Abstract: A bonding apparatus includes a movable light guide, a first capture, a second capture, a detector, an aligner, and a mover. When the movable light guide is positioned between a chip and a board, an image of the chip is made incident from a first incident port and emitted from a first emission port, and an image of a bonding position of the board is made incident from a second incident port and emitted from a second emission port. The first capture images the image of the chip emitted from the first emission port. The second capture images the bonding position emitted from the second emission port. The detector detects a relative positional deviation of the chip and the bonding position. The aligner relatively moves a bonding tool and a stage. The mover advances and retreats the movable light guide.

Abstract: A bonding apparatus includes a movable light guide, a first capture, a second capture, a detector, an aligner, and a mover. When the movable light guide is positioned between a chip and a board, an image of the chip is made incident from a first incident port and emitted from a first emission port, and an image of a bonding position of the board is made incident from a second incident port and emitted from a second emission port. The first capture images the image of the chip emitted from the first emission port. The second capture images the bonding position emitted from the second emission port. The detector detects a relative positional deviation of the chip and the bonding position. The aligner relatively moves a bonding tool and a stage. The mover advances and retreats the movable light guide.

Abstract: In a component pressing head which holds a component with a component holding tool provided at one end of a shaft member, rotates the component around an axis of the shaft member and presses the component in an axial direction of the axis, a first voice coil motor and a second voice coil motor are disposed between a upper plate and a lower plate so as to sandwich the shaft member from opposite sides thereof, so that a load is transmitted to the shaft member from the lower plate that is coupled to movable magnet holding portions of these two voice coil motors.

Abstract: In a component pressing head which holds a component with a component holding tool provided at one end of a shaft member, rotates the component around an axis of the shaft member and presses the component in an axial direction of the axis, a first voice coil motor and a second voice coil motor are disposed between a upper plate and a lower plate so as to sandwich the shaft member from opposite sides thereof, so that a load is transmitted to the shaft member from the lower plate that is coupled to movable magnet holding portions of these two voice coil motors.

Abstract: There is disclosed vibration wave motor comprising: a movable member; a molded elastic member having a surface for urging the movable member; and a piezoelectric member arranged in contact with the elastic member to apply vibration to the elastic member and produce a travelling vibration wave in the surface of the elastic member.

Abstract: There is disclosed vibration wave motor comprising: a movable member; a molded elastic member having a surface for urging the movable member; and a piezoelectric member arranged in contact with the elastic member to apply vibration to the elastic member and produce a travelling vibration wave in the surface of the elastic member.

Abstract: In a vibration motor in which an electro-mechanical energy conversion element which is periodically deformed is joined to an elastic member to constitute a vibration member, a travelling vibration wave is generated in the vibration member, and the vibration member and a contact member which is urged against the vibration member are relatively moved by the vibration wave, a plurality of contact portions are formed on a portion of the elastic member on a driving side at predetermined intervals, and when the contact portions are engaged with the contact member, the relative movement between the vibration member and contact member is caused by the vibration wave.

Abstract: A vibration wave motor has a movable member; a molded elastic member having a surface with projections formed thereon for urging the movable member; and a piezoelectric member arranged in contact with the elastic member to apply vibration to the elastic member and produce a travelling vibration wave in the surface of the elastic member.

Abstract: A predetermined inductance element L is connected serially or in parallel with a selfelectrostatic capacitance C.sub.d of a vibrator of a vibration driven motor, a serial resonance or a parallel resonance of the above LC circuit is used, and thereby provides an optimum driving circuit for the vibration driven motor.

Abstract: A vibration wave device having a resilient member, and electro-mechanical energy conversion means for inducing a travelling vibration wave in the resilient member, the travelling vibration wave being used as a drive source, includes means provided on at least one member of the vibration wave device at a location integer times or approximately integer times 1/2 of the wavelength of a vibration wave which may produce noise and making the dynamic rigidity of the member non-uniform.

Abstract: In a vibration wave driven motor wherein an AC electric field is applied to an electro-mechanical energy conversion element secured to an elastic member to thereby excite a plurality of standing waves differing in phase from each other in the elastic member and a travelling wave is formed in the elastic member by the combination of the standing waves, whereby a member which is in pressure contact with the elastic member and the elastic member are moved relative to each other by a frictional force, provision is made of means for making the contact pressure on the surface of contact between the elastic member and the member which is in pressure contact with the elastic member non-uniform, and means for making the dynamic rigidity of a vibration member non-uniform in an unnecessary vibration mode created by the means for making the contact pressure non-uniform, whereby the occurrence of noise is prevented by simple and inexpensive means.

Abstract: A supporting device supports a vibrating body or contacting member at one or plural locations in a vibration wave driven motor in which the aforesaid vibrating body is caused to generate traveling waves when an alternating current is applied to the electromechanical energy transducing element connected to the vibrating body thereby to move relatively the aforesaid vibrating body and the contacting member being in contact therewith under pressure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration wave driven motor or actuator in which a discontinuous coupling member is provided between a vibration member and a load to be driven by a movable element. The coupling member blocks undesirable travelling wave to decrease the noise and prevent the lowering of the output.

Abstract: A movable member of a vibration wave motor is driven by a twist component of an off-plane travelling vibration wave generated by a vibration member in a resonance vibration mode.

Abstract: A color scanner for converting color data of a color original (e.g., a photographic film) into an electrical signal, includes a level comparator for discriminating the type of film (e.g., color negative vs. color positive, color vs. monochrome, type of color negative) in accordance with output signals, e.g., color component signals, from a sensor (i.e., based on a light transmittance of an unexposed portion of the film). The output from the level comparator is supplied to an accumulation time control block through a register, a selector, and the like. The accumulation time control block corrects the electrical signal based on the discrimination result from the level comparator irrespective of the type of film, so that an accumulation time of the sensor is changed by changing a bias voltage applied thereto.

Abstract: A vibration wave motor for generating a travelling vibration wave in a vibration member by applying a periodic voltage to an electro-mechanical energy transducer. An anti-movement device is provided to contact the vibration member at a pitch not equal to a multiple of n.lambda./2, where n is an integer and .lambda. is the wavelength of a vibration wave so that the vibration member is prevented from rotating without reducing the drive efficiency of the motor.

Abstract: A vibration wave motor for driving a moving member contacting a vibration member, to which an electro-mechanical energy transducer element is bonded, by a travelling vibration wave generated in the vibration member, wherein the moving and vibration members contact each other through a plurality of contact points.

Abstract: A vibration wave motor includes circular shape vibration part having a helical stepped portion inside or outside thereof; a unit, coupled to said vibration part for causing the vibration part to generate a travelling vibration wave propagating along a circumferential direction of the vibration part; and a movable part having a stepped portion threadably engaged with the helical stepped portion, the movable part being frictionally driven by the travelling vibration wave generated by the vibration part.

Abstract: A vibration wave motor generates a travelling torsional vibration wave in a vibration member to drive a movable member.

Abstract: A vibration wave motor is driven at a high efficiency by arranging a contact area of a movable member which contacts a vibration member such that a displacement locus in the contact area is essentially coincident with a vibration locus in the vibration member.