11602results about "Work holders" patented technology

A method of enhancing semiconductor chip process variability and lifetime reliability through a three-dimensional (3D) integration applied to electronic packaging. Also provided is an arrangement for implementing the inventive method.

A transfer assembly and method for transferring a flexible sheet of material which is subject to wrinkling, folding and/or creasing. The assembly and method includes a vacuum manifold having a cavity which is connected to an evacuation source for drawing a vacuum on the cavity, and an opening on the manifold of a given size and shape and communicating with the cavity. A sheet of porous material for supporting the flexible sheet of material for transfer thereon covers the opening and has a plurality of fine pores extending therethrough. The pores are profusely and uniformly distributed entirely over an area of the sheet of porous material which area is at least substantially of the same size and shape as the flexible sheet of material which is to be transferred thereon, so that substantially the entire area of the flexible sheet of material which is to be transferred is exposed to the pores. The pores are subjected to the vacuum in the manifold cavity in the substantial absence of impairment of communication of the vacuum to the pores to uniformly pickup and hold the flexible sheet of material for transfer without folding, wrinkling or creasing of the flexible sheet of material.

A magnetic clamp (20) for welding a magnetic object (504), includes a first magnetic member (22) and a second magnetic member (24). A hinge (26) connects magnetic members (22) and (24) so that an angle formed by magnetic members (22) and (24) may be changed. A spring loaded terminal (500) having a contact end (502) is disposed between first magnetic member (22) and second magnetic member (24). Magnetic clamp (20) may be attached to magnetic object (504) so that first magnetic member (22), second magnetic member (24), and contact end (502) all abut magnetic object (504). In a preferred embodiment, a removal tab (36) is connected to magnetic clamp (20) to assist in removing magnetic clamp (20) from magnetic object (504).

The invention relates to a device for mounting and/or dismantling a component (10), in particular a rotor blade of a wind turbine (20) comprising a tower head (21). Said device comprises at least one guide element (30) that stretches between the tower head (21) and the ground (40) and has at least one supporting device (60) that is essentially fixed in the air, supporting at least a partial load of the weight of the component (10) during the transport of the latter (10) between the ground (40) and the wind turbine (20). At least one guy (70) leads from the supporting device (60) to the component (10), whereby the length of said guy between the supporting device (60) and the component (10) can be modified.

The invention discloses a flexible multipoint tool set for positioning and supporting thin-walled curved surface parts, which comprises an operating platform and at least three supporting/fixing units, wherein the supporting/fixing units are all arranged on the operating platform, and each supporting/fixing unit comprises a spherical hinge side draught vacuum chuck, a first hoisting assembly and a fixed base, the spherical hinge side draught vacuum chuck is arranged at the upper part of the first hoisting assembly, and the lower part of the first hoisting assembly is arranged on the fixed base; the fixed base of each supporting/fixing unit is provided with a first electromagnet, and the first electromagnet is in magnetic suction with the upper surface of the operating platform; and the operating platform is also provided with at least two positioning units, each positioning unit comprises a positioning pin, a second hoisting assembly and a positioning base, the positioning pin is arranged at the upper end part of the second hoisting assembly, the lower end part of the second hoisting assembly is arranged on the positioning base, and the positioning base is connected with the operating platform. The flexible multipoint tool set disclosed by the invention not only can accurately position thin-walled curved surface parts, but also can conveniently move above the operating platform and adjust the distance between every two supporting/fixing units.

A flexible apparatus for locating and clamping a thin-wall workpiece with 3D shaped surface at multiple points is composed of two rectangular frames linked by scrwe bolts and with the regulating screws on their four sides, 4 lines X6 columns elastic sleeve tubes arranged uniformly on the netted structure in said frame and two barrier plates parallel in said frames and with regulating screws, locating pins and 4 locking tensional plates.

