Oblique parts or surfaces
First Claim
1. Apparatus comprising:
- a structure with a support surface; and
a cantilevered element having a base supported on the support surface and extending from the base to a free part;
the cantilevered element including;
a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely from the base to the free part;
the spring-like portion having an oblique radiation artifact;
in response to deflecting force applied to the cantilevered element in use, the spring-like portion providing deflection and spring force within required ranges.
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Abstract
Various structures, such as microstructures and wall-like structures, can include parts or surfaces that are oblique. In some implementations, a cantilevered element includes a spring-like portion with a uniformly oblique surface or with another artifact of an oblique radiation technique. In some implementations, when a deflecting force is applied, a spring-like portion can provide deflection and spring force within required ranges. Various oblique radiation techniques can be used, such as radiation of a layer through a prism, and structures having spring-like portions with oblique radiation artifacts can be used in various applications, such as with downward or upward deflecting forces.
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52 Claims
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a structure with a support surface; and
a cantilevered element having a base supported on the support surface and extending from the base to a free part;
the cantilevered element including;
a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely from the base to the free part;
the spring-like portion having an oblique radiation artifact;
in response to deflecting force applied to the cantilevered element in use, the spring-like portion providing deflection and spring force within required ranges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of use comprising:
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applying deflecting force to a cantilevered element;
the cantilevered element having a base supported on a support surface, the cantilevered element extending from the base to a free part;
the cantilevered element including a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely from the base to the free part;
the spring-like portion having an oblique radiation artifact; and
in response to deflecting force, providing deflection and spring force within required ranges from the spring-like portion. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. Apparatus comprising:
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a structure with a support surface; and
a cantilevered element fabricated from material deposited over the support surface;
the cantilevered element having a base supported on the support surface and extending from the base to a free part;
the cantilevered element including;
a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely along a length from the base to the free part with a surface that, along most of the length, is uniformly oblique relative to the support surface;
in response to deflecting force applied to the cantilevered element in use, the spring-like portion providing deflection and spring force within required ranges. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Apparatus comprising:
a spring cantilever fabricated on a support surface;
the spring cantilever, when undeflected, extending obliquely from a base on the support surface to a free part;
the spring cantilever having an oblique radiation artifact;
in response to deflecting force, the spring cantilever providing deflection and spring force within required ranges.- View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. Apparatus comprising:
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a structure with a support surface; and
an array of spring-like cantilevered elements fabricated on the support surface;
each cantilevered element having a base supported on the support surface and, when undeflected, extending obliquely from the base to a free part;
each cantilevered element including an oblique radiation artifact;
each cantilevered element, in response to deflecting force toward the support surface, providing deflection and spring force. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. Apparatus comprising:
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a structure with a support surface; and
a wall-like cantilevered element fabricated from material deposited over the support surface;
the cantilevered element having a base supported on the support surface and extending from the base to a free part;
the cantilevered element including;
a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely along a length from the base to the free part with a lower surface disposed toward the support surface;
in response to deflecting force applied upward on the lower surface, the spring-like portion providing deflection and spring force within required ranges.
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29. Apparatus comprising:
a cantilevered polymer element fabricated from material deposited over a support surface;
the cantilevered polymer element having a base part supported on the support surface and extending to a free part;
the cantilevered polymer element including;
a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely along a length from the base part to the free part;
in response to deflecting force applied to the cantilevered polymer element, the spring-like portion providing deflection and spring force within required ranges.
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30. Apparatus comprising:
a cantilevered element fabricated from material deposited over a support surface;
the cantilevered element including;
a polymer component extending from a base part supported on the support surface to a free part;
the polymer component including a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely along a length from the base part to the free part with an upper surface that, along most of the length between the base part and the free part, is uniformly oblique relative to the support surface; and
a deposited component on the spring-like portion'"'"'s upper surface;
the deposited component remaining on the upper surface as the spring-like portion deflects in response to deflecting force.- View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. A structure fabricated from material deposited on a support surface;
- the structure comprising;
a first part on the support surface; and
a cantilevered element connected to the first part, the cantilevered element including;
a spring-like portion that includes a second part extending away from the first part to a free part;
the second part having a lower surface;
when the spring-like portion is undeflected, a section of the lower surface being uniformly oblique relative to the support surface;
the section extending along most of the second part'"'"'s length between the first part and the free part. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A structure fabricated on a support surface;
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a first part on the support surface; and
a cantilevered element connected to the first part at a joint, the cantilevered element including a substantially planar second part that extends away from the joint to a free part;
the second part and the support surface defining an oblique angle with the joint at its vertex.
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35. A structure fabricated from material deposited on a support surface;
- the structure comprising;
a first part on the support surface; and
a cantilevered element connected to the first part, the cantilevered element including a spring-like portion;
the spring-like portion including a second part that extends away from the first part to a free part;
the second part having a section along most of its length between the first part and the free part that, when the second part is undeflected, is uniformly oblique relative to the support surface;
the second part further having a curved section between the first part and the uniformly oblique section.
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36. Apparatus comprising:
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a structure with a support surface; and
first and second components fabricated from material deposited over the support surface;
the first and second components being capable of holding an object in place between them on or over the support surface;
the first component being a cantilevered element having a base supported on the support surface and extending from its base to a free part;
the first component including;
a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely along a length from the base to the free part with a lower surface disposed toward the support surface and toward the second component;
when the object is inserted between the lower surface, the second component, and the support surface, the spring-like portion providing deflection sufficient to permit insertion and spring force sufficient to hold the object. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. Apparatus comprising:
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a structure with a support surface; and
cantilevered elements fabricated from material deposited over the support surface;
the cantilevered elements including an arrangement of at least one first side element on a first side of an object position over or on the substrate surface and an arrangement of at least one second side element on a second side of the object position opposite the first side;
the first and second side elements being capable of holding an object in the object position;
each of the cantilevered elements having a base supported on the support surface and extending from the base to a free part;
each of the cantilevered elements including;
a spring-like portion that, when undeflected, extends obliquely along a length from the base to the free part and toward the object position;
when an object is inserted into the object position, the spring-like portions providing deflection sufficient to permit insertion and spring force sufficient to hold the object. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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48. A method comprising:
fabricating a cantilevered element on a support surface, the cantilevered element having a base supported on the support surface and extending from the base to a free part;
the act of fabricating the cantilevered element comprising;
fabricating a spring-like portion of the cantilevered element;
the spring-like portion, when undeflected, extending obliquely along a length from the base to the free part;
the spring-like portion including an oblique radiation artifact;
in response to deflecting force applied to the cantilevered element in use, the spring-like portion providing deflection and spring force within required ranges.- View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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52. A method comprising:
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exposing a portion of a photoresist layer on a support surface to incident light received through a prism at a first angle oblique to the support surface; and
processing the photoresist layer to produce a polymer wall that extends at a second angle oblique to the support surface.
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