Patents by Inventor Tomoyuki OTANI

Tomoyuki OTANI 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).

  • Conveyance apparatus for electronic components
    Patent number: 9926145
    Abstract: A conveyance apparatus for electronic components capable of suppressing the adhesion of electronic components to a storing member by static electricity. The conveyance apparatus for electronic components includes: a storing member which includes cavities for storing electronic components respectively; an electronic component supply mechanism which supplies the electronic components in a state where the electronic components are brought into contact with the storing member; and a moving unit which moves the storing member in a predetermined moving direction in a relative relationship with the electronic component, wherein a recessed portion for reducing a contact area of the storing member with the electronic components is formed in a region where the cavities are not formed on a main surface of the storing member on a side where the electronic components are supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Nozawa, Tomoyuki Otani
  • CONVEYANCE APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20170225907
    Abstract: A conveyance apparatus for electronic components capable of suppressing the adhesion of electronic components to a storing member by static electricity. The conveyance apparatus for electronic components includes: a storing member which includes cavities for storing electronic components respectively; an electronic component supply mechanism which supplies the electronic components in a state where the electronic components are brought into contact with the storing member; and a moving unit which moves the storing member in a predetermined moving direction in a relative relationship with the electronic component, wherein a recessed portion for reducing a contact area of the storing member with the electronic components is formed in a region where the cavities are not formed on a main surface of the storing member on a side where the electronic components are supplied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki NOZAWA, Tomoyuki OTANI