Patents by Inventor Kenzo Ishikawa

Kenzo Ishikawa 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: 20230400327
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing a localization processing service for enabling localization of a navigation network-restricted subsystem and for providing an observed scene reconstruction service are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Streem, Ricardo Achilles Filho, Vijaykumar Sureshkumar, Marcelo Guimarães, Marcelo Eduardo Benencase, Andresso da Silva, Guilherme Soares Silvestre, Gustavo Henrique Benso, Juan Carlos Conceição de Lima Sales, Natan Henrique Sanches, Saulo Gabriel Felix, Pedro Luiz Cason Caldato, Gustavo Henrique Stahl, Igor Kenzo Ishikawa Oshiro Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20230269919
    Abstract: A tape feeder pulls out a component supply tape including a cover tape adhered on a carrier tape accommodating multiple components from a reel, feeds the component supply tape to a predetermined supply position, and separates the cover tape from the carrier tape in front of the supply position to expose a component on the carrier tape. The tape feeder includes a pair of rotating members configured to separate the cover tape from the carrier tape by pinching and drawing the cover tape; a drum member configured to rotate and wind the cover tape drawn by the pair of rotating members; and a torque limiter provided in a rotary shaft of the drum member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki MURASE, Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Yusuke YAMAKAGE
  • Publication number: 20230247816
    Abstract: A tape feeder feeds a component supply tape including a cover tape adhered on a carrier tape accommodating multiple components to a predetermined supply position, and separates the cover tape from the carrier tape in front of the supply position to expose a component on the carrier tape. The tape feeder includes a pair of rotating members configured to separate the cover tape from the carrier tape by pinching and drawing the cover tape; a drum member configured to rotate and wind the cover tape drawn by the pair of rotating members; a driving motor; and a distribution mechanism configured to distribute a rotational driving force from the driving motor to one rotating member of the pair of rotating members and the drum member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki MURASE, Yusuke YAMAKAGE, Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Koki OBAMA, Daiki SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20230127175
    Abstract: There are provided a wind-up drum that is easily detached in a state in which a wound tape is fastened, a tape feeder including the wind-up drum, and a component mounting machine capable of mounting the tape feeder. A wind-up drum includes a tape holding member including an insertion hole for inserting a support shaft of a rotating device and configured to hold a wound tape, and a wound member attached to the tape holding member, configured to wind up the tape by rotating the support shaft by the rotating device in a state in which the support shaft is mounted, and including a rotating member that rotates in contact with the support shaft when the wound member is detached from the support shaft in a state in which the tape is wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenzo ISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 11597100
    Abstract: A component mounting system includes a head to revolve multiple suction nozzles in a circumferential direction, a lifting and lowering device configured to lift and lower a suction nozzle at a predetermined revolving position, a storage device configured to store any one of multiple pieces of directionality information in association with identification information of the suction nozzle, and a control device configured to acquire corresponding directionality information from the storage device based on the acquired identification information of the suction nozzle and to perform pickup of the component supplied from the component supply device at the spinning position in accordance with the directionality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzo Ishikawa, Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11439051
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenzo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11432446
    Abstract: A holder including syringe configured to move up and down as the lifting and lowering section moves up and down, a first displacement portion configured to move up and down with respect to the syringe and to which the component holding section is attached, and a second displacement portion provided separately from the first displacement portion and configured to move up and down with respect to the syringe and the first displacement portion. The second displacement portion includes an engaging portion configured to engage the first displacement portion urged downward by the first urging portion in a vertical direction, and a target detection portion coupled to the engaging portion and positioned above the syringe. The contact determination section determines that an electronic component has contacted the circuit board when displacement of the target detection portion is detected with the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenzo Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11350550