A pneumatically actuated magnetic workpiece holder comprising a housing having a contact surface for contacting a workpiece to be held, and a magnet assembly translationally disposed in the housing, the magnet assembly comprising a plurality of permanent magnets arranged so that adjacent magnets are of opposite polarities. The housing is adapted for fluid communication with a pneumatic supply. The magnet assembly is biased towards an operative position, according to which the magnet assembly is sufficiently near the contact surface to exert on a workpiece an attractive force sufficient for holding the workpiece in contact with the workpiece holder, and is translationally positionable by pneumatic pressure towards an inoperative position, according to which the magnet assembly is sufficiently distant from the contact surface so as to be unable to exert on the workpiece an attractive force sufficient for holding the workpiece in contact with the workpiece holder. The invention is adapted for replacing suction-cup workpiece holders in conventional vacuum lifting devices, and a method of utilizing the present invention in this fashion is taught to comprise providing the workpiece holder with a coupling complimentary to the coupling for such conventional suction-cup workpiece holders, so that the magnetic workpiece holder may be substituted for the conventional suction-cup holder in the vacuum lifting device. According to this method, the vacuum supply of the conventional vacuum lifting device is adapted to provide such positive air pressure for employing the magnetic workpiece holder of this invention.

The invention relates to a combination flexible multipoint support device with skin and trimming, which consists of a plurality of positioning plates and a plurality of adjusting components; the positioning plates is flat T-shape and a threaded hole and a matching surface are arranged on the positioning plates; the adjusting components consist of a basioccipital and a nail height adjusting unit; the adjusting components are put in parallel in an X direction and the interval between centers is fixed; the positioning plates are divided into two symmetrical rows in a Y direction; each positioning plate is connected with the same end of two adjacent adjusting components; the basioccipital shapes like a rectangular and locating holes, a threaded hole and a matching surface are arranged on the basioccipital; the locating holes are evenly distributed in a line on the basioccipital and the nail height adjusting unit is fixed in the locating holes; the nail height adjusting unit consists of a large double-screw bolt, a bolt, a locknut, a rotary nail, a replaceable nail sleeve, a joint cylinder, a universal device, a vacuum generator and a vacuum chuck. The device of the invention realizes flexible holding, reduces special clamping devices and frocks and has remarkable economic and time benefits.

The invention relates to a bearing pressing-in apparatus, which comprises a body, a driving device, a cylinder guiding bar arranged on the body and an pressing-in apparatus; wherein, the body is provided with a detection device for the depth of the bearing pressing-in apparatus and a detection device for bearing pressing-in force; a vacuum generator which avoids the misplace of the bearing and the vacuum generator is connected with the pressing-in apparatus. The vacuum generator can detect whether the workpiece is loaded in or not, the position is right or not and the pressing-in force of the bearing is in the range or not; in addition, the detection device also can detect whether the bearing pressing-in is positioned properly or not.

A manufacturing system includes a configurable positioning apparatus and machining system for processing a workpiece retained by the positioning apparatus. The positioning apparatus has different configurations for retaining different types of workpieces, such as panels, fuselages, airfoil skins, and engine housings. The positioning apparatus includes a first support rail and a second support rail spaced apart from the first support rail. The first and second support rails support a plurality of stackable headers that cooperate to position the workpiece. The headers have adjustable heights along their lengths in order to accommodate the shape of the workpiece.

A system for handling a first component includes: a main-device and a module-device, the module-device having a pressing section arranged to form an outer surface of the module-device, the module-device configured to releasably receive the first component, such that a connection section of the first component is attachable to the pressing section of the module-device. The module-device is releasably connected to a second component, wherein the main-device includes a grabbing unit adapted for releasably connecting the module-device, such that the pressing section is arranged to form a first outer surface section of the main-device, and wherein the main-device includes a connector for connecting to a handling-unit for arranging the main-device at the second component, such that the connection section of the first component, if attached to the pressing section of the module-device, is at least indirectly attachable to a front surface of the second component.

An apparatus for holding a workpiece having a support table, a plurality of elongated workpiece supports extendible from the support table, a plurality of a clamp assemblies, and a processing machine. Each clamp assembly is positioned about a portion of a corresponding workpiece support. The clamp assemblies are moveable between a clamping position wherein the clamp assemblies support the workpiece support in a selected vertical position and a non-clamping position wherein the workpiece supports are moveable so that the position of the workpiece support is changeable. The processing machine is in communication with the clamp assemblies for controlling the position of the clamp assemblies, and the processing machine has an end effector engageable with the workpiece supports above the support table to permit the processing machine to move the workpiece supports to selected positions when the clamp assemblies are in the non-clamping position.

