Micro-tools
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorJames E. Taylor
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Abstract
A micro tool set is described in which all of the tools are formed from stock no larger than 1.0 mm in diameter. Each tool is laser machined from stock no larger than 1.0 micron in diameter. Various shapes are “carved” from the original stock such that the finished tool does not extend beyond the nominal cylindrical shape of the stock. The tools are specifically adapted to be used for the repair of semiconductor test probe head wires.
Claims8
A set of micro manipulative tools, each of which is formed from a stock member, said set of micro manipulative tools comprising:
- a stock member having a first minor dimension having a maximum width of less than one millimeter and an end including a first portion having the first minor dimension and a second portion formed at said end, the second portion formed of and within the extension of the first minor dimension of the stock member having a second minor dimension less than the first minor dimension;
- a first tool formed from the stock member having a hooked tip formed at the terminal end of the second portion and within the extension of the second minor dimension to facilitate the pulling of an object toward a user of the tool;
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- a second tool formed from the stock member having a forked tip formed at the terminal end of the second portion and within the extension of the second minor dimension to facilitate the pushing of an object away from a user of the tool.
A method of fabricating micro manipulative tools comprising the steps of:
- providing a piece of stock having a first minor dimension having a maximum width of less than one millimeter and an end including a first portion having the first minor dimension;
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- laser machining said first portion to form a second portion at said end, the second portion formed of and within the extension of the first minor dimension of the stock having a second minor dimension less than the first minor dimension and a tip formed at the terminal end of the second portion and entirely within an extension of said second minor dimension and wherein at least one tip is in the shape of a hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.