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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
May. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Raphael Beaupré-Laflamme, Quebec, CA;
Simon-Pierre Pelletier, Quebec, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0625 (2013.01); B25J 15/065 (2013.01); B25J 15/0683 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus that includes a housing including a first opening and a second opening. The first opening forms a suction connection with a transportable component. The apparatus includes a valve connected with the second opening a channel defined within the housing. The channel extends between the first opening and the second opening. The apparatus includes a vacuum maintaining mechanism disposed within the channel, and the vacuum maintaining mechanism holds a partial vacuum within the channel.