Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Kurata

Hiroaki Kurata has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240150577
    Abstract: It is desirable to provide a polyarylene sulfide resin composition excellent in resistance to heat and humidity and moldability without deteriorating physical properties such as mechanical strength. More specifically, the present invention is characterized by including a polyarylene sulfide resin, glass fibers having been subjected to surface treatment with a sizing agent including an epoxy resin and a polyether resin, and a silane coupling agent having a functional group, in which the total content of the epoxy resin and the polyether resin in the sizing agent is 65% to 100% by mass, and the isothermal crystallization time is 9 seconds or shorter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: DIC Corporation
    Inventors: Kunito Kurata, Masashi Kunishige, Nobuyuki Matsumoto, Tomomichi Kanda, Hiroaki Negishi
  • Patent number: 10212866
    Abstract: An electronic component system includes an electronic component mounting line mounting an electronic component on a board (exposure managing board) for which management of exposure time is necessary, a package ID reader (recognition unit) which recognizes a package code (identification information) that is applied to a package bag, and a storage unit which stores an exposure time limit which is permissible from an open time before reaching a management release in which management of the exposure time is unnecessary. In the electronic component mounting system, the package code is read while the package bag is open, the read time is stored as the open time, an expected duration is calculated which is necessary from a predetermined point of time before reaching the management release, and it is determined whether or not the exposure time limit is exceeded before the board which is exposed in the atmosphere reaches the management release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 10058020
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting system includes: mounting line management apparatuses disposed in each of mounting lines and an integrated management apparatus connected to the mounting line management apparatuses. The integrated management apparatus includes a first collation unit which performs collation of an electronic component based on identification information for identifying the electronic component. The mounting line management apparatus includes a second collation unit which performs collation of the electronic component. When the identification information is read out by the identification information reading-out unit, the collation of the electronic component is performed by the first collation unit if the mounting line management apparatus can access the integrated management apparatus, and the collation of the electronic component is performed by the second collation unit if the mounting line management apparatus cannot access the integrated management apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Maenishi, Hagemu Yasojima, Hiroaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 10051769
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic component mounting system that includes an electronic component mounting line that includes multiple electronic component mounters to which identification marks, respectively, are affixed, a management computer, and a portable terminal that has a recognition unit that recognizes the identification mark. In the management computer, a maintenance operation plan is created, a maintenance instruction in which the maintenance operation plan and the identification mark are associated with each other is issued, each of the multiple maintenance instructions and maintenance information that is associated with each of the multiple maintenance instructions are stored, one of the multiple maintenance instructions and maintenance information that is associated with the one maintenance instruction are transmitted to the portable terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 9807920
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting system includes plural mounting line systems, and an integrated system capable of communication with the plural mounting line systems. The mounting line systems have an electronic component mounting line, a mounting line management unit, and an identification information reading unit. If identification information read by the identification information reading unit is not stored in an integrated database, a component information reading unit included in the mounting line management unit reads from a local database the identification information and information about a use status of electronic components housed in an electronic component housing body to which the identification information is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kurata
  • Publication number: 20170099751
    Abstract: An electronic component system includes an electronic component mounting line mounting an electronic component on a board (exposure managing board) for which management of exposure time is necessary, a package ID reader (recognition unit) which recognizes a package code (identification information) that is applied to a package bag, and a storage unit which stores an exposure time limit which is permissible from an open time before reaching a management release in which management of the exposure time is unnecessary. In the electronic component mounting system, the package code is read while the package bag is open, the read time is stored as the open time, an expected duration is calculated which is necessary from a predetermined point of time before reaching the management release, and it is determined whether or not the exposure time limit is exceeded before the board which is exposed in the atmosphere reaches the management release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: HIROAKI KURATA
  • Publication number: 20170099752
