Assembling To Base An Electrical Component, E.g., Capacitor, Etc. Patents (Class 29/832)
  • Patent number: 11683921
    Abstract: An insertion tool for assisting in the insertion of an OCP 3.0 type expansion card in an expansion card slot of a computer system is disclosed. The expansion card may be a pull tab type form factor that does not have a mechanism such as an ejector latch to assist in applying force to insert the card. The expansion card has a front panel opposite a distal edge connector. The tool has a handle and a head coupled to the handle. The head has two contact areas that contact different areas of the front panel of the expansion card. For example, one of the contact areas may be an extended side arm and the other area may be a lateral rib extending from the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Jen-Jia Liou, Jui-Tang Chang
  • Patent number: 11670526
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting device is provided for mounting a plurality of electronic components, the plurality of the electronic component being placed in a predetermined portion, on a plurality of attachments each arranged at a predetermined interval from one another. The electronic component mounting device includes a removal mechanism for removing some of the plurality of the electronic components having been placed in the predetermined portion, a transport mechanism for transporting the electronic components removed by the removal mechanism, moving the electronic components so that intervals between the electronic components adjacent to one another are, respectively, the predetermined interval before reaching the attachments, and transporting the electronic components to the attachments, and a mounting and transfer mechanism for mounting the electronic components, which have been transported by the transport mechanism, on predetermined positions of the attachments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HALLYS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoyama, Toru Hayashida
  • Patent number: 11657974
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in a stacking direction, and including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other in the stacking direction, a first through electrode penetrating the body and connected to the first internal electrode; a second through electrode penetrating the body and connected to the second internal electrode, first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface and the second surface, respectively, and connected to the first through electrode, third and fourth external electrodes spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes and connected to the second through electrode, and an identifier disposed on the first surface or the second surface of the body, and the first and second through electrodes protrude from the first surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Chan Kwon, Ji Hong Jo, Min Gon Lee, Jin Kyung Joo, Taek Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 11653521
    Abstract: An OLED display device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The OLED display device includes a substrate including a display area provided with an organic light emitting element and a pad area provided with a plurality of pads, the pad area formed around the display area, an encapsulation layer formed on the substrate such that the encapsulation layer covers the organic light emitting element, and a dam formed between the display area and the pad area, the dam controlling flow of an organic film material constituting the encapsulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Jin Park, Soon-Kwang Hong, Do-Hyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11637075
    Abstract: A semiconductor device having a three-dimensional structure includes a first wafer including a first bonding pad on one surface thereof; a second wafer including a second bonding pad, which is bonded to the first bonding pad, on one surface thereof bonded to the one surface of the first wafer; a plurality of anti-warpage grooves on the one surface of the first wafer, and laid out in a stripe shape; and a plurality of anti-warpage ribs on the one surface of the second wafer and coupled respectively to the plurality of anti-warpage grooves, and laid out in a stripe shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Sung Lae Oh, Sang Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11627666
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, the electronic device includes a driving substrate (13), the driving substrate includes a plurality of circular grooves and a plurality of rectangular grooves, and a plurality of disc-shaped electronic components, at least one disc-shaped electronic component is disposed in at least one circular groove, an alignment element positioned on a top surface of the at least one disc-shaped electronic component, a diameter of the at least one disc-shaped electronic component is defined as R, a diameter of the alignment element is defined as r, a width of at least one rectangular groove among the rectangular grooves is defined as w, and a height of the at least one rectangular groove is defined as H, and the disc-shaped electronic component and the rectangular groove satisfy the condition of (R+r)/2>(w2+H2)1/2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Patent number: 11596091
    Abstract: There is provided a component mounter including: a plurality of transport lanes for transporting a board sorted by a board sorting device; a congestion index calculator for calculating a congestion index indicating a congestion degree of each of the plurality of transport lanes; a transport lane determiner for determining a transport lane for carrying in the board among the plurality of transport lanes based on the calculated congestion index; and an outputter for outputting a board request signal for requesting to carry the board into the transport lane determined by the transport lane determiner, to the board sorting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junkei Shimizu, Takeyuki Kawase
  • Patent number: 11589463
