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US 12,439,577 B2Granted
Pick and place system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsAshleigh Raoul Nesbit, Andrew Klimovski, Shaun McFetridge, Johanna Austin
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Abstract
A pick and place system and methods of use are presented. The pick and place system comprises a backing plate, a porous facesheet, and a flow generator. The backing plate is configured to direct air flow within the pick and place system. The porous facesheet is secured to the backing plate. The flow generator is configured to provide an air flow between the backing plate and the porous facesheet.
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A pick and place system comprising:
- a backing plate configured to direct air flow within the pick and place system, the backing plate comprising an internal perimeter surface, baffles, and a surface, wherein the internal perimeter surface surrounds the baffles and the surface, and wherein the internal perimeter surface and the baffles extend from the surface;
- a porous facesheet secured to the backing plate and supported by the baffles and the internal perimeter surface to form a space between the porous facesheet and the surface;
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- a flow generator configured to provide an air flow in the space between the surface of the backing plate and the porous facesheet.
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A pick and place system comprising:
- a plurality of porous facesheets arranged into a facesheet assembly having a hold surface;
- a plurality of backing plates configured to distribute air flow through each of the plurality of porous facesheets, each backing plate of the plurality of backing plates comprising an internal perimeter surface, baffles, and a surface, wherein the internal perimeter surface surrounds the baffles and the surface, and wherein the internal perimeter surface and the baffles extend from the surface and support a representative porous facesheet of the plurality of porous facesheets;
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- a number of flow generators connected to the plurality of backing plates and configured to provide air flow between the surface of each backing plate of the plurality of backing plates and the representative porous facesheet of the plurality of porous facesheets.
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A pick and place system comprising:
- a plurality of porous facesheets arranged into a facesheet assembly having a hold surface wherein the facesheet assembly is a tessellation;
- a plurality of backing plates configured to distribute air flow through each of the plurality of porous facesheets, each backing plate of the plurality of backing plates comprising an internal perimeter surface, baffles, and a surface, wherein the internal perimeter surface surrounds the baffles and the surface, and wherein the internal perimeter surface and the baffles extend from the surface and support a representative porous facesheet of the plurality of porous facesheets to form a space between the porous facesheet and the surface;
- a machine vision system identifying boundaries on the hold surface;
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- a number of flow generators configured to provide air flow in the space between the surface of each backing plate of the plurality of backing plates and the representative porous facesheet of the plurality of porous facesheets,
- wherein the pick and place system is an end effector configured to be connected to an automated movement system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.