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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Sham Sunder Nayar, Savage, MN (US);
John George Gerogeorge, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Mark Curtis Fahrendorff, New Prague, MN (US);
Ronald Jacob Smith, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Sham Sunder Nayar, Savage, MN (US);
John George Gerogeorge, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Mark Curtis Fahrendorff, New Prague, MN (US);
Ronald Jacob Smith, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and associated method is provided for precisely positioning a datum surface of a component. The apparatus has a housing defining a tooling datum surface. A collet is supported by the housing that is selectively operable between a retracted mode and an expanded mode. In the retracted mode a clearing disengagement is defined with the component. In the expanded mode a contacting engagement with the component is defined. The contacting engagement and a simultaneous longitudinal force transferred by the contacting engagement to the component pressingly engage the datum surfaces together. The apparatus further has a bias member exerting the longitudinal force and urging the collet to the retracted mode.