Patents by Inventor Koji Hirotani

Koji Hirotani 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 and apparatus for mounting electronic part
    Patent number: 6131276
    Abstract: The invention presents an electronic part mounting method capable of appropriately shortening the mounting cycle depending on the situation of the rotary head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirotani, Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe
  • Method and apparatus for mounting electronic component
    Patent number: 6044169
    Abstract: In a method and an apparatus for mounting of electronic components onto a board, there are provided a head section (35) having a plurality of nozzles (12, 13) for sucking electronic components and a recognition camera (15) for recognizing a posture of a sucked electronic component through its image. A controller (1) is provided for controlling the head section so that after the electronic components at a component feed section (30) are sucked by the nozzles, the sucked posture is image-recognized by the recognition camera and corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Hirotani, Tomoyuki Nakano, Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe