Assembly of electronic and optical devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9364925-B2
Application number	US-201213459460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 30, 2012
Priority date	Apr 30, 2012
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

An assembly tool apparatus includes a manipulator having a range of motion defined by a plane and an axis that is substantially normal to the plane, a jig having an assembly surface operative to move from a first orientation relative to the axis to a second orientation relative to the axis, a first tool tip operative to engage with and be positioned by the manipulator, and a second tool tip operative to engage with and be positioned by the manipulator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly tool apparatus comprising:
a manipulator having a range of motion defined by a plane and an axis that is substantially normal to the plane;
a jig having a substantially planar assembly surface having a range of motion from a first orientation that arranges the substantially planar assembly surface to be substantially orthogonal to the axis to a second orientation that arranges the substantially planar assembly surface to be at an oblique angle relative to the axis, wherein the jig includes a securing portion operative to secure at least one of a first component and a second component to the assembly surface;
a first tool tip operative to engage with and be positioned by the manipulator, the first tool tip having a substantially planar engagement surface that is arranged substantially parallel to the planar assembly surface when the planar assembly surface is arranged in the first orientation; and
a second tool tip operative to engage with and be positioned by the manipulator, the second tool tip having a substantially planar engagement surface that is arranged at the oblique angle relative to the axis such that the engagement surface of the second tool tip is substantially parallel to the planar assembly surface when the planar assembly surface is arranged in the second orientation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is operative to apply a controlled force along the axis with the first tool tip and the second tool tip.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the assembly surface defines an assembly surface plane.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein in the first orientation, the assembly surface plane is substantially orthogonal to the axis.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein in the second orientation, the assembly surface plane is oblique relative to the axis.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first tool tip includes an engagement surface defining a plane substantially parallel to an engagement surface of the first component disposed on the assembly surface while the assembly surface is arranged in the first orientation.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second tool tip includes an engagement surface defining a plane substantially parallel to an engagement surface of the first component disposed on the assembly surface while the assembly surface is arranged in the second orientation.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first component includes a component of an optical fiber array.

Assignees

• Barwicz Tymon
• Dang Bing
• Globalfoundries Inc

Inventors

• Barwicz Tymon
• Dang Bing

Classifications

• B25B11/02 Primary

  Assembly jigs · CPC title

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title

• Y10T29/49895

  Associating parts by use of aligning means [e.g., use of a drift pin or a "fixture"] · CPC title

• H05K13/0404

  Pick-and-place heads or apparatus, e.g. with jaws · CPC title

• B23P11/00 Primary

  Connecting or disconnecting metal parts or objects by metal-working techniques not otherwise provided for  (connecting sheet metal or metal tubes, rods or profiles B21D39/00; riveting B21J; soldering, unsoldering, welding B23K; hand tools for connecting wire or strip B25B25/00; connecting metal parts by adhesives F16B11/00) · CPC title