Abstract: A component mounting system that includes a unit exchange device configured to automatically exchange the component supply unit and a processing section configured to determine whether the attachment and detachment of the component supply unit is performed according to the attachment and detachment instruction based on the attachment and detachment record acquired by an acquisition section and the instruction list, and when it is determined that the attachment and detachment is performed according to the attachment and detachment instruction, to perform an update process to update the instruction list by deleting the corresponding attachment and detachment instruction.

Abstract: Sheet metal construction is described for achieving high strength at low weight for a power reactor and for an impedance injection module incorporating the power reactor. Clamping plates are used to retain the core and the windings of the reactor. Integrated features of a specialized frame of the impedance injection module include flanges for structural rigidity, a convenient yoke plate for lifting by crane, feet for mounting insulators, and sufficient strength to maintain mechanical integrity during normal operation and also during fault conditions. The specialized frame provides a light weight assembly suitable for mounting on power transmission lines as well as on ground assemblies. The specialized frame can reduce the cost of the total enclosure to around 25% of the cost and 50% of the weight of an equivalent conventional enclosure. An insulation topology is also described.

Abstract: An integrated magnetic device has a magnetic core which includes layers of the magnetic material located in a trench in a dielectric layer. The magnetic material layers are flat and parallel to a bottom of the trench, and do not extend upward along sides of the trench. The integrated magnetic device is formed by forming layers of the magnetic material over the dielectric layer and extending into the trench. A protective layer is formed over the magnetic material layers. The magnetic material layers are removed from over the dielectric layer, leaving the magnetic material layers and a portion of the protective layer in the trench. The magnetic material layers along sides of the trench are subsequently removed. The magnetic material layers along the bottom of the trench provide the magnetic core.

Abstract: A connector assembly including a connector body with a spring clip including a first free end for engaging a side wall of an electrical box upon installation. During insertion of the connector body the first free end engages the knock-out hole perimeter and deforms so as to permit further insertion. An alignment rib also engages the perimeter to improve continuity between the connector assembly and the electrical box.

Abstract: A grounding includes a photoelectric sensor that emits light to a detection region in which the detection target portion moves in conjunction with the grounding of the electronic component to a board and receives light from the detection region, and a grounding discrimination section that discriminates between the presence or absence of the grounding based on a signal from the photoelectric sensor. The detection target portion is disposed in the detection region in the ungrounded state.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for efficiently dismantling hard disk drives, including a holder assembly to clamp a hard disk drive, a scanner that reads identification information of the hard disk drive. A chain conveyor belt indexes the hard disk drive to a position at which a logic board of the hard disk drive is peeled off and dropped into a bin, and to a position at which a lid of the hard disk drive is separated from a housing by way of a wedge, and indexes to a punch position at which magnets are punched in a direction from the logic board side of the hard disk drive. By separating and disposing the logic board and the lid, each hard disk drive is efficiently and securely dismantled.

Abstract: A press-fit insertion method is provided. The press-fit insertion method includes loading press-fit pins into a connector, heating a printed circuit board (PCB) defining plated through holes (PTHs) into which the press-fit pins are insertable and pressing the connector onto the PCB to insert the press-fit pins into the PTHs with the PCB remaining heated.

Abstract: Current transducer including a housing comprising a coil support, a magnetic core extending between a first end and a second end, and a coil comprising a plurality of windings formed around the coil support. The coil support comprises a core receiving channel within which the magnetic core is inserted, the coil support comprising a radially inner support portion and a radially outer support portion between which the core receiving channel is disposed. The radially inner support portion is slidably movable with respect to the radially outer support portion.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a coil, a coil, and an electronic device. The method includes: bonding a first side of a metal sheet onto a laser-transmitting substrate by an adhesive layer; cutting a coil pattern on a second side of the metal sheet by the laser to form a coil running through the two sides of the metal sheet on the metal sheet; bonding the second side of the metal sheet onto an adhesive tape; transmitting the laser through the laser-transmitting substrate to act on the adhesive layer to detach the laser-transmitting substrate and the adhesive layer from the first side of the metal sheet; exposing the coil pattern on the first side of the metal sheet; and forming an encapsulation layer on the coil to encapsulate the first side of the coil.

Abstract: A pick and place machine includes a feeder system configured to feed components to a picking location, a dispensing head configured to pick fed components from the picking location, a vision system configured to detect features of components picked by the dispensing head. The vision system includes an image capture device pointed in a direction. The pick and place machine further includes an illumination device that includes a plurality of light sources each configured to produce light having a controlled thickness and at a controlled angle relative to the direction. The controlled angle is configured to be non-normal with respect to the direction at which the image capture device is pointed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an MSO coil, comprising: a pressing step of forming a bent surface on a part of a unit coil layer, which has a ring shape such that both ends thereof face each other, thereby endowing both ends of the unit coil layer with a height difference; a fixing step of connecting and fixing a plurality of unit coil layers to each other, each unit coil layer having the bent surface formed thereon, such that the first end of both ends of a unit coil layer having the bent surface formed thereon contacts the second end of both ends of another unit coil layer having the bent surface formed thereon; and a bonding step of bonding connection parts defined by contact of the first and second ends of each of the plurality of unit coil layers that are connected and fixed to each other.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a Z-directed component for insertion into a mounting hole in a printed circuit board according to one example embodiment includes simultaneously extruding a plurality of materials according to the structure of the Z-directed component to form an extruded object and forming the Z-directed component from the extruded object. In one embodiment, the extruded object is divided into individual Z-directed components. In one embodiment, the timing of extrusion between predetermined sections of one of the materials is varied in order to stagger the sections in the extruded object.

