Patents by Inventor Toshiro Hirakawa

Toshiro Hirakawa 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: 10638650
    Abstract: Provided is a component loading apparatus which includes: a work table comprising a working plane; a component recognizer configured to recognize components placed on the working plane of the work table; a head configured to suck the components; and a tray support for supporting a tray on which the components sucked by the head are loaded. The component loading apparatus further includes: an impurity remover configured to remove impurities attached onto the components in at least one of a first state of being placed on the working plane of the work table and a second state of being sucked by the head; and a tray analyzer configured to inspect loading positions of the components on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hanwha Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiro Hirakawa, Yoichiro Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Takeshita, Kenji Ishiyama
  • Patent number: 9913417
    Abstract: Provided is a component loading apparatus which includes: a work table comprising a working plane; a component recognizer configured to recognize components placed on the working plane of the work table; a head configured to suck the components; and a tray support for supporting a tray on which the components sucked by the head are loaded. The component loading apparatus further includes: an impurity remover configured to remove impurities attached onto the components in at least one of a first state of being placed on the working plane of the work table and a second state of being sucked by the head; and a tray analyzer configured to inspect loading positions of the components on the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiro Hirakawa, Yoichiro Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Takeshita, Kenji Ishiyama
  • Publication number: 20150093228
    Abstract: Provided is a component loading apparatus which includes: a work table comprising a working plane; a component recognizer configured to recognize components placed on the working plane of the work table; a head configured to suck the components; and a tray support for supporting a tray on which the components sucked by the head are loaded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiro HIRAKAWA, Yoichiro SUGIMOTO, Kazuhiro TAKESHITA, Kenji ISHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 7191511
    Abstract: An electronic component placement machine and an electronic component placement method are disclosed. A takeout and transfer head, provided on rotary chip takeout and transfer mechanism, removes a chip from a feeder and flips it. A placement head receives the flipped chip and places it onto a board. An image of the chip at a pre-centering recognition position is captured during a takeout and transfer operation, during which the takeout and transfer head transfers the chip to the placement head at a receiving position, so as to recognize the position. Based on this positional recognition result, the chip and the placement head are positioned by controlling a placement head driving mechanism. Moreover, the takeout and transfer head is rotated to a position which does not hinder image capturing of the electronic component for placement positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Noda, Hitoshi Mukojima, Yasuhiro Narikiyo, Toshiro Hirakawa, Hiromi Kanaki, Akira Nishimura, Osamu Uchida, Takatoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 7033842
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic component mounting apparatus, wherein a high speed operation can be provided by simplifying the structure of a mounting head and wherein the working efficiency can be improved by eliminating the use of the mounting head for a coating process. In the electronic component mounting apparatus, a flux is coated on chips supplied to an electronic component feeding unit while bump formation faces are directed upward. The chips are mounted on a substrate. A holding head receives the chips extracted from an adhesive sheet by a mounting head and is inverted relative to a stage on which a flux is spread. As a result, the bumps of the chips are covered with the flux and are flattened, and after the holding head is returned to the original stage, the chips on the stage are extracted and mounted on the substrate by the mounting head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haji, Toshiro Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 7007377
    Abstract: An electronic component placement machine and an electronic component placement method are disclosed. A takeout and transfer head, provided on rotary chip takeout and transfer mechanism, removes a chip from a feeder and flips it. A placement head receives the flipped chip and places it onto a board. An image of the chip at a pre-centering recognition position is captured during a takeout and transfer operation, during which the takeout and transfer head transfers the chip to the placement head at a receiving position, so as to recognize the position. Based on this positional recognition result, the chip and the placement head are positioned by controlling a placement head driving mechanism. Moreover, the takeout and transfer head is rotated to a position which does not hinder image capturing of the electronic component for placement positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Noda, Hitoshi Mukojima, Yasuhiro Narikiyo, Toshiro Hirakawa, Hiromi Kanaki, Akira Nishimura, Osamu Uchida, Takatoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20050132567