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a circuit board including the following steps: providing a flexible double-sided metal-clad laminate including a first metal foil, a flexible dielectric layer, and a second metal foil. A carrier is attached to the second metal foil. A first wiring layer including a first wiring region and a second wiring region is formed by the first metal foil. The first wiring region includes a first connecting pad, and the second wiring region includes a connecting pad. A plurality of rigid dielectric blocks surrounded to form an interval and a first groove exposing the first connecting pad is pressed on the flexible dielectric layer to form a rigid dielectric layer. An electronic component is fixed the first groove. The carrier is removed. The intermediate structure is bent along the interval and pressed. A second wiring layer is formed by the second metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited., QING DING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD, GARUDA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jia-He Li, Yong-Chao Wei
  • Patent number: 11577669
    Abstract: A vehicle shell assembly, having a plate-like plastic body having an outside and an inside. A lighting unit is provided which is disposed on the inside and is configured to be switched between an active state and a passive state; the inside of the plastic body is provided with an opaque light-impermeable coating which has at least one gap; and the plastic body may have of a translucent material so that the gap is covered by the plastic body to the outside when the lighting unit is in the passive state and defines a light pattern which is visible from the outside when the lighting unit is in the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Webasto SE
    Inventors: Bernhard Schieder, Roman Raschke, Alexander Kilias, Bernd Veihelmann, Philipp Engelhardt, Andreas Knödler-Bunte
  • Patent number: 11582372
    Abstract: A system for securing an infrared camera lens in optical alignment with an infrared camera sensor, including: a computer-controlled robotic arm configured to adjust a relative position of the infrared camera sensor and the infrared camera lens so as to bring the infrared camera lens into an ideal lens position with respect to the infrared camera sensor; and at least one computer-controlled welder, the at least one computer-controlled welder being configured to perform welding together of at least two parts of the infrared camera after the infrared camera lens is positioned by the robotic arm in the ideal lens position with respect to the infrared sensor camera such that the infrared camera lens is permanently maintained in the ideal lens position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Adasky, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel Tobaly, Nir Levi, Eyal Yavets, Vitaly Kuperman
  • Patent number: 11575080
    Abstract: A piezoelectric member including metal electrodes with improved adhesiveness to piezoelectric elements is to be provided. A piezoelectric member 102 includes a piezoelectric element 21, and a pair of electrodes 41, 42 respectively formed on a pair of opposing surfaces 21b, 21c of the piezoelectric element 21. The electrodes 41, 42 includes: a base film 41a that is formed on the opposing surfaces 21b, 21c of the piezoelectric element 21 and contains a thiol group; a metal adhesive film 41b formed on the base film 41a; and an electrode film 41c that is formed on the metal adhesive film 41b and is for applying voltage to the piezoelectric element 21. The metal adhesive film 41b is formed with a different material from the electrode film 41c, and has a thickness of 1 to 10 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Naoki Shimizu, Kazunari Tada
  • Patent number: 11553617
    Abstract: A power convertor has a casing and a power conversion circuit arranged in an internal chamber of the casing. The casing has a first wall member as a specific side wall. A plurality of connector opening parts are formed in the first wall member. At least two of the plurality of connector opening parts formed in the first wall member are arranged at different positions facing a different direction from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Kosaka, Keisuke Yuki
  • Patent number: 11539291
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a power semiconductor system includes providing a power module having one or more power transistor dies and attaching an inductor module to the power module such that the inductor module is electrically connected to a node of the power module. The inductor module includes a substrate with a magnetic material and windings at one or more sides of the substrate. Further methods of manufacturing power semiconductor systems and methods of manufacturing inductor modules are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Frank Daeche, Zeeshan Umar, Andrew Sawle, Maciej Wojnowski, Xaver Schloegel, Josef Hoeglauer
  • Patent number: 11530808
    Abstract: An integrated functional multilayer structure, includes a flexible preferably 3D-formable and thermoplastic, substrate film; a lighting module provided upon the substrate film and preferably electrically connected to the circuit design thereon, the lighting module having a circuit board for hosting electronics; and circuitry arranged on the circuit board including at least one light source; a thermoplastic layer including one or more thermoplastic materials molded upon the substrate film and at least laterally surrounding, optionally also at least partially covering, the lighting module; wherein the circuitry on the circuit board of the lighting module including the at least one light source is configured to electrically and thermally connect to a number of locations of the remaining structure beside or underneath the circuit board utilizing at least one connection material positioned in between, preferably at least at the periphery of the circuit board. A related method of manufacture is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TACTOTEK OY
    Inventors: Vinski Bräysy, Ilpo Hänninen, Mikko Heikkinen, Pälvi Apilo, Jarmo Sääski, Tomi Simula, Topi Wuori, Giovanni Ferri, Pasi Korhonen
