# US 11,116,119 B2 · Conveyance device and mounting-related device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,116,119 B2 - Document ID: US11116119B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/484,517 - Filed: 2017-03-08 - Published: 2020-02-20 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-08 - Assignees: Fuji Corporation - Applicants: Fuji Corporation - Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamane; Shinji Ichino - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11116119B2 ## CPC - H05K 13/0061: {Tools for holding the circuit boards during processing; handling transport of printed circuit boards} - H05K 13/02: Feeding of components - B25J 9/06: characterised by multi-articulated arms - B25J 11/005: {Manipulators for mechanical processing tasks} - H05K 3/34: by soldering - H05K 13/04: Mounting of components {, e.g. of leadless components} - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - 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 A conveyance device used in a mounting system including a mounting-related device for applying a viscous liquid to and/or arranging a member on a processing target. This conveyance device uses a pallet having a pallet-side attachment section that holds a processing target. In addition, the conveyance device includes having a robot-side attachment section arranged at a distal end section of the conveyance robot for mounting the pallet-side attachment section and the conveyance robot is configured to convey the pallet in a mounted state between a loading position and a discharge position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A conveyance device for use in a mounting system including a mounter configured to perform at least one of applying a viscous fluid to a target board and arranging a member on the target board, the conveyance device comprising: a conveyance robot including a robot-side attachment section arranged at a distal end section of the conveyance robot for mounting a pallet-side attachment section of a pallet which holds the target board; and a processor configured to control the conveyance robot to convey the pallet in a mounted state from a loading position to a processing position, orient the pallet at the processing position so that a forming surface on the target board is horizontal and at a specified height, and convey the pallet after the processing to a discharge position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The conveyance device of claim 1, wherein the pallet-side attachment section includes a clamp plate removably fixed to a lower surface of the pallet, and the robot-side attachment section includes a mechanical chuck configured to grip and fix the clamp plate from below the pallet. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The conveyance device according to claim 1, comprising: a first conveyor configured to convey the target board to the loading position; and a second conveyor configured to discharge the target board from the discharge position, wherein the conveyance robot is configured to mount the pallet-side mounting section at the first conveyor to move the pallet, and release the pallet-side attachment section at the second conveyor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The conveyance device according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance robot is a vertical multi-joint robot, and an axis direction of a base section of the conveyance robot is fixed in a direction along a horizontal direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The conveyance device according to claim 4, wherein the vertical multi-joint robot is fixed in a direction in which the axis direction of the base section is along a moving direction of the target board. ### Claim 6 A mounting-related device comprising: an XY robot including a processing head configured to perform at least one of applying a viscous fluid and arranging members on a three-dimensional target board having multiple mounting surfaces, and a moving section for moving the processing head in a specified plane direction; and a conveyance robot including a robot-side attachment section arranged at a distal end section of the conveyance robot for mounting a pallet-side attachment section of a pallet which holds the target board; and a processor configured to control the conveyance robot to convey the pallet in a mounted state from a loading position to a processing position, orient the pallet so that one of the mounting surfaces is horizontal and at a specified height, and control the XY robot to perform at least one of applying the viscous fluid and arranging the members, and convey the pallet after the processing to a discharge position.