Patents by Inventor Minoru Murakami

Minoru Murakami 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: 20140318394
    Abstract: In a screen printing that shifts squeegees in a horizontal direction while abutting the squeegees against a mask, and slides the squeegees on the mask, and scrapes up the paste on the mask so that opening portions are filled with the paste to transfer the paste onto the substrate, a larger amount of paste Ps is supplied to regions in which the paste is scraped up by the end portions of the squeegee than a region in which the paste is scraped up by a center portion of the squeegee on the mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Michinori Tomomatsu, Toshiyuki Murakami, Hiroki Kobayashi, Minoru Murakami, Akira Maeda
  • Publication number: 20140102322
    Abstract: A printing operation is repeatedly performed with respect to one substrate 2, the printing operation including the step of loading the substrate 2 (the step ST1), then contacting an upper surface of the substrate 2 with a mask 13 (the step ST4), reciprocating a squeegeeing operation to slide squeegees 33b on the mask 13 in contact with the substrate 2 to transfer a paste Pt on the mask 13 to the substrate 2 (the step ST7 and the step ST8), separating the substrate 2 from the mask 13 for a snap off (the step ST9), and while unloading the substrate 2 (the step ST11), performing mask cleaning to remove the paste Pt that is adhered to a lower surface of the mask 13 (the step ST12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michinori Tomomatsu, Yuuji Ootake, Toshiyuki Murakami, Minoru Murakami, Akira Maeda
  • Patent number: 8640615
    Abstract: An object of the invention to provide a screen printing machine allows, during maintenance work for one printing device, the other printing device to continue its screen printing work, and a method for controlling an inside temperature of a screen printing machine. A space surrounded by a base (12) and a cover member (11) is divided into two portions by a partition member (14), and two printing devices (13) are accommodated in two working compartments (15), respectively, which are defined by the base (12), the cover member (11) and the partition member (14), whereby temperature-controlled air is blown into each of the working compartments (15) via an air pipe (71) which branches into two air vents (72) opened to the respective working compartments (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Kimiyuki Yamasaki, Minoru Murakami, Takahiro Fukagawa, Takashi Yazawa, Nobuhiro Nakai
  • Publication number: 20130269559
    Abstract: An imaging part in a screen printing device which images a board and a screen mask includes a single camera which is disposed with a posture of horizontally facing towards an incidence optical axis, a half mirror which makes an imaging light, which is incident through a lower imaging optical axis, to be incident on a camera, and a mirror which makes an imaging light, which is incident through an upper imaging optical axis, to pass through the half mirror and to be incident on the camera, and further has an upper illuminating part and a lower illuminating part which individually illuminate respective imaging objects. Imaging light is taken in the camera in a state that the upper illuminating part and the lower illuminating part are individually operated in a mask imaging step and a board imaging step, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Murakami, Minoru Murakami, Yasuichi Okada
  • Publication number: 20130239830
    Abstract: At the two ends of a pair of clamping members (9a) which sandwich and clamp a board (10) from the Y direction, mask supporting members (9b) forming a rectangle frame are disposed, and a screen mask (12) is supported from below by the mask supporting members (9b) in a state that the board (10) abuts against the under surface of the screen mask (12). A downwards bending of the screen mask (12) can be prevented, and the time and labor of maintenance can be decreased by preventing the deposits of paste on the screen mask (12) that occur due to the bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michinori Tomomatsu, Yuuji Ootake, Toshiyuki Murakami, Minoru Murakami, Akira Maeda
  • Patent number: 8460155
    Abstract: When reception of engine rotating speed information from an engine control unit is failed, the control unit puts gear positions belonging to a second gear position group in a non-operable and connected state, and then puts a second clutch into a engaged state to convert a rotating speed of a second input shaft detected by a second rotational sensor into a rotating speed of an engine output shaft. The control unit controls so as to fasten a first clutch based on the converted rotating speed of the engine output shaft, thereby enabling a star of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Minoru Murakami
  • Publication number: 20120302399
    Abstract: When reception of engine rotating speed information from an engine control unit is failed, the control unit puts gear positions belonging to a second gear position group in a non-operable and connected state, and then puts a second clutch into a engaged state to convert a rotating speed of a second input shaft detected by a second rotational sensor into a rotating speed of an engine output shaft. The control unit controls so as to fasten a first clutch based on the converted rotating speed of the engine output shaft, thereby enabling a star of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Minoru MURAKAMI
  • Publication number: 20110315029
