Patents by Inventor Atsuo Kamimura

Atsuo Kamimura 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).

  • Publication number: 20040231507
    Abstract: A piston is axially and reciprocatably accommodated in a cylinder, and a piston rod, fixed to the piston, penetrates a rod cover to protrude to the outside. Negative pressure supply paths, connected between expansion-contraction chambers and operation ports, are provided with negative pressure check valves allowing flow of air toward the expansion-contraction chambers and blocking reverse flow thereto. Exhaust channels, communicating with the expansion-contraction chambers and the outside, are provided with exhaust check valves allowing flow from the expansion-contraction chambers to the outside and blocking reverse flow thereto. The respective negative pressure supply paths come to a vacuum state due to the reciprocating of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Applicant: Koganei Corporation
    Inventors: Yukihiro Miyashita, Makoto Shinozaki, Koji Saito, Atsuo Kamimura
  • Patent number: 6742675
    Abstract: An electronic component feeding apparatus comprises a feeding rotor having a recess for forming a parallel space with a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis. By oscillating a feeding rotor within a predetermined angular range, the apparatus takes the electronic components stored in bulk in a storeroom into the parallel space, and move the electronic components in the parallel space toward a feeding path each time the bottom of the parallel space tilts down toward the feeding path during an oscillation of the feeding rotor, and take the electronic components into the feeding path one by one, and allow the electronic component taken into the feeding path to move downward by gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Taiyo Yudan Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Atsuo Kamimura
  • Publication number: 20030178438
    Abstract: An electronic component feeding apparatus comprises a feeding rotor having a recess for forming a parallel space with a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis. By oscillating a feeding rotor within a predetermined angular range, the apparatus takes the electronic components stored in bulk in a storeroom into the parallel space, and move the electronic components in the parallel space toward a feeding path each time the bottom of the parallel space tilts down toward the feeding path during an oscillation of the feeding rotor, and take the electronic components into the feeding path one by one, and allow the electronic component taken into the feeding path to move downward by gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Atsuo Kamimura
  • Patent number: 6568558
    Abstract: An electronic component feeding apparatus comprises a feeding rotor having a recess for forming a parallel space with a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis. By oscillating a feeding rotor within a predetermined angular range, the apparatus takes the electronic components stored in bulk in a storeroom into the parallel space, and move the electronic components in the parallel space toward a feeding path each time the bottom of the parallel space tilts down toward the feeding path during an oscillation of the feeding rotor, and take the electronic components into the feeding path one by one, and allow the electronic component taken into the feeding path to move downward by gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Atsuo Kamimura
  • Patent number: 6471094
    Abstract: An electronic component feeding apparatus which conveys electronic components in a ranging condition and feeds a foremost electronic component to a component taking-out position. This apparatus includes a component conveying passage, a shutter for opening and closing a component outlet port of the component passage, a component stopper including an air suction path which leads to the component outlet port, a shutter for opening and closing the component outlet port, an air suction unit having an air suction port, an air tube for communicating an air suction force from the air suction port to the air suction path, and a lever mechanism for operating the shutter and the air suction unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Atsuo Kamimura, Satoshi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20020046922
    Abstract: An electronic component feeding apparatus which conveys electronic components in a ranging condition and feeds a foremost electronic component to a component taking-out position. This apparatus includes a component conveying passage, a shutter for opening and closing a component outlet port of the component passage, a component stopper including an air suction path which leads to the component outlet port, a shutter for opening and closing the component outlet port, an air suction unit having an air suction port, an air tube for communicating an air suction force from the air suction port to the air suction path, and a lever mechanism for operating the shutter and the air suction unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Atsuo Kamimura, Satoshi Tsuchiya
  • Publication number: 20020000360
    Abstract: An electronic component feeding apparatus comprises a feeding rotor having a recess for forming a parallel space with a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis. By oscillating a feeding rotor within a predetermined angular range, the apparatus takes the electronic components stored in bulk in a storeroom into the parallel space, and move the electronic components in the parallel space toward a feeding path each time the bottom of the parallel space tilts down toward the feeding path during an oscillation of the feeding rotor, and take the electronic components into the feeding path one by one, and allow the electronic component taken into the feeding path to move downward by gravity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Atsuo Kamimura
  • Patent number: 6116840
    Abstract: A component supply apparatus includes a rectangular cross-sectional component passage which can house a plurality of chip components in a longitudinal direction, and at a first side surface of the tip of this component passage a rectangular-shaped component discharge opening is formed, and at a second side surface opposing the first side surface of the tip of the component passage a rectangular-shaped pusher insertion opening is formed. Inserting the pusher into the component passage through the pusher insertion opening enables a forefront electronic component to be pushed by the pusher and be discharged outside from the component discharge opening in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Saito, Taro Yasuda, Kazushige Koyama, Jinichi Ohkawara, Atsuo Kamimura