US 11,993,465 B2
Vacuum adsorption module
Yingcong Deng, Shanghai (CN); Dandan Zhang, Shanghai (CN); Fengchun Xie, Shanghai (CN); Lvhai Hu, Shanghai (CN); Bo Pang, Chengdu (CN); Haidong Wu, Kunshan (CN); Jianyong Fan, Kunshan (CN); Rong Zhang, Shanghai (CN); and Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US)
Assigned to Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Kunshan (CN); TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); Measurement Specialties (Chengdu) Ltd., Chengdu (CN); and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai (CN); TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); Measurement Specialties (Chengdu) Ltd., Chengdu (CN); and Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Kunshan (CN)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/097,361.
Claims priority of application No. 201921971358.3 (CN), filed on Nov. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0147161 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/917 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0625 (2013.01); H05K 13/0069 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vacuum adsorption module, comprising:
a supporting block having a plurality of rows and columns of air connection holes distributed in an array, each row of air connection holes being connected to a total air path formed in the supporting block via a branch air path formed in the supporting block, the total air path in the supporting block is adapted to be connected to a vacuum pump;
a carrier installed and positioned on the supporting block, the carrier having a plurality of rows and columns of air suction holes corresponding to the air connection holes in the supporting block, respectively, and distributed in an array, the air suction holes in the carrier are adapted to be docked with the air connection holes in the supporting block; and
a plurality of valves installed on the supporting block, the plurality of valves being used to control closing and opening of the branch air paths between the plurality of rows of air connection holes and the total air path, each valve controls connection and disconnection of an air communication between one of the rows of air suction holes in the carrier and the vacuum pump, an adsorption length of the carrier in a column direction of the array is adjustable to match a length of an article to be adsorbed by the carrier by changing a number of the valves to be closed or opened.