Apparatus and method of assembling components on a printed circuit board
Abstract
Abstract THIS INVENTION RELATES TO AN APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS HAVING LEADS IN SELECTED OPENINGS ON A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD. THE APPARATUS COMPRISES A HOUSING INCLUDING A READ-OUT PANEL, A PLURALITY OF LIGHT SOURCES DISPOSED WITHIN THE HOUSING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING EACH OF THE LIGHT SORUCES AND MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING THE LIGHT EMITTED BY THE LIGHT SOURCES TO PRESELECTED POSITIONS ON THE READ-OUT PANEL. THE METHOD COMPRISES THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A READ-OUT PANEL HAVING A PLURALITY OF SELECTIVELY ILLUMINABLE LIGHT EMITTING SOURCES RELEASABLY SECURED THERETO AT PRESELECTED LOCATIONS, EACH OF THE LOCATIONS DEFINING THE RELATIVE POSITION OF A CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL COMPONENT, POSITIONING THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ON THE READ-OUT PANEL WITH SOME OF THE OPENINGS IN ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF THE LIGHT EMITTING SOURCES, SELECTIVELY ILLUMINATING THE LIGHT SOURCES, AND INSERTING THE LEADS OF THE CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IN THE RESPECTIVE OPENINGS OF THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AS INDICATED BY SAID LIGHT EMITTING SOURCES.
Inventors
- 👤 Dale E Frels
- 👤 Richard A De Lille
- 👤 Robert W Samuelson
- 👤 James R Lindsay
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