Patents by Inventor Ryouji Eguchi

Ryouji Eguchi 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: 10420268
    Abstract: A component supply system of the present disclosure includes a component supply unit automatically transfers a first carrier tape which stores components and is covered with a cover tape, exposes the components from the first carrier tape using a component exposing unit, and supplies the components which are exposed from the first carrier tape, a joining determination unit which determines whether or not a joining which joins a second carrier tape positioned behind the first carrier tape to the first carrier tape is present, and a controller which controls transferring of the first carrier tape by the component supply unit. The controller restricts the transferring of the first carrier tape in a case in which the joining determination unit determines that the joining is present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouji Eguchi, Kazunori Kanai
  • Patent number: 10405469
    Abstract: A tape feeder (a component supplying device) which transports a carrier tape covered with a cover tape and storing components to a component pick-up position, peels off the cover tape before the component pick-up position, and supplies the stored components to a component mounter, the tape feeder including photo-switch (a detector) which detects presence or absence of tension acting on the cover tape, the cover tape is peeled off from the carrier tape, a feeder storage unit (a storage unit) which stores the presence or absence of tension which is detected by the photo-switch, and an operation determination unit (a determination unit) which determines a processing operation performed when power which is supplied to the tape feeder is reintroduced based on the presence or absence of tension which is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouji Eguchi, Tatsuo Yamamura, Daisuke Mizokami, Masahiro Hayashizaki
  • Patent number: 10321620
    Abstract: A component supplying device of the disclosure includes a main body, a carrier tape transport unit which transports a component to a component pick-up position, a detector which detects presence or absence of a carrier tape in the transport path, a designation unit which designates a transport mode of the carrier tape using a flag based on a change in the presence or absence of the carrier tape which is detected, a storage unit which stores the presence or absence of the carrier tape, the flag which is designated, and information of the component which is stored by the carrier tape which is mounted in the component supplying device, and a determination unit which determines a processing operation to be performed when power which is supplied to the component supplying device is reintroduced based on the presence or absence of the carrier tape and the flag which is designated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouji Eguchi, Tatsuo Yamamura
  • Publication number: 20190098809
    Abstract: A component supply device including an accommodation body installation unit in which one or more accommodation bodies each accommodating components are installable, the component supply device sequentially operates the one or more accommodation bodies to supply each of the components to a predetermined component supply position. The component supply device comprises a supply state detector which detects a supply state of components in total accommodated in the one or more accommodation bodies installed on the accommodation body installation unit, a determination unit which determines, based on the supply state, a state of the accommodation body installation unit among (i) an installation disabled state, (ii) an installation enabled state, and (iii) an installation required state, and a notifier which notifies a worker of the state of the accommodation body installation unit determined by the determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: RYOUJI EGUCHI, TAKASHI TAMURA, KAZUNORI KANAI, MASAHIRO HAYASHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20190098807
    Abstract: A component supply management system includes a threshold setting portion, a remaining-amount detection portion, a determination portion, and a notification portion. The threshold setting portion sets a threshold with respect to a remaining amount capable of being supplied by the carrier tape, for each of the tape feeders, depending on types of the tape feeders. The remaining-amount detection portion detects a remaining amount of components capable of being supplied by the carrier tape, for each of the tape feeders. The determination portion determines whether the remaining amount detected by the remaining-amount detection portion is lower than the threshold set in the threshold setting portion, for each of the tape feeders. The notification portion issues a warning for recommending replenishment of a carrier tape for the tape feeder in which the determination portion determines that the remaining amount is lower than the threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Daisuke Mizokami, Ryouji Eguchi
  • Patent number: 10225970
    Abstract: A tape feeder includes a gate, a gate drive mechanism, and a tape feed mechanism. The gate is provided in an insertion port through which a carrier tape storing components is inserted. In the gate drive mechanism, a tape feed mechanism which drives the gate in opening and closing directions feeds the components stored in the inserted carrier tape to a pickup position. The gate drive mechanism includes a spring member which biases the gate in the closing direction, and a solenoid which drives the gate in the opening direction against a biasing force of the spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryouji Eguchi, Kazunori Kanai, Nobuto Yasuhira, Tatsuo Yamamura, Minoru Kitani, Takashi Tamura
  • Publication number: 20180118387
