Vacuum pick up cap for using in socket
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsDavid G. Howell, Sung-Pei Hou
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Abstract
Disclosed is a vacuum pick up cap (10) for use in transporting by vacuum suction a socket (12) is provided. The socket includes a base (14) having an opening (20), and a cover (16) having a through-hole (22) and slidably stacked on an upper surface of the base to moveable between an open position and a closed position. The pick up cap has a flat surface and a leg (24). In the open position, the leg extends through the through-hole and into the opening. In the closed position, the leg is retained in the opening by a periphery of the through-hole.
Claims10
A socket assembly comprising:
- a base having an opening therein;
- a cover having a through-hole and slidably stacked on an upper surface of the base to be moveable between an open position and a closed position;
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- a vacuum pick up cap comprising a flat surface covering said cover for vacuum suction, and a leg extending downwardly from said flat surface through the through-hole and into the opening in said open position and being retained in the opening by a periphery of the through-hole in said closed position.
A socket assembly comprising:
- a base defining an opening therein;
- a cover slidably mounted on said base and defining a through hole therein;
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- a vacuum pick-up cap mounted onto said socket with a flat surface covering said cover for vacuum suction and with a hooked leg freely extending downwardly from said flat surface through said through hole when said cover is in a first position and latchably engaged with the one of said base and said cover when said cover is in a second position.
A method of ZIF mounting a vacuum pick up cap to a socket connector, comprising the steps of:
- providing a socket having a base and a cover slidably mounted on the base;
- providing a vacuum pick up cap having a plate from which at least one hooked leg downwardly extends, the plate being adapted for subjecting to a vacuum suction;
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- installing said vacuum pick up cap onto said socket under an initial condition that the hooked leg freely downwardly extends toward the base when said cover is in a first position with regard to the base, and then under a successive condition that the hooked leg is latchably engaged with at least one of said cover and said base in an upward direction when said cover is in a second position with regard to the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.