Patents by Inventor Shozo Minamitani

Shozo Minamitani 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: 8001678
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus for mounting a plurality of components on a board. The apparatus is provided with a board holding device for holding the board at a board holding position, a first mounting head for holding and taking out a component fed from a first component feeding position and mounting the component on the board held at the board holding position, a second mounting head for holding and taking out the component fed from a second component feeding position and mounting the component on the held board, and a component feeding device having a wafer holding table for holding a wafer on which the respective components are fed so that the wafer holding table can be moved reciprocationally between the first component feeding position and the second component feeding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kabeshita, Kurayasu Hamasaki, Noriyuki Tani, Shozo Minamitani, Yoichi Makino
  • Patent number: 7938929
    Abstract: A heating and pressurizing apparatus (101), to which a circuit board (70) with electronic components (8) pre-bonded thereto via bonding elements (9) is carried in, is provided. The heating and pressurizing apparatus post-bonds the electronic component to the circuit board by heating and pressurizing the electronic component by a contact member (1211) having a heating device (122). By executing the pre-bonding and the post-bonding of the electronic components to the circuit board independently of each other, the time required for the post-bonding can be reduced, compared with the conventional case, and the productivity of the whole mounting line can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Minamitani, Naoto Hosotani, Koichi Morita, Syunji Onobori, Kenichi Nishino
  • Patent number: 7861908
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a component feeder that feeds a component with its bump electrodes facing down, a mounting head that mounts the component onto a substrate, a supporting base that secures the substrate, and a positioning device that aligns the component with the substrate. The mounting head includes an ultrasonic vibration generator, an ultrasonic vibration propagation member that conveys the ultrasonic vibration provided by the ultrasonic vibration generator to a working face holding the component as vibration parallel thereto, a pressure loader that applies a pressure load to the working face from a position immediately thereabove in the direction perpendicular thereto, and a heater that heats the vicinity of the working face. Thereby, ultrasonic bonding is carried out with high reliability even if the component has a number of bump electrodes on its face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Minamitani, Takaharu Mae, Yasuharu Ueno, Akira Yamada, Shinji Kanayama, Makoto Akita, Nobuhisa Watanabe, Akira Mori, Hiroyuki Naito, Shinya Marumo, Makoto Morikawa
  • Patent number: 7827677
    Abstract: A component mounting system includes first to third (pickup, transfer, and placement) stations. A component supplied at a component supply is picked up by a transport head at the pickup station and then transferred to a placement head at the transfer station. The placement head carries the component to the placement station where the component is placed and mounted onto a substrate such as a circuit board. The component, when held by the placement head, is recognized by an imaging device at or in the vicinity of the transfer station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuharu Ueno, Shozo Minamitani, Shinji Kanayama, Takashi Shimizu, Satoshi Shida, Shunji Onobori
  • Patent number: 7637714
    Abstract: While a vicinity of a bottom surface-side region of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, corresponding to an adhesion region of a semiconductor chip, is sucked and held, a plurality of protruding portions of a removing member are brought into contact with the bottom surface of the semiconductor chip through the adhesive sheet at the adhesion region. Also, the adhesive sheet is sucked in between the respective protruding portions so as to change an adhesive surface bond of the semiconductor chip to the adhesive sheet to point bonding. Further, the removing member is moved along the bottom surface of the semiconductor chip so as to change the position of the point bonding and decrease the adhesive bonding force to the adhesive sheet. Then, the semiconductor chip is removed from the adhesive sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Kabeshita, Kurayasu Hamasaki, Shozo Minamitani, Yoichi Makino, Noriyuki Tani
  • Patent number: 7549567
    Abstract: Component 3 is pressed onto a circuit board 4 so that their respective metal interconnects 5, 6 are in close contact with each other, and ultrasonic vibration is applied to the suction nozzle 14 holding the component 3. Friction is thereby generated between metal interconnects 5, 6 whereby the component 3 is bonded on circuit substrate. Suction nozzle 14 for handling components is made of stainless steel and has a working face 14a provided with a hardened layer 14b, or alternatively, suction nozzle 14 may have a suction head 14c having a working face 14a made of cemented carbide. Working face 14a of suction nozzle 14 is refined by polishing as required during the mounting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazushi Higashi, Shozo Minamitani, Shinji Kanayama, Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20090120998
    Abstract: A heating and pressurizing apparatus (101), to which a circuit board (70) with electronic components (8) pre-bonded thereto via bonding elements (9) is carried in, is provided. The heating and pressurizing apparatus post-bonds the electronic component to the circuit board by heating and pressurizing the electronic component by a contact member (1211) having a heating device (122). By executing the pre-bonding and the post-bonding of the electronic components to the circuit board independently of each other, the time required for the post-bonding can be reduced, compared with the conventional case, and the productivity of the whole mounting line can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Inventors: Shozo Minamitani, Naoto Hosotani, Koichi Morita, Syunji Onobori, Kenichi Nishino