    Abstract: There is provided a component mounter including: a storage which stores information related to a tape feeder and information related to a carrier tape pitch-fed by the tape feeder; a detector which detects a state where the carrier tape becomes close to a component shortage; a determiner which determines whether to perform predetermined processing with respect to a termination portion of the carrier tape based on information related to the tape feeder and information related to the carrier tape which are stored in the storage, in a case where a state where the carrier tape is close to a component shortage is detected by the detector; and a notifier which notifies an operator of contents of the predetermined processing, in a case where the determiner determines that the predetermined processing is supposed to be performed with respect to the termination portion of the carrier tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: RYOUJI EGUCHI, YASUO OKU, KAZUNORI KANAI, HIROKI KOBAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20180098466
    Abstract: There is provided an inspection apparatus which inspects a board on which a mounting apparatus mounts a component, including a detecting unit (an inspection process unit and an inspection camera) that detects inspection information including a positional deviation amount of the component which is mounted on the board, a determining unit that determines whether the detected positional deviation amount falls within a predetermined first range, a transmission unit that transmits the detected positional deviation amount to the mounting apparatus; and a determination unit that determines whether to transmit the detected positional deviation amount to the mounting apparatus. In addition, in a case where it is determined that the positional deviation amount falls within the first range and it is determined that a predetermined condition is satisfied, the determination unit suspends transmission of the positional deviation amount to the mounting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: RYOUJI EGUCHI, TOSHIHIKO NAGAYA
  • Publication number: 20170188492
    Abstract: A component supplying device of the disclosure includes a main body, a carrier tape transport unit which transports a component to a component pick-up position, a detector which detects presence or absence of a carrier tape in the transport path, a designation unit which designates a transport mode of the carrier tape using a flag based on a change in the presence or absence of the carrier tape which is detected, a storage unit which stores the presence or absence of the carrier tape, the flag which is designated, and information of the component which is stored by the carrier tape which is mounted in the component supplying device, and a determination unit which determines a processing operation to be performed when power which is supplied to the component supplying device is reintroduced based on the presence or absence of the carrier tape and the flag which is designated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: RYOUJI EGUCHI, TATSUO YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170164530
    Abstract: A component mounting system includes an automatic loading-type tape feeder (a component supply unit) being capable of supplying up to N (N is a natural number equal to or larger than 1) carrier tapes for storing a component, and automatically transporting an inserted carrier tape, and a component mounting apparatus which mounts the component supplied from the tape feeder on a substrate, in which a replenishing operation of carrier tape with respect to the tape feeder is detected, and a case where a carrier tape with which the tape feeder is to be replenished is an (N+1)-th is notified to an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Nobuto YASUHIRA, Ryouji EGUCHI, Tatsuo YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170135255
    Abstract: A tape feeder (a component supplying device) which transports a carrier tape covered with a cover tape and storing components to a component pick-up position, peels off the cover tape before the component pick-up position, and supplies the stored components to a component mounter, the tape feeder including photo-switch (a detector) which detects presence or absence of tension acting on the cover tape, the cover tape is peeled off from the carrier tape, a feeder storage unit (a storage unit) which stores the presence or absence of tension which is detected by the photo-switch, and an operation determination unit (a determination unit) which determines a processing operation performed when power which is supplied to the tape feeder is reintroduced based on the presence or absence of tension which is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Ryouji EGUCHI, Tatsuo YAMAMURA, Daisuke MIZOKAMI, Masahiro HAYASHIZAKI
  • Publication number: 20170034969
    Abstract: A component supply system of the present disclosure includes a component supply unit automatically transfers a first carrier tape which stores components and is covered with a cover tape, exposes the components from the first carrier tape using a component exposing unit, and supplies the components which are exposed from the first carrier tape, a joining determination unit which determines whether or not a joining which joins a second carrier tape positioned behind the first carrier tape to the first carrier tape is present, and a controller which controls transferring of the first carrier tape by the component supply unit. The controller restricts the transferring of the first carrier tape in a case in which the joining determination unit determines that the joining is present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Ryouji EGUCHI, Kazunori KANAI
  • Publication number: 20170020038
    Abstract: A component supply device of the disclosure includes: a loader being capable of accommodating a plurality of stick cases in a stacked state, each of the plurality of stick cases being capable of accommodating a plurality of electronic components, each of the plurality of stick cases having an opening in an end portion in a longitudinal direction; a component transporting path transporting one or more electronic components supplied from the plurality of stick cases to a predetermined component supply position; and a component information storage being capable of storing component information of stick cases. A plurality of electronic components of same lot are accommodated in the plurality of stick cases, and the component information storage stores component information of a stick case read from one of the plurality of stick cases, as the component information of each of the plurality of stick cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: RYOUJI EGUCHI, TAKASHI UCHINO, TAKASHI TAMURA, SHUUICHI KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20170020040
