Mounting structures for flow substrates
AssigneeCompart Systems Pte. Ltd.
InventorsFrederick Rezaei, Kim Ngoc Vu
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Abstract
A flow substrate mounting structure comprising a fastener aperture and an alignment feature, wherein the alignment feature comprises at least one of an alignment pin removably coupled with the flow substrate mounting structure, an alignment slot, and an alignment step. A structure for coupling a plurality of flow substrates comprising a flow substrate mounting structure comprising a first fastener aperture, and a second fastener aperture, wherein the first fastener aperture is configured to couple with a first fastener and the second fastener aperture is configured to couple with a second fastener, wherein an alignment fixture is used to align the flow substrate mounting structure with the plurality of flow substrates.
Claims32
A flow substrate mounting structure comprising:
- a fastener aperture;
- and
- an alignment feature, wherein the alignment feature comprises at least one of an alignment pin removably coupled with the flow substrate mounting structure, an alignment slot, and an alignment step, wherein the alignment pin is configured to be removed from the flow substrate mounting structure when the flow substrate mounting structure is coupled to a flow substrate.
A flow substrate comprising:
- a substrate body comprising a component attachment surface, wherein the component attachment surface comprises a plurality of conduit ports;
- a flow substrate mounting structure comprising a first aperture and a second aperture, wherein the first aperture and the second aperture are each configured to receive a fastener for coupling the flow substrate mounting structure with the substrate body, and an alignment pin configured to be removed after the flow substrate mounting structure is coupled and while still attached with the substrate body.
A flow substrate mounting structure comprising:
- a clamp portion configured to couple with a portion of a first surface of a first flow substrate and with a second surface of a second flow substrate;
- a first fastener aperture, wherein the first fastener aperture extends through the clamp portion and a standoff portion and is configured to receive a fastener;
- and
- a first locking pin aperture configured to couple with a first locking pin,
- wherein the first fastener aperture is configured to be laterally adjacent the first flow substrate when the flow substrate mounting structure is coupled to the first flow substrate.
A flow substrate mounting structure comprising:
- a fastener aperture, wherein the aperture extends through the flow substrate mounting structure;
- a first locking pin aperture configured to couple with a first locking pin;
- and
- a second locking pin aperture configured to couple with the first locking pin,
- wherein the flow substrate mounting structure is configured to couple with a flow substrate with a fixed thickness,
- wherein the flow substrate mounting structure is configured to couple with the flow substrate at a flow substrate recess, and wherein the fastener aperture is configured to be laterally adjacent the flow substrate when the flow substrate mounting structure is coupled to the flow substrate.
A structure for coupling a plurality of flow substrates comprising:
- a flow substrate mounting structure comprising:
- a first fastener aperture, and
- a second fastener aperture, wherein the first fastener aperture is configured to couple with a first fastener and the second fastener aperture is configured to couple with a second fastener, wherein the first fastener is configured to couple with a first of the plurality of flow substrates and the second fastener is configured to couple with a second of the plurality of flow substrates, and wherein an alignment fixture is used to align the flow substrate mounting structure with the plurality of flow substrates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.