IP Library Granted Patent US 7,850,217
Granted Patent B2
US 7,850,217 · App. 12/051,057 · Granted Dec 14, 2010

Equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs

Assignee: System General Corp.
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Patent No.
US 7,850,217
App. No.
12/051,057
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs is disclosed. It comprises a housing, a driving device, a guideway structure, a moving structure, a lazy tongs, a plurality of pick-and-place structures, and a transmission structure. The housing supports the equidistance pick-and-place device. The guideway structure is set on the housing. The moving structure slides on the guideway structure. The pick-and-place structures are set on the moving structure. The free end and the shafts of the lazy tongs are fixed in the moving structure. The transmission structure is connected with the driving device and the moving structure for driving the moving structure. The equidistance pick-and-place device utilizes the lazy tongs to drive the pick-and-place structures moving with equidistance to pick and place a plurality of ICs at a time. Therefore, the present invention can improve the efficiency and reduce cost.

Claims (42)

1. An equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs, comprising:

a housing supporting the equidistance pick and place device;

a guideway structure set on the housing;

a moving structure set on the guideway structure, and sliding on the guideway structure;

a lazy tongs having a fixed end, a free end and a plurality of shafts, the free end and the shafts fixed in the moving structure, and the lazy tongs being parallel with the guideway structure, wherein the distance between the fixed end and the shaft being adjacent to the fixed end, the distances between the shafts, and the distance between the free end and the shaft being adjacent to the free end are equal when lazy tongs operates;

a plurality of pick and place structures set on the moving structure for picking and placing the ICs with the equidistance;

a driving device set on the housing; and

a transmission structure connected with the driving device and the moving structure for driving the moving structure.

2. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a pick and place structure set on the fixed end of the lazy tongs.

3. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the pick and place structure set on the fixed end of the lazy tongs comprises:

an actuator set on the fixed end of the lazy tongs; and

a nozzle connected to the actuator.

4. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the pick and place structure further comprises a carrier connected with the actuator for carrying the nozzle.

5. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the actuator is an air cylinder.

6. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the pick and place structure set on the fixed end is set on a holding component connected with the fixed end of the lazy tongs.

7. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the holding component is set on the housing.

8. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixed end of the lazy tongs is set on the housing.

9. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the pick and place structures set on the moving structure comprises:

an actuator set on the moving structure; and

a nozzle connected to the actuator.

10. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the pick and place structure further comprises a carrier connected with the actuator for carrying the nozzle.

11. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the actuator is an air cylinder.

12. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the pick and place structures set on the moving structure is set on a holding component, the holding component is set on the moving structure.

13. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving structure comprises a plurality of moving components fixed in the free end and the shafts of the lazy tongs respectively and sliding on the guideway structure, the pick and place structures are set on the moving components respectively.

14. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the moving structure further comprises a transmission component connected with the transmission structure, the transmission component is set on the moving component fixed in the free end of the lazy tongs.

15. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the moving structure further comprises a plurality of sliding components sliding on the guideway structure, the moving components are set on the sliding components respectively.

16. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the moving components slide on the guideway structure, the guideway structure comprises:

a first guideway set on one side of the housing; and

a second guideway set on another side of the housing, and the moving components sliding on the first guideway and the second guideway respectively.

17. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the first guideway and the second guideway are parallel with the shafts of the lazy tongs.

18. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmission structure comprises:

a first belt pulley fixed in the driving device;

a second belt pulley fixed in the housing and being opposite to the first belt pulley; and

a belt connected with the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley.

19. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lazy tongs is a parallel motion mechanism.

20. The equidistance pick-and-place device for ICs for IC as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the lazy tongs comprises:

a plurality of first links having a plurality of first ends and a plurality of second ends;

a plurality of second links having a plurality of first ends and a plurality of second ends, the first ends of the first link and the second link connected together, and the second ends of the first link and the second link connected together, wherein the second links cross with the first links respectively, and the crossing points of the first links and second links are the shafts of the lazy tongs;

a first fixed link having a first end and a second end, the second end of the second link being adjacent to the driving device and the second end of the first fixed link connected together;

a second fixed link having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first link being adjacent to the driving device and the first end of the second fixed link connected together, and the first end of the first fixed link and the second end of the second fixed link connected together, wherein a connecting point of the first end of the first fixed link and the second end of the second fixed link is the fixed end of the lazy tongs;

a first free link having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second link being distant from the driving device and the first end of the first free link connected together; and

a second free link having a first end and a second end, the second end of the first link being distant from the driving device and the second end of the second free link connected together, and the second end of the first free link and the first end of the second free link connected together, wherein a connecting point of the second end of the first free link and the first end of the second free link is the free end of the lazy tongs.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT RECORDED AT REEL 046410, FRAME 0933 Recorded Jun 22, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC; FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064072/0001 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 22, 2018
From: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 046410/0933 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2017
From: FAIRCHILD (TAIWAN) CORPORATION (FORMERLY SYSTEM GENERAL CORPORATION)
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 042328/0318 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 2, 2016
From: SYSTEM GENERAL CORP.
To: FAIRCHILD (TAIWAN) CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038594/0168 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2008
From: LO, MING-CHIH
To: SYSTEM GENERAL CORP.
Reel/Frame 020671/0568 →
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