Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, system and method for providing a conformable vacuum cup for an end effector
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Application No.: US16726396Application Date: 2019-12-24
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Publication No.: US11027437B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Jeroen Bosboom , Richard Munro , Tatiana Pankova Major
- Applicant: JABIL INC.
- Applicant Address: US FL St. Petersburg
- Assignee: JABIL INC.
- Current Assignee: JABIL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US FL St. Petersburg
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Agent Thomas J. McWilliams
- Main IPC: B25J15/00
- IPC: B25J15/00 ; B25J15/06 ; H01L21/683 ; H01L21/687

Abstract:
An apparatus, system and method for providing a vacuum grip for an end effector. The apparatus, system and method may include a vacuum draw eyelet connectively associated with a vacuum at a base portion thereof, and having a larger cross-sectional circumference at a topmost portion thereof than at the base portion; an extending cup foam portion including a receiving portion suitable for receiving therewithin the larger cross-sectional circumference of the topmost portion; and a wire clip having two legs inserted along a cross-sectional plane of the extending cup foam portion, the two legs being suitable to compress the receiving portion into frictional contact at two tangent points on a second cross-sectional circumference of the vacuum draw eyelet below the larger cross-sectional circumference.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200206954A1 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONFORMABLE VACUUM CUP FOR AN END EFFECTOR Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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