    Abstract: An electronic component placement machine and an electronic component placement method are disclosed. A takeout and transfer head, provided on rotary chip takeout and transfer mechanism, removes a chip from a feeder and flips it. A placement head receives the flipped chip and places it onto a board. An image of the chip at a pre-centering recognition position is captured during a takeout and transfer operation, during which the takeout and transfer head transfers the chip to the placement head at a receiving position, so as to recognize the position. Based on this positional recognition result, the chip and the placement head are positioned by controlling a placement head driving mechanism. Moreover, the takeout and transfer head is rotated to a position which does not hinder image capturing of the electronic component for placement positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Noda, Hitoshi Mukojima, Yasuhiro Narikiyo, Toshiro Hirakawa, Hiromi Kanaki, Akira Nishimura, Osamu Uchida, Takatoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20040163243
    Abstract: An electronic component placement machine and an electronic component placement method are disclosed. A takeout and transfer head, provided on rotary chip takeout and transfer mechanism, removes a chip from a feeder and flips it. A placement head receives the flipped chip and places it onto a board. An image of the chip at a pre-centering recognition position is captured during a takeout and transfer operation, during which the takeout and transfer head transfers the chip to the placement head at a receiving position, so as to recognize the position. Based on this positional recognition result, the chip and the placement head are positioned by controlling a placement head driving mechanism. Moreover, the takeout and transfer head is rotated to a position which does not hinder image capturing of the electronic component for placement positioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Noda, Hitoshi Mukojima, Yasuhiro Narikiyo, Toshiro Hirakawa, Hiromi Kanaki, Akira Nishimura, Osamu Uchida, Takatoshi Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20030177633
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic component mounting apparatus, wherein a high speed operation can be provided by simplifying the structure of a mounting head and wherein the working efficiency can be improved by eliminating the use of the mounting head for a coating process. In the electronic component mounting apparatus, a flux is coated on chips supplied to an electronic component feeding unit while bump formation faces are directed upward. The chips are mounted on a substrate. A holding head receives the chips extracted from an adhesive sheet by a mounting head and is inverted relative to a stage on which a flux is spread. As a result, the bumps of the chips are covered with the flux and are flattened, and after the holding head is returned to the original stage, the chips on the stage are extracted and mounted on the substrate by the mounting head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hiroshi Haji, Toshiro Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 5000668
    Abstract: In a distribution-type fuel injection pump, a fuel supply passageway, through which a feed pump and a fuel pressurizing chamber communicate with each other, is isolated from a cam chamber and bypasses the same. In order to simplify the construction, the fuel supply passageway is formed in a peripheral wall portion of a housing. On the other hand, a cam mechanism comprises a spring assembly including at least one spring, first and second annular spring seats and an engaging member. The first spring seat has an annular base section and an extension extending from a peripheral edge of the base section toward the second spring seat. The engaging member is fixedly mounted to a forward end of the extension. Prior to incorporation the spring assembly into a hollow body of the housing, the spring assembly is in a state in which the peripheral edge of the second spring seat is engaged with the engaging member under elastic force of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Diesel Kiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Nakamura, Toshiro Hirakawa, Ken-ichi Kubo
  • Patent number: 4977882
    Abstract: A fuel injection pump of the type wherein the fuel injection timing is controlled by a timer and a solenoid-operated timing control valve. The timer has a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber which are defined at both sides, respectively, of a timer piston. The high-pressure chamber communicates with a high-pressure groove formed in the timing control valve through a passage. The low-pressure chamber communicates with the suction side of a feed pump through a low-pressure passage and also communicates with a low-pressure hole formed in the timing control valve through a passage. The timer piston is not provided with a passage mechanism which provides communication between a pump chamber and the high-pressure chamber. The pump chamber communicates directly with the high-pressure groove in the timing control valve through a fixed orifice disposed in the wall of the pump housing and a passage leading to the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1990
    Assignee: Diesel Kiki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisashi Nakamura, Ken-ichi Kubo, Toshiro Hirakawa