Patents by Inventor Yuichi SHIMAMOTO

Yuichi SHIMAMOTO 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: 11889632
    Abstract: A feeder includes a sprocket that feeds a tape accommodating multiple components; a motor that rotates the sprocket; a storage section to store the rotational position of the sprocket detected by a sensor as an initial rotational position when the tape is set in the feeder and store a cumulative feeding amount of the tape fed by the rotation of the sprocket; and a control section to control the motor such that the sprocket rotates in a forward direction based on a feeding amount of the tape required for a supply when supplying the components to the component mounting machine, and control the motor such that the sprocket does not rotate in a reverse direction in excess of the initial rotational position based on the initial rotational position and the cumulative feeding amount when rewinding the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Hara, Yuichi Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20230320054
    Abstract: A device management apparatus includes a board working machine and a management section. The board working machine includes a first slot and a second slot, and performs a predetermined board work on a board to produce a board product. The first slot can hold a device used in the production of the board product. The second slot can preliminarily hold the device that is scheduled to be used in the production of the board product or can temporarily hold the device that has become unnecessary in the production of the board product. The management section updates a control program for controlling the device of a target device requiring update of the control program in the second slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji NAKAI, Nobuhisa KOMIYAMA, Akira HARA, Yuichi SHIMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11499811
    Abstract: An angle sensor of a tape feeder includes a magnetic body that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of a sprocket, a magnetic sensor that outputs a detection signal corresponding to the angle of the magnetic body with respect to the feeder main body, and an angle calculating section that performs offset processing for adjusting an origin of the detection signal using a preset offset value, gain processing that adjusts the magnitude of the detection signal using a preset gain value, and that calculates the angle of the magnetic body based on the adjusted detection signal. The control device performs correction processing for correcting at least one of the offset value or the gain value based on the detected signals outputted from the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kura, Akira Hara, Yuichi Shimamoto
  • Publication number: 20220295678
    Abstract: A feeder includes a sprocket that feeds a tape accommodating multiple components; a motor that rotates the sprocket; a storage section to store the rotational position of the sprocket detected by a sensor as an initial rotational position when the tape is set in the feeder and store a cumulative feeding amount of the tape fed by the rotation of the sprocket; and a control section to control the motor such that the sprocket rotates in a forward direction based on a feeding amount of the tape required for a supply when supplying the components to the component mounting machine, and control the motor such that the sprocket does not rotate in a reverse direction in excess of the initial rotational position based on the initial rotational position and the cumulative feeding amount when rewinding the tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira HARA, Yuichi SHIMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200217639
    Abstract: An angle sensor of a tape feeder includes a magnetic body that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of a sprocket, a magnetic sensor that outputs a detection signal corresponding to the angle of the magnetic body with respect to the feeder main body, and an angle calculating section that performs offset processing for adjusting an origin of the detection signal using a preset offset value, gain processing that adjusts the magnitude of the detection signal using a preset gain value, and that calculates the angle of the magnetic body based on the adjusted detection signal. The control device performs correction processing for correcting at least one of the offset value or the gain value based on the detected signals outputted from the magnetic sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki KURA, Akira HARA, Yuichi SHIMAMOTO