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US 7,243,688 B2Granted
Device for reforming socket contacts
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorMichael R. Stark
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Abstract
An apparatus for reworking contacts of sockets is provided with an elongated member having a first formation tip, and a pair of arms having second formation tips, to respectively impart first and second profiles to first and second surfaces of a contact of a socket.
Claims21
An apparatus comprising:
- a first arm having an end;
- an elongated member having an end, a first formation tip disposed at the end, with the first formation tip having a first shape, and an actuating feature;
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- a housing to house and support the elongated member and the first arm, including a first support feature adapted to allow the elongated member to be movable between a first unengaged position and a first engaged position, wherein at the first engaged position, the elongated member engages a first surface of a contact of a socket disposed underneath the apparatus, to allow the first formation tip to impart a first profile to the first surface of the contact and the actuating feature engages the first arm such that the end of the first arm engages a second surface of the contact.
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A method comprising:
- engaging an elongated member having a first formation tip with a first shape, with a first surface of a contact of a socket to impart a first profile to the first surface of the contact;
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- engaging a first and a second arm respectively having a first and a second end forming a second formation tip with a second shape, with a second surface of the contact to impart a second profile to the second surface of the contact.
A method comprising:
- engaging an elongated member having a first formation tip with a first shape, with a first surface of a contact of a socket to impart a first profile to the first surface of the contact;
- engaging an arm having a second formation tip with a second shape, with a second surface of the contact to impart a second profile to the second surface of the contact;
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- engaging the arm with an actuating feature of the elongated member to facilitate said engaging of the arm with the second surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.