    Abstract: A challenge to be met by the present invention is to provide a screen printer arranged so as to be able to readily perform both replacement of squeegees and operation for filling a paste feed syringe with paste. A paste feed syringe (14) is configured so as to be able to sway around an axial line (41) that downwardly extends from a squeegee base (30) with respect to a horizontal line (HL) parallel to a direction of reciprocal movement of the squeegee base (30), and also be able to change its position between a paste feed attitude having an imaginary extension within a vertical plane at an oblique angle such that a nozzle (14a) provided at a lower end of the paste feed syringe comes to a position immediately below squeegees (15) and a storage attitude which is turned from the paste feed attitude through about 90 degrees around an axial line (41).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seikou Abe, Minoru Murakami, Isao Horie
  • Publication number: 20110239878
    Abstract: An object of the invention to provide a screen printing machine allows, during maintenance work for one printing device, the other printing device to continue its screen printing work, and a method for controlling an inside temperature of a screen printing machine. A space surrounded by a base (12) and a cover member (11) is divided into two portions by a partition member (14), and two printing devices (13) are accommodated in two working compartments (15), respectively, which are defined by the base (12), the cover member (11) and the partition member (14), whereby temperature-controlled air is blown into each of the working compartments (15) via an air pipe (71) which branches into two air vents (72) opened to the respective working compartments (15).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Kimiyuki Yamasaki, Minoru Murakami, Takahiro Fukagawa, Takashi Yazawa, Nobuhiro Nakai
  • Publication number: 20110162202
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide an electronic component mounting device and a work method of the electronic component mounting device, capable of ensuring safety of an operator who accesses a work line through a door portion, and avoiding reduction of workability. A space defined by a base (11) and a cover member (14) is partitioned by a partition member (15) to define a plurality of work line storing spaces (SP1). A plurality of work lines (12) are stored in the respective work line storing spaces (SP1) individually. When any of a plurality of door portions (14a) provided in the cover member (14) so as to allow an access to an inside of the respective work line storing spaces (SP1) is opened, an operation of a work line (12) stored in a work line storing space (SP1) accessible through the opened door portion (14a) is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Nobuhiro Nakai, Minoru Murakami, Takahiro Fukagawa, Takashi Yazawa, Kimiyuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 7630536
    Abstract: To provide a printing inspection apparatus and a printing inspection method enabling an optimal inspection mode in which a balance is kept between the improvement of production efficiency and the securing of a printing accuracy. In a printing inspection for inspecting a printing state of cream solder on a substrate after screen printing, inspection data is generated by dividing unit shape and position data, indicating the shapes and the positions of element solder print portions to be printed on electrodes provided on a circuit forming surface of the substrate to be used to bond electronic components, into data groups according to a grouping condition chosen in response to an inspection mode. A go/no-go judgment at the time of inspection is made per data group, and a judgment result is displayed for each data group. It is thus possible to choose an optimal inspection mode flexibly in response to the characteristics of a substrate as the subject to be inspected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukagawa, Yuji Otake, Takashi Katsuki, Minoru Murakami, Kimiyuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 7242926
    Abstract: A communication device comprises a key input section for inputting a mail document and a control section for selecting from a plurality of images stored in a ROM a stamp image or a postcard image specific to an area corresponding to a CS-ID obtained through a position registration process carried out with the nearest cell station CS and for attaching the selected image to the created mail document for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Murakami, Motoaki Sakurai
  • Patent number: 6988472
    Abstract: An engine unit includes a valve driving mechanism in which a cam having its cam profile axially varying continuously is slid along the axis of the cam shaft to control continuously a lift characteristic of an intake valve to be steplessly variable. In the control device of the engine, when the engine is, determined to be in a idling state by an idling-state determining unit, a target cam position is obtained according to a target valve lift amount calculated based on the cooling water temperature by a target cam position calculated unit, and the target cam position is corrected according to atmospheric pressure, an engine oil temperature, an ATF temperature, and an intake temperature, so that an engine rotation will be stabilized in the idling state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takahashi, Isato Taki, Takahiro Suzuki, Minoru Murakami
  • Publication number: 20040244748
    Abstract: An engine unit includes a valve driving mechanism in which a cam having its cam profile axially varying continuously is slid along the axis of the cam shaft to control continuously a lift characteristic of an intake valve to be steplessly variable. In the control device of the engine, when the engine is, determined to be in a idling state by an idling-state determining unit, a target cam position is obtained according to a target valve lift amount calculated based on the cooling water temperature by a target cam position calculated unit, and the target cam position is corrected according to atmospheric pressure, an engine oil temperature, an ATF temperature, and an intake temperature, so that an engine rotation will be stabilized in the idling state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazutoshi Takahashi, Isato Taki, Takahiro Suzuki, Minoru Murakami
