Alignment weight for floating pin field design
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsCheryl M. Waldron-Floyde, Brad C. Irwin
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Abstract
An alignment weight is provided. The alignment weight includes a body of material having first and second opposing surfaces. A number of depressions are formed in the first surface. The depressions receive pins of a floating pin field when placed on a floating pin field during connection of the floating pin field to a printed circuit board.
Claims18
An alignment weight, comprising:
- a body of material having first and second opposing surfaces;
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- a number of depressions formed in the first surface so as to receive pins of a floating pin field when placed on a floating pin field during connection of the floating pin field to a printed circuit board, wherein each of the depressions is configured to receive only one of the pins, and wherein the body comprises a PolyEtherImide material.
An alignment weight comprising:
- a surface with a plurality of depressions, the plurality of depressions being arranged on the surface to accept a plurality of pins to be aligned, wherein each of the plurality of depressions is arranged to accept a corresponding one of the plurality of pins, and the plurality of depressions are arranged to align the plurality of pins in substantially the same plane;
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- a second surface opposite the first surface to form a body therebetween, the body including a plurality of holes from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the plurality of depressions are arranged around a perimeter of the surface, and the plurality of holes are arranged near a center of the surface.
An alignment weight comprising first and second opposing surfaces having a material therebetween, the first surface having a plurality of circular depressions with an inner diameter and an outer diameter, and the material having a plurality of holes extending from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the plurality of circular depressions are arranged around a perimeter of the alignment weight, and the plurality of holes are arranged near a center of the alignment weight.
An alignment weight comprising:
- a body having first and second opposing surfaces, and having a plurality of passages extending from the first surface to the second surface, the plurality of passages being laid out in a center region of the first surface;
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- depressions disposed in rows about a perimeter of the first surface, wherein each of the depressions is configured to receive only one pin of a floating pin field during connection of the floating pin field to a printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.