Patents by Inventor Mizuho Nozawa
Mizuho Nozawa 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).
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Publication number: 20240074131Abstract: A mounting work system includes at least one feeder automatic exchange work machine configured to mount a component, which is supplied by a tape feeder mounted on a mounting stand, on a board conveyed by a conveyance device, the tape feeder mounted on the mounting stand being configured to be automatically exchanged by an operation of a tape feeder exchange device, at least one feeder manual exchange work machine configured to mount a component, which is supplied by a tape feeder mounted on a mounting stand, on the board conveyed by a conveyance device, the tape feeder mounted on the mounting stand being configured to be manually exchanged by an operator, and a housing formed with a housing space for housing at least one tape feeder, arranged in a conveyance direction of the conveyance devices, and disposed adjacent to the at least one feeder automatic exchange work machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Mizuho NOZAWA, Hidetoshi KAWAI, Masataka IWASAKI
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Publication number: 20240033869Abstract: A substrate production system includes a component mounter having a component supply area in which a component supply unit is disposed, and configured to pick up a component from the component supply unit and mount the picked up component on a substrate, a kitting station provided in a substrate production line in which multiple substrate production machines including the component mounter are arranged, and configured to set a component container containing multiple components in the component supply unit, and a conveyance device configured to convey the component supply unit in which the component container is set by the kitting station to the component mounter.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho NOZAWA
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Publication number: 20230422458Abstract: A waste-tape transport device of the present disclosure is used in a mounting device including a component supply section configured to supply a component from a tape member accommodating multiple components, and a mounting section configured to pick up the supplied component. The waste-tape transport device includes a waste-tape transport section configured to transport a waste-tape member cut after the component is picked up by placing the waste-tape member on a transport surface and deliver the waste-tape member to a waste-tape transport device adjacent in a transport direction of the waste-tape member or a waste-tape collection section, and a blowing section configured to blow gas in a direction along the transport direction onto a transport surface on a lower surface side of the waste-tape transport section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho NOZAWA
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Publication number: 20230345688Abstract: Provided is a component supply device that further reduces the burden on an operator as compared with the conventional art. The component supply device includes: a magazine unit provided with a magazine accommodating multiple pallets each of which holds multiple components; a pallet pulling-out mechanism configured to selectively pull out the pallet from the magazine and transfer the pallet to a component supply position of a component mounter; a storage configured to store a larger number of the multiple pallets than the magazine unit; and a replacement mechanism configured to replace the pallet between the magazine and the storage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho NOZAWA
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Publication number: 20230051556Abstract: An article transport system includes a station group, a first communication device, and a determination section. In the station group, multiple stations capable of sending out and receiving an article, which is used in a board work machine performing a predetermined board work on a board, are arranged side by side. The first communication device includes a first communication section, which is provided in a transport vehicle capable of sending out and receiving the article between the transport vehicle and a predetermined station among the multiple stations, and a second communication section, which is provided in each of the multiple stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Mizuho NOZAWA, Shinichi FUJII
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Publication number: 20230037598Abstract: A component supply unit set-up system includes a container warehouse configured to store multiple component containers for containing multiple components, a unit storage shed configured to store multiple component supply units used when the component, which is contained in the component container, is supplied in a mounting operation performed by a component mounter, a work table disposed between the container warehouse and the unit storage shed and used for a loading operation of loading the component supply unit with the component container , a container conveyance robot configured to convey the component container between the container warehouse and the work table, and a unit conveyance robot configured to convey the component supply unit between the unit storage shed and the work table.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Masataka IWASAKI, Mizuho NOZAWA, Shinichiro UCHIDA
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Patent number: 11449043Abstract: A mounting system of the present disclosure includes a mounting line having multiple mounting machines aligned side by side in a predetermined arrangement and configured to mount a component on a board, a supply device configured to convey members for use in the mounting machines and supply the members to the mounting machines by traveling in the arrangement direction, and a reporting section configured to issue a warning when the members are not supplied to the mounting machines by the supply device.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho Nozawa
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Patent number: 11385619Abstract: A mounting system of the present disclosure includes a mounting line including multiple mounting machines aligned side by side in a predetermined arrangement direction and configured to mount components on a board, a supply device configured to move in the arrangement direction to convey members for use in the mounting machines and supply the members to the mounting machines, and a display section provided on each of the mounting machines and configured to change their display modes in accordance with a movement of the supply device.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho Nozawa
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Patent number: 11350550Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Rie Kito, Hidetoshi Kawai, Norio Hosoi, Mizuho Nozawa, Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito, Shingo Fujimura, Kenzo Ishikawa, Yusuke Yamakage
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Patent number: 11317549Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2017Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Rie Kito, Hidetoshi Kawai, Norio Hosoi, Mizuho Nozawa, Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito, Shingo Fujimura, Kenzo Ishikawa, Yusuke Yamakage
