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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
David J. Morgenstern, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Laura M. DeForest, San Mateo, CA (US);
Michelle R. Goldberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nicholas Alan Rundle, San Jose, CA (US);
Yuna Hu, Yuni, CN;
Michael K. Morishita, Belmont, CA (US);
Jacek M. Kolodziejski, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Examples of tooling fixtures and methods for manufacturing computing devices are described. According to some examples, a computer component may be shaped using successive steps of forging after deep drawing. In some examples, certain components may be assembled to form sub-assemblies of computer components and the sub-assembly may then be machined to drive closer tolerances. According to other examples, a work holding tool is described which may include a first plurality of individually movable pins for supporting a first surface of a work piece, the tool also having a second plurality of individually movable pins for applying a restraining force over a second opposite surface of the work piece to retain the work piece in position while maintaining it in its natural state.