Patents by Inventor Takanori Yoshitake

Takanori Yoshitake 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).

  • Publication number: 20230077814
    Abstract: A tray is automatically mounted on a pallet. A tray handling device, which handles a tray collected from a component mounting device configured to mount a component held in a tray on a substrate, includes: a pallet collecting unit configured to take out a pallet on which the tray is mounted from a magazine collected from the component mounting device; and a tray unloading unit configured to unload the tray from the collected pallet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Nobuyuki KAKISHIMA, Yasuyuki ISHITANI, Hirofumi OBARA, Kazuo OHUCHI, Jun KAMIYAMAGUCHI, Takanori YOSHITAKE, Ryota INOUE
  • Patent number: 8196295
    Abstract: There is provided a control means for controlling movement positions and movement timings of a nozzle elevating means and a nozzle moving means. The control means stores positions and heights of obstacles located between a component supply unit and a circuit board in advance. The control means moves down a nozzle in sync with the time when the nozzle has finished passing over each obstacle after an electronic component has been photographed by a component camera. Alternatively, the control means moves the nozzle in a path to avoid the obstacles. In addition, in a component mounting region, the nozzle moves at a component mounting region movement height and the component is mounted by the nozzle moved down from the component mounting region movement height. Accordingly, it is possible to shorten an elevating stroke of the nozzle (5). In addition, the nozzle can be elevated in an arc trajectory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeki Imafuku, Takeyuki Kawase, Yoichi Tanaka, Osamu Okuda, Takanori Yoshitake, Toshiyuki Kino
  • Patent number: 8078310
    Abstract: A component crimping apparatus control method which enables a measuring tool to directly measure a temperature of a part pressed by a pressing head. The component crimping apparatus control method is applied to a component crimping apparatus which crimps a component onto a plate-shaped workpiece, and causes a measuring tool shaped identically as the workpiece to measure a temperature or a pressure of a pressed part in a pressing process of pressing a component onto the workpiece using a heated pressing head. The method includes acquiring information indicating whether or not the measuring tool is held in the component crimping apparatus, and, in the case where the information indicating that the measuring tool is held is acquired, positioning the measuring tool identically as the workpiece, and executing the pressing process on the component to be attached to the measuring tool after the positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Tomotaka Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Okada, Chihiro Igarashi, Takanori Yoshitake, Nobuhisa Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20090288462
    Abstract: To provide a component crimping apparatus control method which enables a measuring tool to directly measure a temperature of a part pressed by a pressing head. The component crimping apparatus control method is applied to a component crimping apparatus which crimps a component onto a plate-shaped work, and causes a measuring tool shaped identically as the work to measure a temperature or a pressure of a pressed part in a pressing process of pressing a component onto the work using a heated pressing head. The method includes acquiring information indicating whether or not the measuring tool is held in the component crimping apparatus, and, in the case where the information indicating that the measuring tool is held is acquired, positioning the measuring tool identically as the work, and executing the pressing process on the component to be attached to the measuring tool after the positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Inventors: Tomotaka Nishimoto, Yasuhiro Okada, Chihiro Jgarashi, Takanori Yoshitake, Nobuhisa Watanabe
  • Patent number: 7458147
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for determining whether or not a component holder is good, which enable detecting component holders that are to affect correct component recognition and further enable preventing interferences between constituent devices, a component mounting apparatus with the determining device, and a component mounting method. The determining device has an illuminating device, a CCD camera and a controller to determine whether or not a suction nozzle is good based on luminance at a component hold face of the suction nozzle. The suction nozzle having light reflectance of the component hold face increased to a level whereat a correct recognition of an electronic component held by the suction nozzle is affected, can be detected accordingly. An interference preventing device is also provided, so that interference between the CCD camera and the suction nozzle can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takeyuki Kawase, Toshiyuki Kino, Takanori Yoshitake, Kimiaki Sano, Yoshiyuki Hattori, Takashi Yazawa, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Youichi Tanaka, Shigeki Imafuku, Iwao Kanetaka, Tamaki Ogura
  • Patent number: 7337533
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a component mounting apparatus and a component mounting method in which a movement time of a nozzle can be shortened so that production efficiency can be improved. There is provided a control means for controlling movement positions and movement timings of a nozzle elevating means and a nozzle moving means. The control means stores positions and heights of obstacles located between a component supply unit and a circuit board in advance. The control means moves down a nozzle in sync with the time when the nozzle has finished passing over each obstacle after an electronic component has been photographed by a component camera. Alternatively, the control means moves the nozzle in a path to avoid the obstacles. In addition, in a component mounting region, the nozzle moves at a component mounting region movement height and the component is mounted by the nozzle moved down from the component mounting region movement height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
    Inventors: Shigeki Imafuku, Takeyuki Kawase, Yoichi Tanaka, Osamu Okuda, Takanori Yoshitake, Toshiyuki Kino
  • Publication number: 20070214629
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a component mounting apparatus and a component mounting method in which a movement time of a nozzle can be shortened so that production efficiency can be improved. There is provided a control means for controlling movement positions and movement timings of a nozzle elevating means and a nozzle moving means. The control means stores positions and heights of obstacles located between a component supply unit and a circuit board in advance. The control means moves down a nozzle in sync with the time when the nozzle has finished passing over each obstacle after an electronic component has been photographed by a component camera. Alternatively, the control means moves the nozzle in a path to avoid the obstacles. In addition, in a component mounting region, the nozzle moves at a component mounting region movement height and the component is mounted by the nozzle moved down from the component mounting region movement height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Imafuku, Takeyuki Kawase, Yoichi Tanaka, Osamu Okuda, Takanori Yoshitake, Toshiyuki Kino
  • Publication number: 20060200973
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a component mounting apparatus and a component mounting method in which a movement time of a nozzle can be shortened so that production efficiency can be improved. There is provided a control means for controlling movement positions and movement timings of a nozzle elevating means and a nozzle moving means. The control means stores positions and heights of obstacles located between a component supply unit and a circuit board in advance. The control means moves down a nozzle in sync with the time when the nozzle has finished passing over each obstacle after an electronic component has been photographed by a component camera. Alternatively, the control means moves the nozzle in a path to avoid the obstacles. In addition, in a component mounting region, the nozzle moves at a component mounting region movement height and the component is mounted by the nozzle moved down from the component mounting region movement height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 14, 2006
    Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeki Imafuku, Takeyuki Kawase, Yoichi Tanaka, Osamu Okuda, Takanori Yoshitake, Toshiyuki Kino
  • Publication number: 20050258381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for determining whether or not component holder is good, which enable detecting component holders that are to affect correct component recognition and further enable preventing interferences between constituent devices, a component mounting apparatus with the determining device, and a component mounting method. The determining device has an illuminating device, a CCD camera and a controller to determine whether or not a suction nozzle is good based on a luminance at a component hold face of the suction nozzle. The suction nozzle having the light reflectance of the component hold face increased to a level whereat the correct recognition of an electronic component held by the suction nozzle is affected can be detected accordingly. An interference preventing device is also provided, so that the interference between the CCD camera and the suction nozzle can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Takeyuki Kawase, Toshiyuki Kino, Takanori Yoshitake, Kimiaki Sano, Yoshiyuki Hattori, Takashi Yazawa, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Youichi Tanaka, Shigeki Imafuku, Iwao Kanetaka, Tamaki Ogura