US 11,884,496 B2
Manufacturing pickup tool
Adam Montoya, Shepherdsville, KY (US); and Raymundo Alatorre Mercado, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/361,695.
Application 16/460,652 is a division of application No. 15/365,381, filed on Nov. 30, 2016, granted, now 10,392,201, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 17/361,695 is a continuation of application No. 16/460,652, filed on Jul. 2, 2019, granted, now 11,078,033.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/261,702, filed on Dec. 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323778 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B65G 51/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/917 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B25J 15/0625 (2013.01); B25J 15/0658 (2013.01); B25J 19/023 (2013.01); B65G 47/918 (2013.01); B65G 51/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of moving material with a pickup tool, the method comprising:
moving a first nozzle of a plurality of nozzles relative to a vacuum manifold of the pickup tool to fluidly couple an inlet port of the first nozzle with a sleeve port of the vacuum manifold;
positioning the pickup tool such that the first nozzle is positioned proximate a component to be picked up by the pickup tool at a first location;
moving the component as maintained to the pickup tool by at least the first nozzle;
placing the component at a second location;
moving the first nozzle relative to the vacuum manifold to fluidly decouple the inlet port from the sleeve port; and
moving a positive manifold relative to the first nozzle such that the inlet port of the first nozzle is in fluid communication with a positive sleeve port of the positive manifold.