Patent ID: 9204585
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A miniature component carrier including a thin, resilient mask through which are formed multiple spaced-apart elongated apertures that are sized and shaped to compliantly receive and hold multiple miniature electronic components in a controlled orientation, the electronic components having applied electrically conductive material, each electronic component having opposed upper and lower surfaces spaced apart by a component thickness bound by opposed side wall surfaces and opposed end wall surfaces, and each electronic component further having multiple corner regions in which one of the upper surface or the lower surface meets at least one of a side wall surface and an end wall surface, comprising: each of the multiple spaced-apart elongated apertures having a periphery, a major axis, and a minor axis, wherein the major axis has a major axis length that is longer than a minor axis length of the minor axis, each periphery defining an aperture interior and shaped to compliantly receive and hold one of the electronic components, each periphery including side margins of convex shape curving outward relative to the aperture interior and converging to form vertices having opposite rounded end portions that face outwardly from each other, each periphery including component holding regions that contact and grip primarily the corner regions of an electronic component received by the aperture, and each periphery configured to grip the received electronic component in a controlled orientation and confine the gripped electronic component by contact within an operational tolerance with any one of the side and end wall surfaces to prevent damage to the applied electrically conductive material during ejection of the gripped electronic component from the aperture.