Patent ID: 6709225
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A system for mounting a component within a semiconductor processing tool having an internal frame, comprising:a pair of tracks mounted on the internal frame, said pair of tracks extending along a portion of the internal frame; a cross member extending between said pair of tracks, said cross member having a mounting boss; a trolley having a mounting surface for securing the component and a plurality of rolling elements for movably supporting said trolley along said pair of tracks, said mounting surface including a plurality of leveling holes each positioned substantially over one of said pair of tracks when said trolley is located on said pair of tracks and a mounting hole that is capable of being coaxially aligned with said mounting boss when said trolley is located on said pair of tracks; a fastening device adapted to translate within said mounting hole, said fastening device secures said trolley to said mounting boss when said mounting hole and said mounting boss are coaxially aligned; and a plurality of actuators, each one of said plurality of actuators adapted to translate within one of said plurality of leveling holes to contact one of said pair of tracks and raise one of said plurality of rolling elements off said track to maintain said trolley in a desired position.