Electrical component mounting

Claim 2

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; and at least one raised integral projection inward of said upstanding posts extending from the lower surface of said body portion a distance which is greater than the thickness of the conductive leads of an integrated circuit package as aforesaid; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion and defining thereby a central well-shaped region between said rows of upstanding posts, said central well-shaped region including a portion of reduced thickness which forms a generally rectangular longitudinal channel narrower than the space between said rows of posts and substantially parallel to each of said rows, said channel thereby defining a pair of shoulders located between each row of integral posts and said channel, said well-shaped region being shaped to receive and accommodate said integrated circuit package rectangular housing in contact with the top surfaces of said shoulders and closely confined by said upstanding posts, said channel remaining open for free flow of air, said posts extending upwardly between and beyond said right angle in the conductive leads of an integrated circuit as aforesaid when said integrated circuit housing rests upon said shoulders with the conductive leads extending downwardly toward the lower surface of said cartridge; said posts further defining a plurality of generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion; the configuration of said body portion edges defining the inner contours of each of said slots is formed with faces sloping inwardly to both lower and upper surfaces of said body portion, said inner contours having a face substantially parallel to said posts disposed between said two sloping surfaces; said integral posts each having lower ends which are coextensive with said body portion lower surface, and having smoothly rounded upper ends, each post being formed with a section of increased thickness having faces sloping from the normal thickness of said posts to the area of increased thickness and a face substantially parallel to said posts disposed between said two sloping surfaces, said parallel and sloping surfaces on said posts being adjacent respective parallel and sloping surfaces on said body portiOn, the narrowed slots between said posts being thus shaped to receive the reduced width portion of said leads while the wider portion of said leads fits in the full width of said slots.

Claim 3

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; and at least one raised integral projection located inwardly of said opposite parallel edges and extending from the lower surface of said body portion a distance which is greater than the thickness of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion and defining thereby a central well-shaped region between said rows of upstanding posts, said well-shaped region being shaped to receive and accommodate said integrated circuit package rectangular housing in contact with the top surfaces of said body portion, said upstanding posts being spaced to closely confine said integrated circuit package therebetween; said posts further defining a plurality of generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion, said slots being adapted to receive said conductive leads along said edges of said body portion; said body portion within each of said slots being formed with a face sloping inwardly to said body portion lower surface and a face sloping inwardly toward said body portion upper surface; said body portion being formed with a longitudinal area of reduced thickness extending into the upper surface thereof and disposed substantially parallel to said rows of integral posts, said reduced thickness portion extending the length of said body portion and opening into the parallel edges thereof unoccupied by said posts; each of said integral posts is smoothly rounded at its uppermost end and is flat and so-extensive with said body portion lower surface at its opposite end.

Claim 4

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; and at least one raised integral projection located inwardly of said opposite parallel edges and extending from the lower surface of said body portion a distance which is greater than the thickness of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion and defining thereby a central well-shaped region between said rows of upstanding posts, said well-shaped region being shaped to receive and accommodate said integrated circuit package rectangular housing in contact with the top surfaces of said body portion, said upstanding posts being spaced to closely confine said integrated circuit package therebetween; said posts further defining a plurality of generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion, said slots being adapted to receive said conductive leads along said edges of said body portion; said body portion within each of said slots being formed with a face sloping inwardly to said body portion lower surface and a face sloping inwardly toward said body portion upper surface; said body portion being formed with a longitudinal area of reduced thickness extending into the upper surface thereof and disposed substantially parallel to said rows of integral posts, said reduced thickness portion extending the length of said body portion and opening into the parallel edges thereof unoccupied by said posts; each of said integral posts is smoothly rounded at its uppermost end and is flat and so-extensive with said body portion lower surface at its opposite end.

Claim 5

An insulative cartridge as in claim 2; wherein: each of said integral posts in the region of said body portion is formed with a section of increased thickness, thereby reducing the width of a region of each of said slots between confronting faces of adjacent ones of said posts and between said body portion upper and lower surfaces.

Claim 6

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; and at least one raised integral projection located inwardly of said opposite parallel edges and extending from the lower suRface of said body portion a distance which is greater than the thickness of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion and defining thereby a central well-shaped region between said rows of upstanding posts, said well-shaped region being shaped to receive and accommodate said integrated circuit package rectangular housing in contact with the top surfaces of said body portion, said upstanding posts being spaced to closely confine said integrated circuit package therebetween; said posts further defining a plurality of generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion, said slots being adapted to receive said conductive leads along said edges of said body portion; said central well-shaped region including a reduced thickness portion formed as a generally rectangular longitudinal channel substantially narrower than the spacing between said rows of posts and substantially parallel to each of said rows, said reduced thickness portion thereby defining a pair of shoulders located on said body portion between each row of integral posts and said reduced thickness portion, said reduced thickness portion remaining open for free flow of air during use of said cartridge, said posts extending upwardly between and beyond the right angle turns of an integrated circuit as aforesaid when said integrated circuit housing rests upon said shoulders with the integrated circuit leads extending downwardly toward the lower surface of said cartridge in said slots; the configuration of said body portion edges defining the inner contours of each of said slots is formed with face sloping inwardly to both lower and upper surfaces of said body portion, said inner contours having a face substantially parallel to said posts disposed between said two sloping surfaces; said integral posts each having lower ends which are co-extensive with said body portion lower surface and each having smoothly rounded upper ends, each post being formed with a section of increased thickness having faces sloping from the normal thickness of said posts to the area of increased thickness and a face substantially parallel to said posts disposed between said two sloping surfaces, said parallel and sloping surfaces on said posts being adjacent respective parallel and sloping surfaces on said body portion, the narrow slots between said posts being thus shaped to receive the reduced width portion of the leads of an integrated circuit as aforesaid while the wider portions of the integrated circuit leads fit in the full width areas of said slots.

