Component locating apparatus and method for alignment of components on opposite sides of a structural wall
US10524400B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 11, 2017 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 13, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01F7/0247
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A component locating apparatus for alignment of components on opposite sides of a structural wall includes a source magnet and a clone magnet. The source magnet has a magnetic centroid positioned relative to a locating feature and is successively held against the first side of the structural wall at a plurality of spaced apart source positions. The clone magnet has a marking opening at a magnetic centroid and is magnetically held against the second side of the structural wall by an attractive magnetic force at clone positions corresponding to the source positions. The magnetic centroids are aligned by the attractive magnetic force and the marking opening allows an operator to mark the second side of the structural wall at the magnetic centroid of the clone magnet at each of the clone positions to mirror, on the second side, the source positions corresponding to the component locating template.
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