  • Patent number: 11523553
    Abstract: Provided is a transmission device for feedback-free unidirectional transmission of data from a first network zone into a second network zone for evaluation at a remote application server, containing: —a data export device which is arranged in the first network zone and is to detect the data transmitted in a network data format in the first network zone and to transform the data from the network data format into a transport data format, —a unidirectional data transmission unit, to transmit the data in the transport data format into the second network zone unidirectionally—a data import device which transforms the data from the transport data format back into the network data format and to transmit the data to an application server, wherein the data import device and the application server are arranged in a second network zone remote from the first zone, and to a corresponding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Pfaffinger, Christian Royer
  • Patent number: 11476886
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes: a power amplifier; an inductor connected to the power amplifier; an external connection terminal that is connected to the power amplifier via the inductor and is configured to receive a power supply voltage from an outside source; a low-noise amplifier; a matching circuit connected to input of the low-noise amplifier; and a module substrate including a first principal surface and a second principal surface on opposite sides of the module substrate. The inductor is disposed on one of the first principal surface and the second principal surface, and the matching circuit is disposed on the other of the first principal surface and the second principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masaki Tada
  • Patent number: 11470751
    Abstract: Component-mounting system includes multiple component mounting machines disposed along a board conveyance direction; feeder storage container for storing multiples of feeders, which are capable of being attached/detached to and from component mounting machines, in each stage among multiple stages; first feeder moving robot capable of exchanging feeder between the lowest stage among multiple stages of feeder storage container and component mounting machine; and second feeder moving robot capable of exchanging feeder between the lowest stage among multiple stages of feeder storage container and the other stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Ao
  • Patent number: 11454660
    Abstract: A measurement device to automatically measure an electrical characteristic of a component is mounted on a mounter for mounting a component on a circuit board. The measurement device includes a main body, a loading stand on which a component is placed, a pair of measuring elements provided in such a manner as to move towards and away from each other, and a loading stand moving device for moving the loading stand. The loading stand moving device includes a guide rail provided on the main body, and the loading stand is held movably onto the guide rail. This configuration enables an electrical charge stored in a component held onto the loading stand and an electrical charge stored in the loading stand to be removed well by way of the guide rail and the main body. As a result, an electrical characteristic held by the component can be measured stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiko Sasaki, Toshiyuki Sawada
  • Patent number: 11456275
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes an insulated circuit board in which a metal layer is formed on one surface of an insulating board and a semiconductor element having a polygonal shape when viewed in a plan view that is bonded to the metal layer via a bonding material. The metal layer of the insulated circuit board has a recess that exposes the insulating board at a position corresponding to at least one corner of the semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuo Enomoto
  • Patent number: 11432450
    Abstract: A component determination system for determining, in a case when a first component to be mounted on a board by a first mounting operation and a second component mounted on the board by a second mounting operation have a particular corresponding relationship, whether a combination of the first component and the second component mounted is permissible, the component determination system including: a first characteristic information acquiring section configured to acquire first characteristic information of the first component for which the first mounting operation has been completed; a second characteristic information acquiring section configured to acquire second characteristic information of the second component prepared prior to the second mounting operation; and a combination determining section configured to determine whether to allow the combination of the first component and the second component based on the acquired first characteristic information and the acquired second characteristic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Teruyuki Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11431080
    Abstract: A radio communication module of the invention includes: a mounting substrate having a first surface and a second surface; an antenna substrate mounted on the first surface; and an IC package that is mounted on the second surface and includes an RFIC. The mounting substrate includes a heat-dissipation via hole penetrating through the mounting substrate and extending between the first surface and the second surface, a heat dissipation pattern formed on the first surface and is connected to the heat-dissipation via hole, and a non-heat-dissipation via hole transmitting an electrical signal or electrical current, which are formed on thereon. In a plan view when viewed from the thickness direction of the mounting substrate, the heat-dissipation via hole is connected to the RFIC at a position at which the heat-dissipation via hole overlaps with the RFIC, and the heat dissipation pattern extends to an outside of the antenna substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventor: Michikazu Tomita
