Continuous extrusion method for manufacturing a Z-directed component for insertion into a mounting hole in a printed circuit board
AssigneeLexmark International, Inc.
InventorsKeith Bryan Hardin, Zachary Charles Nathan Kratzer, Qing Zhang
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a Z-directed component for insertion into a mounting hole in a printed circuit board according to one example embodiment includes simultaneously extruding a plurality of materials according to the structure of the Z-directed component to form an extruded object and forming the Z-directed component from the extruded object. In one embodiment, the extruded object is divided into individual Z-directed components. In one embodiment, the timing of extrusion between predetermined sections of one of the materials is varied in order to stagger the sections in the extruded object.
Claims9
A method for manufacturing a Z-directed component for insertion into a mounting hole in a printed circuit board, comprising:
- simultaneously extruding a plurality of materials in a cross-sectional shape of the Z-directed component to form an extruded object with the plurality of materials arranged relative to each other in their operative positions for electrical function of the Z-directed component;
- separating a segment from the extruded object;
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- curing the separated segment, the cured segment forming the Z-directed component insertable into the mounting hole in the printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.