Patent ID: 7950140

Claim:
An electric components connection device comprising: a first unit, including a first suction application portion, for holding, through suction, one end of an obverse face of an electric component, which at least partially includes a flexible region and for which relative height positions of the one end and of the other end can be changed, and for pressing a connection terminal array, formed on one end of the reverse face, against a connection terminal array formed on a wiring board, and a second suction application portion, for holding, through suction, at a position higher than one end of the electric component, the other end of the obverse face, so that the connection terminal array of the electric component held through suction by the first suction application portion and the second suction application portion is to be connected to the connection terminal array formed on the wiring board; and a second unit, provided separately from the first unit, including a first support portion, for supporting one end of the reverse face of the electric component, and a second support portion for supporting the other end of the reverse face of the electric component, wherein relative height positions of the first support portion and the second support portion are changeable, and wherein the second unit transfers the supported electric component to the first unit, while maintaining a posture such that the other end of the electric component is positioned higher than the one end of the electric component, wherein a distance between the first support portion and the second support portion is less than a length of the electric component so that the electric component is supported by both the first support portion and the second support portion simultaneously at the posture, wherein the first support portion and the second support portion support the reverse face of the electric component at two different locations.