Patents by Inventor Yuichiro Noguchi

Yuichiro Noguchi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240318958
    Abstract: In this method for detecting a degree of parallelism of a mounting device: a triangular pin is arranged at a point A on a placement surface of a stage; a mounting head is lowered, and a height of the mounting head when a holding surface comes into contact with a tip end of the triangular pin is detected using an encoder, after which the triangular pin is moved to a point B and the mounting head is lowered; the height of the mounting head when the holding surface comes into contact with the tip end of the triangular pin is detected by the encoder; and the degree of parallelism between the placement surface of the stage and the holding surface of the mounting head is calculated on the basis of the detected heights at point A and point B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichiro NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12018936
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting apparatus and a parallelism detection method in the mounting apparatus. The parallelism detection method in the mounting apparatus includes: a first height detection process of detecting first heights of a mounting tool when a holding surface comes into contact with the a tip of a triangular pin by placing the triangular pin on a placement surface of a stage and lowering the mounting tool; a second height detection process of detecting second heights of the mounting tool when the tip of the triangular pin comes into contact with the placement surface by holding the triangular pin on the holding surface of the mounting tool and lowering the mounting tool; and a parallelism calculation process of calculating the parallelism between the placement surface of the stage and the holding surface of the mounting tool based on the first heights and the second heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Noguchi, Alexander Dzhangirov
  • Publication number: 20240120219
    Abstract: A bonding apparatus includes: a movable bonding head part that holds a top camera and a bonding tool disposed at an offset distance from the top camera; a bottom camera capable of photographing the bonding head part; a reference member having a reference mark and fixed to a position that is at a predetermined distance from the bottom camera; and a calculation part that calculates a change amount in the offset distance based on the predetermined distance, a position of the reference mark detected by the top camera, and a position of a chip detected by the bottom camera, when the bonding head part moves such that the reference mark is positioned in the field of view of the top camera and the chip held by the bonding tool is positioned in the field of view of the bottom camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichiro NOGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11848219
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus (10) serves to place a film between an electronic component and a bottom surface of a mounting head and mount the electronic component. The mounting apparatus includes: a film winding mechanism (18) that rotates a winding reel (26) to wind in a film spanning from a dispensing reel to the winding reel (26), the film winding mechanism (18) executing the winding so that a new film is disposed on the bottom surface of the mounting head each time when an electronic component is mounted; a tension detecting part (38) that detects the tension of the film after the same is wound by the film winding mechanism (18); and a control part (20) that rotates the winding reel (26) by a winding motor (30) to adjust the tension on the basis of the tension detected by the tension detecting part (38). A film supply apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Noguchi, Katsutoshi Nomura
  • Publication number: 20230274951
    Abstract: In this mounting device (10) for mounting a semiconductor chip (100) on a substrate (104), a controller (50) is provided with: a mounter for pressing the semiconductor chip (100) to the substrate (104) in a state where a cover film (110) is interposed between the semiconductor chip (100) and a thermocompression tool (16), and for heating and then cooling the thermocompression tool (16) to mount the semiconductor chip (100) on the substrate (104); and a separator for heating the thermocompression tool (16) after the semiconductor chip (100) has been mounted, and for raising a mounting head (17) to be separated from the cover film (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro NOGUCHI, Alexander DZHANGIROV, Kohei SEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230197670
    Abstract: A bonding apparatus comprises a chip holding part that disposes a chip part onto a substrate that has been placed on a substrate stage. The bonding apparatus adjusts the inclination of a chip holding surface that releasably holds the chip part. The bonding apparatus comprises: an adjustment controller which stores inclination information pertaining to inclination respectively for locations on a stage main surface having the substrate placed thereon; and a conforming jig which has a conforming surface onto which the chip holding surface is pressed, and in which the inclination of the conforming surface can be changed such that the inclination of the chip holding surface corresponds to the inclination indicated by the inclination information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: ALEXANDER Dzhangirov, Yuichiro NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20220412733
