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Patent No.:

US 9769970 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2015

Apparatus and method for feeding electronic components for insertion onto circuit boards

Applicant:

Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia Pacific, Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Mun Ji Low, Singapore, SG;

Xiao Wang, Singapore, SG;

Poh Hwee William Chua, Singapore, SG;

Kim Sui Wong, Singapore, SG;

Guanghui Yang, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

Panasonic Factory Solutions Asia Pacific, Singapore, SG;

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Terrell Matthews

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/08 (2006.01); H05K 13/04 (2006.01); B07C 5/344 (2006.01); B07C 1/06 (2006.01); G01V 8/12 (2006.01); H05K 13/08 (2006.01); H05K 13/02 (2006.01); H01L 21/67 (2006.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 13/0417 (2013.01); B07C 1/06 (2013.01); B07C 5/344 (2013.01); G01V 8/12 (2013.01); H01L 21/67271 (2013.01); H05K 13/02 (2013.01); H05K 13/022 (2013.01); H05K 13/08 (2013.01); H05K 1/181 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10106 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for feeding electronic components for insertion onto circuit boards, the apparatus comprising: a vibratory bowl configured for receiving electronic components and for lining up the electronic components onto a moveable conveyor, the vibratory bowl is configured for vibrating and guiding each of the electronic components towards an opening in the vibratory bowl where each of the electronic components is transferred to the conveyor; a component processing unit configured for checking operation of each of the electronic components lined up along the conveyor and for removing any defective electronic component failing the operation check; and a component feeder configured for transferring each of the electronic components that are non-defective to a machine for handling insertion of the electronic components onto circuit boards.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Low, Mun. (2017). Apparatus and method for feeding electronic components for insertion onto circuit boards (U.S. Patent No. 9769970). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9769970

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