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US 2026/0099019 A1Published application
Compliant process for high-level planar assembly
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul Gond-Charton, Steve Pellerin, Sebastien Gouin, Elaine Cyr, Patrick Jacques
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Abstract
To assemble a donor part to a receiver part, place the receiver part on a stage; provide at least one compliant elastomeric member associated with at least one of the stage and a vacuum element; and use the vacuum element to lift the donor part and assemble it to the receiver part on the stage. Misalignment of the receiver part and the donor part is tolerated by the at least one compliant elastomeric member.
Claims20
A method of assembling a donor part to a receiver part, comprising:
- placing the receiver part on a stage;
- providing at least one compliant elastomeric member associated with at least one of the stage and a vacuum element;
- and
- using the vacuum element to lift the donor part and assemble it to the receiver part on the stage, wherein misalignment of the receiver part and the donor part is tolerated by the at least one compliant elastomeric member.
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An assembly comprising:
- a donor part;
- a receiver part;
- a stage supporting the receiver part;
- a vacuum element movable with respect to the stage;
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- at least one compliant elastomeric member associated with at least one of the stage and the vacuum element;
- and
- wherein the donor part is secured to the vacuum element by vacuum and is located adjacent to the receiver part and wherein misalignment of the receiver part and the donor part is tolerated by the at least one compliant elastomeric member.
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An assembly comprising:
- a donor part;
- a receiver part;
- a stage supporting the receiver part;
- a vacuum element movable with respect to the stage;
- and
- at least one compliant elastomeric member associated with at least one of the stage and the vacuum element;
- and
- wherein the donor part is secured to the vacuum element by vacuum and is located adjacent to the receiver part, wherein misalignment of the receiver part and the donor part is tolerated by deformation of the at least one compliant elastomeric member, and wherein the deformation of the at least one compliant elastomeric member is reversible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.