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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Robertus Wilhelmus Veltman, Wijchen, NL;
Dennis Jozef Maria Paulussen, Eindhoven, NL;
Maarten Kees Jan Boon, Moergestel, NL;
Robertus Wilhelmus Veltman, Wijchen, NL;
Dennis Jozef Maria Paulussen, Eindhoven, NL;
Maarten Kees Jan Boon, Moergestel, NL;
ASML NETHERLANDS B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Abstract
A clamping device is constructed and arranged to clamp two parts together. The clamping device includes an aligner constructed and arranged to bring the two parts in an aligned position with respect to each other, a clamp constructed and arranged to maintain the two parts in the aligned position, a disconnect constructed and arranged to guide the two parts away from the aligned position to a disconnected position, and an actuator constructed and arranged to convert an electrical current to kinetic energy. The aligner, the clamp, and the disconnect are constructed and arranged to be driven by the actuator.