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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Timothy P. Younger, Rochester, MN (US);
Theron L. Lewis, Rochester, MN (US);
James D. Bielick, Pine Island, MN (US);
Jennifer Bennett, Rochester, MN (US);
David J. Braun, St. Charles, MN (US);
Tim Bartsch, Stewartville, MN (US);
John R. Dangler, Rochester, MN (US);
Stephen M. Hugo, Stewartville, MN (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A tool is provided for shaping contact tab interconnects at a circuit card edge. The tool includes a base member with a slot to receive a circuit card edge. The slot is sized such that the edge of the circuit card is slidable lengthwise within the slot. The tool further includes shaping dowels disposed within the base member, including at least two shaping dowels that define a set of adjacent shaping dowels extending at an angle relative to each other. The set of adjacent shaping dowels are exposed, at least in part, within the slot so that with lengthwise sliding of the edge of the circuit card within the slot, the edge of the circuit card contacts and slides across the set of adjacent shaping dowels rounding off, at least in part, ends of the contact tab interconnects at the edge of the circuit card.