A substrate transporting robot apparatus is disclosed which is adapted to transport a substrate to and from a chamber of an electronic device processing system. The apparatus may include an upper arm rotatable in an X-Y plane, a forearm rotatable relative to the upper arm in the X-Y plane, and a wrist member rotatable relative to the forearm in the X-Y plane, the wrist member including an end effector adapted to carry a substrate. The wrist member may be subjected to independent rotation such that various degrees of yaw may be imparted to the wrist member. In some aspects, the independent rotation is provided without a motive power device (e.g., motor) being provided on the arms or wrist member, i.e., the wrist member may be remotely driven. Systems and methods using the robot apparatus are also provided as are numerous other aspects.

A method for creating and a device for a rotary switchable multi-core element, permanent magnet-based apparatus, for holding or lifting a target, comprised of two or more carrier platters, each containing a plurality of complementary first and second core elements. Each core element comprises permanent magnet(s) with magnetically matched soft steel pole conduits attached to the north and south poles of the magnet(s). Core elements are oriented within adjacent carrier platters such that relative rotation allows for alignment in-phase or out-of-phase of the magnetic north and south fields within the pole conduits. Aligning a first core element “in-phase” with a second core element, that is, north-north/south-south, activates that core element pair, allowing the combined magnetic fields of the pole conduits to be directed into a target. Aligning the core element pair “out-of-phase,” that is, north-south/south-north, deactivates that core element pair by containing opposing fields within the pole conduits.

Method and device for self-regulated flux transfer from a source of magnetic energy into one or more ferromagnetic work pieces, wherein a plurality of magnets, each having at least one N-S pole pair defining a magnetization axis, are disposed in a medium having a first relative permeability, the magnets being arranged in an array in which gaps of predetermined distance are maintained between neighboring magnets in the array and in which the magnetization axes of the magnets are oriented such that immediately neighboring magnets face one another with opposite polarities, such arrangement representing a magnetic tank circuit in which internal flux paths through the medium exist between neighboring magnets and magnetic flux access portals are defined between oppositely polarized pole pieces of such neighboring magnets, and wherein at least one working circuit is created which has a reluctance that is lower than that of the magnetic tank circuit by bringing one or more of the magnetic flux access portals into close vicinity to or contact with a surface of a ferromagnetic body having a second relative permeability that is higher than the first relative permeability, whereby a limit of effective flux transfer from the magnetic tank circuit into the working circuit will be reached when the work piece approaches magnetic saturation and the reluctance of the work circuit substantially equals the reluctance of the tank circuit.

The invention discloses a method for assembling a faucet valve core and a fully automatic assembly machine. Before the assembly of the valve core, all parts are first sorted by a specially arranged vibration disk, then conveyed to specific positions through conveying pipes, and finally assembled into a whole through the action of a mechanical clamp and the positioning of a worktable. The middle of the fully automatic assembly machine is a working turntable; the periphery of the working turntable is provided with part vibration sorters; and the sorted parts are conveyed to the locking end of the turntable to assemble the core. The fully automatic assembly machine is provided with secondary pressure supplementing and product quality inspecting equipment. The fully automatic assembly machine adopts a circular production turntable to complete the assembly of the valve core, thereby having the advantage of small space occupation; and the working turntable cooperate with mechanical hands at the ends of the part conveying pipes to rotate a certain angle to complete a next assembly step, so the production efficiency is high.

The invention discloses a modularizing multipoint flexible fixture, which comprises a basic platform module, Y-direction modules and Z-direction modules and is characterized in that a plurality of Y-direction modules capable of sliding along the X direction of the basic platform module are arranged on the basic platform module, a plurality of Z-direction modules capable of sliding along the Y directions of the Y-direction modules are positioned on the Y-direction modules, sliding mechanisms capable of sliding along the Z directions of the Z-direction modules are disposed in the Z-direction modules, and clamping devices are positioned on the sliding mechanisms. The modularizing multipoint flexible fixture resolves the problem that a multipoint location support fixture in the prior art is complex in structure, cannot be adjusted arbitrarily in the horizontal plane, is poor in adjusting accuracy, and is inconvenient to use. The multipoint flexible fixture can be arbitrarily adjusted in the horizontal plane and simplifies multipoint location supports.

