Patent ID: 8082651

Claim:
A micro-structure fabrication method for fabricating a micro-structure by plastically deforming a work piece having a substrate with a principal plane, the micro-structure including an inclined part inclined to the principal plane of the substrate, the micro-structure fabrication method comprising the steps of: providing, prior to fabricating the micro-structure, a work piece having a projection configured to protrude from a first surface and away from the principal plane of the substrate; and fabricating the micro-structure by bending the work piece toward a second surface opposite to the first surface by applying a force on a block including an inclined pressure plane that abuts the projection for plastically deforming the work piece, wherein in bending the work piece, the direction of a first force applied by the block intersects with the direction of a second force of the inclined pressure plane pushing the projection, and the inclined part is formed on the work piece.