Patents by Inventor Willem J. Rosier

Willem J. Rosier 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).

  • Method and device for placing a component on a printed circuit board
    Patent number: 5216804
    Abstract: A method of placing a component on a printed circuit board by means of a manipulator and a device suitable for carrying out this method, whereby the position of the component is determined with an imaging device. The imaging device makes a picture of the component and of a reference member coupled to the manipulator. The position of the component relative to the manipulator can be directly determined from this picture. The positions of the manipulator and the component relative to the imaging device may also be determined. Using the so determined component position, the component is placed on a printed circuit board in a given orientation so that the component leads are inserted into mating holes in the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corp.
    Inventors: Willem J. Rosier, Antonius C. M. Gieles