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mounting apparatus and a parallelism detection method in the mounting apparatus. The parallelism detection method in the mounting apparatus includes: a first height detection process of detecting first heights of a mounting tool when a holding surface comes into contact with the a tip of a triangular pin by placing the triangular pin on a placement surface of a stage and lowering the mounting tool; a second height detection process of detecting second heights of the mounting tool when the tip of the triangular pin comes into contact with the placement surface by holding the triangular pin on the holding surface of the mounting tool and lowering the mounting tool; and a parallelism calculation process of calculating the parallelism between the placement surface of the stage and the holding surface of the mounting tool based on the first heights and the second heights.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro NOGUCHI, Alexander DZHANGIROV
  • Patent number: 11469125
    Abstract: A device for linearly moving bases with respect to an object, includes first and second bases, a linear scale provided with graduations at pitches in the moving direction, first and second encoder heads attached to the first and second bases, and a control unit. The control unit maintains an interval between the first and second encoder heads to be constant, and moves the first and second bases while sequentially detects a first and second graduation numbers, and calculates a distance on the scale between the first and second encoder heads by multiplying a difference between the first and second graduation numbers by the pitch, and calculates a position correction coefficient of the scale as a ratio of the interval with respect to the calculated distance, and controls the movement amount of the first movable body and the second movable body based on the position correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Seyama, Tetsuya Utano, Yuichiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11410866
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a base moving linearly relative to a substrate and having a first and second positions that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval a in the movement direction; a linear scale where a plurality of graduations having a predetermined pitch are provided along the movement direction; encoder heads which respectively are disposed at the first and second positions of the base and detect first and second graduation numbers of the linear scale with respect to the first and second positions, wherein, as the base is moved along the linear scale, the first and second graduation numbers are detected in this order in the respective encoder heads, and the movement amount of the base is controlled on the basis of the ratio between the predetermined interval and the distance between the first graduation number and the second graduation number on the scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Seyama, Tetsuya Utano, Yuichiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11393700
    Abstract: This bonding apparatus is provided with: a bonding mechanism which has a bonding surface that holds a semiconductor die in a detachable manner, with a film being interposed therebetween, and a heater that applies heat to the bonding surface; a film conveyance mechanism which supplies the film to the bonding surface; a remover bar which is able to enter between the film and the bonding surface; and a drive unit which drives the remover bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Yamaha Motor Robotics Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei Seyama, Yuichiro Noguchi
  • Patent number: 11139193
    Abstract: This mounting device (100) comprises: a base (10) that moves linearly in relation to a substrate (16); a bonding head (20) that is attached to the base (10); a camera (25) that is attached to the base (10) and identifies the position of the substrate (16); a linear scale (33) having a plurality of graduations along the movement direction; a bonding head-side encoder head (31); and a camera-side encoder head (32). A control unit (50) causes the base (10) to move to a position where the bonding head-side encoder head (31) detects the position of a graduation. Due to this configuration, positioning accuracy of a semiconductor die (15) in relation to the substrate (16) is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Utano, Yuichiro Noguchi, Kohei Seyama
  • Publication number: 20210242051
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus (10) serves to place a film between an electronic component and a bottom surface of a mounting head and mount the electronic component. The mounting apparatus includes: a film winding mechanism (18) that rotates a winding reel (26) to wind in a film spanning from a dispensing reel to the winding reel (26), the film winding mechanism (18) executing the winding so that a new film is disposed on the bottom surface of the mounting head each time when an electronic component is mounted; a tension detecting part (38) that detects the tension of the film after the same is wound by the film winding mechanism (18); and a control part (20) that rotates the winding reel (26) by a winding motor (30) to adjust the tension on the basis of the tension detected by the tension detecting part (38). A film supply apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro NOGUCHI, Katsutoshi NOMURA
  • Patent number: 11024596
    Abstract: [Problem] To bond an electronic component on a substrate via an adhesive material satisfactorily. [Solution] A bonding device 10 for thermally bonding an electronic component 100 to a substrate 110 or to another electronic component via an adhesive material 112, the bonding device being provided with: a bonding tool 40 comprising a bonding distal-end portion 42 which includes a bonding surface 44 and tapered side surfaces 46 formed in a tapering shape becoming narrower toward the bonding surface 44, the bonding surface 44 having a first suction hole 50 for suction-attaching the electronic component 100 via an individual piece of a porous sheet 130, the tapered side surfaces 46 having second suction holes 52, 54 for suction-attaching the porous sheet 130; and a bonding control unit 30 which controls the first suction hole 50 and the second suction holes 52, 54 independently from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Watanabe, Tomonori Nakamura, Toru Maeda, Satoru Nagai, Yuichiro Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20210005570
