Patents Assigned to Fuji Corporation
  • Patent number: 11930599
    Abstract: A constitutive device quality determination server is communicably connected to an inspection device via the internet, the inspection device performing an inspection on a constitutive device configuring a board work machine by operating the constitutive device in accordance with to a type of the inspection, and includes an inspection data acquisition section that designates a predetermined type of the inspection for the inspection device and acquires inspection data obtained by the inspection by the inspection device, a determination section that determines quality of the constitutive device based on the acquired inspection data, and a transmission section that transmits a quality determination result determined by the determination section to a terminal device communicably connected over the internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumi Hoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami
  • Publication number: 20240076134
    Abstract: A bulk feeder includes a feeder main body, a track member provided vibratably with respect to the feeder main body and formed with a conveyance path through which multiple components are conveyed, an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member so that the multiple components are conveyed along the conveyance path, and a vibration sensor configured to detect a vibration value indicating a vibration state of the track member that vibrates by the excitation of the excitation device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Toshihiro NONOMURA, Yuji KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240076133
    Abstract: A bulk feeder includes a feeder main body, a receiving member provided on the feeder main body and formed with a receiving region configured to receive a component discharged from a component case accommodating multiple components, a track member provided to be vibratable with respect to the feeder main body and formed with a conveyance path through which the multiple components are conveyed and a supply region that communicates with the conveyance path and opens upward to collect the multiple components, an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member so that the multiple components are conveyed along the conveyance path, and a connection member having flexibility and configured to connect between the receiving region and the conveyance path so that the multiple components flows through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Hideyuki HASEGAWA, Yuji KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240076136
    Abstract: A bulk feeder includes a feeder main body, a track member provided to be vibratable with respect to the feeder main body and formed with a conveyance path through which multiple components are conveyed and a supply region that communicates with the conveyance path and opens upward to collect the multiple components, an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member so that the multiple components are conveyed along the conveyance path, a shutter provided above the track member to close an opening of the supply region, and a driving device configured to open or close the shutter to separate the shutter from the track member when the shutter shifts from a closed state to an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Yuji KAWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240076137
    Abstract: A feeder management system includes a storage section configured to store component information including a type of a component loaded in a bulk feeder and cleaning information providing an execution history of cleaning including, as its cleaning target, at least a conveyance path along which the component is conveyed in the bulk feeder in association with the bulk feeder, and a determination section configured to determine whether the cleaning is executed before an update request for the component information is made based on the cleaning information when the update request for the component information is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshiharu TANIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11924977
    Abstract: A device for inspecting a suction nozzle includes an imaging device configured to acquire an image by imaging a flange portion of a suction nozzle having a body cylinder and the flange portion protruding from an outer surface of the body cylinder, and a control device configured to execute an inspection process for determining whether the flange portion is defective based on the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazumi Hoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11922361
    Abstract: A distribution system is linked to a delivery vehicle delivering a product stored in a warehouse to a delivery destination and includes an automatic conveyance device and an automatic conveyance device server. An automatic conveyance device server transmits a release instruction to an automatic conveyance device when receiving a request for delivery, transmits a loading instruction for loading of a product to a delivery vehicle to the automatic conveyance device when receiving loading permission, and transmits a release completion notification to a transmitter of a delivery request when receiving information indicating the releasing is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kawaguchi, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 11922367
    Abstract: A stocker system for transporting a good via a transport vehicle to a stocker with multiple storage compartments, the stocker system including: a stocker information memory section configured to memorize stocker information including arrangement position information of the storage compartments in the stocker, and information of presence or absence of the good in the storage compartments; a stocker information updating section configured to update the stocker information in accordance with the goods being taken in and out of the storage compartments; and a stopping position setting section configured to acquire the arrangement position information of an empty storage compartment from the stocker information and to set a stopping position of the transport vehicle for the good to be put into the empty storage compartment based on the acquired arrangement position information of the empty storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Wataru Hosoi, Akihiro Higashida, Joji Isozumi, Kenta Hagihara
  • Patent number: 11924976
    Abstract: A work machine comprising a work head configured to hold an electrical component having multiple lead terminals; a moving device configured to move the work head in the up-down direction; an imaging device configured to image the electrical component held with work head while being illuminated from the side; and a control device configured to control the operation of the work head and the moving device; wherein the control device calculates the inclination of an electrical component held by the work head based on imaging data of lead terminals of the electrical component imaged by the imaging device while the work head is moved in the up-down direction by the moving device, so that the mounting work of the electrical component is performed by taking the calculated inclination into account.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Murata
  • Publication number: 20240067453
    Abstract: A bulk feeder includes a feeder main body, a bracket provided to be vibratable with respect to the feeder main body, a track member provided detachably with respect to the bracket, an excitation device configured to apply vibration to the track member via the bracket, a locking target member provided in a first one of the track member and the bracket, and a lock member provided in a second one of the track member and the bracket and configured to switch between a locked state in which the lock member is locked to the locking target member to restrict a relative movement of the track member with respect to the bracket, and a released state in which lock between the lock member and the locking target member is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke YAMAZAKI, Toru TAKAHAMA
  • Publication number: 20240074131
