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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2008
Karl Klaus Dittus, Durham, NC (US);
James Goode, Morrisville, NC (US);
Aubrey Lamond Hodges, Oxford, NC (US);
Timothy Andreas Meserth, Durham, NC (US);
Karl Klaus Dittus, Durham, NC (US);
James Goode, Morrisville, NC (US);
Aubrey Lamond Hodges, Oxford, NC (US);
Timothy Andreas Meserth, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one non-limiting aspect thereof this invention provides a structure having a generally planar quadrilateral shape that includes a bottom portion defining a mounting section; a vertical wall portion that extends upwards from the bottom portion and a top-most portion having a generally triangular shape in cross-section and forming along widest portion thereof a lip having a lower surface. The lower surface has a generally rectangular shape characterized by a concave cut-out along a middle portion of an outer edge for reducing an amount of force that is required to be applied to the top-most portion to bend the top-most portion about a central axis thereof.
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