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US 2006/0032070 A1Published application
Micro tool alignment apparatus and method
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsTodd Biggs, Jeff Wienrich
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Abstract
A micro tool alignment apparatus and method of use is described herein.
Claims25
A fixture apparatus comprising:
- a first and a second portion;
- a first and a second plurality of attachment features associated with the first and second portion respectively to facilitate attachment of a first and a second micro tool to the first and second portions respectively, and to facilitate positioning of the first and second micro tools in a first and a second degree of freedom;
- and;
- a first and a second alignment feature associated with the first and second portions respectively to facilitate positioning of the first and second micro tools in a third degree of freedom, which together with said positioning of the micro tools in the first and second degrees of freedom, align the first and second micro tools to one another.
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A fixture apparatus comprising:
- a first and a second portion;
- a first and a second plurality of attachment features associated with the first and second portions respectively to facilitate attachment of a first and a second micro tool to the first and second portions respectively;
- and
- a first and a second indexing feature associated with the first and second portions respectively to facilitate mating of the first and second portion of the fixture to one another.
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A method comprising:
- attaching a first micro tool to a first portion of a fixture in a first pre-determined manner;
- attaching a second micro tool to a second portion of the fixture in a second pre-determined manner;
- and
- mating the first and second portions of the fixture in a third pre-determined manner, where the first, second and third pre-determined manners are complementary to one another to result in the first and second micro-tools being aligned with one another.
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A method comprising:
- attaching a first micro tool to a first fixture in a pre-determined manner;
- and
- loading the first fixture having the first micro tool attached onto an equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.