Patents by Inventor JUN SHIRATO

JUN SHIRATO 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).

  • Patent number: 11965911
    Abstract: An inspection apparatus makes an inspection of electrical characteristics of an object to be inspected using a contactor brought into electrical contact with an electrode of the object to be inspected, the inspection apparatus including: a position adjusting unit including the contactor, a position adjusting section that adjusts a tip position of the contactor, and a load detecting section that detects a value of contact load between the contactor and the electrode; a position deriving section that derives an initial position of the contactor in a specific direction based on a relationship between an amount of contact displacement of the contactor in the specific direction and the value of contact load between the contactor and the electrode; and a movement performing section that moves the tip position of the contactor based on the initial position in the specific direction derived by the position deriving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS
    Inventors: Satoshi Narita, Jun Shirato
  • Publication number: 20230003764
    Abstract: The present disclosure is an inspection apparatus that makes an inspection of electrical characteristics of an object to be inspected. using a contactor brought into electrical contact with an electrode of the object to be inspected, the inspection apparatus including: a position adjusting unit including the contactor, a position adjusting section that adjusts a tip position of the contactor, and a load. detecting section that detects a value of contact load between the contactor and the electrode; a position deriving section that derives an initial position of the contactor in a specific direction based on a relationship between an amount of contact displacement of the contactor in the specific direction and the value of contact load between the contactor and the electrode; and a movement performing section that moves the tip position of the contactor based on the initial position in the specific direction derived by the position deriving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS
    Inventors: SATOSHI NARITA, JUN SHIRATO