Patents by Inventor Alexander Antonius Franciscus Nies

Alexander Antonius Franciscus Nies 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).

  • Method of adjusting at least one optional setting of a process characteristic of a component placement device, as well as a component placement device and an electronic key
    Patent number: 8020285
    Abstract: A method and a component placement device are provided for adjusting at least one optional setting of a process characteristic of the component placement device, which component placement device has at least one standard setting. The optional setting may be activated by way of an electronic key supplied to the component placement device. The optional setting may be temporarily activated by feeding the electronic key to the component placement device. Further, the standard setting may be reactivated after the expiration of a predetermined period of operation of the electronic key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Assembleon N.V.
    Inventors: Alexander Antonius Franciscus Nies, Albertus Robert Wendrich, Richard Anthony Wilders
  • Component placement device as well as a method for transporting substrates through such a component placement device
    Patent number: 7930821
    Abstract: A component placement device suitable for placing a component on a substrate comprises at least one component feeder, at least one substrate conveyor as well as at least one component pickup and placement device for picking up a component from the component feeder and placing said component on a substrate supported by the substrate conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: Assembleon N.V.
    Inventor: Alexander Antonius Franciscus Nies
  • COMPONENT PLACEMENT DEVICE AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING SUBSTRATES THROUGH SUCH A COMPONENT PLACEMENT DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100107410
    Abstract: A component placement device suitable for placing a component on a substrate comprises at least one component feeder, at least one substrate conveyor as well as at least one component pickup and placement device for picking up a component from the component feeder and placing said component on a substrate supported by the substrate conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Alexander Antonius Franciscus NIES
  • Component placement device as well as a method for transporting substrates through such a component placement device
    Patent number: 7676907
    Abstract: A component placement device suitable for placing a component on a substrate comprises at least one component feeder, at least one substrate conveyor as well as at least one component pickup and placement device for picking up a component from the component feeder and placing said component on a substrate supported by the substrate conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Assembleon N.V.
    Inventor: Alexander Antonius Franciscus Nies
  • Component placement device as well as a method for transporting substrates through such a component placement device
    Publication number: 20080213070
    Abstract: A component placement device suitable for placing a component on a substrate comprises at least one component feeder, at least one substrate conveyor as well as at least one component pickup and placement device for picking up a component from the component feeder and placing said component on a substrate supported by the substrate conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventor: Alexander Antonius Franciscus Nies