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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
William Fankhauser, Gland, CH;
Dominique Glauser, St-Sulplice, CH;
Olivier Blandin, Lausanne, CH;
Stephane Rohrbach, Apples, CH;
William Fankhauser, Gland, CH;
Dominique Glauser, St-Sulplice, CH;
Olivier Blandin, Lausanne, CH;
Stephane Rohrbach, Apples, CH;
Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A manufacturing carrier has an insert that can be configured and reconfigured for a wide variety components. The carrier has a frame configured to be transported by a conveyor, an insert and at least one positioner. The insert has pin holes arranged in a matrix. The positioner is carried in a pin hole and configured for locating a component at an x axis position, a y axis position, and a z axis position in relation to the insert. The positioner is moveable from the pin hole configured for a component to another pin hole to reconfigure the insert for another component.