US 12,137,524 B2
Apparatus, system, and method of providing a circuit board carrier for a pick and place system
Mark Tudman, St. Petersburg, FL (US); Vincy Li, St. Petersburg, FL (US); and Rayce Loftin, St. Petersburg, FL (US)
Assigned to JABIL INC.
Appl. No. 17/605,528
Filed by JABIL INC., St. Petersburg, FL (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/067456
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/142235, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/788,517, filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210959 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B25B 11/00 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/0015 (2013.01) [H05K 13/0069 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary table suitable to receive surface mount technology (SMT) components onto a circuit board associated therewith, comprising:
a frame having a receiving inset therein;
a fixture suitable for removable insertion to the receiving inset;
a plurality of roller bearings interactively associated with the fixture, and which impart a low friction roll to at least a perimeter portion of the fixture; and
at least one guide on the frame suitable to at least partially positional maintain the circuit board associated with the fixture;
wherein the fixture rotates across the plurality of roller bearings to thereby rotate the circuit board about the receiving inset, and wherein the rotation variably associates radial aspects of the circuit board in proximity to at least one pick and place robot capable of placing ones of the components upon the circuit board particularly within specific ones of the radial aspects, wherein the rotation is manual and is responsive to a manual operator operating a handwheel attached to a worm gear.