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Patent number: 10925199Abstract: A component mounter for holding a component and for mounting the component on a surface of a board includes a head, a horizontal moving device, a vertical moving device, a mounting control device, and an imaging device. The imaging device is configured to image an imaging target by receiving incident light from the imaging target on an imaging element via an optical system. The optical system includes a first optical system configured to guide incident light from a direction of a side surface of a nozzle tip to a first region of the imaging element, and a second optical system configured to guide incident light from a direction of the surface of the board to a second region of the imaging element. The imaging device is configured to image an image via the first optical system and the second optical system.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho Nozawa
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Publication number: 20200267878Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Rie KITO, Hidetoshi KAWAI, Norio HOSOI, Mizuho NOZAWA, Jun IISAKA, Hidetoshi ITO, Shingo FUJIMURA, Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Yusuke YAMAKAGE
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Publication number: 20200214184Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2017Publication date: July 2, 2020Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventors: Rie KITO, Hidetoshi KAWAI, Norio HOSOI, Mizuho NOZAWA, Jun IISAKA, Hidetoshi ITO, Shingo FUJIMURA, Kenzo ISHIKAWA, Yusuke YAMAKAGE
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Publication number: 20200125073Abstract: A mounting system of the present disclosure includes a mounting line including multiple mounting machines aligned side by side in a predetermined arrangement direction and configured to mount components on a board, a supply device configured to move in the arrangement direction to convey members for use in the mounting machines and supply the members to the mounting machines, and a display section provided on each of the mounting machines and configured to change their display modes in accordance with a movement of the supply device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho NOZAWA
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Publication number: 20200103880Abstract: A mounting system of the present disclosure includes a mounting line having multiple mounting machines aligned side by side in a predetermined arrangement and configured to mount a component on a board, a supply device configured to convey members for use in the mounting machines and supply the members to the mounting machines by traveling in the arrangement direction, and a reporting section configured to issue a warning when the members are not supplied to the mounting machines by the supply device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho NOZAWA
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Patent number: 10080320Abstract: A bulk component supply system which includes a bulk component supply device which is moved together with a mounting head; and a method for replenishing bulk components to that bulk component supply device are disclosed. A passage-equipped component case of a bulk component supply device which is moved together with a mounting head is removed, held by the empty one of case holding sections of a slide in the bulk head component case exchange region. Bulk components are replenished and a passage-equipped component case held on the other of the case holding sections is held on the mounting head. The slide is moved to a bulk component replenishment region, and components are automatically replenished from bulk component storage vessel to the passage-equipped component case received from the mounting head which is empty. After replenishment, the slide is moved to a bulk component case exchange region.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: FUJI CORPORATIONInventor: Mizuho Nozawa
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Patent number: 10045442Abstract: An electronic circuit component mounter including a component supply device which supplies electronic circuit components to a component holding tool; and a mounting device including a component holding tool and a movable device to move the tool relative to a substrate. If a moving type component supply mounting supply mode is set, a passage-equipped component case is checked for, passage-equipped component case is attached to head main body, moved together with suction nozzle, and supplies components. When component mounting by performing main body side component supply mounting supply mode is set, components supplied from tape feeders provided on the module main body are mounted, thus passage-equipped component case is not required, the presence of passage-equipped component case is checked for, and if it is attached to head main body, it is removed.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Mizuho Nozawa
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Patent number: 10004169Abstract: A bulk component supply device which is moved together with a mounting head which mounts electronic circuit components on a circuit substrate and of a component mounter device equipped with that bulk component supply device is disclosed. A bulk component driving device of the bulk component supply device is non-detachably provided on head main body of the mounting head, and a passage-equipped component case in which a component case and a component passage are fixed is detachably attached to head main body by a passage-equipped component case attachment device. When the holding by passage-equipped component case attachment device is in a released state, the passage-equipped component case can be removed while the bulk component driving device is held as in on head main body, and exchanged with a different passage-equipped component case. This exchange can be performed automatically by a passage-equipped component case exchange unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2012Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Mizuho Nozawa
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Patent number: 9955617Abstract: A mounting method performed by an electronic circuit component mounting machine that includes a tape feeder which is mounting-machine-main-body-side feeder held by a mounting machine main body, and a bulk feeder which is head-side feeder moved to any position on a movement plane covering a circuit-substrate conveying and holding device and the mounting-machine-main-body-side feeder is improved. A reception order is determined, so as to reduce the number of times a mounting head moves between the circuit-substrate conveying and holding device and the mounting-machine-main-body-side feeder and the receiving of first type components supplied from the tape feeder and the receiving of second type components supplied from the bulk feeder are respectively performed together as a batch.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: April 24, 2018Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Mizuho Nozawa
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Patent number: 9936619Abstract: An electronic circuit component mounter equipped with a moving type component supply device which supplies electronic circuit components to a component holding tool and which is moved together with the component holding tool. In a state with passage-equipped component case is attached to the head main body, a dropped component catch plate is positioned below the rotational axis path of a suction nozzle and catches dropped components, while the raising/lowering of the suction nozzle is allowed at the component mounting position by opening and components are mounted on a board. Further, a sheet is affixed that prevents the movement of dropped components, and a dropped component catch plate is attached/detached to/from the head main body together with passage-equipped component case, and dropped components are removed in a state removed from the head main body.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Mizuho Nozawa