  • Patent number: 6820545
    Abstract: In a screen-printing apparatus for printing creamy solder paste on a substrate by attaching a screen mask to the substrate, a predetermined measuring position of the mechanisms in the screen-printing apparatus is measured three-dimensionally by a three-dimensional measuring device. Based on the measured result, a predetermined measuring point on an object to be measured is determined on a position relative to the origin of the mechanical coordinate system in the screen-printing apparatus, and the origin position on a control program can be set. As a result, machine adjusting operation and teaching operation in the screen-printing apparatus can be simplified with high accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimiyuki Yamasaki, Michinori Tomomatsu, Seikoh Abe, Seiichi Miyahara, Yuji Otake, Takahiro Fukagawa, Kunihiko Tokita, Masayuki Mantani, Minoru Murakami
  • Publication number: 20040149151
    Abstract: A screen-printing apparatus for printing creamy solder paste on a substrate by attaching a screen mask to the substrate. A laser-measuring device mounted in the apparatus measures the top surface of the screen mask at a printing position and the top of the substrate at a substrate-measurement position by three-dimensional measurement, and detects a shape of the substrate or the screen mask, and determines whether or not they are acceptable. After screen printing is completed, the substrate and the screen mask undergo a printing inspection where their shapes are inspected. This provides not only inspection data of the printing results but also data for identifying the causes of print failures. As a result, the screen-printing apparatus, which has high-printing accuracy and can prevent printing failures from occurring, is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimiyuki Yamasaki, Michinori Tomomatsu, Seikoh Abe, Seiichi Miyahara, Yuji Otake, Takahiro Fukagawa, Kunihiko Tokita, Masayuki Mantani, Minoru Murakami
  • Publication number: 20040146195
    Abstract: To provide a printing inspection apparatus and a printing inspection method enabling an optimal inspection mode in which a balance is kept between the improvement of production efficiency and the securing of a printing accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Fukagawa, Yuji Otake, Takashi Katsuki, Minoru Murakami, Kimiyuki Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 6755127
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a screen printing method that may assure excellent printing qualities since the screen printing method of the present invention includes: (A) sliding a squeegee head with paste stored in the squeegee head on a mask plate, while the past is pressurized, and printing the paste on a substrate through pattern holes of the mask plate, (B) at least one step of (b) separating the squeegee head with the paste stored therein from the mask plate, and (e) sliding the squeegee head on the mask plate for a pre-squeezing purpose before the step (A). The step of separating the squeegee head from the mask plate includes the steps of (1) discontinuing the pressure application to the paste stored in the squeegee head, (2) horizontally moving the squeegee head by a predetermined distance while the bottom end portion of the squeegee head is abutted on the mask plate in a state of the pressure application being discontinued, and (3) moving the squeegee head upward off from the mask plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Takahiro Fukagawa, Minoru Murakami, Michinori Tomomatsu, Seiko Abe, Kimiyuki Yamasaki, Kunihiko Tokita
  • Patent number: 6715413
    Abstract: A screen-printing apparatus for printing creamy solder paste on a substrate by attaching a screen mask to the substrate. A laser-measuring device mounted in the apparatus measures the top surface of the screen mask at a printing position and the top of the substrate at a substrate-measurement position by three-dimensional measurement, and detects a shape of the substrate or the screen mask, and determines whether or not they are acceptable. After screen printing is completed, the substrate and the screen mask undergo a printing inspection where their shapes are inspected. This provides not only inspection data of the printing results but also data for identifying the causes of print failures. As a result, the screen-printing apparatus, which has high-printing accuracy and can prevent printing failures from occurring, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kimiyuki Yamasaki, Michinori Tomomatsu, Seikoh Abe, Seiichi Miyahara, Yuji Otake, Takahiro Fukagawa, Kunihiko Tokita, Masayuki Mantani, Minoru Murakami
  • Publication number: 20030188646
    Abstract: It is possible to obtain a screen printing method that may assure excellent printing qualities since the screen printing method of the present invention includes: (A) sliding a squeegee head with paste stored in the squeegee head on a mask plate, while the past is pressurized, and printing the paste on a substrate through pattern holes of the mask plate, (B) at least one step of (b) separating the squeegee head with the paste stored therein from the mask plate, and (e) sliding the squeegee head on the mask plate for a pre-squeezing purpose before the step (A). The step of separating the squeegee head from the mask plate includes the steps of (1) discontinuing the pressure application to the paste stored in the squeegee head, (2) horizontally moving the squeegee head by a predetermined distance while the bottom end portion of the squeegee head is abutted on the mask plate in a state of the pressure application being discontinued, and (3) moving the squeegee head upward off from the mask plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seiichi Miyahara, Takahiro Fukagawa, Minoru Murakami, Michinori Tomomatsu, Seiko Abe, Kimiyuki Yamasaki, Kunihiko Tokita