Patents by Inventor Syozo Kadota

Syozo Kadota 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: 10617048
    Abstract: A component supplier of the present disclosure includes a magazine that stores pallets, a table that is provided in front of the magazine and is provided with a standby tables in multiple tiers in an up-and-down direction, a first lift that moves the table up and down, and a pallet supplier that is provided in front of the table and that includes a supply table which holds at least one of the pallets at a component supply position where the component is supplied. The table has a first placing and withdrawing unit that places and withdraws the pallet between the magazine and the standby tables and a second lift that moves the first placing and withdrawing unit up and down. The pallet supplier has a second placing and withdrawing unit that places and withdraws the pallet between the standby tables and the supply table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syozo Kadota, Hiroshi Matsumura, Katsuhiko Itoh, Makoto Nakashima, Tadashi Endo, Hiroyuki Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 9848520
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a carriage that holds a part feeder for supplying a component in a state of being attached to a base and attaches the part feeder to the base in a state of being coupled to the base; a mounting head that mounts the component to a substrate after the component is taken out of the part feeder held by the carriage coupled to the base through an opening formed between the base and a cover member formed so as to cover an upward side of the base; and a shutter moved from an opened position in which the opening is opened to a closed position in which the opening is closed when the carriage is separated from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syozo Kadota, Yasuyuki Ishitani, Tadashi Endo, Tomoo Hama, Toshihiko Nagaya, Hiroshi Okamura, Hiroyuki Fujiwara, Makoto Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20170260032
    Abstract: A component supplier of the present disclosure includes a magazine that stores pallets, a table that is provided in front of the magazine and is provided with a standby tables in multiple tiers in an up-and-down direction, a first lift that moves the table up and down, and a pallet supplier that is provided in front of the table and that includes a supply table which holds at least one of the pallets at a component supply position where the component is supplied. The table has a first placing and withdrawing unit that places and withdraws the pallet between the magazine and the standby tables and a second lift that moves the first placing and withdrawing unit up and down. The pallet supplier has a second placing and withdrawing unit that places and withdraws the pallet between the standby tables and the supply table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: SYOZO KADOTA, HIROSHI MATSUMURA, KATSUHIKO ITOH, MAKOTO NAKASHIMA, TADASHI ENDO, HIROYUKI FUJIWARA
  • Patent number: 9357685
    Abstract: A inverting head 20 that inverts a component 4 picked up by a nozzle 20a upside down includes a flat-plate-like base 31 provided on a vertically-movable transfer base 21d; a nozzle holder support member 33 that is swayable within a horizontal plane the base as a result of arcuate peripheries 41 being supported by a plurality of bearings 32 provided on the base 31; and a nozzle holder 34 that is supported so as to be turnable around a horizontal axis CX by the nozzle holder support member 33 and that holds on its side surface the nozzle 20a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syozo Kadota, Akira Yamada
  • Patent number: 9357653
    Abstract: A nozzle holder 34 includes a nozzle base 51 whose both ends are supported, the nozzle base 51 inside which a vacuum path is formed, extending in a horizontal direction, a nozzle locking member 53 for communicating a nozzle 20a to the vacuum path (vacuum path 72 of the inside of the nozzle base) of the inside of the nozzle base 51, and a pair of fixing members 54 for fixing the nozzle locking member 53 to the nozzle base 51.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Syozo Kadota, Akira Yamada
  • Publication number: 20160120037
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes a carriage that holds a part feeder for supplying a component in a state of being attached to a base and attaches the part feeder to the base in a state of being coupled to the base; a mounting head that mounts the component to a substrate after the component is taken out of the part feeder held by the carriage coupled to the base through an opening formed between the base and a cover member formed so as to cover an upward side of the base; and a shutter moved from an opened position in which the opening is opened to a closed position in which the opening is closed when the carriage is separated from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Syozo KADOTA, Yasuyuki ISHITANI, Tadashi ENDO, Tomoo HAMA, Toshihiko NAGAYA, Hiroshi OKAMURA, Hiroyuki FUJIWARA, Makoto NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20140068928
    Abstract: A inverting head 20 that inverts a component 4 picked up by a nozzle 20a upside down includes a flat-plate-like base 31 provided on a vertically-movable transfer base 21d; a nozzle holder support member 33 that is swayable within a horizontal plane the base as a result of arcuate peripheries 41 being supported by a plurality of bearings 32 provided on the base 31; and a nozzle holder 34 that is supported so as to be turnable around a horizontal axis CX by the nozzle holder support member 33 and that holds on its side surface the nozzle 20a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syozo Kadota, Akira Yamada
  • Patent number: 8646504
    Abstract: An adhesive tape affixing equipment for pulling out a tape from a supply reel on which the tape constructed by laminating an adhesive tape on a separator tape is wound, and then affixing the adhesive tape onto predetermined locations of a substrate by pushing the tape using a press-fitting tool. A radial direction of the supply reel is arranged to intersect substantially orthogonally with a longitudinal direction of the press-fitting tool during the affixing of the adhesive tape by the press-fitting tool. Also included is a tape running route setting device for causing the tape pulled out from the supply reel to run through an area between the press-fitting tool and the substrate along the longitudinal direction of the press-fitting tool via a tape running direction changing portion being provided to at least one location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Muraoka, Syozo Kadota
  • Patent number: 8646171
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes: a conveyor device for sucking and holding a substrate in a substantially vertical posture and conveying the substrate in a direction extending along its flat plate surface; a plurality of working devices for performing a working process for mounting areas in edge portions of the substantially vertical-postured substrate received from the conveyor device. In the component mounting apparatus, each of the working devices includes: a substrate holder for sucking and holding the substrate in a substantially vertical posture; a holder up/down device for moving the sucked and held substrate to a downward working position; a receiving member for supporting an edge portion of the substrate positioned in the working position from its back face side; and a working unit for performing the working process on the mounting areas of the edge portions of the substrate positioned in the working position from its front face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Muraoka, Syozo Kadota
