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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Daniel Peinovich, Livermore, CA (US);
Samuel Lewis Tanaka, Fremont, CA (US);
Thomas Larson Greenberg, Berkeley, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is an apparatus including a loader configured to position a workpiece in a holding fixture. In some embodiments, the holding fixture includes an opening configured to removably receive the workpiece therein and hold the workpiece in a target position within the opening. The apparatus also includes position detecting means configured to translate a sensor to a predetermined location relative to the holding fixture and further configured to translate the workpiece by a predetermined increment relative to the predetermined location to position the workpiece in the target position.