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic component mounting system that includes an electronic component mounting line that includes multiple electronic component mounters to which identification marks, respectively, are affixed, a management computer, and a portable terminal that has a recognition unit that recognizes the identification mark. In the management computer, a maintenance operation plan is created, a maintenance instruction in which the maintenance operation plan and the identification mark are associated with each other is issued, each of the multiple maintenance instructions and maintenance information that is associated with each of the multiple maintenance instructions are stored, one of the multiple maintenance instructions and maintenance information that is associated with the one maintenance instruction are transmitted to the portable terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: HIROAKI KURATA
  • Patent number: 9579883
    Abstract: A method of determining whether printing components suitable for a type of a substrate are correctly set in a screen printing device that makes a mask provided with a pattern hole abut on the substrate, supplies paste onto the mask, and slides a squeegee to thereby print the paste on the substrate through the pattern hole, includes reading identification marks attached to respective printing components, verifying pieces of component information corresponding to the read identification marks using pieces of component information allocated to the substrate in advance in production data, and informing purport when a printing component having discordant component information is present in the verification. The printing components include at least a mask, a squeegee, and paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 9480195
    Abstract: In error coping executed when it is determined that an electronic component is a different type of component which is not a regular electronic component to be supplied from a part feeder in a component mounting process, production operation of the component mounting device is stopped, a component set timing at which the different type of component is set is specified on the basis of component set history information, all of the substrates to be target of production by the component mounting device after a specified component set timing are specified as substrates to be managed on which the different type of components are potentially mounted, and the production operation of all of the devices arranged downstream, and intended to produce the substrates to be managed is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kurata
  • Publication number: 20160174426
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting system includes plural mounting line systems, and an integrated system capable of communication with the plural mounting line systems. The mounting line systems have an electronic component mounting line, a mounting line management unit, and an identification information reading unit. If identification information read by the identification information reading unit is not stored in an integrated database, a component information reading unit included in the mounting line management unit reads from a local database the identification information and information about a use status of electronic components housed in an electronic component housing body to which the identification information is attached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroaki KURATA
  • Publication number: 20160128205
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting system includes: mounting line management apparatuses disposed in each of mounting lines and an integrated management apparatus connected to the mounting line management apparatuses. The integrated management apparatus includes a first collation unit which performs collation of an electronic component based on identification information for identifying the electronic component. The mounting line management apparatus includes a second collation unit which performs collation of the electronic component. When the identification information is read out by the identification information reading-out unit, the collation of the electronic component is performed by the first collation unit if the mounting line management apparatus can access the integrated management apparatus, and the collation of the electronic component is performed by the second collation unit if the mounting line management apparatus cannot access the integrated management apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Yasuhiro MAENISHI, Hagemu YASOJIMA, Hiroaki KURATA
  • Publication number: 20150367628
    Abstract: A method of determining whether printing components suitable for a type of a substrate are correctly set in a screen printing device that makes a mask provided with a pattern hole abut on the substrate, supplies paste onto the mask, and slides a squeegee to thereby print the paste on the substrate through the pattern hole, includes reading identification marks attached to respective printing components, verifying pieces of component information corresponding to the read identification marks using pieces of component information allocated to the substrate in advance in production data, and informing purport when a printing component having discordant component information is present in the verification. The printing components include at least a mask, a squeegee, and paste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kurata
  • Publication number: 20150052745
    Abstract: In the component mounting method, it is determined whether a component shortage simultaneous occurrence in which predicted component shortage timings belong to the same time zone in component mounting apparatuses and component replenishment is necessary in the same time zone with respect to the component mounting apparatuses is present or not. When the component shortage simultaneous occurrence is determined to be present, the component shortage timing is moved up by a predetermined move-up time in any one of the component mounting apparatuses relating to the component shortage simultaneous occurrence and notified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroaki KURATA