  • Patent number: 11410897
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a circuit carrier, a dielectric layer, a conductive terminal, a semiconductor die, and an insulating encapsulation. The circuit carrier includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a sidewall connected to the first and second surfaces, and an edge between the second surface and the sidewall. The dielectric layer is disposed on the second surface of the circuit carrier and extends to at least cover the edge of the circuit carrier. The conductive terminal is disposed on and partially embedded in the dielectric layer to be connected to the circuit carrier. The semiconductor die encapsulated by the insulating encapsulation is disposed on the first surface of the circuit carrier and electrically coupled to the conductive terminal through the circuit carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Wu, Szu-Wei Lu, Ying-Ching Shih
  • Patent number: 11412651
    Abstract: A control device is used for a mounting device with a mounting head including at least a first holder on which a first pickup member is installed, and a second holder on which a second pickup member is installed, and configured to pick up components supplied from a component supply section and mount the components. The control device includes a control section configured to acquire a first deviation amount of a tip of the first pickup member and a second deviation amount of a tip of the second pickup member and select a combination of the pickup members in which an interval between the tips of the pickup members that is obtained based on the first deviation amount and the second deviation amount falls within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideya Kuroda
  • Patent number: 11412648
    Abstract: A component mounting device is capable of mounting a component having a feature portion on an upper surface, on a board. The component mounting device picks up a component by a pickup member and loads the picked-up component on a temporary loading stand at an angle substantially equal to a target mounting angle to the board. Subsequently, the component mounting device images the upper surface of the loaded component by an upper imaging device and picks up again the loaded component. Then, the component mounting device mounts the component picked up again at the target mounting angle at the target mounting position corrected based on the positional deviation amount of the feature portion recognized by the upper surface image of the imaged upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidenori Goto, Ryohei Kamio, Kota Niwa, Kohei Sugihara
  • Patent number: 11395449
    Abstract: The three-dimensional mounting device includes a supporting section capable of fixing a processing target, an application section for applying a viscous fluid to the processing target, a mounting section for arranging a component on the processing target, an imaging section for imaging the processing target, and a control section for controlling the processing section including the supporting section, the application section, the mounting section, and the imaging section. One or more of the supporting section, the application section, the mounting section, and the imaging section has multiple tilt axes and is capable of tilting the processing target and/or the processing section in multiple directions. The control section performs coordinate correction using the circuit pattern on the forming surface as a reference position, and arranges the component on the mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Iwaki
  • Patent number: 11388849
    Abstract: A component mounting machine includes multiple component supplying devices, a head, a head moving device, and a nozzle lifting and lowering device. The component supplying device feeds out a component to a component supply position. The head includes multiple nozzles configured to suction a component. The head moving device moves the head to cause the nozzles to face the respective component supply positions with two or more thereof. The nozzle lifting and lowering device lifts and lowers the nozzle located to face the component supply positions. In positioning the nozzles to face the respective component supply positions, the head is moved so as to prioritize a positional correction of a nozzle facing a smallest sized component over positional corrections of the other nozzles, and in this state, the nozzles facing the respective component supply positions are lifted and lowered simultaneously to suction corresponding components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Kawai, Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito
  • Patent number: 11373975
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting device (100) bonds a semiconductor die (150) to a substrate by thermocompression bonding, and seals, using an insulating resin, a gap between the semiconductor die (150) and the substrate. The electronic component mounting device is provided with: a film cutting mechanism (200) for cutting a long film (210) into cut pieces; and a mounting tool (110), which vacuum-sucks the semiconductor die (150), and bonds the die to the substrate by thermocompression bonding. Consequently, in the electronic component mounting device (100) that moves a mounting head in the horizontal direction, adhesion of the insulating resin to the mounting tool can be suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventor: Kohei Seyama
  • Patent number: 11367626
    Abstract: A first insulating layer, a conductor layer included on a first main surface, an electronic component included on the first main surface and a second insulating layer stacked on the first insulating layer are included, a stacking direction of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer is the same as a stacking direction of a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and the dielectric layer in the electronic component, and a height position of a main surface of the electronic component on an opposite side from a side of the first main surface is different from a height position of a main surface of the conductor layer adjacent to the electronic component on an opposite side from a side of the first main surface in the stacking direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Tomikawa, Kazuhiro Yoshikawa, Koichi Tsunoda, Kenichi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11357151
