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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Arthur Higby, Cottekill, NY (US);
James Busby, New Paltz, NY (US);
David C. Long, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Robert Weiss, Lagrangeville, NY (US);
Michael Fisher, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Tristen Gaudette, Troy, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A fixture assembly for deforming a flex circuit that includes: a base plate having a recess; a wrinkle reducer plate having a first cut-out portion aligned with the recess; a stiffening block having a second cut-out portion aligned with the recess and the first cut-out portion; and a punch to slideably engage with the recess, the first cut-out portion and the second cut-out portion; wherein, in operation, a flex circuit is placed between the base plate and wrinkle reducer plate and the punch extends through the first cut-out portion and the second cut-out portion to engage the flex circuit and deform the flex circuit into the recess so that the flex circuit has a formed section in the shape of the recess and a flat section clamped by the wrinkle reducer plate and the base plate.