Patents by Inventor Ryouichirou Katano

Ryouichirou Katano 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: 8062450
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus capable of easily splicing ACF tapes that are thin and are hard to handle. The tape splicing apparatus splices two ACF tapes (210) each having an ACF (212), and includes: a first holding unit that holds one of the ACF tapes (210); a second holding unit that holds the other one of the ACF tapes (210); a positioning unit (115) that positions the ACF tapes (210) to be overlapped in a thickness direction; and a pressing unit (116) that presses the overlapped ACF tapes (210) in the thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kozo Odawara, Shinjiro Tsuji, Yuichi Takakura, Masayuki Ida, Ryouichirou Katano
  • Patent number: 7875138
    Abstract: An adhesive tape applying apparatus includes a stage on which a terminal end portion of a first tape member and a leading end portion of a second tape member are placed so as to be superimposed on each other, an ultrasonic tool in which a plurality of protruding portions are provided on its contact surface that is to be put into contact with the leading end portion or terminal end portion of the superposed tape members, an ultrasonic vibration generator for applying ultrasonic vibrations in a tape's thicknesswise direction to the ultrasonic tool, and a pressing device for making a stage-directed pressing force act on the ultrasonic tool. As a result, the terminal end portion of the in-use first tape member and the leading end portion of the second tape member rolled out from a new reel can be spliced together with a simple, low-cost construction while the possibility of occurrence of trouble in tape feed is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Yamada, Ryouichirou Katano, Masayuki Ida, Yasuhiro Okada, Tomotaka Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 7803231
    Abstract: A substrate edge part cleaning apparatus judging a cleaning degree of glass substrates when cleaning edge parts of the glass substrates used for liquid crystal display. The substrate edge part cleaning apparatus 100 having a cleaning head wiping an edge part of a substrate for display A while moving rectilinearly, and having a camera 117 capturing images of the proximity of an edge of a color filter which is placed on the substrate, by moving together with the cleaning head. The camera 117 obtains surface status information of the substrate part which has been cleaned, and the substrate edge part cleaning apparatus 100 further includes a cleaning degree judgment unit 306 judging a cleaning degree based on the surface status information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Ryouichirou Katano, Shinjiro Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7799142
    Abstract: A board terminal cleaning apparatus for cleaning a terminal portion by bringing a cleaning member in contact with the terminal portion of a board comprises a first support member that supports the cleaning member in a first position, a second support member that supports the cleaning member in a second position, a cleaning head that pressurizes part of the cleaning member supported between the first position and the second position by bringing the part in contact with the terminal portion of the board, a support member moving unit that moves the first support member and the second support member in the direction along the terminal portion, and a cleaning head moving unit that moves the cleaning head in the direction along the terminal portion at a second movement velocity different from the first movement velocity of the first support member and the second support member by the support member moving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masaya Watanabe, Shinjiro Tsuji, Keiji Fujiwara, Ryouichirou Katano
  • Publication number: 20100206458
    Abstract: An adhesive tape applying apparatus includes a stage on which a terminal end portion of a first tape member and a leading end portion of a second tape member are placed so as to be superimposed on each other, an ultrasonic tool in which a plurality of protruding portions are provided on its contact surface that is to be put into contact with the leading end portion or terminal end portion of the superposed tape members, an ultrasonic vibration generator for applying ultrasonic vibrations in a tape's thicknesswise direction to the ultrasonic tool, and a pressing device for making a stage-directed pressing force act on the ultrasonic tool. As a result, the terminal end portion of the in-use first tape member and the leading end portion of the second tape member rolled out from a new reel can be spliced together with a simple, low-cost construction while the possibility of occurrence of trouble in tape feed is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: Akira Yamada, Ryouichirou Katano, Masayuki Ida, Yasuhiro Okada, Tomotaka Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 7653989
    Abstract: The final-bonder is equipped with a warping correction unit that is equipped in parallel with a backup stage with a distance of about 20 mm from such backup stage, and that includes accordion pads for sucking a liquid crystal panel; the backup stage that supports, from the back, the liquid crystal panel when pressure is applied to its outer edge portion at the bonding of semiconductor components; and a pressure head that carries out final bonding of the semiconductor components onto the outer edge portion of the liquid crystal panel by applying pressure and heat to them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Murata, Shinjiro Tsuji, Kozo Odawara, Ryouichirou Katano
