Electronic Component Collection With Cut-Line Spacers for Smooth Pickup

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Solution Overview

Problem

In the manufacturing process of display panels, spacers often get stuck to semi-finished panels, hindering the automatic pickup process and causing glass fogging, which affects the manufacturing efficiency of electronic devices.

Innovation Solution

The use of spacers with cut lines between adjacent electronic components to prevent sticking and glass fogging, ensuring smooth removal and maintaining automatic operation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If spacers are used between adjacent electronic components, then the components are maintained at proper spacing, but the spacers get stuck on the semi-finished panels and cannot be removed smoothly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvespacing between componentsVSAvoidspacer removal

Core Design Contradiction:

Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The spacer is divided into multiple independent segments along its length, with separation gaps between segments. This segmentation allows the spacer to be easily removed from the panel while still maintaining effective spacing between adjacent components during storage and transport.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If spacers are used between adjacent electronic components, then the components are protected during storage, but glass fogging occurs on the panels

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomponent protectionVSAvoidglass fogging

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the spacer into separate sections with gaps between them, the contact area between the spacer and the panel is significantly reduced. This prevents the accumulation of moisture and condensation that causes glass fogging, while the spacer still effectively protects the components during storage and transport.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Productivity

If spacers are stuck on semi-finished panels, then automatic pickup operations are hindered, but the manufacturing process continues

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanufacturing efficiencyVSAvoidautomatic pickup

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The segmented spacer design with separation gaps enables automatic pickup machines to easily grasp and remove the spacers from the panels without interference. This maintains the automation of the manufacturing process while eliminating the productivity losses caused by stuck spacers.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250296755A1Electronic component collection, collection method of electronic components and manufacturing method of electronic device

Publication Date: 2025.09.25 INNOLUX CORP

AI summary

An electronic component collection, a collection method of electronic components and a manufacturing method of an electronic device. The electronic component collection includes a plurality of electronic components and at least one spacer. The spacer is disposed between two adjacent electronic components. The spacer includes a main body and at least one cut line. The main body has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first surface is adjacent to one of the two adjacent electronic components, and the second surface is adjacent to the other one of the two adjacent electronic components. The cut line is formed on the main body and extends in a first direction parallel to the first surface, and the cut line extends from the first surface to the second surface in a second direction to penetrate the main body.