Shorting device

Claim 2

Apparatus for establishing an equipotential electric plane at the leads from a semiconductor device during transportation thereof so as to protect said device from the application of static electricity across said leads comprising: a unitary planar electrically conducting member having a periphery notched so as to correspond in position to the location of said leads, said member including a handle portion integrally formed therewith and lying in the same plane as said electrically conducting member, said handle portion extending from said electrically conducting member between adjacent peripheral notches, whereby whenever said conducting member is positioned so as to contact said leads, said device is protected from the application of static electricity.

Claim 3

The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said conducting member is provided with a guide portion integrally formed therewith and extending from said conducting member between adjacent notched portions on a side of said conducting member opposite said handle portion.

Claim 4

The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said handle portion is in the form of a T so as to permit twisting of said conducting member into a position such that the plane of said conducting member is perpendicular to said leads.

Claim 5

The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said conducting member is in the form of a circle notched at its periphery, said circle corresponding to the diameter of a circle contacting the outermost portion of the leads from said device in a plane perpendicular to said leads, the depth of said notched portion being less than the diameter of said leads such that when said conducting member is in an operative position, pressure is exerted by said notched portions against said leads.

Claim 6

Apparatus for shipping semiconductor devices so as to maintain an equipotential plane at the leads from the base thereof comprising in combination with said device; a shorting member positioned so as to contact all of said leads, said member comprising; a unitary planar electrically conducting portion having a periphery notched so as to correspond in position to the location of said leads; said portion including a handle portion integrally formed therewith and lying in the same plane as said electrically conducting portion, said handle extending from said electrically conducting portion between adjacent peripheral notches, whereby whenever said conducting portion is positioned so as to contact said leads, said device is protected from the application of static electricity; and a receptacle having bores through a planar face portion thereof corresponding in position to the position of said leads about the base of said semiconductor device, said receptacle adapted to receive said leads through said bores and said member adapted to be inserted through said leads in a plane parallel with said leads and to be rotated by said handle portion into a position perpendicular to said leads and parallel to the planar face portion of said receptacle such that contact is made between said notched portions and said leads, the leads of said device thereafter adapted to be fully inserted into said bores until contact is made between said base, said member and said planar face portion, whereby said semiconductor device is protected during transit.

Claim 7

Apparatus for shipping semiconductor devices so as to maintain an equipotential plane at the leads from the base thereof comprising in combination with said device; a shorting member positioned so as to contact all of said leads, said member comprising; a unitary planar electrically conducting portion having a periphery notched so as to correspond in position to the location of said leads; said portion including a handle portion integrally formed therewith and lying in the same plane as said electrically conducting portion, said handle extending from said electrically conducting portion between adjacent peripheral notches, whereby whenever said conducting portion is positioned so as to contact said leads, said device is protected from the application of static electricity; and a receptacle having bores through a planar face portion thereof corresponding in position to the position of said leads about the base of said semiconductor device, said receptacle adapted to receive said leads through said bores and said member adapted to be inserted through said leads in a plane parallel with said leads and to be rotated by said handle portion into a position perpendicular to said leads and parallel to the planar face portion of said receptacle such that contact is made between said notched portions and said leads, the leads of said device thereafter adapted to be fully inserted into said bores until contact is made between said base, said member and said planar face portion, whereby said semiconductor device is protected during transit.

Claim 8

The apparatus in claim 5 wherein said handle portion is T-shaped.

Claim 9

The apparatus in claim 6 wherein said conducting portion is in a plane closed curve configuration having notches along the outside edge thereof, said curve fashioned so that said notches contact the inner portion of said leads.

Claim 10

The apparatus in claim 7 wherein said plane closed curve is circular.

Claim 11

The apparatus as recited in claim 8 wherein said member further includes an integral guiding portion extending in the same plane as said conducting portion from said conducting portion between adjacent notched portions on a side opposite to that of said handle portion.

Claim 12

Apparatus for establishing an equipotential electric plane between the leads from a semiconductor device during transportation thereof so as to protect said device from the effects of the application of an electrical potential across said leads, comprising: a unitary planar electrically conducting member having a periphery adapted to contact said leads when said member is positioned interior thereto, said member including a handLe portion integrally formed therewith and lying in the same plane as said member, said handle portion adapted to extend from said member between adjacent leads wherever said member is in position, whereby whenever said member is in position, said device is protected from the application of static electricity.

Claim 13

Apparatus for establishing an equipotential electric plane between the leads from a semiconductor device during transportation thereof so as to protect said device from the effects of the application of an electrical potential across said leads, comprising: a unitary planar electrically conducting member having a periphery adapted to contact said leads when said member is positioned interior thereto, said member including a handLe portion integrally formed therewith and lying in the same plane as said member, said handle portion adapted to extend from said member between adjacent leads wherever said member is in position, whereby whenever said member is in position, said device is protected from the application of static electricity.