Patents by Inventor Hirokazu Yamanishi

Hirokazu Yamanishi 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).

  • Patent number: 9089086
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an electronic component includes a heating head that moves relative to the electronic component placed on a printed board, inclines according to the inclination of the electronic component, comes into contact with the electronic component, and heats a joining material that joins the printed board and the electronic component; a first sensor that measures the position and the inclination of the heating head; a second sensor that measures the position and the inclination of the printed board; and, a control unit that calculates the position and the inclination of the electronic component based on a measurement result of the first sensor in a state where the heating head is in contact with the electronic component, and determines the melted state of the joining material based on the measurement result of the second sensor and the position and the inclination of the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tohru Harada, Mitsuo Takeuchi, Hirokazu Yamanishi, Yoshiaki Yanagida, Toru Okada
  • Patent number: 8997337
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for an electronic component includes a plurality of press members provided with a pair of arm sections extending in one direction intersecting with a direction of the pressing, the plurality of press members contacting a housing of a connector and pressing a plurality of pins held by the housing toward a plurality of holes in a substrate, a drive unit pressing the press members and press-fitting the plurality of pins into the holes in the substrate, a stress measurement unit coupled with the pair of arm sections and adapted to measure a stress generated at the pair of arm sections when the pins are pressed toward the holes in the substrate, and a drive control unit controlling a press force of the drive unit in accordance with a measurement result of the stress measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sone, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Patent number: 8761921
    Abstract: An operation position locating system locates a position on a product where an operation is performed in a manufacturing process of the product including one or more operations to be performed. The system includes an operation completion coordinates detection unit and an operation position locating unit. The operation completion coordinates detection unit processes a plurality of images obtained by capturing from a plurality of viewpoints a range including an operation completion position where an operation is completed when the operation is completed, thereby detecting a set of operation completion coordinates representing the operation completion position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Toshinori Kasuga, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Publication number: 20120164909
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacturing a display device including a first substrate including a conductive layer and a terminal, a second substrate, and a display element disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are bonded together. A groove is formed in the second substrate, the groove defining a border of a facing section facing the terminal of the first substrate. The groove may be formed before bonding the first substrate and the second substrate together. A nail member is inserted into a gap between the facing section of the second substrate and the terminal of the first substrate, and the nail member is moved to a direction including a component in a direction vertical to an extending direction of the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yukihiko OHASHI, Hirokazu YAMANISHI
  • Patent number: 8163126
    Abstract: Disclosed is a film sticking device that sticks a first film substrate and a second film substrate together on a curved-surface shape. The film sticking device includes a mold having a curved attachment surface formed into a desired curved-surface shape; an attracting and holding unit capable of relatively moving on the curved attachment surface and having plural vacuum chambers on which an attracting surface for attracting and holding the second film substrate is provided; and a suctioning unit capable of separately applying suction processing to the plural vacuum chambers. The suctioning unit starts, as the attracting and holding unit moves, the suction processing of the vacuum chamber corresponding to a position opposing the second film substrate and sequentially stops, as the second film substrate is stuck to the first film substrate, the suction processing of the vacuum chamber corresponding to the stuck second film substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tohru Harada, Kazuhisa Mishima, Hirokazu Yamanishi, Yoshiaki Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20120060356
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an electronic component includes a heating head that moves relative to the electronic component placed on a printed board, inclines according to the inclination of the electronic component, comes into contact with the electronic component, and heats a joining material that joins the printed board and the electronic component; a first sensor that measures the position and the inclination of the heating head; a second sensor that measures the position and the inclination of the printed board; and, a control unit that calculates the position and the inclination of the electronic component based on a measurement result of the first sensor in a state where the heating head is in contact with the electronic component, and determines the melted state of the joining material based on the measurement result of the second sensor and the position and the inclination of the electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tohru Harada, Mitsuo Takeuchi, Hirokazu Yamanishi, Yoshiaki Yanagida, Toru Okada
