Tray for integrated circuits
AssigneeR. H. Murphy Co., Inc.
InventorsRobert H. Murphy, Roy E. Maston, III
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Abstract
A tray for storage and transportation of multiple staggered integrated circuit components, each having a planar housing and plurality of terminal pins arranged in spaced rows. The tray has a framework for supporting upstanding ribs that interfit between adjacent integrated circuit components. Each upstanding rib lies along an axis in one of two sets of intersecting axes and aligns with and fits between certain spaced rows to position the terminal pin in precise alignment with the tray. The rib axes are intersecting and oblique to the general tray orientation. Positioning fingers provide initial positioning to align the terminal pins and ribs. Pedestals define a support plane and support the integrated circuit with the terminal pins spaced from a base plate.
Claims20
A tray for storing at least one integrated circuit component, each integrated circuit component having a planar, rectangular housing with spaced planar surfaces bounded by edges and an array of spaced terminal pins of predetermined length extending substantially normally to one planar surface of the housing in spaced parallel rows that are oblique to the housing edges, said tray comprising:
- A. dimensionally stable framework means for defining at least one storage pocket area,
- B. a base support means in each storage pocket area supported by said framework means, and
- C. corner support means extending normally to said base support means located to be in register with the corners of one integrated circuit component housing for supporting the integrated circuit housing relative to said base support means and precisely positioning the terminal pins relative to said tray, each said corner support means comprising:
- i. first positioning means for orienting the terminal pins precisely with respect to said tray,
- ii. second positioning means for engaging the housing to guide the terminal pins into register with said first positioning means, and
- iii. housing support means for engaging the housing thereby to position the integrated circuit component in a direction transverse to the housing and said base support means.
A tray for storing a plurality of integrated circuit components, each integrated circuit component having a planar, square housing with spaced planar surfaces bounded by edges and an array of spaced terminal pins of a predetermined length extending substantially normally to one planar surface of the housing in spaced parallel rows that are oblique to the housing edges, said tray comprising:
- A. a dimensionally stable, rigid lattice framework defining a plurality of storage pocket areas,
- B. a planar base plate spanning each storage pocket area, said framework supporting said base plates in said plurality of storage pocket areas in a coplanar relationship, and
- C. a corner support extending normally to each said base plate to register with the corners of a housing, each said corner support comprising:
- i. first and second upstanding positioning fingers on said base plate, each said positioning finger having an edge parallel to and spaced from said base plate by a first dimension and each of said first and second fingers lying along intersecting finger axes,
- ii. a plurality of upstanding support pedestals located at each of said fingers, each said pedestal having a planar surface parallel to and spaced from said base plate by a second dimension, all of said planar surfaces being coplanar, and
- iii. a pair of upstanding ribs extending along rib axes parallel to and spaced from a diagonal intersecting diagonally positioned corner supports, each rib axis defining the position of one rib at each corner structure, each of said ribs having an edge parallel to said base plate and spaced therefrom by a third dimension.
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