Apparatus for combining printed circuit boards
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoung-Shin CHOI, Seul-Ki HAN, Myoun-Kyu KANG, Ki-Bong MUN, Du-San BAEK
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Abstract
An apparatus for combining PCBs may include a pick-up mechanism, a gripping mechanism and a combining mechanism. The pick-up mechanism may pick-up the PCBs connected with each other by a flexible connection member. The gripping mechanism may grip a frame. The combining mechanism may press the flexible connection member using the frame to combine the PCBs with the frame. The process for combining the PCBs with the frame may be automatically performed so that a time for combining the PCBs with the frame is reduced and errors related to the combining process are decreased.
Claims20
An apparatus for combining printed circuit boards (PCBs) with frames, the apparatus comprising:
- a pick-up mechanism configured to pick up the PCBs, the PCBs having flexible connection members that are configured to connect two adjacent PCBs to each other;
- a gripping mechanism configured to grip a frame;
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- a combining mechanism configured to press the flexible connection member using the frame to combine two adjacent PCBs with the frame, wherein the frame is interposed between two adjacent PCBs after being combined by the combining mechanism.
An apparatus for combining printed circuit boards (PCBs) with frames, the apparatus comprising:
- a pick-up mechanism configured to pick up the PCBs, the PCBs having flexible connection members that are configured to connect two adjacent PCBs to each other;
- a gripping mechanism configured to grip a horizontally arranged portion of a frame;
- a rotating mechanism configured to erect the frame gripped by the grippers;
- a combining mechanism configured to press the flexible connection member using the frame to combine two adjacent PCBs with the frame, wherein the frame is interposed between the two adjacent PCBs after being combined by the combining mechanism;
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- a multi-joint robot configured to transfer the pick-up mechanism and the gripping mechanism to the rotating mechanism and the combining mechanism.
A method for combining a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) with frames, the PCBs having two adjacent PCBs connected to each other via a flexible connection member, comprising:
- picking up the PCBs by a pick-up mechanism;
- gripping a frame by a gripping mechanism;
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- pressing the flexible connection member using the frame to combine two adjacent PCBs with the frame by a combining mechanism, wherein the frame is interposed between two adjacent PCBs after being combined by the combining mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.