    Abstract: A mounting work system includes at least one feeder automatic exchange work machine configured to mount a component, which is supplied by a tape feeder mounted on a mounting stand, on a board conveyed by a conveyance device, the tape feeder mounted on the mounting stand being configured to be automatically exchanged by an operation of a tape feeder exchange device, at least one feeder manual exchange work machine configured to mount a component, which is supplied by a tape feeder mounted on a mounting stand, on the board conveyed by a conveyance device, the tape feeder mounted on the mounting stand being configured to be manually exchanged by an operator, and a housing formed with a housing space for housing at least one tape feeder, arranged in a conveyance direction of the conveyance devices, and disposed adjacent to the at least one feeder automatic exchange work machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mizuho NOZAWA, Hidetoshi KAWAI, Masataka IWASAKI
  • Publication number: 20240074132
    Abstract: A mounting system including multiple mounting lines in which multiple mounting-related devices configured to perform a mounting-related process related to mounting a component are arranged side by side, in which a member used in the mounting-related process is conveyed to a predetermined portion in the mounting line by an automatic conveyance vehicle includes a creation section configured to create a travel plan of the automatic conveyance vehicle based on a production plan of the multiple mounting lines, and a control section configured to control traveling of the automatic conveyance vehicle to the predetermined portion based on the travel plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeto OYAMA
  • Publication number: 20240072630
    Abstract: A moving device includes a first linear guide, a second linear guide to extend in parallel with the first linear guide, a first structure movable along the first linear guide, a second structure movable along the second linear guide, a slide member of which a first end is fixed to the first structure and a second end is fixed to the second structure so that the slide member is bridged between the first structure and the second structure, a first linear motor having a first stator installed to extend along the first linear guide and a first movable element fixed to the first structure to face the first stator at a predetermined interval, and a second linear motor having a second stator installed to extend along the second linear guide and a second movable element fixed to the second structure to face the second stator at a predetermined interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhisa KAMIYAMA, Tadashi KUMAGAI, Hiroyuki KAGOSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11917766
    Abstract: A board work machine includes a backup plate, a backup member disposed on the backup plate to support a board from below, a movement device configured to move the backup member, a movement control section configured to control an operation of the movement device based on a position program indicating a position of the backup member disposed on the backup plate, a display section configured to display the position of the backup member indicated by the position program in a superimposed manner on a board image indicating the board, and an editing section configured to edit the position program in response to a request for increasing or decreasing the number of the backup members and changing the position of the backup member from an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kagoshima
  • Patent number: 11917765
    Abstract: A device for estimating a cause of a mounting error includes a first determination section configured to perform a process of determining whether the error occurrence status is biased under a condition that an individual as the first factor is specified according to a difference in the second factor, on each of multiple individuals as the first factor, a second determination section configured to perform a process of determining whether the error occurrence status is biased under a condition that an individual as the second factor is specified according to a difference in the first factor, on each of multiple individuals as the second factor, and a cause estimation section configured to estimate a causative individual causing the mounting error based on determination results in the first determination section and the second determination section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ikuo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11917764
    Abstract: A tape autoloading device includes a tape leading-end processing device, which forms the leading end of a carrier tape into a predetermined shape, and a transfer device, which carries the carrier tape in a first direction different from the tape longitudinal direction and transfers the carrier tape to the next step. Tape leading-end processing device includes a feeding device for conveying the carrier tape along a conveyance path formed in a groove in a guide member, a pressing device for pressing the upper surface of the carrier tape, and a cutting device for cutting the leading-end of the carrier tape. The transfer device includes a guide device for guiding the carrier tape having a leading end formed into a predetermined shape, a gripping device for gripping the leading end of the carrier tape, and a moving device for moving the carrier tape in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazushi Nonoyama, Satoshi Imanishi, Daisuke Suzuki, Masami Kawabata
  • Publication number: 20240060762
    Abstract: An inspection device for performing master alignment and inspection at the same position includes a chuck configured to grip and release a workpiece, an inspection machine configured to, by bringing a contactor into contact with a processed portion of the workpiece, inspect the processed portion, a master table configured to hold a master gauge configured to perform master alignment with respect to the inspection machine, and a position replacing mechanism configured to integrally move the chuck and the master table and replace the workpiece gripped by the chuck and the master gauge held by the master table with each other at an inspection position in the inspection machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke FUKUOKA, Takafumi HARAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20240061437
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a moving body including a holding device configured to hold a cargo, a driving device configured to move the moving body, a detection device configured to detect a parameter relating to a stable degree of the cargo in the holding device when the moving body is moving, and a control device configured to determine whether a state of the cargo is stable using the parameter relating to the stable degree, and to perform stabilization control in which the driving device is controlled such that the state of the cargo is stable when it is determined that the state of the cargo is not stable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisato SAWANAMI, Koji KAWAGUCHI, Takuya ODA
  • Patent number: 11910532
    Abstract: A component mounting machine automatically arranges backup pins at positions designated in a production job. A control device configured to control an operation of each of the component mounting machines determines whether a backup pins exists at a position where the backup pin cannot be automatically arranged in the arrangement of the backup pins designated in the production job, and when the backup pin exist at a position where the backup pin cannot be automatically arranged, excludes the backup pins at the position from the arrangement of the backup pins designated in the production job not to be automatically arranged, and automatically arranges only the other backup pins at the positions designated in the production job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideya Kuroda, Hiroyoshi Sugita
  • Patent number: 11904401
    Abstract: A practical plasma processing machine is provided, in which attachment mechanism is provided for attaching plasma head to attachment section of a head moving device that moves the plasma head. Since the plasma head can be attached or detached, for example, it is easy to exchange it with a different type of plasma head, remove for maintenance, attaching after maintenance, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ikedo, Takahiro Jindo