Patent ID: 8920617
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: C25D,H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. An electroplating fixture assembly for plating a terminal lead, the fixture assembly comprising: a) a main body extending along a longitudinal axis having a depth that extends from a base aligned substantially perpendicular from the longitudinal axis, the base having a bottom surface; b) a membrane having a membrane depth that extends perpendicularly from the longitudinal axis, the membrane residing along the base bottom surface of the main body so that the membrane depth is aligned along the longitudinal axis; c) a pedestal positionable below both the base bottom surface of the main body and the membrane along the longitudinal axis, wherein the pedestal has at least one pedestal well extending from an open well end to a bottom well wall part way through a depth of the pedestal and wherein the pedestal open well end is positionable adjacent the membrane; and d) wherein a terminal lead having a terminal lead length extending from a proximal terminal lead end to a distal terminal lead end is positionable within the main body so that the terminal lead length is oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis through the depth of the membrane, wherein the proximal terminal lead end resides above a top membrane surface and the distal terminal lead end extends beyond a membrane bottom surface.