US 12,070,928 B2
Apparatus, system and method for a lamination press
Jeroen Bosboom, St. Petersburg, FL (US); Michael McKenney, St. Petersburg, FL (US); and George Kovatchev, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Assigned to Jabil Inc.
Filed by Jabil Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/208,810.
Application 18/208,810 is a continuation of application No. 17/299,997, granted, now 11,673,382, previously published as PCT/US2019/064541, filed on Dec. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/775,010, filed on Dec. 4, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0321963 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 37/0046 (2013.01) [B32B 37/1018 (2013.01); B32B 41/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lamination apparatus for laminating at least one laminating film to a subject, comprising:
an upper press comprising a gel plate, an upper vacuum chamber, and tooling suitable to apply the laminating film;
a lower press suitable to maintain the subject to receive the laminating film, and comprising a lower vacuum chamber, an air bearing stage, a flexure diaphragm comprising a concentric flat spring, and servo-positioned tooling; and
an aligner that applies the servo-positioned tooling to maintain positional balance and alignment of the subject by the air bearing stage during the laminating while enabling vertical flexure of the lower press, wherein the positional balance and alignment is substantially continuously monitored by a controller.