Patents by Inventor Naonobu OOKAWA

Naonobu OOKAWA 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: 9322790
    Abstract: Provided is an X-ray inspection device having a pair of conveyor frames that is disposed symmetrically with respect to a center line as an axis along a substrate conveying direction, and clamps a printed substrate in a substrate width direction. A substrate conveying mechanism conveys in an X axis direction the printed substrate supported by the conveyor frames. A distance adjustment mechanism drives the pair of conveyor frames so that the conveyor frames approach or depart from each other in the Y axis direction, thereby adjusting the width dimension of a printed substrate that can be conveyed by the substrate conveying mechanism disposed on each of the conveyor frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naonobu Ookawa
  • Patent number: 8983030
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inspection machine provided with an imaging device that capture a close-up image of the imaging target portion of the printed circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted, by coming close to a printed circuit board. The inspection machine has a sensor unit that detects the heights of the electronic components on the printed circuit board by irradiation light in a first direction that is along the surface of the printed circuit board. Control means of the inspection machine sets a limit distance to a position above the highest electronic component among heights detected from the electronic components. The control means also restricts a facing distance by which the imaging device is accepted to approach the printed circuit board, to be the limit distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naonobu Ookawa
  • Publication number: 20140334605
    Abstract: Provided is an X-ray inspection device having a pair of conveyor frames that is disposed symmetrically with respect to a center line as an axis along a substrate conveying direction, and clamps a printed substrate in a substrate width direction. A substrate conveying mechanism conveys in an X axis direction the printed substrate supported by the conveyor frames. A distance adjustment mechanism drives the pair of conveyor frames so that the conveyor frames approach or depart from each other in the Y axis direction, thereby adjusting the width dimension of a printed substrate that can be conveyed by the substrate conveying mechanism disposed on each of the conveyor frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Naonobu Ookawa
  • Publication number: 20130279655
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inspection machine provided with an imaging device that capture a close-up image of the imaging target portion of the printed circuit board on which a plurality of electronic components are mounted, by coming close to a printed circuit board. The inspection machine has a sensor unit that detects the heights of the electronic components on the printed circuit board by irradiation light in a first direction that is along the surface of the printed circuit board. Control means of the inspection machine sets a limit distance to a position above the highest electronic component among heights detected from the electronic components. The control means also restricts a facing distance by which the imaging device is accepted to approach the printed circuit board, to be the limit distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Naonobu OOKAWA