IP Library Granted Patent US 8,769,812
Granted Patent B2
US 8,769,812 · App. 11/689,632 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Propagating pin corrections through physically mating devices

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Patent No.
US 8,769,812
App. No.
11/689,632
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Propagating pin corrections through physically mating devices including bending one of a plurality of connectors of a first mating device; and mating the first mating device having the bent connector with an unmodified second mating device; wherein the mating of the first mating device and the unmodified second mating device bends a connector corresponding to the bent connector of the first mating device.

Claims (14)

1. A method for propagating pin corrections through physically mating devices, the method comprising:

bending one of a plurality of connectors of a first mating device; and

mating the first mating device having the bent connector with an unmodified second mating device; wherein the mating of the first mating device and the unmodified second mating device permanently bends a connector corresponding to the bent connector of the first mating device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first mating device is a male mating device and the second mating device is a female mating device.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the first mating device is a female mating device and the second mating device is a male mating device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

mating the second mating device having the connector bent by the first mating device with an unmodified third mating device; wherein the mating of the second mating device and the unmodified third mating device bends a connector corresponding to the bent connector of the second mating device.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein bending one of a plurality of connectors of a first mating device further comprises:

selecting a male connector on a male mating device; and

bending the selected male connector to a predetermined angle.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein bending the selected male connector to a predetermined angle further comprises inserting the selected male connector into a pin bender having an interior designed to bend the connector at a predetermined angle.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein bending one of a plurality of connectors of a first mating device further comprises:

selecting a female connector on a female mating device; and

bending the selected female connector to a predetermined angle.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034194/0291 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2007
From: CAMPBELL, KEITH M.; KERN, ERIC R.; METRY, CAROLINE M.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019166/0112 →