US 11,903,177 B2
Board level shield (BLS) frames including pickup members with pickup areas rotatable in place when drawn
Paul W. Crotty, Jr., East Stroundsburg, PA (US); Kenneth M. Robinson, Effort, PA (US); Joseph H. Aubin, Hollis, NH (US); Zbigniew M. Korus, Palatine, IL (US); and Brian J. Donahue, DeKalb, IL (US)
Assigned to Laird Technologies, Inc., Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed by Laird Technologies, Inc., Chesterfield, MO (US)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/144,761.
Application 17/144,761 is a continuation of application No. 15/914,271, filed on Mar. 7, 2018, granted, now 10,893,636.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/615,320, filed on Jan. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/469,978, filed on Mar. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0136964 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 9/0032 (2013.01) [H05K 9/0024 (2013.01); H05K 9/0026 (2013.01); H05K 9/0081 (2013.01); G06F 1/182 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10371 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shielding apparatus comprising:
a frame including a plurality of sidewalls configured for installation to a substrate about one or more components on the substrate; and
a pickup member including a pickup area and a plurality of arms, each arm extending between the pickup area and a corresponding one of the plurality of sidewalls of the frame, the pickup area configured to enable the pickup member to be picked up by pick-and-place equipment;
wherein an attachment between each said arm and the pickup area is offset by a predetermined distance from a centerline of the pickup area, such that the pickup area is rotatable in place in an X-Y plane and simultaneously movable in a Z direction relatively away from upper surfaces of the sidewalls of the frame while the pickup area remains centered relative to a center of a perimeter defined by the sidewalls;
wherein each arm of the plurality of arms narrows to a smaller width at a location of attachment to the pickup area; and
wherein the attachment of each arm to the pickup area has a smallest width as compared to the width of the corresponding arm.