Claim 7

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; and at least one raised integral projection located inwardly of said opposite parallel edges and extending from the lower suRface of said body portion a distance which is greater than the thickness of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion and defining thereby a central well-shaped region between said rows of upstanding posts, said well-shaped region being shaped to receive and accommodate said integrated circuit package rectangular housing in contact with the top surfaces of said body portion, said upstanding posts being spaced to closely confine said integrated circuit package therebetween; said posts further defining a plurality of generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion, said slots being adapted to receive said conductive leads along said edges of said body portion; said central well-shaped region including a reduced thickness portion formed as a generally rectangular longitudinal channel substantially narrower than the spacing between said rows of posts and substantially parallel to each of said rows, said reduced thickness portion thereby defining a pair of shoulders located on said body portion between each row of integral posts and said reduced thickness portion, said reduced thickness portion remaining open for free flow of air during use of said cartridge, said posts extending upwardly between and beyond the right angle turns of an integrated circuit as aforesaid when said integrated circuit housing rests upon said shoulders with the integrated circuit leads extending downwardly toward the lower surface of said cartridge in said slots; the configuration of said body portion edges defining the inner contours of each of said slots is formed with face sloping inwardly to both lower and upper surfaces of said body portion, said inner contours having a face substantially parallel to said posts disposed between said two sloping surfaces; said integral posts each having lower ends which are co-extensive with said body portion lower surface and each having smoothly rounded upper ends, each post being formed with a section of increased thickness having faces sloping from the normal thickness of said posts to the area of increased thickness and a face substantially parallel to said posts disposed between said two sloping surfaces, said parallel and sloping surfaces on said posts being adjacent respective parallel and sloping surfaces on said body portion, the narrow slots between said posts being thus shaped to receive the reduced width portion of the leads of an integrated circuit as aforesaid while the wider portions of the integrated circuit leads fit in the full width areas of said slots.

Claim 8

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstandng posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; and at least one raised integral projection located inwardly of said opposite parallel edges and extending from the lower surface of said body portion a distance which is greater than the thickness of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion, the confronting surfaces of said opposite rows of posts being substantially parallel, thereby defining a central well-shaped region hAving a generally rectangular cross section between said rows of upstanding posts, said well-shaped region being open-ended and extending uninterrupted between the opposite edges of said body portion which do not include said integral posts; adjacent ones of said posts further defining generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion, said slots being adapted to receive the conductive leads of an integrated circuit package as aforesaid along said edges of said body portion when the housing of said integrated circuit package rests upon said upper surface of said body portion; said integral posts are co-extensive at their lower ends with said lower surface of said body, each post being formed with a section of increased thickness in the vicinity of said body portion thereby defining slots between said posts having an upper section of a width to receive the main width of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package and a narrower lower slot section to receive the reduced width portion of said conductive leads.

Claim 9

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstandng posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; and at least one raised integral projection located inwardly of said opposite parallel edges and extending from the lower surface of said body portion a distance which is greater than the thickness of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion, the confronting surfaces of said opposite rows of posts being substantially parallel, thereby defining a central well-shaped region hAving a generally rectangular cross section between said rows of upstanding posts, said well-shaped region being open-ended and extending uninterrupted between the opposite edges of said body portion which do not include said integral posts; adjacent ones of said posts further defining generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion, said slots being adapted to receive the conductive leads of an integrated circuit package as aforesaid along said edges of said body portion when the housing of said integrated circuit package rests upon said upper surface of said body portion; said integral posts are co-extensive at their lower ends with said lower surface of said body, each post being formed with a section of increased thickness in the vicinity of said body portion thereby defining slots between said posts having an upper section of a width to receive the main width of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package and a narrower lower slot section to receive the reduced width portion of said conductive leads.

Claim 10

An insulative cartridge as in claim 5 wherein the spacing between said rows of posts is substantially equal to the width of an integrated circuit package housing as aforesaid.