    Abstract: A component mounting machine performs a mounting operation of mounting an electronic component to a board. The component mounting machine includes: multiple related operation devices each including an electrically-operated section configured to perform a related operation that is an operation related to the mounting operation, and an output section configured to output an operation signal representing a state of the electrically-operated section that is operating; and circuitry configured to limit the quantity of the related operation devices for which the electrically-operated section is in an operating state to a specified quantity or fewer based on whether there is presence of the operation signal of the multiple related operation devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taro Ito, Akira Hara, Nguyen Hieu Nghia
  • Patent number: 11350550
    Abstract: A component mounting machine including a component supply device to supply a component to a supply position; a component transfer device to use a component mounting tool to pick up the component from the supply position and mount the component on a board; a component detecting section to detect whether the component is present at the supply position before or while the component is being picked up by the component mounting tool; a holding detecting section to detect whether the component mounting tool is holding the component following pickup; and a remaining detecting section to detect whether the component remains at the supply position in a case in which it is detected by the holding detecting section that the component is not being held by the component mounting tool; and a dropped determining section to determine whether the component has dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rie Kito, Hidetoshi Kawai, Norio Hosoi, Mizuho Nozawa, Jun Iisaka, Hidetoshi Ito, Shingo Fujimura, Kenzo Ishikawa, Yusuke Yamakage
  • Patent number: 11335582
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a micro LED display substrate. The method may include forming an array of micro LEDs on an epitaxial wafer; transferring the array of micro LEDs on the epitaxial wafer to an adhesive layer on a surface of a transfer substrate assembly; and transferring the array of micro LEDs on the surface of the transfer substrate assembly onto corresponding pads on a driving substrate respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Han, Jianwei Qin, Lei Lv, Dongmei Xie
  • Patent number: 11337350
    Abstract: A changeover operation configuration device for use in a component mounting line including a registration section configured to register information of at least one of line layout information related to an arrangement of the component mounting line, work area layout information related to an arrangement of a work area at which the changeover operation is to be performed, and personnel quantity information of a quantity of operators who are to perform the changeover operation; an aggregation section configured to select the component type for which to perform changeover operation from the multiple component types, aggregate the component types to a restricted quantity of the component supply devices and designate the component supply devices as work targets; and a setting section configured to set an arrangement position of the component supply devices that are the work targets based on the at least one of the registered information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Yamashita, Teruyuki Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11327544
    Abstract: A memory system may include: a memory device suitable for storing data; a controller suitable for controlling the memory device; a power manager suitable for receiving external power, and supplying operation power to the memory device and the controller; and a plurality of auxiliary power circuits suitable for receiving the operation power from the power manager, storing the received power, and supplying auxiliary power to the power manager when the external power is removed. The power manager may group and manage selected auxiliary power circuits among the plurality of auxiliary power circuits as a test group, and perform a full discharge test on the selected auxiliary power circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong-Ho Jeon, Dal-Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 11316086
    Abstract: A printed structure comprises a device comprising device electrical contacts disposed on a common side of the device and a substrate non-native to the device comprising substrate electrical contacts disposed on a surface of the substrate. At least one of the substrate electrical contacts has a rounded shape. The device electrical contacts are in physical and electrical contact with corresponding substrate electrical contacts. The substrate electrical contacts can comprise a polymer core coated with a patterned contact electrical conductor on a surface of the polymer core. A method of making polymer cores comprising patterning a polymer on the substrate and reflowing the patterned polymer to form one or more rounded shapes of the polymer and coating and then patterning the one or more rounded shapes with a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11306885
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to methods for connecting encapsulated linear lighting to power, including the use of through-hole mounting into flexible encapsulated linear lighting, and the creation of overmolds to protect electrical connections. The disclosure also relates to linear luminaires having channels that accommodate overmolds and allow electrical cables to exit the encapsulated linear lighting in desired, and controllable, directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.
