Patent ID: 8402640

Claim:
A device for aligning and inserting leads of an electronic component having component registration holes into socket connector elements of a circuit board having circuit board registration holes, comprising: a first plate having a perimeter and a central aperture that defines an inside edge; first and second circuit board stages arranged adjacent to and on opposite sides of the central aperture, with each circuit board stage having a circuit board stage surface from which upwardly depends a pair of spaced-apart circuit board registration pins that align with a pair of the circuit board registration holes; first and second component stages that respectively upwardly depend from central portions of the first and second circuit board stages, wherein each of the first and second component stages has a component stage surface from which upwardly depends a pair of spaced apart component registration pins that reside between the circuit board registration pins and that align with a pair of the component registration holes; and a plurality of upwardly-depending guide rails arranged between the central aperture and the perimeter of the first plate.