Spring for tubular IC carriers

Claim 1

A device for insertion in one of the opposite ends of a tubular carrier for integrated circuits, to secure the same from sliding and chipping therein during transport, said device comprising: an elongated, longitudinally flat, thin one piece rectangular elastomeric plastic body, said body comprising a length, a width and a thickness, said width being smaller than said length but larger than said thickness, said body having a longitudinal, central axis, one end shaped as a finger grip, an opposite end shaped to flatwise engage an integrated circuit, and having a plurality of integral rhombus shaped sections extending between said ends, to form a longitudinally compressible, laterally expansible spring adapted to yield, widen and compress to serve as a shock absorber for integrated circuits slidably housed in said tubular carrier.

Claim 2

A device for insertion in one of the opposite ends of a tubular carrier for integrated circuits, to secure the same from sliding and chipping therein during transport, said device comprising: an elongated, longitudinally flat, thin one piece rectangular elastomeric plastic body, said body comprising a length, a width and a thickness, said width being smaller than said length but larger than said thickness, said body having a longitudinal, central axis, one end shaped as a finger grip, an opposite end shaped to flatwise engage an integrated circuit, and having a plurality of integral rhombus shaped sections extending between said ends, to form a longitudinally compressible, laterally expansible spring adapted to yield, widen and compress to serve as a shock absorber for integrated circuits slidably housed in said tubular carrier.

Claim 6

A device for use with a circuit element tubular carrier, or magazine, the carrier having opposed top and bottom longitudinal walls between which a circuit element may be slidable inserted and held and having opposite side channels in which connector side legs of the element may be held, said element being thus held in the carrier for slidable longitudinal motion, said carrier top and bottom walls having pairs of vertically aligned central holes, each pair of like diameter and longitudinally spaced for receiving stop pins, said device comprising: an elongated, one piece longitudinally rectangular flat, thin body of elastomeric material, said body comprising a length, a width and a thickness, said width being smaller than said length but larger than said thickness, said body having an outer end, and an inner end, each with a flat planar outer surface, and a plurality of substantially rhombus, or diamond shaped sections forming an integral stack connecting said ends, said body forming a longitudinally compressible and laterally expansible longitudinally flat, thin spring insertable between said top and bottom longitudinal walls of said carrier to secure and circuit elements from sliding or chipping when said spring is backed up by one of said stop pins.

Claim 7

A device for use with a circuit element tubular carrier, or magazine, the carrier having opposed top and bottom longitudinal walls between which a circuit element may be slidable inserted and held and having opposite side channels in which connector side legs of the element may be held, said element being thus held in the carrier for slidable longitudinal motion, said carrier top and bottom walls having pairs of vertically aligned central holes, each pair of like diameter and longitudinally spaced for receiving stop pins, said device comprising: an elongated, one piece longitudinally rectangular flat, thin body of elastomeric material, said body comprising a length, a width and a thickness, said width being smaller than said length but larger than said thickness, said body having an outer end, and an inner end, each with a flat planar outer surface, and a plurality of substantially rhombus, or diamond shaped sections forming an integral stack connecting said ends, said body forming a longitudinally compressible and laterally expansible longitudinally flat, thin spring insertable between said top and bottom longitudinal walls of said carrier to secure and circuit elements from sliding or chipping when said spring is backed up by one of said stop pins.