  • Patent number: 7490652
    Abstract: A heating and pressurizing apparatus (101), to which a circuit board (70) with electronic components (8) pre-bonded thereto via bonding elements (9) is carried in, is provided. The heating and pressurizing apparatus post-bonds the electronic component to the circuit board by heating and pressurizing the electronic component by a contact member (1211) having a heating device (122). By executing the pre-bonding and the post-bonding of the electronic components to the circuit board independently of each other, the time required for the post-bonding can be reduced, compared with the conventional case, and the productivity of the whole mounting line can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Minamitani, Naoto Hosotani, Koichi Morita, Syunji Onobori, Kenichi Nishino
  • Publication number: 20090007420
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus for mounting a plurality of components on a board. The apparatus is provided with a board holding device for holding the board at a board holding position, a first mounting head for holding and taking out a component fed from a first component feeding position and mounting the component on the board held at the board holding position, a second mounting head for holding and taking out the component fed from a second component feeding position and mounting the component on the held board, and a component feeding device having a wafer holding table for holding a wafer on which the respective components are fed so that the wafer holding table can be moved reciprocationally between the first component feeding position and the second component feeding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Akira KABESHITA, Kurayasu Hamasaki, Noriyuki Tani, Shozo Minamitani, Yoichi Makino
  • Patent number: 7437818
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of components on a board. The aparatus is provided with a board holding device for holding the board at a board holding position, a first mounting head for holding and taking out a component fed from a first component feeding position and mounting the component on the board held at the board holding position, a second mounting head for holding and taking out the component fed from a second component feeding position and mounting the component on the held board, and a component feeding device having a wafer holding table for holding a wafer on which the respective components are fed so that the wafer holding table can be moved reciprocationally between the first component feeding position and the second component feeding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Kabeshita, Kurayasu Hamasaki, Noriyuki Tani, Shozo Minamitani, Yoichi Makino
  • Patent number: 7296727
    Abstract: After detection of contact between respective solder bumps of an electronic component, sucked and held by a suction nozzle of a head tool, and respective solder portions of a circuit board, the solder bumps and the solder portions are melted by heating. Releasing of the electronic component from suction and holding by the suction nozzle of the head tool is performed, not at a time during solder melting, but at a time after the solder is melted, cooled and solidified. Thus, an electronic component mounting method and apparatus capable of mounting high-end electronic components having narrow-pitched bumps are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Onobori, Shuichi Hirata, Masakazu Yamano, Kazuya Yamamoto, Satoshi Shida, Takaharu Mae, Makoto Akita, Shozo Minamitani
  • Patent number: 7290331
    Abstract: In a component mounting apparatus in which integrated components having a chip-on-chip structure are formed by mounting upper chips on lower chips. The lower chips picked up from a component carrying-in unit by a component carrying-in head are placed on a mounting stage, and the upper chips picked up from a second component tray by a component transporting head are vertically flipped around a rotation axis and transferred to a mounting head at a component transferring position, then the upper chips held by the mounting head are descended and mounted by solder bonding on the lower chips held by the mounting stage at a component mounting position. Integrated components formed by mounting are carried out of the mounting stage by the component transporting head and stored in a first component tray in a component storing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Onobori, Shozo Minamitani, Shuichi Hirata, Tomoaki Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 7281322
    Abstract: In a component mounting apparatus in which integrated components having a chip-on-chip structure are formed by mounting upper chips on lower chips. The lower chips picked up from a component carrying-in unit by a component carrying-in head are placed on a mounting stage, and the upper chips picked up from a second component tray by a component transporting head are vertically flipped around a rotation axis and transferred to a mounting head at a component transferring position, then the upper chips held by the mounting head are descended and mounted by solder bonding on the lower chips held by the mounting stage at a component mounting position. Integrated components formed by mounting are carried out of the mounting stage by the component transporting head and stored in a first component tray in a component storing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunji Onobori, Shozo Minamitani, Shuichi Hirata, Tomoaki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20070187457
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a component feeder that feeds a component with its bump electrodes facing down, a mounting head that mounts the component onto a substrate, a supporting base that secures the substrate, and a positioning device that aligns the component with the substrate. The mounting head includes an ultrasonic vibration generator, an ultrasonic vibration propagation member that conveys the ultrasonic vibration provided by the ultrasonic vibration generator to a working face holding the component as vibration parallel thereto, a pressure loader that applies a pressure load to the working face from a position immediately thereabove in the direction perpendicular thereto, and a heater that heats the vicinity of the working face. Thereby, ultrasonic bonding is carried out with high reliability even if the component has a number of bump electrodes on its face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shozo Minamitani, Takaharu Mae, Yasuharu Ueno, Akira Yamada, Shinji Kanayama, Makoto Akita, Nobuhisa Watanabe, Akira Mori, Hiroyuki Naito, Shinya Marumo, Makoto Morikawa