    Abstract: A component mounting machine including a component supply device to supply a component to a supply position; a component transfer device to use a component mounting tool to pick up the component from the supply position and mount the component on a board; a component detecting section to detect whether the component is present at the supply position before or while the component is being picked up by the component mounting tool; a holding detecting section to detect whether the component mounting tool is holding the component following pickup; and a remaining detecting section to detect whether the component remains at the supply position in a case in which it is detected by the holding detecting section that the component is not being held by the component mounting tool; and a dropped determining section to determine whether the component has dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie Kito, Hidetoshi Kawai, Norio Hosoi, Mizuho Nozawa, Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito, Shingo Fujimura, Kenzo Ishikawa, Yusuke Yamakage
  • Patent number: 11317549
    Abstract: A component mounting machine including a component supply device to supply a component to a supply position; a component transfer device to pick up the component from the supply position and mount the component on a board; a component detecting section to detect whether the component is present at the supply position before or while the component is being picked up by the component mounting tool; a holding detecting section to detect whether the component mounting tool is holding the component following pickup; and a retry performing section to determine whether to perform a retry operation of attempting to pick up the component again using the component mounting tool based on a detection result of the component detecting section and a detection result of the holding detecting section, and to perform the retry operation in accordance with a result of the determining of whether to perform the retry operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie Kito, Hidetoshi Kawai, Norio Hosoi, Mizuho Nozawa, Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito, Shingo Fujimura, Kenzo Ishikawa, Yusuke Yamakage
  • Publication number: 20220119209
    Abstract: A component mounter including a camera device provided on a mounting head and configured to image an imaging target that falls within a camera visual field, and an optical device configured to form light paths corresponding individually to three or more imaging targets each including at least one of a holding member, a component held by the holding member, and a constituent member of the mounting head and configured to collect the three or more light paths so formed so as to enable the imaging targets to fall within the camera visual field while being aligned in a row direction and a column direction in the camera visual field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Kosei BABA
  • Patent number: 11229151
    Abstract: A component mounting machine including a head unit that has a head main body configured to hold multiple pickup members each capable of picking up a component at a predetermined interval along a predetermined circumference and to be capable of rotating forward and reverse directions; a moving device configured to move the head unit; a lifting and lowering device configured to lift and lower a pickup member; a component supply device configured to be capable of supplying the component to the pickup member; and a control device configured to control those described above. The control device performs a control such that the pickup members pick up the components supplied by the component supply device, and each component is mounted on a board after a completion of the pickup, while performing an operation of rotating the head main body and an operation of moving the head unit together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzo Ishikawa, Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11129315
    Abstract: A component mounter of the present disclosure including a mounting head configured to pick up components and mount the components onto a substrate; a head moving device configured to move the mounting head in parallel to a horizontal plane; and a conveyance device configured to convey the substrate in a conveyance direction parallel to the horizontal plane. The mounting head includes multiple nozzles configured to pick up and hold the components by a negative pressure, multiple switching valves provided corresponding to each of the multiple nozzles and configured to switch whether the negative pressure is supplied to the corresponding nozzle, a nozzle moving device configured to change which nozzle is positioned at each of a first nozzle position and a second nozzle position for moving the multiple nozzles and performing at least one of picking up and mounting of the components, a first driving device, and a second driving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Ito, Kenzo Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20210237282
    Abstract: A component mounting system includes a head to revolve multiple suction nozzles in a circumferential direction, a lifting and lowering device configured to lift and lower a suction nozzle at a predetermined revolving position, a storage device configured to store any one of multiple pieces of directionality information in association with identification information of the suction nozzle, and a control device configured to acquire corresponding directionality information from the storage device based on the acquired identification information of the suction nozzle and to perform pickup of the component supplied from the component supply device at the spinning position in accordance with the directionality information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Jun IISAKA, Hidetoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210195815
    Abstract: A holder including syringe configured to move up and down as the lifting and lowering section moves up and down, a first displacement portion configured to move up and down with respect to the syringe and to which the component holding section is attached, and a second displacement portion provided separately from the first displacement portion and configured to move up and down with respect to the syringe and the first displacement portion. The second displacement portion includes an engaging portion configured to engage the first displacement portion urged downward by the first urging portion in a vertical direction, and a target detection portion coupled to the engaging portion and positioned above the syringe. The contact determination section determines that an electronic component has contacted the circuit board when displacement of the target detection portion is detected with the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenzo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200329597
