Patents Assigned to Accu-Assembly, Inc.
  • Component feeder identification and monitoring and component inventory tracking
    Patent number: 6530517
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring the configuration of component feeders in a placement machine having a series of feeder slots for holding the component feeders. The system includes slot markers for installation on the placement machine to correspond to the feeder slots, feeder markers for installation on the component feeders of the placement machine, and a marker detector (e.g., a bar code scanner) adapted to monitor the arrangement of slot markers and feeder markers in the machine while the machine is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Accu-Assembly, Inc.
    Inventor: Yuen-Foo Michael Kou