Minimizing or alleviating stress in a surface of a sheet metal structure caused by addition of surface features to the structure
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsVic Hong Chia, Perry L. Hayden, SR., Paul Matthew Plummer
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Abstract
Formation of a deformation along a surface of a sheet metal panel of an electronic device is minimized or prevented by determining an area of the surface to which a deformation has developed or is predicted to develop, where the deformation forms or is predicted to form in response to one or more of the surface features being provided into the surface. A score line is provided along the surface that is at or proximate the area.
Claims21
A method of minimizing stress within a sheet metal panel of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of surface features into a surface of the sheet metal panel;
- determining an area of the surface that includes a deformation, wherein the deformation forms in response to one or more of the surface features being provided into the surface;
- and
- providing a score line along the surface that is at or proximate the area.
A method of minimizing or preventing formation of a deformation along a surface of a sheet metal panel of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- determining an area of the surface to which a deformation has developed or is predicted to develop, wherein the deformation forms or is predicted to form in response to one or more surface features being provided into the surface;
- and
- providing a score line along the surface that is at or proximate the area.
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