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US 5,685,069 AGranted
Device for contacting electric conductors and method of making the device
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsCornelius Peter, Peter-Josef Bauer
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Abstract
A method of making a device for establishing an electric contact with conductors of an electric apparatus includes the following steps: forming a one-piece leadframe from sheet metal; securing the leadframe pattern to an electrically insulating carrier; severing the conductor into individual conductor strips; mounting an electric and/or electronic component on the carrier; and electrically contacting the components with selected conductor strips.
Claims4
A method of making a device for establishing an electric contact with terminals of an electric apparatus, comprising the following steps:
- (a) forming, from a sheet metal member, a one-piece leadframe composed of a pattern of interconnected conductor strips and terminal leads;
- (b) securing the leadframe to an electrically insulating carrier;
- (c) after step (b), severing said leadframe into electrically mutually insulated leadframe portions each being composed of at least one of said conductor strips and at least one of said terminal leads;
- (d) applying a soldering paste to said terminal leads;
- (e) after step (c), mounting electric or electronic components on said carrier and electrically contacting said components with selected conductor strips;
- (f) soldering said components to said selected conductor strips;
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- (g) connecting the terminals of said apparatus with the terminal leads of said leadframe.
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