Bending Tool
AssigneeFaraday & Future Inc.
InventorsSteven Harold Offutt, Hrayr Torosyan
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Abstract
A bending tool is disclosed. The bending tool may include a male fixture that may have a projection with an outer surface and a female fixture that may be configured to receive the projection. The female fixture may have a first height in a direction that is substantially parallel to the projection. The bending tool may also include a positioning device, which may be disposed between the male fixture and the female fixture. The male fixture may be configured to move between a starting position and an ending position in which the outer surface of the projection is received by the female fixture at a pre-determined distance below the first height.
Claims20
A bending tool comprising:
- a male fixture comprising a projection with an outer surface;
- a female fixture configured to receive the projection, the female fixture having a first height in a direction substantially parallel to the projection;
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- a positioning device disposed between the male fixture and the female fixture;
- wherein the male fixture is configured to move between a starting position and an ending position in which the outer surface of the projection is received by the female fixture at a pre-determined distance below the first height.
A bending tool comprising:
- a male fixture comprising a projection with an outer surface;
- a female fixture configured to receive the projection, the female fixture having a first height in a direction substantially parallel to the projection and comprising a fixed portion and a movable portion, the movable portion configured to move from a resting height to a second height below the first height;
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- a positioning device disposed between the male fixture and the female fixture;
- wherein the male fixture is configured to move between a starting position and an ending position in which the outer surface of the projection is received by the female fixture at a pre-determined distance below the first height, and
- wherein the projection causes the movable portion to move from the resting height to the second height when the male fixture is received by the female fixture.
A bending tool for bending contacts on a circuit board, comprising:
- a plurality of male fixtures each comprising a projection with an outer surface;
- a plurality of female fixtures each corresponding to one of the plurality of male fixtures and configured to receive the projection of the corresponding male fixture, each female fixture having a first height in a direction substantially parallel to the projection of the corresponding male fixture;
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- a positioning device configured to hold the circuit board such that each contact is positioned between one of the plurality of male fixtures and the corresponding female fixture;
- wherein to bend the contacts, each male fixture is configured to move between a starting position and an ending position in which the outer surface of the projection is received by the corresponding female fixture at a pre-determined distance below the first height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.