  • Publication number: 20130269179
    Abstract: A nozzle holder 34 includes a nozzle base 51 whose both ends are supported, the nozzle base 51 inside which a vacuum path is formed, extending in a horizontal direction, a nozzle locking member 53 for communicating a nozzle 20a to the vacuum path (vacuum path 72 of the inside of the nozzle base) of the inside of the nozzle base 51, and a pair of fixing members 54 for fixing the nozzle locking member 53 to the nozzle base 51.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syozo Kadota, Akira Yamada
  • Patent number: 8528196
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus for mounting components on a plurality of mounting regions placed on an edge part of a substrate along a first direction that is a direction along the edge part of the substrate, comprises component placing units for holding components placed in component delivery positions that are spaced from the edge part of the substrate in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, moving the held components in the second direction, and placing the components onto the mounting regions, component feeding units for sequentially feeding the components to component feeding positions spaced from the component delivery positions, and component carrying units for holding the components fed to the component feeding positions, moving the held components, and placing the components in the component delivery positions. Therefore, the components can be placed even onto a large substrate with satisfactory working efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kosaka, Akira Kabeshita, Nobuhiko Muraoka, Syozo Kadota
  • Patent number: 8376012
    Abstract: In a component press-bonding apparatus including a press-bonding tool for press-bonding a component, which is placed on a panel, to the panel via a sheet, the press-bonding tool is provided so as to be movable in a first direction (X-axis direction) orthogonal to a press-bonding direction. The component press-bonding apparatus has a sheet conveyance unit comprising: a feed reel which feeds a sheet in a second direction (Y-axis direction) orthogonal to the press-bonding direction and the first direction and which is movable in the first direction; a path member which forms a sheet path extending from the feed reel in the second direction and reaching the press-bonding tool and which is movable in the first direction; and a feed roller for feeding the sheet in the second direction. The feed roller is removably fitted to the sheet conveyance unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Syozo Kadota
  • Publication number: 20120241072
    Abstract: In a component press-bonding apparatus including a press-bonding tool for press-bonding a component, which is placed on a panel, to the panel via a sheet, the press-bonding tool is provided so as to be movable in a first direction (X-axis direction) orthogonal to a press-bonding direction. The component press-bonding apparatus has a sheet conveyance unit comprising: a feed reel which feeds a sheet in a second direction (Y-axis direction) orthogonal to the press-bonding direction and the first direction and which is movable in the first direction; a path member which forms a sheet path extending from the feed reel in the second direction and reaching the press-bonding tool and which is movable in the first direction; and a feed roller for feeding the sheet in the second direction. The feed roller is removably fitted to the sheet conveyance unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Syozo Kadota
  • Publication number: 20120110841
    Abstract: A challenge to be met by the present invention is to feed a carrier tape with superior positional accuracy by means of a simple, inexpensive configuration, thereby enhancing punching accuracy of a component and implementing highly reliable component mounting. A carrier tape feeder that feeds a carrier tape (11), to thus feed and position a component (10) to be punched next to a component pickup section (23) is built from a positioning feed roller (25) including sprocket wheels (61) that feed the carrier tape (11) by causing sprocket holes (13) formed in the carrier tape (11) to engage with teeth (62) and rotating the sprocket wheels and a support wheel section (63) around which there is wound at least a neighborhood of the sprocket holes (13) of the carrier tape (11) in a widthwise direction thereof, to thus support the carrier tape 811); and a rotation device (65) that rotationally drives the positioning feed roller (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syozo Kadota, Akira Yamada, Tadanobu Higashida, Minoru Kitani
  • Publication number: 20110289772
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus for mounting components on a plurality of mounting regions placed on an edge part of a substrate along a first direction that is a direction along the edge part of the substrate, comprises component placing units for holding components placed in component delivery positions that are spaced from the edge part of the substrate in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, moving the held components in the second direction, and placing the components onto the mounting regions, component feeding units for sequentially feeding the components to component feeding positions spaced from the component delivery positions, and component carrying units for holding the components fed to the component feeding positions, moving the held components, and placing the components in the component delivery positions. Therefore, the components can be placed even onto a large substrate with satisfactory working efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Kazuaki Kosaka, Akira Kabeshita, Nobuhiko Muraoka, Syozo Kadota
  • Publication number: 20110186235
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to affix an ACF or other adhesive tape onto a plurality of predetermined locations that are aligned in parallel on a substrate, or execute effectively an operation for press-fitting a press-fitted component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Muraoka, Syozo Kadota
  • Publication number: 20110023296
    Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes: a conveyor device for sucking and holding a substrate in a substantially vertical posture and conveying the substrate in a direction extending along its flat plate surface; a plurality of working devices for performing working process for mounting areas in edge portions of the substantially vertical-postured substrate received from the conveyor device. In the component mounting apparatus, each of the working devices includes: a substrate holder for sucking and holding the substrate in a substantially vertical posture; a holder up/down device for moving the sucked and held substrate to a downward working position; a receiving member for supporting an edge portion of the substrate positioned in the working position from its back face side; and a working unit for performing working process on the mounting areas of the edge portions of the substrate positioned in the working position from its front face side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Muraoka, Syozo Kadota