Kosmowski, OR
Mark Kosmowski, Portland, OR US
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20090161238 | FLEXURE GUIDE BEARING FOR SHORT STROKE STAGE - A laser processing system in which a laser beam propagates along a beam axis and through a lens for incidence on a work surface of a target specimen mounted on a support. The lens forms a focal region of the laser beam. The support is operatively connected to a multiple-axis positioning system that moves the laser beam and the target specimen relative to each other to position the laser beam at selected locations on the work surface. An assembly includes at least one flexure that supports the lens and guides movement of the lens along the beam axis in response to a motive force to adjust the focal region of the laser beam relative to the work surface. | 06-25-2009 |
20100310200 | ROTARY FLEXURE AND AIR BEARING SUPPORT FOR ROTARY INDEXING SYSTEM - A highly position-stabilized indexable table or “dial” in which the dial is supported relative to a steel surface on a frame by one or more air bearings. A flexure mechanically connects the indexing motor to the dial in such a way as to be torsionally non-compliant, but axially compliant to decouple the dial from the motor shaft along the Z-axis. In one embodiment, the air bearings are mounted to the frame at uniformly angularly displaced positions under the dial. In another embodiment, the bearings are partially integrated into the dial. Negative (suction) preload can be used in either embodiment to increase air bearing stiffness and/or to allow inverted processing; i.e., mounting part fixtures on an undersurface of the dial. | 12-09-2010 |
Mark Kosmowski, Beaverton, OR US
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20080291554 | Fluid Counterbalance for a Laser Lens Used to Scribe an Electronic Component Substrate - An apparatus and method for supporting a device for processing an electronic component substrate includes an assembly supporting a laser lens in a gravity field for focusing movement along a Z-axis by a linear actuator. A fluid counterbalance for the assembly is defined by a piston associated with a housing for movement between end limits of travel. The piston divides the housing into first and second fluid chambers having first and second fluid communication ports. A fluid pressure source is connectable to the first and second chambers through the first and second fluid communication ports. The fluid pressure source is adjustable to statically suspend the supported laser lens in equilibrium within the gravity field. The fluid pressure source permits movement of the supported laser lens to any position between opposite end limits of travel of the piston, while maintaining the mass of the supported laser lens in equilibrium. | 11-27-2008 |
20100243622 | FORCE REACTION COMPENSATION SYSTEM - A laser beam propagates along a beam axis for incidence on a work surface mounted on a support. The support operatively connects to a positioning system moving at least one of the laser beam and the target specimen relative to each other to position the laser beam at selected locations on the work surface. At least one force reaction compensation motor is located in a common force plane with, and as close as possible to, a corresponding stage motor. Any moment arm between the compensation motor and the corresponding stage motor is reduced or eliminated, allowing the compensation motor to directly couple and react to stage forces with virtually zero moment arm. Six degrees of freedom can be controlled with only four motors, since each compensation motor is directly coupled and aligned to a corresponding stage motor. | 09-30-2010 |
Mark T. Kosmowski, Beaverton, OR US
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20080196631 | DECOUPLED, MULTIPLE STAGE POSITIONING SYSTEM - A split axis stage architecture is implemented as a multiple stage positioning system that is capable of vibrationally and thermally stable material transport at high speed and rates of acceleration. A split axis design decouples stage motion along two perpendicular axes lying in separate, parallel planes. A dimensionally stable substrate in the form of a granite, or other stone slab, or of ceramic material or cast iron, is used as the base for lower and upper stages. The substrate is precisely cut (“lapped”) such that its upper and lower stage surface portions are flat and parallel to each other. | 08-21-2008 |
20080198373 | SPECIMEN INSPECTION STAGE IMPLEMENTED WITH PROCESSING STAGE COUPLING MECHANISM - A specimen inspection stage implemented with a processing stage coupling mechanism provides a capability to conduct with maximum efficiency post-processing specimen inspections on-board a processing platform. Heavy inspection equipment is mounted on a specimen inspection stage that is separate from a processing stage. In a preferred embodiment, the processing stage moves in response to an applied motive force and performs laser-based processing operations on a specimen. While laser processing is ongoing, the specimen inspection stage remains parked in its home position. When it is time for post-processing inspection, a stage coupling and decoupling mechanism couples together the specimen inspection stage and the processing stage, which transports the specimen inspection stage to and from the specimen position. | 08-21-2008 |
20080198485 | AIR BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR GUIDING MOTION OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS OF A LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM - A rigid support structure allows for faster and more accurate positioning of axially adjustable optical components in a laser processing system. Vibrational and thermal stability is improved when an optics assembly is housed in a rigid air bearing sleeve that is mounted to a support structure above a specimen stage. | 08-21-2008 |
20090314753 | DEBRIS CAPTURE AND REMOVAL FOR LASER MICROMACHINING - A method of capturing and removing metallic debris created on a target side of a target metal specimen undergoing laser micromachining entails providing a barrier that encompasses the immediate volume surrounding a laser cutting head output nozzle to contain the ejected debris and extracting the debris through a vacuum outlet. A preferred system implementing this approach to debris management includes a barrier in the form of a flexible fiber brush configured in the shape of a ring and positioned to trap ejected debris within a localized area surrounding a target area where the laser beam is incident on the target metal specimen. The ring brush is made of material that is robust to molten metals. An inert gas directed at a high flow rate along the target surface of the metal specimen carries ejected surface debris trapped in the ring brush toward a vacuum outlet. | 12-24-2009 |
20090314754 | PRE-PROCESS STRESS LOADING COMPONENTS FOR POST-PROCESS WARP CONTROL - A process and apparatus neutralizes a warp effect resulting from a build up of micro strains caused by machining a part with a long wavelength laser. The part to be machined is pre-stressed in an opposite direction of a warp stress due to machining using a fixture for holding the part without yielding any other features in the part. The part is machined while held in the pre-stressed position in the fixture. | 12-24-2009 |
20100243617 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD VIA DRILLING STAGE ASSEMBLY - A via drilling system is preferably constructed to process one target at a time. The via drilling system preferably provides a relatively small footprint for the via drilling system, relatively small moment arms between via drilling system components, a relatively short stiffness loop, and a relatively fast processing time for a target. Multiple tools are preferably provided to perform multiple operations substantially simultaneously on the target. | 09-30-2010 |
Mark T. Kosmowski, Portland, OR US
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20120132628 | ORTHOGONAL INTEGRATED CLEAVING DEVICE - An orthogonal integrated cleaving apparatus and methods of controlling such an apparatus are taught. The cleaving apparatus includes two cleaving devices mounted at right angles with respect to a mount facing a substrate to be processed. The non-metallic and/or brittle substrate is separated along two orthogonal axes without rotating or moving the substrate to a second machine by moving the mount or the substrate along the axes. Each cleaving device laser sequentially heats a surface of the substrate along a respective cutting axis, cools the cut area and then laser re-heats the cut area to form a clean break. | 05-31-2012 |