# US 11,299,308 B2 · Electronic product packaging system

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- Number: US 11,299,308 B2
- Document ID: US11299308B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/119,453
- Filed: 2020-12-11
- Published: 2021-06-17
- Granted: 2022-04-12
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-11
- Assignees: TE Connectivity Services GmbH; Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; TE Connectivity Services GmbH
- Inventors: Jian Cao; Lvhai Hu; Dandan Zhang; Fengchun Xie; Yun Liu; Yingcong Deng; Xiaochen Yu; Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11299308B2

## CPC

- B65B 43/46: using grippers
- B65B 5/04: Packaging single articles
- B65B 5/068: {in trays (B65B5/061 - B65B5/065 take precedence)}
- B65B 23/00: Packaging fragile or shock-sensitive articles other than bottles; Unpacking eggs (embedding articles in shock-absorbing media B65B55/20)
- B65B 25/00: Packaging other articles presenting special problems (bundling B65B27/00)
- B65B 35/02: Supply magazines
- B65B 35/16: by grippers
- B65B 43/44: from supply magazines
- B65B 57/005: {Safety-devices (B65B57/18 takes precedence)}
- B65B 35/18: by suction-operated grippers
- B65B 43/185: {specially adapted for carton blanks}
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)

## Abstract

An electronic product packaging system includes a robot on which a vacuum suction device adapted to pick up a packaging box and a gripper adapted to grab an electronic product are disposed, a packaging box loading platform adapted to load a pile of a plurality of the packaging boxes stacked together, a product loading device having a loading groove adapted to load a row of a plurality of the electronic products, and a packaging platform carrying the electronic products and the packaging boxes. The robot is configured to pick up the packaging box from the packaging box loading platform and place the packaging box on the packaging platform with the vacuum suction device. The robot is configured to grab the electronic product from the product loading device and place and pack the electronic product into the packaging box on the packaging platform with the gripper.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic product packaging system, comprising:
a robot on which a vacuum suction device adapted to pick up a packaging box and a gripper adapted to grab an electronic product are disposed;
a packaging box loading platform adapted to load a pile of a plurality of the packaging boxes stacked together;
a product loading device having a loading groove adapted to load a row of a plurality of the electronic products; and
a packaging platform carrying the electronic products and the packaging boxes, the robot is configured to pick up the packaging box from the packaging box loading platform and place the packaging box on the packaging platform with the vacuum suction device, the robot is configured to grab the electronic product from the product loading device and place and pack the electronic product into the packaging box on the packaging platform with the gripper.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 1, wherein the loading groove keeps the electronic products loaded therein in a predetermined posture, the predetermined posture is a posture in which the electronic products are placed and packaged into the packaging boxes.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 1, wherein the product loading device includes a loading track in which the loading groove is formed, the electronic products loaded in the loading groove are adapted to slide forward along the loading groove.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 3, wherein the product loading device includes a pushing mechanism adapted to push the electronic products in the loading groove to a predetermined grab location one by one.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 1, further comprising a pair of packaging box loading platforms arranged side by side, the packaging box loading platforms are configured to simultaneously or alternately load the packaging boxes.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 1, wherein the packaging box loading platform has a loading area and a picking area, the packaging box is first loaded in the loading area and then moved to the picking area.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 6, wherein the vacuum suction device is configured to pick up the packaging box from the picking area of the packaging box loading platform.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 7, further comprising a propelling device adapted to push the packaging box from the loading area to the picking area.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 7, further comprising a safety door capable of being opened and closed, the safety door is located between the loading area and the picking area.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 9, wherein, when the safety door is closed, the loading area and the picking area of the packaging box loading platform are separated.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 1, further comprising an unloading platform and a pushing device adapted to push the packaging box that has been filled with the electronic products from the packaging platform to the unloading platform.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 11, further comprising a pair of unloading platforms arranged side by side, the two unloading platforms can simultaneously or alternately carry the packaging boxes filled with the electronic products.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 1, wherein the vacuum suction device has a plurality of vacuum suction nozzles, the plurality of vacuum suction nozzles are adapted to be simultaneously adsorbed on a same surface of the packaging box.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 13, wherein the vacuum suction nozzles are formed with a plurality of vacuum suction holes distributed in an array to ensure uniform suction force.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 1, further comprising a product supply device for supplying the electronic products into the loading groove of the product loading device.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The electronic product packaging system of claim 15, wherein the product supply device is a belt conveyor that transports the electronic products to the loading groove of the product loading device one by one through a conveyor belt.
