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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2003
Jung Yan Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chu Shu Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Choung-lii Chao, Yong-Ho, TW;
Chuan Kang Mu, Taichung, TW;
Jauh Jung Yang, Taipei, TW;
Cheng-chun Huang, Miaoli, TW;
Ming Yueh Liu, Taipei, TW;
Jung Yan Huang, Hsinchu, TW;
Chu Shu Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Choung-Lii Chao, Yong-Ho, TW;
Chuan Kang Mu, Taichung, TW;
Jauh Jung Yang, Taipei, TW;
Cheng-Chun Huang, Miaoli, TW;
Ming Yueh Liu, Taipei, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A hot embossing auto-leveling apparatus which has an air-floating spherical bearing between a lower mold and a base, placed in a depression on the base, with the base housing an air inlet and an air outlet. A hot embossing auto-leveling method, comprising the steps of (1) performing an upward and downward coupling movement of the lower and upper molds; (2) adjusting the lower mold against the upper mold using the air-floating spherical bearing; (3) fixing the lower mold by under pressure in an orientation parallel to the upper mold; (4) placing a molded part on the lower mold; (5) evacuating, heating and pressurizing a working chamber; (6) cooling; and (7) opening.