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Passive alterable electrical component

  • US 10,278,291 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2016
  • Issued: 04/30/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of using a switchable passive electrical component, the method comprising the acts of:

  • providing said component having a substrate, a first, second and third electrically conductive pad each attached on said substrate, a first electrical device electrically connecting and fixedly attached to said first and said second pads, and wherein said third pad is never electrically connected to either said first or said second pads, said component possessing a point of origin;

    positioning a virtual representation of said component in a Computer Aided Design (CAD) layout by identifying said point of origin such that said first pad is electrically connected to a first externally located device and said second pad is electrically connected to a second externally located device;

    repositioning said virtual representation of said component in said CAD layout by rotating about said point of origin so that said third pad is electrically connected to said first externally located device, said first pad is electrically connected to said second externally located device;

    downloading said CAD layout to an automated component assembly machine; and

    constructing an electrical board based on said CAD layout via said automated component assembly machine.

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