Abstract: A component mounter includes a mounting tool to receive the electronic component in a component supply position and release the electronic component at a predetermined position on the board; an accommodation section accommodating mounting tools of multiple types; a head configured to detachably mount thereon a single mounting tool selected from the mounting tools of the multiple types in the accommodation section; a moving mechanism to move the head between the component supply position and the predetermined position on the board; an abnormality detecting section to detect an abnormality in relation to the mounting tool; and a selection section to select the mounting tool to be mounted on the head, and select a mounting tool of a second type, which differs from the mounting tool of a first type which is being mounted on the head, when the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting section.

Abstract: A device (1) for crimping connection elements (2). The device (1) comprises a machine frame (5), at least one punch, a drive assembly, at least one anvil (17), and a working chamber (31). The punch (3) is preferably arranged in a movable manner in relation to the machine frame (5). The punch (3) contains at least one working surface (4) for deforming a connection element (2). The drive assembly for moving the punch (3) is connected to the punch. The anvil (17) is connected to the machine frame (5) and has a receiving surface (8) for the connection element (2). The working chamber is located between the punch and the anvil and is opened and closed by a relative movement between the punch and the anvil. The device has at least one sonotrode, by which the receiving surface (8) of the anvil (17) is supplied with ultrasound.

Abstract: A method of forming a magnetic core on a substrate having a stacked inductor coil includes etching a plurality of polymer layers to form at least one feature through the plurality of polymer layers, wherein the at least one feature is disposed within a central region of a stacked inductor coil formed on the substrate; and depositing a magnetic material within the at least one feature.

Abstract: An inductor is laid out on a multi-layer structure, the inductor having a multi-turn coil including a plurality of metal traces laid out on at least two metal layers and a plurality of vias configured to provide inter-layer connection, wherein the multi-turn coil includes a first half configured to conduct a current flow between a first end and a center tap and a second half configured to conduct a current flow between a second end and the center tap; and an additional metal laid out on a metal layer below a lowest metal layer of the multi-turn coil, wherein the additional metal is laid out beneath the first half if the second half has a greater parasitic capacitance, or alternatively beneath the second half if the first half has a greater parasitic capacitance.

Abstract: Provided is a stator coil winding machine including: a stator transfer unit adapted to transfer a linear type stator having a plurality of stator cores in directions of X and Y axes; a winding guide unit adapted to guide the transferred stator to coil winding; a winding unit adapted to wind a coil on the stator; a tension adjusting unit adapted to adjust tension on the coil being wound on the stator; and a controller adapted to control operations of the stator transfer unit, the winding guide unit, and the winding unit to allow the coil to be wound on the stator by means of three-phase Y connection on the basis of a previously set winding sequence.

Abstract: Systems and methods describe herein provide a solution to the technical problem of creating a wearable electronic devices. In particular, these systems and methods enable electrical and mechanical attachment of stretchable or flexible electronics to fabric. A stretchable or flexible electronic platform is bonded to fabric using a double-sided fabric adhesive, and conductive adhesive is used to join pads on the electronic platform to corresponding electrical leads on the fabric. An additional waterproofing material may be used over and beneath the electronic platform to provide a water-resistant or waterproof device This stretchable or flexible electronic platform integration process allows the platform to bend and move with the fabric while protecting the conductive connections. By using flexible and stretchable conductive leads and adhesives, the platform is more flexible and stretchable than traditional rigid electronics enclosures.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lithium-ion secondary battery of the present invention includes at least four steps as follows: an initial charging step of charging the lithium-ion secondary battery, which has not been subjected to initial charging, under a temperature environment ranging of equal to or higher than ?20° C. and equal to or lower than 15° C.; an aging step of leaving the lithium-ion secondary battery under a temperature environment ranging of equal to or higher than 30° C. and equal to or lower than 80° C. after the initial charging step; a short circuit detecting step of detecting the presence or absence of a short circuit of the lithium-ion secondary battery by measuring a voltage drop quantity of the lithium-ion secondary battery and comparing the voltage drop quantity with a reference value; and a sorting step of sorting out a lithium-ion secondary battery in which no short circuit is detected.

Abstract: An electronic component mounter where information indicating completion of component mounting is memorized each time a component is mounted on circuit board by suction nozzle. Then, in a case in which mounting work is interrupted by a stoppage of the electronic component mounter and then restarted, the mounting position of the electronic component is imaged by mark camera according to information memorized immediately before the mounting work was interrupted. Also, with the electronic component mounter, in a case in which mounting work is interrupted by a stoppage of the mounter and then restarted, the mark camera is moved along a path over which the suction nozzle moved until the position of the suction nozzle when mounting work was interrupted. Here, imaging of the circuit board is performed by the mark camera.