Claim 11

An insulative cartridge as in claim 5 wherein said central well-shaped region includes a portion of reduced thickness forming a rectangular longitudinal channel substantially narrower than the spacing between said rows of posts and substantially parallel to both of said rows, said channel thereby defining a pair of shoulders located between each row of integral posts and said channel, said shoulders being adapted to support the housing of an integrated circuit as aforesaid.

Claim 12

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; and a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion, the confronting surfaces of said opposite rows of posts being substantially parallel, thereby defining a central well-shaped region having a generally rectangular cross section between said rows of upstanding posts, said well-shaped region being open-ended and extending uninterrupted between the opposite edges of said body portion which do not include said integral posts; adjacent ones of said posts further defining generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion, said slots being adapted to receive the conductive leads of an integrated circuit package as aforesaid along said edges of said body portion when the housing of said integrated circuit package rests upon said upper surface of said body portion; said integral posts being co-extensive at their lower ends with said lower surface of said body, each post being formed with a section of increased thickness in the vicinity of said body portion thereby defining slots between said posts having an upper section of a width to receive the main width of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package and a narrower lower slot section to receive the reduced width portion of said conductive leads; said central well-shaped region including a portion of reduced thickness forming a rectangular longituDinal channel substantially narrower than the spacing between said rows of posts and substantially parallel to both of said rows, said channel thereby defining a pair of shoulders located between each row of integral posts and said channel, said shoulders being adapted to support the housing of an integrated circuit as aforesaid.

Claim 13

An insulative cartridge for retaining an integrated circuit package in a unitary assembly selectively adapted to be removably plugged or permanently soldered into a pair of parallel rows of upstanding electrical terminals, said integrated circuit package includes a generally flat rectangular housing with two substantially parallel rows of conductive leads respectively extending outwardly from a pair of opposite parallel edges of said housing and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing to protrude beyond one flat surface thereof, said leads tapering symmetrically to a reduced width at their respective ends, said insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; and a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion, the confronting surfaces of said opposite rows of posts being substantially parallel, thereby defining a central well-shaped region having a generally rectangular cross section between said rows of upstanding posts, said well-shaped region being open-ended and extending uninterrupted between the opposite edges of said body portion which do not include said integral posts; adjacent ones of said posts further defining generally parallel slots extending upwardly from said lower surface of said body portion, said slots being adapted to receive the conductive leads of an integrated circuit package as aforesaid along said edges of said body portion when the housing of said integrated circuit package rests upon said upper surface of said body portion; said integral posts being co-extensive at their lower ends with said lower surface of said body, each post being formed with a section of increased thickness in the vicinity of said body portion thereby defining slots between said posts having an upper section of a width to receive the main width of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package and a narrower lower slot section to receive the reduced width portion of said conductive leads; said central well-shaped region including a portion of reduced thickness forming a rectangular longituDinal channel substantially narrower than the spacing between said rows of posts and substantially parallel to both of said rows, said channel thereby defining a pair of shoulders located between each row of integral posts and said channel, said shoulders being adapted to support the housing of an integrated circuit as aforesaid.

Claim 14

A unitary electronic integrated circuit assembly comprising: an integrated circuit package comprising: a generally flat rectangular housing; and two parallel rows of conductive leads extending from a pair of oppositely disposed parallel edges thereof and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing; and an insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; and a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion and defining therewith an open-ended generally rectangular central well-shaped region adjacent ones of said posts further defining generally parallel slots extending upwardly from the lower surface of said body portion; said integrated circuit package being closely confined within said well-shaped region between said pair of rows of posts, said conductive leads located within respective ones of said slots and extending downward toward and turned inwardly over said lower surface of said body portion, said posts extending upwardly between and beyond said right angle turns of said conductive leads.

Claim 15

A unitary electronic integrated circuit assembly comprising: an integrated circuit package comprising: a generally flat rectangular housing; and two parallel rows of conductive leads extending from a pair of oppositely disposed parallel edges thereof and turned at right angles to the flat surface of said housing; and an insulative cartridge comprising: a generally flat rectangular body portion; and a pair of spaced parallel rows of upstanding posts integral with said body portion and disposed along a pair of opposite parallel edges thereof; said integral posts extending upwardly beyond the upper surface of said body portion and defining therewith an open-ended generally rectangular central well-shaped region adjacent ones of said posts further defining generally parallel slots extending upwardly from the lower surface of said body portion; said integrated circuit package being closely confined within said well-shaped region between said pair of rows of posts, said conductive leads located within respective ones of said slots and extending downward toward and turned inwardly over said lower surface of said body portion, said posts extending upwardly between and beyond said right angle turns of said conductive leads.

Claim 16

A unitary electronic integrated circuit assembly as in claim 9 wherein said integral posts are co-extensive at their lower ends with said lower surface of said body, each post being formed with a section of increased thickness in the vicinity of said body portion thereby defining slots between said posts having an upper section of a width corresponding to the main width of said conductive leads of said integrated circuit package and a narrower lower slot section corresponding to the reduced width portion of said conductive leads.