    Abstract: A component supply device of the disclosure includes: a loader being capable of accommodating a plurality of stick cases in a stacked state, each of the plurality of stick cases being capable of accommodating a plurality of electronic components, each of the plurality of stick cases having an opening in an end portion in a longitudinal direction; a component transporter moving one or more electronic components supplied from the plurality of stick cases to a predetermined component supply position; and a stick case detector detecting presence or absence of one or more stick cases in the loader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: RYOUJI EGUCHI, SHUUICHI KUBOTA, TAKASHI TAMURA, SEIICHI MATSUO
  • Publication number: 20170020042
    Abstract: A component supply device of the disclosure includes: a loader being capable of accommodating a plurality of stick cases in a stacked state; a component transporting path transporting one or more electronic components supplied from the plurality of stick cases to a predetermined component supply position; a component detector being disposed on the component transporting path, the component detector detecting one or more electronic components on the component transporting path; a component number measurer measuring a first number of electronic components based on the detection result of the component detector; and a determiner determining a change of stick case which supplies one or more electronic components to the component supply position based on the first number of electronic components measured by the component number measurer and a second number of electronic components unloaded from the component supply position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: RYOUJI EGUCHI, TATSUO YAMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160316592
    Abstract: A tape feeder includes a gate, a gate drive mechanism, and a tape feed mechanism. The gate is provided in an insertion port through which a carrier tape storing components is inserted. In the gate drive mechanism, a tape feed mechanism which drives the gate in opening and closing directions feeds the components stored in the inserted carrier tape to a pickup position. The gate drive mechanism includes a spring member which biases the gate in the closing direction, and a solenoid which drives the gate in the opening direction against a biasing force of the spring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: RYOUJI EGUCHI, KAZUNORI KANAI, NOBUTO YASUHIRA, TATSUO YAMAMURA, MINORU KITANI, TAKASHI TAMURA
  • Patent number: 5539972
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of screwing a pipe having threads with a different pitch on the outside and inside thereof into an object and assembling the same thereto by using a CNC machine tool. A male thread provided to a spindle is moved to an initial point I and point R by a quick traverse and then moved downward from the point R at a given speed and RPM. More specifically, a pipe is screwed into the object in accordance with the pitch of the thread on the outside thereof and assembled to a female thread of the object. When the male thread reaches a point Z and the pipe is assembled to the female thread of the object, the male thread is moved upward to the point R at a given speed and RPM. More specifically, the male thread is relieved from the pipe in accordance with the pitch of the thread on the inside of the pipe. Only the male thread is moved upward by the movement thereof to enable the pipe to remain engaged with the female thread, whereby the assembly of the pipe to the object is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Sasaki, Toshiaki Otsuki, Ryouji Eguchi
  • Patent number: 5309367
    Abstract: A pitch error compensating system compensates for a pitch error of a ball screw of a numerically controlled machine tool. A pitch error calculating means (4) reads a present value from a present value register (3), reads pitch error corrective quantities (.epsilon.n, .epsilon.pn) in a corresponding period, and outputs pitch error corrective quantities as pitch error corrective pulses (CP) at equal intervals in the period. The pitch error corrective pulses (CP) are added to interpolated pulses (CP) by an adder (5). Since the pitch error corrective quantities are not outputted all at once, the machine tool moves smoothly, and the quality of the machined surface of the workpiece is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Sasaki, Kentaro Fujibayashi, Toshiaki Otsuki, Ryouji Eguchi
  • Patent number: 5305227
    Abstract: A gear pitch error correcting system for a numerical control apparatus used for a machine tool including at least one pair of gears provided in a transmission line through which the rotating force of a servomotor is transmitted to a driven member. Gear pitch error correction values for the respective gears, which each correspond to a predetermined gear angle and collectively cover one gear rotation, are stored in a nonvolatile memory. A pitch error computing means (E) refers to a current position register (D), reads out pitch error correction data (14b) corresponding to the current position from the nonvolatile memory, and adds up the data to obtain a superimposed pitch error correction value. The superimposed pitch error correction value and an interpolation pulse from an interpolating means (B) are added together by an adder (C), to obtain a pitch error-corrected output pulse, which is then supplied to an axis control circuit (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: Fanuc Limited
    Inventors: Takao Sasaki, Kentaro Fujibayashi, Toshiaki Otsuki, Ryouji Eguchi
  • Patent number: 5043644
    Abstract: A method of correcting a machining program for a numerical control device during an execution of the program is provided. A created machining program, which is stored in a memory (5), is executed for a program check, a single block stop is effected at a portion (2) at which an error is found in the machining program, and the machining program is executed in reverse to a predetermined block (P1). Then the machining program is corrected and executed. Accordingly, it is not necessary to return to the beginning of the machining program for a reexecution thereof, and thus the machining program can be efficiently corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1991
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Sasaki, Toshiaki Otsuki, Ryouji Eguchi