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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1997
George Nicholas Bullen, Oxnard, CA (US);
Northrop Grumman Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is embodied in an automated system for the positioning and support of a machine tool within a workpiece supporting assembly, comprising a pair of generally parallel, planar longitudinal translation modules affixed to the assembly and having longitudinal sliding pads and a longitudinal movement device, a transverse translation module affixed to the longitudinal sliding pads in a generally perpendicular orientation to the longitudinal modules and having transverse sliding pads and a transverse movement device. The system also includes a vertical translation module affixed to the transverse sliding pads in a generally perpendicular orientation to the longitudinal and transverse translation modules and having vertical sliding pads and a vertical movement device, the vertical translation module further comprising a mounting device for the machine tool and a device to rotate the machine tool about a vertical axis and a device to pivot the machine tool about any axis orthogonal to the vertical axis, and a control device.
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