Handling apparatus and test set using the handling apparatus
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsKeiji Fujishiro, Yasunori Sato, Shigeyuki Maruyama, Naohito Kohashi
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Abstract
A handling apparatus includes a main unit, a holder configured to hold an object, a retainer configured to retain the holder so as to allow the holder to displace with respect to the main unit, and a latch unit configured to selectively bring the holder into a latched state, in which the displacement of the holder with respect to the main unit is restrained, or an unlatched state, in which the displacement of the holder with respect to the main unit is not restrained.
Claims25
A handling apparatus comprising:
- a main unit;
- a holder configured to hold an object;
- a retainer configured to retain the holder so as to allow the holder to displace with respect to the main unit;
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- a latch unit configured to selectively bring the holder into a latched state, in which the displacement of the holder with respect to the main unit is restrained, and an unlatched state, in which the displacement of the holder with respect to the main unit is not restrained.
A test set for testing an object comprising:
- a test unit configured to carry out a test for the object;
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- a handling structure for transporting the object to and positioning the object with respect to the test unit, the handling structure comprising a main unit, a holder that holds the object, a retainer that retains the holder so as to be displacable with respect to the main unit, a driving mechanism for driving the main unit to bring the object toward the test unit, and a latch unit that selectively switches the handling structure between a latched state, in which the displacement of the holder with respect to the main unit is restrained, and an unlatched state, in which the displacement of the holder with respect to the main unit is not restrained.
A test set for testing an object comprising:
- a test unit configured to carry out a test for the object and comprising a target for receiving the object to be tested, a retainer for retaining a holder for holding the object so as to allow the holder to displace with respect to a test stage, and a latch unit selectively bringing the target into a latched state and an unlatched state;
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- a handling structure for transporting the object to and positioning the object with respect to the target, the handling structure comprising a main unit, a holder that holds the object, and a driving mechanism for driving the main unit toward the test unit.
A method for handling an object comprising the steps of:
- holding and carrying the abject toward a target using a handling apparatus;
- keeping the handling apparatus in a latched state while the object is carried under a first condition;
- switching the handling apparatus to an unlatched state when a second condition is satisfied;
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- positioning the object with respect to the target with the handling apparatus in the unlatched state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.