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US 12,519,172 B2Granted
Slotted device feature
AssigneeRaytheon Canada Limited
InventorsKevin B. Wagner, John M. Connolly
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a method includes: selecting dimensions of a slot to be provided in a device feature, the dimensions selected to accommodate one or more tools while resulting in tangential contact between the slot and the one or more tools when the one or more tools are inserted into the slot and used to manipulate the device feature; and forming the slot in a surface of the device feature according to the selected dimensions.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- selecting dimensions of a slot to be provided in a device feature, the dimensions selected to accommodate various tools while resulting in tangential contact between the slot and each of the various tools when each of the various tools are inserted into the slot and used to manipulate the device feature;
- and
- forming the slot in a surface of the device feature according to the selected dimensions, the slot having a long side defined by a first convex surface and a second convex surface opposite the first convex surface, the slot having a length and a minimum width corresponding to a minimum distance between the first and second convex surfaces, the minimum width located at a midpoint along the length of the slot, the slot located entirely within a periphery of the device feature;
- wherein selecting dimensions of the slot includes selecting the length of the slot to be about 10 times the minimum width of the slot;
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- wherein the dimensions of the slot are selected such that, as measured along a longitudinal axis of the slot, a distance from the midpoint of the length of the slot to a tangential contact position of each of the various tools with one of the first and second convex surfaces of the slot is about 2.5 times the minimum width of the slot.
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A slotted feature for use in a device, the slotted feature comprising:
- a slot formed in a surface of the slotted feature, the slot located entirely within a periphery of the slotted feature, the slot having dimensions selected to accommodate a variety of tools while resulting in tangential contact between the slot and each of the variety of tools when each of the variety of tools are inserted into the slot and used to manipulate the slotted feature, wherein the slot has a long side defined by a first convex surface and a second convex surface opposite to the first convex surface, the slot having a length and a minimum width corresponding to a minimum distance between the first and second convex surfaces, the minimum width located at a midpoint along the length of the slot, and wherein the dimensions of the slot are selected such that, as measured along a longitudinal axis of the slot, a distance from the midpoint of the length of the slot to a tangential contact position of each of the variety of tools with one of the first and second convex surfaces of the slot is about 2.5 times the minimum width of the slot, and wherein the length of the slot is about 10 times the minimum width of the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.