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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2019
Jabil Inc., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Jeroen Bosboom, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Richard Munro, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Tatiana Pankova Major, St. Petersburg, FL (US);
JABIL INC., St. Petersburg, FL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for providing a vacuum grip for an end effector. The apparatus, system and method may include a vacuum draw eyelet connectively associated with a vacuum at a base portion thereof, and having a larger cross-sectional circumference at a topmost portion thereof than at the base portion; an extending cup foam portion including a receiving portion suitable for receiving therewithin the larger cross-sectional circumference of the topmost portion; and a wire clip having two legs inserted along a cross-sectional plane of the extending cup foam portion, the two legs being suitable to compress the receiving portion into frictional contact at two tangent points on a second cross-sectional circumference of the vacuum draw eyelet below the larger cross-sectional circumference.