US 11,731,413 B2
Attaching device and intermediate mechanism thereof, and attaching method
Yen-Dao Lee, Hsinchu (TW); Chun-Chieh Lu, Hsinchu (TW); and Shih-Chun Chen, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to MIRLE AUTOMATION CORPORATION, Hsinchu (TW)
Appl. No. 17/429,433
Filed by MIRLE AUTOMATION CORPORATION, Hsinchu (TW)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/109458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/062633, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161538 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 37/10 (2013.01) [B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/0046 (2013.01); B32B 37/025 (2013.01); B32B 37/1009 (2013.01); B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 2309/12 (2013.01); B32B 2457/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attaching apparatus, comprising:
a carrying mechanism including a carrying surface for fixing an attached object thereupon;
a pressing mechanism corresponding in position to the carrying mechanism, wherein the pressing mechanism defines a filled space arranged in an inner side thereof, and includes a filling opening in spatial communication with the filled space and a pressing member that defines at least part of the filled space, and wherein the pressing mechanism and the carrying mechanism are relatively movable between a seal position and an open position, and when the pressing mechanism and the carrying mechanism are at the seal position, the pressing mechanism and the carrying mechanism jointly define a work space; and
an intermediary mechanism selectively arranged between the carrying surface and the pressing member, and the intermediary mechanism including:
a frame fastened to one of the carrying mechanism and the pressing mechanism;
a deformable sheet fixed to the frame; and
an adhesive layer disposed on the deformable sheet, wherein the adhesive layer is configured to adhere at least one attaching object onto a side of the deformable sheet facing the carrying surface,
wherein, when the pressing mechanism and the carrying mechanism are at the seal position, the attached object is fixed on the carrying surface, and the at least one attaching object is adhered onto the deformable sheet, the filled space of the pressing mechanism is configured to be filled with a fluid through the filling opening, and the filled space is gradually expanded toward the deformable sheet to force the pressing member to gradually press the deformable sheet, so that the deformable sheet is gradually deformed toward the carrying surface to press the at least one attaching object onto the attached object;
wherein the deformable sheet has a first surface and a second surface that is opposite to the first surface, wherein the first surface faces the carrying surface, and the second surface faces the pressing member, and wherein the deformable sheet has at least one thru-hole penetratingly formed from the first surface to the second surface, the adhesive layer is disposed on the second surface, and a portion of the adhesive layer is arranged in the at least one thru-hole for adhering the at least one attaching object.