Patents by Inventor Toshiaki NUMATA

Toshiaki NUMATA 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).

  • Tape feeder and tape feeder cabinet
    Patent number: 9457977
    Abstract: A gear unit 40 includes: a sprocket 32 including pins 31 provided on a periphery thereof and a final gear 42; and one or more transmission gears disposed between a drive motor 33 and the final gear 42. The pins 31 engage with feed holes provided at equal pitches in a carrier tape. A sensor 48 which detects an angle is provided to face a transmission gear, of the one or more transmission gears, of which a rotation ratio to the final gear 42 is 1:N (N is a positive integer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: PANASONIC CORPORATION, NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Kawaguchi, Shigekazu Yoneyama, Tatsuo Yamamura, Kazunori Kanai, Yuuki Nakada, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Toshiaki Numata
  • TAPE FEEDER AND TAPE FEEDER CABINET
    Publication number: 20150305215
    Abstract: A gear unit 40 includes: a sprocket 32 including pins 31 provided on a periphery thereof and a final gear 42; and one or more transmission gears disposed between a drive motor 33 and the final gear 42. The pins 31 engage with feed holes provided at equal pitches in a carrier tape. A sensor 48 which detects an angle is provided to face a transmission gear, of the one or more transmission gears, of which a rotation ratio to the final gear 42 is 1:N (N is a positive integer).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Satoshi KAWAGUCHI, Shigekazu YONEYAMA, Tatsuo YAMAMURA, Kazunori KANAI, Yuuki NAKADA, Kiyoshi TANAKA, Toshiaki NUMATA