Negative pressure driven sucking disc for annular wedge-shaped microstructure and preparation method of negative pressure driven sucking disc

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11660731-B2
Application number	US-202117454393-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 10, 2021
Priority date	Jan 25, 2021
Publication date	May 30, 2023
Grant date	May 30, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed are a negative pressure driven sucking apparatus and a preparation method thereof. The sucking apparatus comprises a sucking disc body, wherein a negative pressure cavity is formed in the middle of the sucking disc body, and the negative pressure cavity is connected with a vacuum line, and the bottom of the negative pressure cavity having a flexible section, and an annular wedge-shaped microstructure is formed at the bottom of the body surrounding the flexible section. Stable loading and release processes of the annular wedge-shaped microstructure are realized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A negative pressure driven sucking apparatus, comprising:
a sucking disc body including a cavity being connected with a vacuum line for generating a negative pressure in the cavity, a floor of the cavity forming a part of a bottom of the sucking disc body, the floor of the cavity having a flexible section and the floor having a sealing and fixed connection with an inner wall of the sucking disc body while the negative pressure is generated in the cavity; and
an annular wedge-shaped microstructure formed on the bottom of the sucking disc body surrounding the flexible section.

2. The negative pressure driven sucking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sucking disc body is cylindrical, the bottom has a circular ring surface, and the cavity is a cylindrical cavity.

3. The negative pressure driven sucking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the annular wedge-shaped microstructure comprises multiple circles of micro wedge-shaped structures, the multiple circles of micro wedge-shaped structures are distributed in an annular array mode, and each circle of micro wedge-shaped structures is provided with multiple micro wedge-shaped structures.

4. The negative pressure driven sucking apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the micro wedge-shaped structure comprises a first inclined plane and a second inclined plane, and the bottom of the first inclined plane is connected with the bottom of the second inclined plane to form a protruding tip; the included angle between the first inclined plane and the vertical plane ranges from 50° to 80°, the included angle between the second inclined plane and the vertical plane ranges from 20° to 60°, and the height of the single micro wedge-shaped structure in the vertical direction ranges from 40 to 200 microns.

5. The negative pressure driven sucking apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein a groove is formed between every two adjacent circles of micro wedge-shaped structures, the adjacent circles of micro wedge-shaped structures are sequentially connected, or a spacing of 30-100 microns between every two adjacent circles of micro wedge-shaped structures.

6. The negative pressure driven sucking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible section is of a hemispherical or arc-shaped arch structure.

7. The negative pressure driven sucking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sucking disc body and the annular wedge-shaped microstructure are made of a liquid silicone rubber.

8. The negative pressure driven sucking apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the sucking disc body is formed through a mold casting process or a 3D printing process; and
the annular wedge-shaped microstructure and the bottom of the sucking disc body are bonded by a glue, or the liquid silicone rubber is poured on the mold with the annular micro wedge-shaped structures, and the annular wedge-shaped microstructure and the bottom of the sucking disc body are integrated into a whole.

Assignees

• Univ Beijing Technology

Inventors

• Cui Jing
• Liu Huimin
• Chu Zhongyi
• Sun Lining

Classifications

• B29C39/02

  for making articles of definite length, i.e. discrete articles · CPC title

• B29L2031/756

  Microarticles, nanoarticles · CPC title

• B66C1/0293

  Single lifting units; Only one suction cup · CPC title

• B29C39/42

  Casting under special conditions, e.g. vacuum · CPC title

• B25B11/005 Primary

  Vacuum work holders · CPC title