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US 2023/0049401 A1Published application
Improved 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.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- 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.
A slotted feature for use in a device, the slotted feature comprising:
- a slot formed in a surface of the device feature, the slot having 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 slotted feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.