The present disclosure provides an ancillary fixture for assembling a touch display and the method for using the same. The ancillary fixture comprises a first carrying member, a second carrying member, a support structure, a first positioning mechanism, and a second positioning mechanism. The first carrying member and the second carrying member are pivoted at the support structure. The first carrying member has a first carrying surface. The second carrying member has a second carrying surface opposing to the first carrying surface. The first carrying surface and the second carrying surface are used for carrying at least one component of the touch display, respectively. The first positioning mechanism and the second positioning mechanism are used for adjusting the inclination angle of the first carrying member and the second carrying member with respect to the support structure, respectively, to finish assembling the touch display.

The invention provides a positioning compaction device, a compaction device and a tool for the auxiliary machining of chassis of motor trains. The positioning compaction device comprises a beam, two support frames, two rotary vertical compaction structures, a side positioning structure, a lateral butting structure and two adjustable intermediate support structures, wherein the two support frames are slidably arranged on both sides of the upper surface of the beam respectively; the two rotary vertical compaction structures are arranged on the tops of the two support frames respectively; the side positioning structure is arranged on the lateral part of one support frame in the two support frames; the lateral butting structure is arranged on the lateral part of the other support frame in thetwo support frames; and the two adjustable intermediate support structures are arranged on the upper surface of the beam and are positioned between the two support frames. The positioning compaction device realizes the modular design of the tool for the auxiliary machining of the chassis of the motor trains and solves the technical problems of large volume and inconvenient carrying and movement of a tool structure for the auxiliary machining of the chassis of the motor trains and incapability of auxiliary machining of the chassis of the motor trains with different types due to low adjustability.

Disclosed is a hinge device for a swing-type portable terminal having a first housing, a second housing adapted to be rotated about a hinge axis extending perpendicularly to the front surface of the first housing while facing it, and a hinge device for coupling the second housing to the first housing in such a manner that it can be rotated while facing the latter, including a first hinge cam fixedly coupled to the first housing and exposed to a surface of the first housing, a hinge shaft positioned in the second housing and extending along the hinge axis to be fixedly coupled to the first hinge cam, and a second hinge cam fixedly coupled to the second housing and adapted to reciprocate linearly on the hinge shaft along the hinge axis and to be rotated about the hinge axis while facing the first hinge cam.

An electrostatic chuck includes (a) a cooling device serving as an RF electrode, including a gas supply port penetrating through the cooling device, the gas supply port extending from one main surface to the other main surface, and a main counter bore portion having a diameter larger than that of the gas supply port, the main counter bore portion provided in an opening of the gas supply port; (b) an arc prevention member buried in the main counter bore portion and made of an insulating member, wherein a gas path is provided, the gas path is configured to communicate with the gas supply port; and (c) an electrostatic chuck body arranged on the cooling device, defining a work mounting surface on a top surface of the electrostatic chuck body, provided with a pore in communication with the gas supply port via the gas path.

Method for manufacturing brushes, characterized in that a device is applied consisting of at least one carrier (2) with openings (3) which are mutually arranged according to a certain pattern, whereby the fiber bundles which have to be provided in a brush body (5) can be put in this carrier (2), and whereby this method further consists in the combination of at least four steps (6-8-9-11), respectively, the lateral separation of fiber bundles (4) from at least one quantity of loose fibers (7); the provision, in a mechanical manner, step-by-step, of the aforementioned fiber bundles (4) in the aforementioned carrier (2); the transfer of the fiber bundles (4) which are placed in the carrier by means of this carrier (2) to a holder (10); and, by means of this holder (10), the fixation of the fiber bundles (4) in the brush body (5), or at least in a portion of the brush body.

An apparatus and method for supporting an object. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a support structure, a positioning system, and a retention system. The positioning system may be associated with the support structure and configured to position the support structure with respect to a number of linear axes. The retention system may be associated with the support structure. The retention system may be configured to retain a portion of an object and move the portion of the object towards a platform such that the portion of the object substantially conforms to a shape of the platform.

A method is provided for controlling resource allocation in a multicell communication system including a plurality of cells, each of the cells using the same frequency band. The method comprises dividing the frequency band for each of the cells into a plurality of band groups; dividing a cell region for each of the cells into a plurality of segment regions; and mapping corresponding segment regions to each of the band groups.

