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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2007
Dirk Dewar Brown, Mountain View, CA (US);
John David Williams, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William B. Long, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tingbao Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dirk Dewar Brown, Mountain View, CA (US);
John David Williams, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William B. Long, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tingbao Chen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Neoconix, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for batch forming a sheet of spring elements in three dimensions is described. A spring element sheet containing spring elements defined in two dimensions is arranged between two mating die press plates. A force is applied to the mating die press plates to form the two-dimensional spring contact elements into three dimensions. Alternatively, configurable die press plates are used to selectively form a two-dimensional spring element sheet into three-dimensional spring contacts.