# US 2017/0288359 A1 · Method for forming embedded members, pre-structure prepared therefrom, and positioning scrap > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0288359 A1 - Document ID: US20170288359A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/204,046 - Filed: 2016-07-07 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-01 - Assignees: Chief Land Electronic Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Chief Land Electronic Co., Ltd. - Inventors: YU-FENG KE; SUN-YU CHOU; CHIA-FENG HUANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170288359A1 ## CPC - H01R 43/16: for manufacturing contact members, e.g. by punching and by bending - B26F 1/38: Cutting-out; Stamping-out - Y10T 29/49121: Beam lead frame or beam lead device - Y10T 29/49204: Contact or terminal manufacturing - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - B26F: PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; SEVERING BY MEANS OTHER THAN CUTTING (marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; shoemaking A43D; surgery A61B; punching metal B21D; drilling metal B23B; cutting of metal by applying heat locally, e.g. flame cutting, B23K; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; details common to machines for severing B26D; drilling wood B27C; drilling stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; of glass C03B; of leather C14B; of textile materials D06H; for light guides G02B6/25; of tickets G07B) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A method includes the steps: providing a pre-structure comprising a first pre-embedded member and a second pre-embedded member, wherein the first pre-embedded member has a first positioning segment, a connecting segment connected to the first positioning segment, a first piece, and a bridge; the second pre-embedded member has a second positioning segment, a hanging segment connected to the second positioning segment, and a second piece, wherein the bridge is connected to the connecting segment and the second piece; fixing the bridge onto the hanging segment; segmenting the connecting portion of the bridge and the connecting segment to form a first embedded member, which is defined by the first positioning segment, the connecting segment and the first piece, and a second embedded member, which is defined by the second positioning segment, the hanging segment, the second piece and the bridge; separating the second embedded member from the first embedded member. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for forming at least two kinds of embedded members, comprising: implementing a punching step by punching a sheet-like metallic strip to form an integral pre-structure having a first pre-embedded member and a second pre-embedded member, wherein the first pre-embedded member has a first positioning segment, a connecting segment connected to the first positioning segment, at least one first piece connected to the connecting segment, and at least one bridge, wherein the second pre-embedded member has a second positioning segment, a hanging segment connected to the second positioning segment, and at least one second piece, wherein the at least one bridge has a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion is integrally connected to the connecting segment and the at least one second piece, and the second end portion is a free end of the at least one bridge; implementing a connecting step by fixing the at least one bridge to the handing segment; implementing a cutting step by cutting a connection position of the at least one bridge and the connecting segment to form a first embedded member and a second embedded member unconnected to the first embedded member, wherein the first positioning segment, the connecting segment, and the at least one first piece are connected with each other to be defined as the first embedded member, and the second positioning segment, the hanging segment, the at least one second piece, and the at least one bridge are connected with each other to be defined as the second embedded member, wherein the first positioning segment and the connecting segment are defined as a first positioning scrap, and the second positioning segment, the hanging segment, and the at least one bridge are defined as a second positioning scrap; and implementing a separating step by separating the second embedded member from the first embedded member. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the punching step, the at least one first piece has a first embedded portion, a first mating portion and a first mounting portion respectively connected to two opposite ends of the first embedded portion, the first mounting portion is connected to the connecting segment, the at least one second piece has a second embedded portion, a second mating portion and a second mounting portion respectively connected to two opposite ends of the second embedded portion, and the second mounting portion is connected to the first end portion of the at least one bridge. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein in the punching step, the second pre-embedded member has at least one supporting segment integrally and perpendicularly connected to the second positioning segment, an end of the at least one supporting segment arranged away from the second positioning segment is connected to the first mating portion and the second mating portion; wherein in the cutting step, a connection position of the at least one supporting segment and the first mating portion is cut to make the end of the at least one supporting segment to be only connected to the second mating portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pre-structure has a plurality of sacrificing segments each connected to the first pre-embedded member and the second pre-embedded member; wherein in the cutting step, the sacrificing segments are removed to separate the first pre-embedded member from the second pre-embedded member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the connecting step, the second end portion of the at least one bridge is bent with respect to the first end portion onto the hanging segment, and then the second end portion is fixed on the hanging segment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the hanging segment has a fixing portion; wherein in the connecting step, the second end portion of the at least one bridge is bent with respect to the first end portion onto the fixing portion of the hanging segment, and then the fixing portion is deformed to clip the second end portion by pressing the fixing portion and the second end portion after the fixing portion is bent to cover the second end portion. ### Claim 7 A pre-structure, comprising: a first pre-embedded member having a first positioning segment, a connecting segment connected to the first positioning segment, at least one first piece connected to the connecting segment, and at least one bridge connected to the connecting segment; and a second pre-embedded member integrally formed with the first pre-embedded member and having a second positioning segment, a hanging segment connected to the second positioning segment, and at least one second piece connected to the at least one bridge, wherein the at least one bridge has a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion is integrally connected to the connecting segment and the at least one second piece, and the second end portion is bendable with respect to the first end portion to fix on the hanging segment. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The pre-structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one first piece has a first embedded portion, a first mating portion and a first mounting portion respectively connected to two opposite ends of the first embedded portion, the first mounting portion is connected to the connecting segment, the at least one second piece has a second embedded portion, a second mating portion and a second mounting portion respectively connected to two opposite ends of the second embedded portion, the second mounting portion is connected to the first end portion of the at least one bridge. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The pre-structure as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second pre-embedded member has at least one supporting segment integrally and perpendicularly connected to the second positioning segment, an end of the at least one supporting segment arranged away from the second positioning segment is connected to the first mating portion and the second mating portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The pre-structure as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a plurality of sacrificing segments, wherein each of the sacrificing segments connects the first pre-embedded member and the second pre-embedded member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The pre-structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one first piece and the at least one second piece are two terminals of an electrical connector. ### Claim 12 A positioning scrap, comprising: a positioning segment having a plurality of positioning holes; a hanging segment integrally connected to the positioning segment; and at least one bridge non-integrally connected to the positioning segment and the hanging segment, wherein the at least one bridge has a first end portion and a second end portion, the first end portion is curvedly extended from the second end portion, the first end portion is a free end of the positioning scrap, and the second end portion is fixed on the hanging segment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The positioning scrap as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second end portion is bent with respect to the first end portion in 180 degrees. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The positioning scrap as claimed in claim 12, wherein the hanging segment has a fixing portion, and the fixing portion covers and fixes the second end portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The positioning scrap as claimed in claim 12, further comprising at least one supporting segment integrally and perpendicularly connected to the positioning segment, wherein an end of the at least one supporting segment arranged away from the positioning segment is a free end of the positioning scrap, the hanging segment is perpendicularly connected to the positioning segment, and a distance between the hanging segment and the at least one supporting segment is less than or equal to half of a length of the positioning segment.