The invention provides an external-embrace type clamp. The external-embrace type clamp comprises a base, a cover body and a rotating disk, wherein the cover body is arranged on the base in a stacking mode and fixedly connected with the base, the rotating disk is clamped between the base and the cover body, a convex shaft is arranged in the center of the base, a clamping hole used for containing a part to be clamped is formed in the center of the convex shaft, the convex shaft is sleeved with the rotating disk, the rotating disk can rotate around the convex shaft, a through hole which can be used for a part to be clamped in the clamping hole to extend out is correspondingly formed in the center of the cover body, a plurality of clamping blocks are evenly arranged on the upper surface of the rotating disk, can rotate reversely along with the rotating disk to close up towards the center of the rotating disk so as to tightly clamp the part to be clamped, and rotate forwardly along with the rotating disk to slide to disperse away from the center of the rotating disk so as to release the part to be clamped, and sliding chutes used for the clamping blocks to slide are correspondingly formed in the cover body. The clamping blocks are provided with sliding shafts, slot holes used for the sliding shafts to slide respectively are evenly formed in the circumference of the surface of the rotating disk in an array mode, and the distance between one end of each slot hole to the center of the rotating disk is shorter than the distance between the other end of the slot hole to the center of the rotating disk. The external-embrace type clamp is small in number of parts, simple in structure, convenient to operate, accurate in location and low in manufacturing cost.

In an optical disk substrate film-formation apparatus which prepared an optical disk by forming a thin film on a substrate, the optical disk substrate is held by a holder section. A contact support surface is provided to the holder section which closely contacts at least a portion of the surface of the optical disk substrate rear to the surface where the think film is formed.

The invention relates to a repairing-reinforcing and an enhancement technique for a pressure pipeline, a pipe casting and a pressure container, in particular to a repairing-reinforcing technique and enhancement technique of the combination of fibre reinforced composite materials and a clamp injected with solidifiable polymers carried through on the structure and the using method as well as the application of the technique. The repairing-reinforcing and the enhancement technique of the invention is to pave one layer or multiple layers of the fibre reinforced composite materials on the parts needed repairing, reinforcing or enhancing firstly; then mounting the clamp on the outer surface of the fibre reinforced composite materials and fills the solidifiable polymers between the clamp and the pipeline, the pipe casting or the pressure container to finish the repairing-reinforcing and enhancement of the part. The repairing-reinforcing and the enhancement technique of the invention is suitable for carrying out temporary emergency repair or long term repairing-reinforcing and enhancement on various pipeline, pile casting and pressure container to prolong the service life and improve the safety operation pressure.

Apparatuses and methods for suppressing thermally induced motion of a workpiece. An apparatus includes a workpiece heating system configured to thermally induce motion of a workpiece, and further includes a damping member spaced apart from the workpiece and configured to apply a damping force to dampen the motion of the workpiece. The damping member may be spaced apart from a rest position of the workpiece by a distance sufficiently small that gas pressure between the damping member and the workpiece opposes the motion of the workpiece. The distance is preferably adjustable.

A substrate holding and rotating device includes: a turntable rotatable; a rotative drive unit which rotates the turntable; a holding member which is provided on the turntable and horizontally holds a substrate in upwardly spaced relation to the turntable; a vertically movable protection disk disposed between the turntable and a substrate holding position; and a magnetic levitation mechanism including a first magnet attached to the protection disk, an annular second magnet which generates a repulsive force with respect to the first magnet, a support member which non-rotatably supports the second magnet, and a relative movement mechanism which moves the support member and the turntable relative to each other.

A method of supporting a plurality of planar substrates in a tube shaped furnace for conducting a thermal treatment process is disclosed. The method uses a boat fixture having a base frame including two length portions and a first width portion, a second width portion, and one or more middle members connected between the two length portions. Additionally, the method includes mounting a removable first grooved rod respectively on the first width portion, the second width portion, and each of the one or more middle members, each first grooved rod having a first plurality of grooves characterized by a first spatial configuration. The method further includes inserting one or two substrates of a plurality of planar substrates into each groove in the boat fixture separated by a distance.