Patents by Inventor Thomas BLIEM

Thomas BLIEM 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).

  • PLACEMENT HEAD WITH TWO ROTOR ARRANGEMENTS WITH INDIVIDUALLY ACTUATABLE HANDLING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240422956
    Abstract: A placement head for automatically placing electronic components on a component carrier. The placement head has a chassis; a first rotor assembly that is mounted so that it is rotatable relative to the chassis about a first axis of rotation and that has a first quantity of first handling devices; and a second rotor assembly that is mounted so that it is rotatable relative to the chassis about a second axis of rotation and that has a second quantity of second handling devices. Each handling device includes a sleeve to which a component holding device for temporarily picking up a component can be attached, and a drive device with a linear drive for moving the sleeve along its longitudinal axis, and a rotary drive for rotating the sleeve about its longitudinal axis. Furthermore, a placement machine with such a placement head and a method for automatic assembly of a component carrier using such a placement head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz BESCH, Thomas BLIEM, Thomas ROSSMANN, Klaus SATTLER, Michele TRIGIANI, Markus HUBER
  • Placement head with two rotor arrangements with individually actuatable handling devices
    Patent number: 12120824
    Abstract: A placement head for automatically placing electronic components on a component carrier. The placement head has a chassis; a first rotor assembly that is mounted so that it is rotatable relative to the chassis about a first axis of rotation and that has a first quantity of first handling devices; and a second rotor assembly that is mounted so that it is rotatable relative to the chassis about a second axis of rotation and that has a second quantity of second handling devices. Each handling device includes a sleeve to which a component holding device for temporarily picking up a component can be attached, and a drive device with a linear drive for moving the sleeve along its longitudinal axis, and a rotary drive for rotating the sleeve about its longitudinal axis. Furthermore, a placement machine with such a placement head and a method for automatic assembly of a component carrier using such a placement head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ASMPT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Besch, Thomas Bliem, Thomas Rossmann, Klaus Sattler, Michele Trigiani, Markus Huber
  • PLACEMENT HEAD WITH TWO ROTOR ARRANGEMENTS WITH INDIVIDUALLY ACTUATABLE HANDLING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20210400857
    Abstract: A placement head for automatically placing electronic components on a component carrier. The placement head has a chassis; a first rotor assembly that is mounted so that it is rotatable relative to the chassis about a first axis of rotation and that has a first quantity of first handling devices; and a second rotor assembly that is mounted so that it is rotatable relative to the chassis about a second axis of rotation and that has a second quantity of second handling devices. Each handling device includes a sleeve to which a component holding device for temporarily picking up a component can be attached, and a drive device with a linear drive for moving the sleeve along its longitudinal axis, and a rotary drive for rotating the sleeve about its longitudinal axis. Furthermore, a placement machine with such a placement head and a method for automatic assembly of a component carrier using such a placement head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz BESCH, Thomas BLIEM, Thomas ROSSMANN, Klaus SATTLER, Michele TRIGIANI, Markus HUBER