device for electronic components, particularly IC's, which are introduced to a contacting means by a feed means, comprising at least one centering unit wherein the centering unit comprises:
- two L-shaped centering elements, each of which comprises a centering arm with a centering surface and a cross-arm, the centering elements being arranged alongside one another in a ring shape in a plane, in such a way that the centering surfaces of the two centering arms face one another with mutual spacing, and the two cross-arms face one another with mutual spacing, in such a way that the centering elements surround a centering opening for the component to be centered, and
- two coupling elements, which are pivotable about two mutually parallel pivot axes arranged perpendicular to the plane of the centering elements, and are hinged on opposite sides of the centering opening in one case to the one centering element and in the other case to the other centering element, in such a way that a pivoting movement of the coupling elements is positively coupled to a change in the distance between the centering arms.
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