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US 7,395,933 B2Granted
Carrier to hold semiconductor device using opposed rollers
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorJohn D. Ruth
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Abstract
A carrier for a semiconductor device includes a body having an opening formed therein to receive the semiconductor device and a pair of rollers to hold the semiconductor device between the rollers in the opening.
Claims8
A carrier for a semiconductor device, comprising:
- a body having an opening formed therein to receive the semiconductor device;
- a pair of grip elements to hold the semiconductor device therebetween in the opening;
- a first mounting mechanism to movably support a first one of the grip elements at a first side of the opening;
- and
- a second mounting mechanism to movably support a second one of the grip elements at a second side of the opening that is opposite the first side of the opening;
- wherein:
- the grip elements are elliptical rollers;
- each roller has a longitudinal axis, and is mounted to its respective one of said mounting mechanisms by a respective pivot pin at a proximal end of the longitudinal axis, said pivot pin to allow said each roller to pivot relative to a shaft that is part of said respective one of said mounting mechanisms;
- and
- each of said mounting mechanisms includes a respective bias component to bias said shaft toward said opening.
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A carrier for a semiconductor device, comprising:
- a body having an opening formed therein to receive the semiconductor device;
- and
- a holding mechanism to hold the semiconductor device in the opening, the holding mechanism including a pair of opposed elliptical rollers to engage the semiconductor device therebetween, each of said rollers pivotally mounted to a respective spring-loaded shaft;
- wherein:
- each of said rollers is guided by a respective slide pin that travels in a respective slide groove adjacent to said opening and oriented transversely relative to said shaft;
- and
- each roller has a respective slot therein, said respective slide pin traveling in said slot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.