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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1996
Michael Barenboim, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Mark Edward Mino, Boca Raton, FL (US);
John Lennon Sullivan, Jr, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Kenneth Wayne Watts, Boca Raton, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
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.