  • Publication number: 20090288777
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus capable of easily splicing ACF tapes that are thin and are hard to handle. The tape splicing apparatus splices two ACF tapes (210) each having an ACF (212), and includes: a first holding unit that holds one of the ACF tapes (210); a second holding unit that holds the other one of the ACF tapes (210); a positioning unit (115) that positions the ACF tapes (210) to be overlapped in a thickness direction; and a pressing unit (116) that presses the overlapped ACF tapes (210) in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Odawara, Shinjiro Tsuji, Yuichi Takakura, Masayuki Ida, Ryouichirou Katano
  • Publication number: 20090065029
    Abstract: A board terminal cleaning apparatus for cleaning a terminal portion by bringing a cleaning member in contact with the terminal portion of a board comprises a first support member that supports the cleaning member in a first position, a second support member that supports the cleaning member in a second position, a cleaning head that pressurizes part of the cleaning member supported between the first position and the second position by bringing the part in contact with the terminal portion of the board, a support member moving unit that moves the first support member and the second support member in the direction along the terminal portion, and a cleaning head moving unit that moves the cleaning head in the direction along the terminal portion at a second movement velocity different from the first movement velocity of the first support member and the second support member by the support member moving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Masaya Watanabe, Shinjiro Tsuji, Keiji Fujiwara, Ryouichirou Katano
  • Publication number: 20080301932
    Abstract: The final-bonder (103) is equipped with: a warping correction unit (201) that is equipped in parallel with a backup stage (203) with a distance of about 20 mm from such backup stage (203), and that includes accordion pads (202) for sucking a liquid crystal panel; the backup stage (203) that supports, from the back, the liquid crystal panel when pressure is applied to its outer edge portion at the boding of semiconductor components; and a pressure head (204) that carries out final bonding of the semiconductor components onto the outer edge portion of the liquid crystal panel by applying pressure and heat to them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Takahiko Murata, Shinjiro Tsuji, Kozo Odawara, Ryouichirou Katano
  • Patent number: 7285175
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet attaching device is provided with: a stage (6); a feeder (10) for feeding adhesive sheet (8) onto the stage (6); a cutter (16); a pressurizer (7) for attaching the adhesive sheet (8) to a target object mounted on the stage (6); a detector (11) for detecting a connecting portion (18); and a controller. When the detector (11) detects the connecting portion (18), the controller stops the operation of the feeder (10) after adhesive sheet (8) of an attachable length up to the connecting portion (18) has been attached. This makes it possible to reliably prevent adhesive sheet (8) containing a connecting portion (18) from being attached to a target object, and to effectively use the adhesive sheet up to the connecting portion (18), thus making it possible to suppress resource loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomotaka Nishimoto, Shinjiro Tsuji, Ryouichirou Katano
  • Publication number: 20070181152
    Abstract: A substrate edge part cleaning apparatus that judges cleaning degree of each glass substrate when cleaning the edge part of the glass substrate used for liquid crystal display. The substrate edge part cleaning apparatus 100 has a cleaning head which cleans by wiping an edge part of a substrate for display A while moving rectilinearly, the apparatus including a camera 117 which captures images of the proximity of an edge of a color filter which is placed on the substrate, by moving together with the cleaning head. The camera 117 obtains surface status information of the substrate part which has been cleaned, and the substrate edge part cleaning apparatus 100 further includes a cleaning degree judgment unit 306 which judges cleaning degree based on the surface status information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Ryouichirou Katano, Shinjiro Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20050260341
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet attaching device is provided with: a stage (6); a feeder (10) for feeding adhesive sheet (8) onto the stage (6); a cutter (16); a pressurizer (7) for attaching the adhesive sheet (8) to a target object mounted on the stage (6); a detector (11) for detecting a connecting portion (18); and a controller. When the detector (11) detects the connecting portion (18), the controller stops the operation of the feeder (10) after adhesive sheet (8) of an attachable length up to the connecting portion (18) has been attached. This makes it possible to reliably prevent adhesive sheet (8) containing a connecting portion (18) from being attached to a target object, and to effectively use the adhesive sheet up to the connecting portion (18), thus making it possible to suppress resource loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Tomotaka Nishimoto, Shinjiro Tsuji, Ryouichirou Katano