Patent ID: 6148502
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: H01C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for making a surface mount resistor comprising:forming a rectangular piece of resistance material having first and second opposite ends, first and second opposite sides, a longitudinal axis extending between said first and second opposite ends, and a uniform thickness, whereby said rectangular piece of resistance material has a predetermined resistance per square regardless of the size of said square;placing first and second conductive terminals on said first and second ends respectively of said rectangular piece so as to create an initial current path having an initial number of squares between said first and second terminals;cutting no more than three plunge cuts in said rectangular piece, each commencing adjacent one of said first and second opposite sides of said rectangular piece and each having at least a portion thereof extending in a direction transverse to said longitudinal axis of said rectangular piece;cutting two or more longitudinal cuts in said rectangular piece, each of said longitudinal cuts extending in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis of said rectangular piece and communicating with only one of said plunge cuts;choosing the locations of said plunge cuts and said longitudinal cuts to maximize the beam strength of said rectangular piece between said first and second terminals while at the same time creating a single resulting current path between said first and second terminals having a resulting total number of squares at least twice that of said initial total number of squares between said first and second terminals.