US 12,133,331 B2
Circuit board assembly
Gerald Schauer, Nuetringen (DE); and Eugen Meister, Leinfelden (DE)
Assigned to Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft MBH, Minden (DE)
Filed by WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Minden (DE)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,141.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2022 100 279.7 (DE), filed on Jan. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0232534 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 1/14 (2006.01); H05K 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/148 (2013.01) [H05K 3/366 (2013.01); H05K 2201/047 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for an assembly of circuit boards, the system comprising:
an assembly device having a substantially planar base plate and guide members that extend from the base plate in a vertical direction if the base plate is placed on a horizontal surface;
a circuit board having rigid portions including a first rigid portion, a second rigid portion, a third rigid portion, and a fourth rigid portion that are connected together by flexible members, the flexible members including a first flexible member, a second flexible member and a third flexible member, the first rigid portion being connected to the second rigid portion via the first flexible member, the second rigid portion being connected to the third rigid portion via the second flexible member, and the third rigid portion being connected to the fourth rigid portion via the third flexible member; and
a bottom plate configured for positive connection to the circuit board,
wherein the guide members are configured to extend into a space partially or completely enclosed, in a horizontal direction, by the circuit board, and wherein the guide members determine a position and orientation of the rigid portions of the circuit board relative to the base plate since the guide members have surfaces against which one or several of the rigid portions and/or one or several of the flexible members abut during the assembly,
wherein, when the base plate is placed on the horizontal surface and the circuit, the guide members are connected to the circuit board positively in the horizontal direction and frictionally in the vertical direction so that the circuit board is slidable with respect to the guide members in the vertical direction, such that the circuit board is adapted to be pulled off the assembly device in an upward direction, and
wherein the bottom plate has an elongate member that extends substantially parallel to the base plate, the elongate member extending through a first opening in one of the rigid portions and through a second opening in another of the rigid portions when the bottom plate is positively connected to the circuit board, and wherein the guide members are configured not to impede a vertical movement of the elongate member when the circuit board is pulled off the assembly device in the upward direction.