    Abstract: [Problem] To bond an electronic component on a substrate via an adhesive material satisfactorily. [Solution] A bonding device 10 for thermally bonding an electronic component 100 to a substrate 110 or to another electronic component via an adhesive material 112, the bonding device being provided with: a bonding tool 40 comprising a bonding distal-end portion 42 which includes a bonding surface 44 and tapered side surfaces 46 formed in a tapering shape becoming narrower toward the bonding surface 44, the bonding surface 44 having a first suction hole 50 for suction-attaching the electronic component 100 via an individual piece of a porous sheet 130, the tapered side surfaces 46 having second suction holes 52, 54 for suction-attaching the porous sheet 130; and a bonding control unit 30 which controls the first suction hole 50 and the second suction holes 52, 54 independently from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu WATANABE, Tomonori NAKAMURA, Toru MAEDA, Satoru NAGAI, Yuichiro NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200411352
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a base moving linearly relative to a substrate and having a first and second positions that are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined interval a in the movement direction; a linear scale where a plurality of graduations having a predetermined pitch are provided along the movement direction; encoder heads which respectively are disposed at the first and second positions of the base and detect first and second graduation numbers of the linear scale with respect to the first and second positions, wherein, as the base is moved along the linear scale, the first and second graduation numbers are detected in this order in the respective encoder heads, and the movement amount of the base is controlled on the basis of the ratio between the predetermined interval and the distance between the first graduation number and the second graduation number on the scale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei SEYAMA, Tetsuya UTANO, Yuichiro NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200388507
    Abstract: This bonding apparatus is provided with: a bonding mechanism which has a bonding surface that holds a semiconductor die in a detachable manner, with a film being interposed therebetween, and a heater that applies heat to the bonding surface; a film conveyance mechanism which supplies the film to the bonding surface; a remover bar which is able to enter between the film and the bonding surface; and a drive unit which drives the remover bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Yamaha Motor Robotics Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohei SEYAMA, Yuichiro NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200279762
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: first and second bases, which are guided by a guide rail to thereby linearly move; a linear scale provided with graduations at predetermined pitches in the moving direction; and first and second encoder heads attached to the first and second bases. In the present invention, while maintaining, at a predetermined interval a, a distance between the first and second encoder heads, and moving the first and second bases along the guide rail, first and second graduation numbers, at which the first and second encoder heads are positioned, are sequentially detected from the first and second encoder heads, and the amount of movement of the first and second bases is controlled on the basis of the ratio between the predetermined interval a and the distance on the scale between the first graduation numbers and the second graduation numbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei SEYAMA, Tetsuya UTANO, Yuichiro NOGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20200251369
    Abstract: This mounting device (100) comprises: a base (10) that moves linearly in relation to a substrate (16); a bonding head (20) that is attached to the base (10); a camera (25) that is attached to the base (10) and identifies the position of the substrate (16); a linear scale (33) having a plurality of graduations along the movement direction; a bonding head-side encoder head (31); and a camera-side encoder head (32). A control unit (50) causes the base (10) to move to a position where the bonding head-side encoder head (31) detects the position of a graduation. Due to this configuration, positioning accuracy of a semiconductor die (15) in relation to the substrate (16) is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya UTANO, Yuichiro NOGUCHI, Kohei SEYAMA
  • Patent number: 10573525
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a plasma apparatus capable of igniting plasma reliably over a long period. [Solution] The apparatus includes a hollow structural body (11) having a hollow structure along an axis, a first electrode (12) disposed inside the hollow structural body (11), and a second electrode (14) having a structure that externally covers a plasma generation area (13) of the hollow structural body (11). The first electrode (12) has a deformation structure (12b) within the plasma generation area of the hollow structural body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Utano, Yuichiro Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20130240146
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a plasma apparatus capable of igniting plasma reliably over a long period. [Solution] The apparatus includes a hollow structural body (11) having a hollow structure along an axis, a first electrode (12) disposed inside the hollow structural body (11), and a second electrode (14) having a structure that externally covers a plasma generation area (13) of the hollow structural body (11). The first electrode (12) has a deformation structure (12b) within the plasma generation area of the hollow structural body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Shinkawa Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Utano, Yuichiro Noguchi