International Business Machines Corporation

Mark Edward Mino

Michael Barenboim

Kenneth Wayne Watts

John Lennon Sullivan, Jr

A method is provided for processing a number of 'L'-shaped sections within a flat strip to form terminals extending from a component. In the strip, these sections are attached to a web by connecting portions. A number of such sections are simultaneously processed within various stations through which the strip is incrementally fed. These connecting portions are first twisted, so that each 'L'-shaped section in the number of such sections extends in a plane perpendicular to the web. Next, these connecting portions are deflected so that outward extending legs of the sections extend in a direction needed for insertion into an electronic component structure. Then, these connecting portions are sheared, as each 'L'-shaped section separated from the strip is placed in a slot within a receptacle block. Then, the receptacle block is slid to insert the 'L'-shaped sections.

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Mark Edward Mino