Method and apparatus for soldering electric terminals to double-sided circuit boards
AssigneeBunker Ramo Corporation
InventorJean Claude Bouley
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for soldering terminals to printed circuit boards, and particularly for soldering terminals simultaneously to both sides of a printed circuit board. The apparatus consists of a connected series of preformed cones of solder which are positioned above holes in the circuit board, and through which terminals to be heated are inserted. The solder flows through the hole by capillary action, and provides electrical connection between the terminal and conduction paths on both sides of the circuit board.
Claims4
A method for soldering elongate conductors perpendicular to a circuit board, comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongate strip of fusable solder material comprising a plurality of interconnected sections each comprising a substantially flat base portion and a central portion protruding from one face of the base portion, each of said central portions defining a central opening through the base portion to receive an elongate conductor to be soldered to said board, and said base portions of adjacent sections being joined by neck portions of the solder material, said neck portions being narrower than said base portions;
- placing said strip on a circuit board with said elongate conductors passing through said openings in the strip at selected locations relative to the board;
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- fusing said strip to sever said neck portions by surface tension of the fused solder material and to form each said section into a discrete meniscus about the conductor passing through said opening.
An elongate strip of fusable solder material comprising a plurality of interconnected sections each comprising a substantially flat base portion and a central portion protruding from one face of the base portion, and wherein:
- each of said central portions defines a central opening through the base portion to receive an elongate conductor to be soldered to a board supporting the solder strip;
- said base portions of adjacent sections are joined by neck portions of the solder material, said neck portions being relatively narrower than said base portions;
- said solder material has a surface tension in the fused state;
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- each said section contains such a quantity of said material that, upon being fused, said neck portions sever and said sections form discrete meniscuses about said elongate conductors at the point where said conductors enter said openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.