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kenzo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200267878
    Abstract: A component mounting machine including a component supply device to supply a component to a supply position; a component transfer device to pick up the component from the supply position and mount the component on a board; a component detecting section to detect whether the component is present at the supply position before or while the component is being picked up by the component mounting tool; a holding detecting section to detect whether the component mounting tool is holding the component following pickup; and a retry performing section to determine whether to perform a retry operation of attempting to pick up the component again using the component mounting tool based on a detection result of the component detecting section and a detection result of the holding detecting section, and to perform the retry operation in accordance with a result of the determining of whether to perform the retry operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie KITO, Hidetoshi KAWAI, Norio HOSOI, Mizuho NOZAWA, Jun IISAKA, Hidetoshi ITO, Shingo FUJIMURA, Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Yusuke YAMAKAGE
  • Publication number: 20200214184
    Abstract: A component mounting machine including a component supply device to supply a component to a supply position; a component transfer device to use a component mounting tool to pick up the component from the supply position and mount the component on a board; a component detecting section to detect whether the component is present at the supply position before or while the component is being picked up by the component mounting tool; a holding detecting section to detect whether the component mounting tool is holding the component following pickup; and a remaining detecting section to detect whether the component remains at the supply position in a case in which it is detected by the holding detecting section that the component is not being held by the component mounting tool; and a dropped determining section to determine whether the component has dropped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie KITO, Hidetoshi KAWAI, Norio HOSOI, Mizuho NOZAWA, Jun IISAKA, Hidetoshi ITO, Shingo FUJIMURA, Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Yusuke YAMAKAGE
  • Patent number: 10624250
    Abstract: A mounting device is provided with a first raising and lowering drive section configured to raise and lower an entire syringe member to which a suction nozzle that picks up a component is attached, and a second raising and lowering drive section that raises and lowers the suction nozzle only of the syringe member to which the suction nozzle is attached. The mounting device controls a raising and lowering operation of the first raising and lowering drive section based on height information that includes at least one of information of the thickness of the component and information of the height of a board. With the mounting device, it is possible to move the entire syringe member to which the suction nozzle is attached to a position closer to the board in accordance with the height of the board and the thickness of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kawaguchi, Junichi Narita, Mitsuru Sanji, Kenzo Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200100406
    Abstract: A component mounter of the present disclosure including a mounting head configured to pick up components and mount the components onto a substrate; a head moving device configured to move the mounting head in parallel to a horizontal plane; and a conveyance device configured to convey the substrate in a conveyance direction parallel to the horizontal plane. The mounting head includes multiple nozzles configured to pick up and hold the components by a negative pressure, multiple switching valves provided corresponding to each of the multiple nozzles and configured to switch whether the negative pressure is supplied to the corresponding nozzle, a nozzle moving device configured to change which nozzle is positioned at each of a first nozzle position and a second nozzle position for moving the multiple nozzles and performing at least one of picking up and mounting of the components, a first driving device, and a second driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi ITO, Kenzo ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20200037481
    Abstract: A component mounting machine including a head unit that has a head main body configured to hold multiple pickup members each capable of picking up a component at a predetermined interval along a predetermined circumference and to be capable of rotating forward and reverse directions; a moving device configured to move the head unit; a lifting and lowering device configured to lift and lower a pickup member; a component supply device configured to be capable of supplying the component to the pickup member; and a control device configured to control those described above. The control device performs a control such that the pickup members pick up the components supplied by the component supply device, and each component is mounted on a board after a completion of the pickup, while performing an operation of rotating the head main body and an operation of moving the head unit together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Jun IISAKA, Hidetoshi ITO