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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:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Wiley Zane Reed, Greenville, SC (US);
Bobby R. Cosper, Trenton, GA (US);
Kenneth G. Schmidt, Piedmont, SC (US);
Neil D. Bultz, Greenville, SC (US);
Charles E. Wickersham, Columbus, OH (US);
John P. Matera, Grove City, OH (US);
Wiley Zane Reed, Greenville, SC (US);
Bobby R. Cosper, Trenton, GA (US);
Kenneth G. Schmidt, Piedmont, SC (US);
Neil D. Bultz, Greenville, SC (US);
Charles E. Wickersham, Columbus, OH (US);
John P. Matera, Grove City, OH (US);
Tosoh SMD Etna, LLC, Grove City, OH (US);
Abstract
A fixture and method is provided for gripping an article, such as a sputtering target. The fixture comprises a base, a first set of contact rollers, and a second set of contact rollers, wherein at least one of the first set and the second set are adjustably positioned relative to the other of the first set and the second set on the base. The contact rollers can be configured as v-grooved wheels that will only touch chamfered portions of an outer diameter of the sputtering target when the contact rollers are clamped against the sputtering target. At least one of the first set and the second set of contact rollers can be pivotally mounted on a slide, with the slide being adjustably positioned on the base of the fixture.