Process for attaching devices to a circuit board
AssigneeSignalcraft Technologies
InventorsBernard Gobeil, Todd Smiley, Jason McKay
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatuses for attaching devices to ends of a circuit board. An exemplary method includes removing or creating at least a portion of a sacrificial part of a circuit board based on a predefined pattern, inserting a holder device into a remaining portion of the sacrificial part of the circuit board, placing a device at a predefined location on the circuit board, wherein the device is at least partially supported by a portion of the holder device, attaching the device to the circuit board and removing the holder device and the sacrificial part of the circuit board.
Claims6
A method for attaching devices to ends of a receiving board, the method comprising:
- removing at least a portion of a sacrificial part of one of a receiving board or a supplemental component based on a predefined pattern;
- positioning a holder device or mounting bracket at a remaining portion of the sacrificial part of the receiving board or the supplemental component;
- placing a device at a predefined location on the receiving board, wherein the device is at least partially supported by a portion of the holder device or the mounting bracket;
- attaching the device to the receiving board;
- and
- removing the holder device or the mounting bracket and the remaining portion of the sacrificial part of the receiving board or the supplemental component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.