  • Patent number: 8023112
    Abstract: An alignment apparatus for a planar member includes, an image capturing unit which captures an image of a rotationally asymmetrical alignment mark provided on the planar member, a position detection unit which detects a position of the alignment mark from the image, a position adjusting unit which adjusts, based on the detected position of the alignment mark, the position of the planar member relative to a reference position, and an orientation detection unit which detects an orientation of the planar member based on the rotational asymmetry of the alignment mark captured in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tohru Harada, Kazuhisa Mishima, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Publication number: 20110120619
    Abstract: Disclosed is a film sticking device that sticks a first film substrate and a second film substrate together on a curved-surface shape. The film sticking device includes a mold having a curved attachment surface formed into a desired curved-surface shape; an attracting and holding unit capable of relatively moving on the curved attachment surface and having plural vacuum chambers on which an attracting surface for attracting and holding the second film substrate is provided; and a suctioning unit capable of separately applying suction processing to the plural vacuum chambers. The suctioning unit starts, as the attracting and holding unit moves, the suction processing of the vacuum chamber corresponding to a position opposing the second film substrate and sequentially stops, as the second film substrate is stuck to the first film substrate, the suction processing of the vacuum chamber corresponding to the stuck second film substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tohru Harada, Kazuhisa Mishima, Hirokazu Yamanishi, Yoshiaki Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20110061225
    Abstract: A manufacturing apparatus for an electronic component includes a plurality of press members contacting a housing of a connector, pressing a plurality of pins held by the housing toward a plurality of holes in a substrate, and provided with a pair of arm sections extending in one direction intersecting with a direction of the pressing, a drive unit pressing the press members and press-fitting the plurality of pins into the holes in the substrate, a stress measurement unit provided to the respective arm sections and adapted to measure a stress generated when the pins are pressed toward the holes in the substrate, and a drive control unit controlling a press force of the drive unit in accordance with a measurement result of the stress measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sone, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Publication number: 20110001974
    Abstract: An alignment apparatus for a planar member includes, an image capturing unit which captures an image of a rotationally asymmetrical alignment mark provided on the planar member, a position detection unit which detects a position of the alignment mark from the image, a position adjusting unit which adjusts, based on the detected position of the alignment mark, the position of the planar member relative to a reference position, and an orientation detection unit which detects an orientation of the planar member based on the rotational asymmetry of the alignment mark captured in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Tohru Harada, Kazuhisa Mishima, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Publication number: 20090241335
    Abstract: A wiring work support device includes a database storing information of an object lead or an object pad, an image input part taking an image of a printed-circuit board, a position specification part specifying a position of the object lead or the object pad on the printed-circuit board on the basis of information stored in the database and image data from the image input part and a position teaching part. The position teaching part superposes, marks and displays the position on the printed-circuit board, specified by the position specification part, on an actual printed-circuit board or an image in which the printed-circuit board is displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shunsuke SONE, Hirokazu YAMANISHI
  • Patent number: 7584532
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a magnetic head slider used for a magnetic disk apparatus for performing a magnetic recording/reproducing process in a discoid recording medium. The apparatus for processing a magnetic head slider includes a discoid recording medium used as an abrasive material, a holding unit configured to hold a suspension arm on which a magnetic head slider is disposed, an elevating unit configured to bring the magnetic head slider into contact with the discoid recording medium in a sliding manner by elevating and lowering the discoid recording medium, and a rotating unit configured to rotate the discoid recording medium at a rotation speed lower than a rotation speed upon the magnetic recording/reproducing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sone, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Publication number: 20090146653
    Abstract: A slider tester includes a driving unit that rotates a test medium, a set plate that detachably supports a slider as a single body, and an investigating apparatus that is electrically connected to the slider supported by the set plate and investigates the characteristics of the slider. A movable support part 30 that tiltably supports the slider is provided on the set plate. There is also provided a pressing mechanism that elastically presses the slider via the movable support part toward a surface of the medium to dispose the slider floating over the surface of the medium. The pressing mechanism includes an elastic body 56 composed of a plate spring that contacts the movable support part and elastically presses the movable support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Norio Kainuma, Kenji Kobae, Hidehiko Kira, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Shuichi Takeuchi, Takayoshi Matsumura, Hirokazu Yamanishi, Shinji Hiraoka, Yoshiaki Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20090146652
