US 11,678,473 B2
Semiautomatic machine for swaging connector pins
Agustin Flores, Bronx, NY (US); Richard Guiterrez, New York, NY (US); and Omar Gonzalez, Leonia, NJ (US)
Assigned to Concord Electronics, Inc., Long Island Citv, NY (US)
Filed by Concord Electronics, Inc., Long Island City, NY (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,321.
Application 17/742,321 is a continuation of application No. 16/815,813, filed on Mar. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,363,749.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/817,110, filed on Mar. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272882 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 13/02 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/029 (2013.01) [H05K 13/043 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49153 (2015.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine for automated assembly of a workpiece and at least one connector pin comprising:
an indexer;
wherein the indexer is configured to position at least one anvil holder, wherein the indexer positions the at least one anvil holder at a first position of the indexer where the at least one anvil holder is configured to receive a connector pin; and
a punch,
wherein the punch is configured to move along an axis to press against the at least one anvil holder to secure the connector pin to the workpiece when the indexer positions the at least one anvil holder with the received connector at a second position of the indexer different from the first position of the indexer, the axis being offset from the indexer.