Patent 7713586 was granted and assigned to Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for a surface being plated locally includes a fixture for holding at least a work piece and the fixture is supported with two opposite lateral walls of a plating tank. Hence, a plated zone on a surface of the work piece can be immerged into the liquid contained in the plating tank for the plated zone being coated with de-oxide layer and plating layer sequentially.