Patent ID: 6192576
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A system for loading a respective fuzz button into each button hole of at least one row of a predetermined number of button holes of a fuzz button contactor, the system comprising:a slot plate having said predetermined number of slots aligned as a row of slots, wherein said slots of said slot plate are sized to hold fuzz buttons;a contactor jig having at least one row of said predetermined number of jig holes that are disposed on said contactor jig as a mirror image of said at least one row of said predetermined number of button holes of said fuzz button contactor when said contactor jig is properly aligned with said fuzz button contactor,wherein each slot of said slot plate is sized and disposed on said slot plate to be aligned with a respective jig hole of a row of jig holes such that a respective fuzz button from a respective slot of said slot plate is transferred into each empty jig hole of a row of jig holes of said contactor jig when said slot plate is properly aligned and tilted with respect to said row of jig holes,alignment units disposed on said contactor jig and on said fuzz button contactor that fit together for properly aligning said contactor jig with said fuzz button contactor such that each jig hole on said contact jig faces a respective button hole on said fuzz button contactor when said fuzz button contactor is placed onto said contactor jig; anda dummy integrated circuit package having a plurality of pins wherein each pin is sized and disposed on said dummy integrated circuit package to push out a respective fuzz button within each jig hole on said contactor jig into a respective button hole on said fuzz button contactor when the pins of said dummy integrated circuit package are pushed into said contactor jig after the contactor jig is full of fuzz buttons and after said fuzz button contactor is placed said contactor jig with proper alignment.