Patent ID: 6497026
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: B60R,H01L,H05K,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
A fixture for opening a sealed module having a housing and a substrate carrying a circuit board thereon and folded around the housing with a top plate adjacent a top face of the housing and a bottom plate adjacent a bottom face of the housing and a bend portion therebetween at one side of the housing, the module having an upper sealing bead between the top plate and the housing and a lower sealing bead between the bottom plate and the housing, the fixture comprising:a fixed wall facing a portion of the perimeter of the module; a pushing block; a drive mechanism connected between said fixed wall and said pushing block and operable to translate said pushing block away from said fixed wall toward the perimeter of the module; a first wedge mounted on said pushing block and aligned to penetrate the upper sealing bead as the pushing block is translated toward the module; and a second wedge mounted on said pushing block and aligned to penetrate the lower sealing bead as the pushing block is translated toward the module.