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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Douglas J. Garcia, Beaverton, OR (US);
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Abstract
A component handler () may include: a test plate () including multiple circular component-seating tracks () each including multiple component-seating sites () configured to retain an electrical component () such that its face () faces away from the test plate (); a component receiving system (, and/or) positioned along a rotation path of the seating tracks (); a component test module assembly () for electrically contacting each electrical component () seated in a component-seating site (); one or more collection bins (); and a collection assembly () for collecting some of the electrical components () from component-seating sites () and directing the electrical components () into the bins () based on one or more tests conducted at the component test module assembly ().