IP Library Granted Patent US 11,752,701
Granted Patent B2
US 11,752,701 · App. 17/597,913 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Method for producing an adhesive bond and support plate for producing an adhesive bond

Inventors: Rudolf Kaiser (Lappersdorf, DE); Horst Lapsien (Regensburg, DE)
Assignee: ASMPT AMICRA GmbH
B29C65/4845B29C65/1406B29C65/1496B29C65/524B29C65/782B29K2105/0097B29K2995/0026
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Patent No.
US 11,752,701
App. No.
17/597,913
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a method for producing an adhesive bond between at least a first and a second, at least partially transparent planar component, in which the first component is laid onto a support plate, and an adhesive is applied to the first component at specified locations on the side of the first component facing away from the support plate, and the second component is laid onto the first component and is held parallel to the first component at a predefined distance, in such a way that the second component comes into contact with the adhesive on the first component.

Claims (27)

1. A method for producing an adhesive bond between at least a first at least partially transparent plate-shaped component and a second at least partially transparent plate-shaped component, comprising the steps of:

laying the first component onto an at least partially transparent support plate;

applying an adhesive to the first at least partially transparent component at predetermined locations on a side of the first at least partially transparent component facing away from the at least partially transparent support plate;

laying the second at least partially transparent component onto the first at least partially transparent component; and

holding the second at least partially transparent component parallel to the first at least partially transparent component at a predefined distance in such a way that the second at least partially transparent component comes into contact with the adhesive, which is present on the first at least partially transparent component, wherein, to cure the adhesive, light is applied thereto from a side of the at least partially transparent support plate facing away from the first at least partially transparent component and the second at least partially transparent component through the at least partially transparent support plate and through the first at least partially transparent component, wherein the first at least partially transparent component is laid onto raised structures of the at least partially transparent support plate.

2. The method according of claim 1 , wherein the support plate has a partially transparent light permeable base body comprising raised structures onto which the first at least partially transparent component can be laid, and wherein the at least partially transparent support plate has at least one intransparent section.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein transparent sections of the at least partially transparent support plate are arranged in a region of the raised structures.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the raised structures are produced by etching locations which are not raised.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the intransparent sections are formed by a light-impermeable layer applied to the base body.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the intransparent sections are formed by a mask which is connected to the base body.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein transparency and intransparency refers to UV light.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least the second at least partially transparent component is held in a component holding frame by a handling unit.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the handling unit holding the component holding frame is aligned parallel to the at least partially transparent support plate, wherein an alignment takes place manually optically and/or by sensors.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least partially transparent support plate is held in a plate holding frame.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive is applied to the first at least partially transparent component by a metering valve.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive is applied to the first at least partially transparent component in an edge region of the first at least partially transparent component.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adhesive is applied to the first at least partially transparent component in a region of the raised structures of the at least partially transparent support plate.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after laying the first at least partially transparent component onto the at least partially transparent support plate, a position of the first at least partially transparent component is measured by a camera prior to bringing the second at least partially transparent component into contact with the adhesive, the position of the second at least partially transparent component is measured by the camera, and the second at least partially transparent component is adjusted with respect to the first at least partially transparent component on the basis of the measured positions.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the holding of the second at least partially transparent component at a predefined distance from the first at least partially transparent component takes place by spacers, which are attached to the first at least partially transparent component and/or laid onto the first at least partially transparent component.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the holding of the second component at a predefined distance from the first at least partially transparent component takes place by sensors.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the light applied to the adhesive is provided by a UV light source and/or a laser.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the light is blocked by intransparent sections of the at least partially transparent support plate in such a way that light is applied only to regions of the first at least partially transparent component and the second at least partially transparent component, at which the adhesive is applied.

19. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an adhesive bond is produced between the second at least partially transparent component and a further at least partially transparent component.

20. An adhering device for producing an adhesive bond between at least a first at least partially transparent component and second at least partially transparent component, according to the method according to claim 1 , having a work plate extending along a work plane, and a base frame supporting this work plate, an at least partially transparent support plate having a base body comprising raised structures onto which the first at least partially transparent component can be laid, wherein the at least partially transparent support plate has at least one intransparent section, which is arranged on the work plate and onto which the first at least partially transparent component can be laid, a handling unit for receiving, displacing, holding, and laying down the first at least partially transparent component and the second at least partially transparent component, a displaceable metering valve for applying adhesive to the first at least partially transparent component, and a light source for applying light to the adhesive applied to the first at least partially transparent component from a side of the at least partially transparent support plate facing away from the first at least partially transparent component and second at least partially transparent component through the at least partially transparent support plate and through the first at least partially transparent component.

21. The adhering device according to claim 20 , further comprises a camera for measuring the positions of the first at least partially transparent component and second at least partially transparent component.

22. The adhering device according to claim 21 , wherein the adhering device comprises sensors for measuring the distance between the first at least partially transparent component and the second at least partially transparent component.

23. The adhering device according to claim 20 , wherein the light source is a UV light source and/or a laser.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 19, 2022
From: ASM AMICRA MICROTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: ASMPT AMICRA GMBH
Reel/Frame 061463/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2022
From: KAISER, RUDOLF; LAPSIEN, HORST
To: ASM AMICRA MICROTECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 058923/0084 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 120 954.4 · Aug 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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