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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2004
Joseph Anthony Holung, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Noboru Kodama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tin-lup Wong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joseph Anthony Holung, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Noboru Kodama, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Tin-Lup Wong, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Devices and their subassemblies typically undergo stresses during manufacturing and testing processes and during general use. To provide visual indication of stress or strain levels endured, a preferred embodiment includes frangible material deposited on particular isolated areas of devices and/or their subassemblies. The frangible material, when applied according to one methodical embodiment, provides visible indication of overstrain as cracks in the frangible material deposits, and of non overstrain when cracks are not visible.