    Abstract: A slider tester includes a driving unit that rotates a test medium, a set plate that detachably supports a slider as a single body, and an investigating apparatus that is electrically connected to the slider supported by the set plate and investigates the characteristics of the slider. A movable support part 30 that tiltably supports the slider is provided on the set plate. There is also provided a pressing mechanism that elastically presses the slider via the movable support part toward a surface of the medium to dispose the slider floating over the surface of the medium. The pressing mechanism includes an elastic body 56 composed of a plate spring that contacts the movable support part and elastically presses the movable support part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Norio Kainuma, Kenji Kobae, Hidehiko Kira, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Shuichi Takeuchi, Takayoshi Matsumura, Hirokazu Yamanishi, Shinji Hiraoka, Yoshiaki Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20090108728
    Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a display unit manufacturing method for manufacturing a display unit, the method includes: forming a first resin film having a first electrode terminal and a first conductive film on one of surfaces of the first resin film, forming a second resin film having a second electrode terminal and a second conductive film on one of surfaces of the second resin film, arranging a display element on the first conductive film of the first resin film, arranging the second conductive film of the second resin film to the display element, forming a groove on another surface of the second resin film adjacent to the first electrode terminal, and tearing off a part of the second resin film along the groove so as to expose at least a part of the first electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko Ushimaru, Kazuhisa Mishima, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Patent number: 7525805
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first unit that is attached through a front side of the housing, a second unit that is attached through a backside of the housing, a panel that has a first surface connected to the first unit, and a second surface connected to the second unit, and establishes an electric connection between the first unit and the second unit, and a support member to which the panel is attached, the support member being movable relative to the housing in a side surface direction of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hirokazu Yamanishi, Shunsuke Sone
  • Publication number: 20090052496
    Abstract: A temperature testing apparatus includes a housing, a first fan, a second fan, a heat source device, a module, and a test unit. The housing has an inlet and an outlet. The first fan is placed near the inlet and sucks air into the housing through the inlet. The second fan is placed near the outlet and exhausting the air out of the housing through the outlet. The heat source device provides hot air to the first fan. The module is installed into the housing and the module is placed at a position near the first fan. The module is placed on hot air path formed between the inlet and the outlet. And the test unit performs an evaluation test on the module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shunsuke Sone, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Patent number: 7471081
    Abstract: A slider tester includes a driving unit that rotates a test medium, a set plate that detachably supports a slider as a single body, and an investigating apparatus that is electrically connected to the slider supported by the set plate and investigates the characteristics of the slider. A movable support part 30 that tiltably supports the slider is provided on the set plate. There is also provided a pressing mechanism that elastically presses the slider via the movable support part toward a surface of the medium to dispose the slider floating over the surface of the medium. The pressing mechanism includes an elastic body 56 composed of a plate spring that contacts the movable support part and elastically presses the movable support part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Norio Kainuma, Kenji Kobae, Hidehiko Kira, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Shuichi Takeuchi, Takayoshi Matsumura, Hirokazu Yamanishi, Shinji Hiraoka, Yoshiaki Yanagida
  • Publication number: 20080177417
    Abstract: An operation position locating system locates a position on a product where an operation is performed in a manufacturing process of the product including one or more operations to be performed. The system includes an operation completion coordinates detection unit and an operation position locating unit. The operation completion coordinates detection unit processes a plurality of images obtained by capturing from a plurality of viewpoints a range including an operation completion position where an operation is completed when the operation is completed, thereby detecting a set of operation completion coordinates representing the operation completion position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Toshinori KASUGA, Hirokazu YAMANISHI
  • Publication number: 20080130220
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first unit that is attached through a front side of the housing, a second unit that is attached through a backside of the housing, a panel that has a first surface connected to the first unit, and a second surface connected to the second unit, and establishes an electric connection between the first unit and the second unit, and a support member to which the panel is attached, the support member being movable relative to the housing in a side surface direction of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hirokazu YAMANISHI, Shunsuke SONE