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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1999
Wayne M. Hector, Shoreview, MN (US);
Harold J. DeBlieck, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Joseph F. Fuller, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Robert J. Hanowski, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for assembling a hub to an optical disk with an adhesive. The optical disk includes opposing first and second major surfaces and a central opening. The adhesive is predisposed onto the second major surface. The method includes supporting the first major surface of the disk at a defined three-dimensional position and orientation. The hub is aligned above the central opening of the disk such that the hub is movable to a plurality of three-dimensional positions and orientations with a hub placement assembly supporting an inner portion of the hub. The defined three-dimensional position and orientation of the first major surface is transferred to the hub placement assembly. The hub is maneuvered into contact with the adhesive by the hub placement assembly. More particularly, a final, three-dimensional position and orientation of the hub relative to the disk is dictated by the hub placement assembly as a function of the defined three-dimensional position and orientation of the first major surface.