Patents by Inventor Kunio Ohe

Kunio Ohe 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: 6366310
    Abstract: An electronic parts mounting apparatus for divisionally recognizing an electronic part (2) even when the apparatus is arranged in such that the relative positional relation between a recognition camera (4) and a nozzle (1) cannot be varied. The electronic part (2) is vacuum-clamped by a nozzle (1), the posture of the nozzle (1) or the posture of the electronic part (2) is changed a plurality of times by a rotary driving member (3), and a part of the electronic part (2) imaged by the recognition camera (4) every time the posture of the electronic part (2) is changed, whereby the part is recognized. Thus, the recognition of the contour of the electronic part (2) becomes possible, and the electronic part can be mounted accurately on a circuit board by making a positional correction on the basis of the amount of deviation obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Nagai, Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe, Hideo Sakon, Koichi Yabuki, Kazuhiro Murata
  • Patent number: 6336268
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to suck the central position of an electronic part precisely, and enhance the successful suction rate of electronic parts. To achieve the object, the central position of the suction opening 14 provided in the nozzle tip end 13 for sucking an electronic part is deviated from the central position of rotation of the nozzle tip end 13 by a specified amount, and the rotation amount of the nozzle tip end 13 and the positioning position of the part supply portion are controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Inutsuka, Wataru Hirai, Muneyoshi Fujiwara, Kunio Ohe, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Hideo Sakon
  • Patent number: 6256876
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method and apparatus of automatically mounting electronic components at predetermined positions of an electronic circuit board, which comprise a mounting process of taking out an electronic component 10 from an electronic components holding unit 6 and mounting onto an electronic circuit board 5 and a processing process to trim the electronic component 10 during the mounting process to a preferable characteristic value thereby allowing to reduce the number of types of electronic components 10 to be stored in the electronic components holding unit 6 and reduce the equipment cost and the management cost of the electronic components 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Ohe, Ryoji Inutsuka, Keiji Hanada, Naomi Nishi
  • Publication number: 20010000366
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus is provided with a plurality of support blocks for supporting boards. A support block is automatically selected from among the plurality of support blocks and exchanged in accordance with the switching of the kind of boards to be supported by the support block, so that the time required for switching the kind of boards is reduced, thereby improving the productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: April 26, 2001
    Inventors: Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe, Tomoyuki Nakano, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Hideo Sakon
  • Patent number: 6219897
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus is provided with a plurality of support blocks for supporting boards. A support block is automatically selected from among the plurality of support blocks and exchanged in accordance with the switching of the kind of boards to be supported by the support block, so that the time required for switching the kind of boards is reduced, thereby improving the productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe, Tomoyuki Nakano, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Hideo Sakon
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 5937513
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus is provided with a plurality of support blocks for supporting boards. A support block is automatically selected from among the plurality of support blocks and exchanged in accordance with the switching of the kind of boards to be supported by the support block, so that the time required for switching the kind of boards is reduced, thereby improving the productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoji Inutsuka, Kunio Ohe, Tomoyuki Nakano, Yoshiyuki Nagai, Hideo Sakon