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US 5,148,959 AGranted
Wedge bonding tool
AssigneeTribotech
InventorsEarl S. Cain, Jerome A. Carlson
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Abstract
A wedge bonding tool having a shank and a tapered work end including a narrow bonding tip for holding a wire against a surface to which it is to be bonded, a shank secured to said tapered work end for guiding wire to the rear of the tapered work end, and a wire guiding channel or passage for guiding wire from the shank to the narrow bonding tip.
Claims6
A bonding tool including
- a tapered work end including a narrow bonding tip for holding a wire against a surface to which it is to be bonded,
- a shank secured to said tapered work end for guiding a wire along a vertical axis to the rear of said tapered work end, and
- guide means secured to the rear of said tapered work end and defining therewith a guide channel extending along the rear of said tapered work end, said guide means for guiding a wire tangentially along said tapered work end from said shank to said narrow bonding tip, and
- said guide channel having a portion adjacent said shank in alignment with said vertical axis
1 more element
A wedge bonding tool including
- a tapered work end including a narrow bonding tip for holding a wire against a surface to which it is to be bonded,
- a shank secured to said tapered work end for guiding a wire along a vertical axis to the rear of said tapered work end, and
- guide means secured to the rear of said tapered work end and defining therewith a guide channel for guiding a wire from said shank to said narrow bonding tip, said tapered work end including spaced grooves formed in the rear of said tapered work end for receiving said guide means, and
- said guide channel having a portion adjacent said shank in alignment with said vertical axis.
1 more element
A wedge bonding tool including
- a tapered work end including a narrow bonding tip for holding a wire against a surface to which it is to be bonded,
- a shank secured to said tapered work end for guiding a wire along a vertical axis to the rear of said tapered work end, and
- guide means secured to the rear of said tapered work end and defining therewith a guide channel for guiding a wire from said shank to said narrow bonding tip, and said guide means having a portion adjacent said shank in alignment with said vertical axis said guide means comprising spaced grooves formed in the rear of said tapered work end and a channel-shaped guide whose section is that of three sides of a rectangle with opposite sides extending into said grooves to define with the rear of said tapered work end an elongated channel whose section is an oblong rectangle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.