  • Publication number: 20140290055
    Abstract: In error coping executed when it is determined that an electronic component is a different type of component which is not a regular electronic component to be supplied from a part feeder in a component mounting process, production operation of the component mounting device is stopped, a component set timing at which the different type of component is set is specified on the basis of component set history information, all of the substrates to be target of production by the component mounting device after a specified component set timing are specified as substrates to be managed on which the different type of components are potentially mounted, and the production operation of all of the devices arranged downstream, and intended to produce the substrates to be managed is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Hiroaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 7801634
    Abstract: A mounter for a manufacturing management method suppresses an occurrence of inventory shortage or excess inventory as much as possible, and provides energy savings when manufacturing is not performed at full capacity. A throughput determining step acquires manufacturing information included in a manufacturing plan while manufacturing equipment is manufacturing mounted boards and determines a throughput of the manufacturing equipment for the mounted boards based on the manufacturing information while the manufacturing equipment is manufacturing a sequence of the mounted boards. A manufacturing condition determining step determines a manufacturing condition for decreasing power consumption of the manufacturing equipment within a range of throughput not lower than the determined throughput in the case where the throughput determined in the throughput determining step is equal to or lower than a current throughput of the manufacturing equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kurata, Yasuhiro Maenishi
  • Publication number: 20090099678
    Abstract: For a mounter, to provide a manufacturing management method which enables to suppress an occurrence of inventory shortage or excess inventory as much as possible, and to provide a manufacturing management method which allows energy savings when manufacturing is not performed at full capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kurata, Yasuhiro Maenishi
  • Publication number: 20070293969
    Abstract: According to the present invention, mounting conditions are determined to become closer to a setting value of a parameter regarding electricity consumption. The present invention provides a method of determining mounting conditions under which a piece of equipment mounts a component onto a substrate. The method includes: obtaining a setting value of a parameter regarding electricity consumption required to mount the component; obtaining an actual value of the parameter based on current mounting conditions; and determining new mounting conditions based on a result of comparing the setting value with the actual value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventors: Wataru Hirai, Yasuhiro Maenishi, Hiroaki Kurata, Chikashi Konishi, Kazuhiko Nakahara, Masakatsu Fujita, Takuya Yamazaki, Takaaki Yokoi
  • Patent number: 6647615
    Abstract: A parts mounting system includes a plurality of mounting units and a parts distributor unit for distributing parts to the mounting units. The parts distributor unit includes a specifying section for specifying types of parts that can be mounted by each of the mounting units, as division-specified parts, and a distributor section for sequentially distributing parts, based on the types of parts, from the parts other than the division-specified parts, to the mounting units. The distributor section sequentially distributes the division-specified parts to the mounting units so that the division-specified parts are divided thereby to reduce a difference in mounting time by each mounting unit after the parts other than division-specified parts are distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nonaka, Hiroaki Kurata
  • Publication number: 20010001896
    Abstract: A parts distributing method for distributing parts to mounting units in a parts mounting system having a plurality of mounting units, said method comprising the steps of: specifying parts of specific kinds which can be mounted with each mounting unit as division-specified parts; distributing parts specified for a specific mounting unit to the mounting unit; repeating operations to distribute parts having a maximum mounting time, out of remaining parts other than the division-specified parts, to mounting units which sequentially have a minimum mounting time; and repeating operations to distribute the division-specified parts one by one to mounting units which sequentially have a minimum mounting time. 1 TABLE I Tacts for high-speed Tacts for multi-function Part name Quantity mounting uuit mounting uuit Electronic 6 0.15 0.25 Part A Electronic 5 0.20 0.30 Part B Electronic 5 — 0.40 Part C Electronic 4 0.15 0.25 Part D Tact: mounting time per part (sec.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nonaka, Hiroaki Kurata
  • Patent number: 6223428
    Abstract: A parts distributing method for distributing parts to mounting units in a parts mounting system having a plurality of mounting units. The method involves specifying parts of specific kinds which can be mounted with each mounting unit as division-specified parts; distributing parts specified for a specific mounting unit to the specific mounting unit; repeating operations to distribute parts having a maximum mounting time, out of remaining parts other than the division-specified parts, to mounting units which sequentially have a minimum mounting time; and repeating operations to distribute the division-specified parts one by one to mounting units which sequentially have a minimum mounting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nonaka, Hiroaki Kurata