  • Patent number: 7229854
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a component feeder (20) that feeds a component (2) with its bump electrodes facing down, a mounting head (5) that mounts the component onto a substrate (3), a supporting base (8) that secures the substrate, and a positioning device (6, 7) that aligns the component with the substrate. The mounting head includes an ultrasonic vibration generator (24), an ultrasonic vibration propagation member (34, 38, 54) that conveys the ultrasonic vibration provided by the ultrasonic vibration generator to a working face (33, 41, 57) holding the component as vibration parallel thereto, a pressure loader (22, 23, 39, 55, 59) that applies a pressure load to the working face from a position immediately thereabove in the direction perpendicular thereto, and a heater (32, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53) that heats the vicinity of the working face. Thereby, ultrasonic bonding is carried out with high reliability even if the component has a number of bump electrodes (2a) on its face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shozo Minamitani, Takaharu Mae, Yasuharu Ueno, Akira Yamada, Shinji Kanayama, Makoto Akita, Nobuhisa Watanabe, Akira Mori, Hiroyuki Naito, Shinya Marumo, Makoto Morikawa
  • Publication number: 20070119905
    Abstract: Component 3 is pressed onto a circuit board 4 so that their respective metal interconnects 5, 6 are in close contact with each other, and ultrasonic vibration is applied to the suction nozzle 14 holding the component 3. Friction is thereby generated between metal interconnects 5, 6 whereby the component 3 is bonded on circuit substrate. Suction nozzle 14 for handling components is made of stainless steel and has a working face 14a provided with a hardened layer 14b, or alternatively, suction nozzle 14 may have a suction head 14c having a working face 14a made of cemented carbide. Working face 14a of suction nozzle 14 is refined by polishing as required during the mounting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Kazushi Higashi, Shozo Minamitani, Shinji Kanayama, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 7219419
    Abstract: Component (3) is pressed onto a circuit board (4) so that their respective metal interconnects (5), (6) are in close contact with each other, and ultrasonic vibration is applied to the suction nozzle (14) holding the component (3). Friction is thereby generated between metal interconnects (5), (6) whereby the component (3) is bonded on circuit substrate. Suction nozzle (14) for handling components is made of stainless steel and has a working face (14a) provided with a hardened layer (14b), or alternatively, suction nozzle (14) may have a suction head (14c) having a working face (14a) made of cemented carbide. Working face (14a) of suction nozzle (14) is refined by polishing as required during the mounting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazushi Higashi, Shozo Minamitani, Shinji Kanayama, Kenji Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20070101572
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus is provided with a board holding device for holding a board at a board holding position, a first mounting head for holding and taking out a component fed from a first component feeding position and mounting the component on the board held at the board holding position, a second mounting head for holding and taking out the component fed from a second component feeding position and mounting the component on the held board, and a component feeding device having a wafer holding table for holding a wafer on which the respective components are fed so that the wafer holding table can be moved reciprocationally between the first component feeding position and the second component feeding position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Akira Kabeshita, Kurayasu Hamasaki, Noriyuki Tani, Shozo Minamitani, Yoichi Makino
  • Publication number: 20070006454
    Abstract: In a component mounting apparatus in which integrated components having a chip-on-chip structure are formed by mounting upper chips on lower chips. The lower chips picked up from a component carrying-in unit by a component carrying-in head are placed on a mounting stage, and the upper chips picked up from a second component tray by a component transporting head are vertically flipped around a rotation axis and transferred to a mounting head at a component transferring position, then the upper chips held by the mounting head are descended and mounted by solder bonding on the lower chips held by the mounting stage at a component mounting position. Integrated components formed by mounting are carried out of the mounting stage by the component transporting head and stored in a first component tray in a component storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunji Onobori, Shozo Minamitani, Shuichi Hirata, Tomoaki Nakanishi
  • Publication number: 20070006453
    Abstract: In a component mounting apparatus in which integrated components having a chip-on-chip structure are formed by mounting upper chips on lower chips. The lower chips picked up from a component carrying-in unit by a component carrying-in head are placed on a mounting stage, and the upper chips picked up from a second component tray by a component transporting head are vertically flipped around a rotation axis and transferred to a mounting head at a component transferring position, then the upper chips held by the mounting head are descended and mounted by solder bonding on the lower chips held by the mounting stage at a component mounting position. Integrated components formed by mounting are carried out of the mounting stage by the component transporting head and stored in a first component tray in a component storing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunji Onobori, Shozo Minamitani, Shuichi Hirata, Tomoaki Nakanishi