Handling tools for components, in particular eletronic components
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorKlaus Stoppel
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Abstract
A handling tool for electronic components includes a holding opening, to which a vacuum pressure may be applied and at which components to be handled are able to be held via vacuum pressure. At least one counter support, which outwardly projects beyond the opening plane in an operating position, is situated inside the holding opening. The component held by vacuum pressure is supported in the region of its surface acted upon by vacuum pressure, in such a way that this same surface bends concavely when viewed from the side of the vacuum pressure.
Claims10
A handling tool for handling a component, comprising:
- a holding opening defined by an opening of a sleeve, wherein a vacuum pressure is applied to the holding opening to hold the component via vacuum pressure;
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- at least one counter support situated substantially concentrically inside the holding opening, wherein the sleeve is configured to move independently of the at least one counter support, causing the at least one counter support to outwardly project beyond the plane of the holding opening in an operating position.
A method for handling a component, comprising:
- aspirating a component by a vacuum pressure and holding the component by the vacuum pressure at a holding opening of a holding tool, the holding opening defined by an opening of a sleeve;
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- supporting the component held by vacuum pressure in a region of a surface of the component acted upon by the vacuum pressure, whereby at least a portion of the surface of the component acted upon by the vacuum pressure bends concavely when viewed from the side of the vacuum pressure;
- wherein:
- the component is held by the vacuum pressure at the edge of the holding opening;
- and
- the supporting of the component is provided by a counter support element at a substantially concentric center of the holding opening;
- and
- in response to a force applied by the component being held, moving the sleeve independently of the counter support element, to cause the at least one counter support to outwardly project beyond the plane of the holding opening in an operating position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.