US3159906A
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Electric circuit assembly method
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1957-05-27
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Granted: 1964-12-08
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Expires: 1977-05-27
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas A Telfer
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:57
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/40; H05K3/4038; H05K3/4046; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/51; H01R12/55; H01R12/58; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/34; H05K3/3447; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10227; H05K2201/10401; H05K2201/10613; H05K2201/10742; H05K2201/10886; H05K2201/10916; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/04; H05K2203/0415; H05K3/3465; H05K3/3468; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49147; Y10T29/49149; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/5313; Y10T29/53174; Y10T29/53183
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
IN THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT COMPRISING A DIELECTRIC PANEL, CIRCUIT COMPONENTS FOR SAID PANEL HAVING ELONGATED TERMINALS, AND CONDUCTIVE HEADED EYELETS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID ELONGATED TERMINALS AND PIERCE SAID PANEL; THE STEPS OF FORMING A SOLDER ADHERENT PATTERN INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE PATTERN ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PANEL, PLACING A SOLDER RING UNDER SAID EYELET HEAD IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EYELET WALL, PIERCING SAID EYELET THROUGH SAID PANEL AT PREDETERMINED POINTS ON SAID CONDUCTIVE PATTERN TO PROTRUDE FROM SAID UNPATTERNED SIDE, INSERTING THE TERMINALS OF SAID CIRCUIT COMPONENTS THROUGH SAID EYELETS FROM THE PATTERNED SIDE OF SAID PANEL TO PROTRUDE FROM SAID UNPATTERNED SIDE, AND IMMERSING THE UNPATTERNED SIDE OF SAID PANEL IN A SOLDER BATH WHEREBY SAID TERMINAL IS ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY JOINED TO SAID EYELET AND SAID EYELET IS ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY JOINED TO SAID PATTERN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
143 words
IN THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT COMPRISING A DIELECTRIC PANEL, CIRCUIT COMPONENTS FOR SAID PANEL HAVING ELONGATED TERMINALS, AND CONDUCTIVE HEADED EYELETS ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID ELONGATED TERMINALS AND PIERCE SAID PANEL; THE STEPS OF FORMING A SOLDER ADHERENT PATTERN INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE PATTERN ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PANEL, PLACING A SOLDER RING UNDER SAID EYELET HEAD IN FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE EYELET WALL, PIERCING SAID EYELET THROUGH SAID PANEL AT PREDETERMINED POINTS ON SAID CONDUCTIVE PATTERN TO PROTRUDE FROM SAID UNPATTERNED SIDE, INSERTING THE TERMINALS OF SAID CIRCUIT COMPONENTS THROUGH SAID EYELETS FROM THE PATTERNED SIDE OF SAID PANEL TO PROTRUDE FROM SAID UNPATTERNED SIDE, AND IMMERSING THE UNPATTERNED SIDE OF SAID PANEL IN A SOLDER BATH WHEREBY SAID TERMINAL IS ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY JOINED TO SAID EYELET AND SAID EYELET IS ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY JOINED TO SAID PATTERN.
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