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US 2008/0149025 A1Published application
Fixture assembly and methods related thereto
AssigneeTerronics Development Corporation
InventorJennifer Swenson
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to a fixture assembly comprising one or more cartridge assemblies, each cartridge assembly comprising one or more part-holders surrounding a driveshaft and supporting a target. The fixture assembly also includes a base assembly in contact with the one or more cartridge assemblies and wherein each cartridge assembly and each part-holder can independently rotate during a contacting process.
Claims23
A fixture assembly comprising:
- one or more cartridge assemblies, each cartridge assembly comprising:
- one or more part-holders, surrounding a driveshaft and supporting a target;
- and
- a base assembly, in contact with the one or more cartridge assemblies;
- wherein each cartridge assembly and each part-holder can independently rotate during a contacting process.
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A fixture assembly comprising:
- one or more cartridge assemblies, each cartridge assembly comprising:
- two or more bulkheads;
- a driveshaft, in contact with the central portion of the two or more bulkheads;
- a drive tube, surrounding the driveshaft;
- one or more drive tube gears, in contact with the drive tube;
- one or more outer drive tubes, supported by at least one of the two or more bulkheads;
- one or more part-holding attachments, positioned at or near the end of the one or more outer drive tubes;
- one or more planetary gears, in contact with the one or more outer drive tubes;
- a sun gear, in contact with the drive tube and the one or more planetary gears;
- one or more covers, positioned at the opposite end of the one or more outer drive tubes in which the part-holding attachment is located;
- one or more centering guides, in contact with at least one of the bulkheads and facing the one or more covers;
- one or more ground wires, protruding from the one or more centering guides and in contact with the driveshaft;
- wherein one or more targets are held by the part-holding attachment within the one or more outer drive tubes and protrude from the one or more covers;
- and
- a base assembly, the base assembly comprising:
- a base;
- two or more spindles, attached to the base and in contact with the driveshaft of the cartridge assembly;
- one or more drive motors, attached to the base;
- one or more drive gears, attached to the one or more drive motors and in contact with the one or more drive tube gears of the cartridge assembly;
- wherein the one or more cartridge assemblies are removable from the base.
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A cartridge assembly comprising:
- one or more part-holders, surrounding a driveshaft and supporting a target;
- wherein each cartridge assembly and each part-holder can independently rotate during a contacting process.
A method of using a fixture assembly for a contacting process, the method comprising:
- fixing one or more targets to or within one or more of part-holders of one or more cartridge assemblies;
- introducing a coating material to one or more nozzles positioned near the fixture assembly;
- and
- contacting the one or more targets with the coating material by a contacting process;
- wherein the one or more cartridge assemblies in contact with the base of the fixture assembly allow the one or more targets to rotate, index or both during the contacting process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.