Patent ID: 6442829
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B23P,B23Q,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly apparatus, comprising:a frame; a motion device mounted on said frame; first push-in/latching connectors having a first part disposed on said motion device and a second part disposed on workpiece carriers for interchangeably and detachably mounting in an indexed manner said workpiece carriers on said motion device; second push-in/latching connectors having a first part disposed on said frame and a second part disposed on processing modules for interchangeably and detachably mounting in an indexed manner said processing modules on said frame; third push-in/latching connectors having a first part disposed on said frame and a second part disposed on feeders for interchangeably and detachably mounting in an indexed manner said feeders on said frame; and a fixed sensor element for detecting a presence of said workpiece carriers, wherein an operation of said processing modules and said feeders is controlled in response to a signal of said sensor element.