Resonator component module

Claim 2

A resonator component module comprising: a dual-in-line package containing at least one integrated circuit on a substrate in a substantially rectangular circuit housing and having a plurality of terminal elements extending from opposite sides of said circuit housing, opposite central ones of said terminal elements being upwardly bent at a distance along the respective lengths thereof and said central terminal elements having respective ends bent to form a U-shaped receptacle; and a resonator plate received and supported between said central terminal elements in said receptacles at a distance from said circuit housing; and a component housing containing said resonator plate and said dual-in-line package.

Claim 3

The module of claim 1 wherein said resonator plate is disposed substantially parallel to said circuit housing, and wherein said resonator plate and said circuit housing have centers in approximate alignment.

Claim 4

The module of claim 1 wherein said component housing includes a base plate having a plurality of terminal pins secured therein and wherein at least some of said dual-in-line package terminal elements not supporting said resonator plate are electrically and mechanically connected to said pins.

Claim 5

The module of claim 3 wherein said resonator plate is supported on a side of said dual-in-line package facing away from said base plate.

Claim 6

The module of claim 3 further including a protective cap affixed to said base plate and surrounding said dual-in-line package and said resonator plate for environmental isolation thereof.

Claim 7

A resonator component module comprising: a base plate; a plurality of terminal pins vertically secured in said base plate and extending a distance above and below said base plate; a dual-in-line package supported on said base plate, said dual-in-line package having a plurality of terminal elements extending from opposite sides thereof, opposite central ones of said terminal elements being upwardly bent a distance along the respective lengths thereof and terminating in a U-shaped receptacle, a remaining number of said plurality of terminal elements being electrically connected to said terminal pins in said base plate; a resonator plate supported by and secured between said central terminal elements in said U-shaped receptacles, said resonator plate and said dual-in-line package being disposed substantially parallel to each other; and a protective cap affixed to said base plate surrounding said dual-in-line package and said resonator plate for environmental isolation thereof.

Claim 8

A resonator component module comprising: a base plate; a plurality of terminal pins vertically secured in said base plate and extending a distance above and below said base plate; a dual-in-line package supported on said base plate, said dual-in-line package having a plurality of terminal elements extending from opposite sides thereof, opposite central ones of said terminal elements being upwardly bent a distance along the respective lengths thereof and terminating in a U-shaped receptacle, a remaining number of said plurality of terminal elements being electrically connected to said terminal pins in said base plate; a resonator plate supported by and secured between said central terminal elements in said U-shaped receptacles, said resonator plate and said dual-in-line package being disposed substantially parallel to each other; and a protective cap affixed to said base plate surrounding said dual-in-line package and said resonator plate for environmental isolation thereof.