# US 10,770,857 B2 · Electronic equipment assembly method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,770,857 B2 - Document ID: US10770857B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/823,651 - Filed: 2017-11-28 - Published: 2018-06-28 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-28 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi; Takao Ojima; Minoru Yamamoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770857B2 ## CPC - H01R 43/205: {with a panel or printed circuit board} - B25J 9/1682: {Dual arm manipulator; Coordination of several manipulators} - B25J 9/1687: {Assembly, peg and hole, palletising, straight line, weaving pattern movement} - B25J 15/0004: {with provision for adjusting the gripped object in the hand} - B25J 15/0033: {with gripping surfaces having special shapes} - B25J 15/0616: {with vacuum} - B25J 19/023: {including video camera means} - H01R 12/00: Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures (printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11) - H01R 12/57: surface mounting terminals - H01R 13/629: Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)} - H01R 43/26: for engaging or disengaging the two parts of a coupling device (structural association with two-part coupling device H01R13/629) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS - B25J: MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES ({manipulators specially adapted for use in surgery A61B34/70; manipulators used in cleaning hollow articles B08B9/04}; manipulators associated with rolling mills B21B39/20; manipulators associated with forging machines B21J13/10; {manipulators associated with picking-up and placing mechanisms B23P19/007}; means for holding wheels or parts thereof B60B30/00; {vehicles with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members B62D57/02, B62D57/032; devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials between conveyors B65G47/90, B65G47/91; manipulators with gripping or holding means for transferring packages B65H67/065}; cranes B66C; {manipulators used in the protection or supervision of pipe-line installations F17D5/00; walking equipment adapted for nuclear steam-generators F22B37/006}; manipulators specially adapted for, or associated with, nuclear reactors G21C; {apparatus used for handling wafers during manufacture or treatment of semiconductor H10P72/50}) ## Abstract An electronic equipment assembly apparatus includes a cable holding tool, a work stage, and a robot unit. The cable holding tool holds the cable. The work stage holds the electronic equipment. The robot unit relatively moves the cable holding tool with respect to the electronic equipment held by the work stage. The cable holding tool includes a contactor and a width direction regulator. The contactor holds the cable by vacuum-sucking. The width direction regulator regulates a position in a width direction of the cable which comes into contact with the contactor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic equipment assembly method for installing a second end portion of a belt-shape cable onto a connector of electronic equipment in a state where a first end portion of the belt-shape cable including the first end portion and the second end portion is connected to an electronic circuit, and a root, which is close to the first end portion, of the cable stands upward, the method comprising: allowing a cable holding tool to come into contact with the root; pushing down the cable to the connector side by allowing the cable holding tool to be close to the connector; holding the cable pushed down by the cable holding tool; and installing the second end portion onto the connector by relatively moving the cable holding tool with respect to the connector. ### Claim 2 An electronic equipment assembly method for installing a second end portion of a belt-shape cable onto a connector of electronic equipment in a state where a first end portion of the belt-shape cable including the first end portion and the second end portion is connected to an electronic circuit, and a root, which is close to the first end portion, of the cable stands upward, the method comprising: allowing a cable holding tool which holds the cable to come into contact with the root; pushing down the cable to the connector side by allowing the cable holding tool to be close to the connector; holding the cable pushed down by the cable holding tool; temporary positioning the second end portion with respect to the connector by relatively moving the cable holding tool with respect to the connector; taking an image of the connector and the second end portion of the cable, which is temporarily positioned, by a camera; acquiring a relative positional relationship of the connector and the cable based on an image of the connector and the cable, which is taken by the camera; and installing the second end portion onto the connector by relatively moving the cable holding tool with respect to the connector based on the positional relationship. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electronic equipment assembly method of claim 1, wherein the cable holding tool includes a contactor which holds the cable by vacuum-sucking. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The electronic equipment assembly method of claim 3, wherein the contactor includes a pair of protrusions, which regulates a position in a width direction of the cable, on a surface on which the cable is held. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The electronic equipment assembly method of claim 3, wherein the cable holding tool includes a pair of width direction regulators so as to nip the contactor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The electronic equipment assembly method of claim 5, wherein the pair of width direction regulators is driven by an actuator and regulates the position in the width direction of the cable.