    Inventors: Gilberto Lopez-Martinez, Brian McKay, Bernard Barcega, Robert Green
  • Patent number: 11291147
    Abstract: A component mounting system including multiple component mounting devices to collect components from feeders set at multiple feeder holding sections and mount the components on a board, the multiple feeder holding sections being provided on each of the multiple component mounting devices to removably hold the feeders; and a feeder exchanging device to move along a line along which the multiple component mounting devices are arranged and exchange feeders with respect to each of the component mounting devices. The component mounting system acquires a type and arrangement of each of the feeders set on the multiple component mounting devices, determines whether each of the feeders is set at a predetermined appropriate position, and upon determining that there is a feeder that is not set at the appropriate position, uses the feeder exchanging device to reset the feeder that is not set at the appropriate position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Kawai
  • Patent number: 11284550
    Abstract: A method and a placement machine for equipping a carrier with components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Pruefer, Sylvester Demmel
  • Patent number: 11251096
    Abstract: A method for measuring overlay between an interest level and a reference level of a wafer includes applying a magnetic field to a wafer, detecting at least one residual magnetic field emitted from at least one registration marker of a first set of registration markers within the wafer, responsive to the detected one or more residual magnetic fields, determining a location of the at least one registration marker of the first set registration markers, determining a location of at least one registration marker of a second set of registration markers, and responsive to the respective determined locations of the at least one registration marker of the first set of registration markers and the at least one registration marker of the second set of registration markers, calculating a positional offset between an interest level of the wafer and a reference level of the wafer. Related methods and systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nikolay A. Mirin, Robert Dembi, Richard T. Housley, Xiaosong Zhang, Jonathan D. Harms, Stephen J. Kramer
  • Patent number: 11239588
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated housing comprising opposite long walls and defining a card slot between the long walls, two rows of contacts retained in the long walls respectively and a ground member including two long plates retained in the long walls respectively. Each row of contacts includes ground contacts and signal contacts, the ground contacts comprises retaining sections retained in the housing, elastic sections extending upward from the retained sections with mating portions exposed to the card slot and leg sections extending downward from the retaining sections. Each of the ground contacts further comprises an engaging portion curved from the elastic section and touching corresponding long plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kui Wu, Xiao-Hu Yin, Guo-Xiang Niu, Wen-Jun Tang
  • Patent number: 11229125
    Abstract: A system for controlled motion of circuit components to create reconfigurable circuits comprising: a support; a substrate operatively associated with the support; actuators operatively associated with the support configured to physically move circuit components and to move the circuit components into physical and electrical contact with the substrate; the substrate comprising at least one conductive segment arranged to electrically connect circuit components when electrical contacts of circuit components are placed in contact with at least one conductive segment; and control circuitry configured to control the first and second actuators to thereby position the circuit components relative to the substrate; whereby circuit function is determined by the selection of circuit components and the location and orientation of circuit components relative to the substrate and conductive segments to create a reconfigurable circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Jeffrey Spencer Pulskamp
  • Patent number: 11224151
    Abstract: A filter removal method for removing a filter held in a filter holding space provided in a tip part of a nozzle shaft in a component suction head, in which a suction nozzle is detachably attached to the tip part of the nozzle shaft, from the component suction head. The method comprises a deforming step of compressing and deforming the filter in the filter holding space, and a discharging step of discharging the compressed and deformed filter from the filter holding space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yukinari Awano
  • Patent number: 11211687
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method making a semiconductor structure with an antenna module. The semiconductor structure includes an antenna substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an antenna module is disposed on the first surface of the antenna substrate; and a redistribution layer is disposed on the second surface of the antenna substrate. The method of making the semiconductor structure with the antenna includes fabricating the antenna module and the redistribution layer on two opposite surfaces of the antenna substrate, the material of the antenna substrate for supporting the antenna module can be selected according to actual needs, to provide more options. Signal loss can be reduced through the selection of the antenna substrate; the redistribution layer is provided on the surface of the antenna substrate for bonding the semiconductor chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SJ SEMICONDUCTOR (JIANGYIN) CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yenheng Chen, Chengtar Wu, Jangshen Lin, Chengchung Lin
  • Patent number: 11195788
    Abstract: A method includes forming a first redistribution line, forming a polymer layer including a first portion encircling the first redistribution line and a second portion overlapping the first redistribution line, forming a pair of differential transmission lines over and contacting the polymer layer, and molding the pair of differential transmission lines in a molding compound. The molding compound includes a first portion encircling the pair of differential transmission lines, and a second portion overlapping the pair of differential transmission lines. An electrical connector is formed over and electrically coupling to the pair of differential transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Hsun Chen, Jiun Yi Wu, Chen-Hua Yu
  • Patent number: 11177249
    Abstract: The semiconductor memory device includes: a first substrate including a peripheral circuit, first conductive contact patterns connected to the peripheral circuit, and a first upper insulating layer having grooves exposing the first conductive contact patterns; a second substrate including a memory cell array, a second upper insulating layer disposed on the memory cell array, the second upper insulating layer formed between the memory cell array and the first upper insulating layer, second conductive contact patterns protruding through the second upper insulating layer into an opening of the grooves; and conductive adhesive patterns filling the grooves to connect the second conductive contact patterns to the first conductive contact patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Kun Young Lee, Tae Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11164984
    Abstract: An interconnecting member of a solar cell panel for connecting a plurality of solar cells, can include a core layer and a solder layer formed on a surface of the core layer, in which the core layer includes a protruding portion having a peak portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the core layer, and a reflection surface having an inclined surface or a rounded portion disposed at opposite sides of the peak portion, and a width of the protruding portion increases from the peak portion towards a center of the core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Woojoong Kang, Dongju Kang, Jangho Kim, Juseok Kim, Hyunjin Kim, Kwangkyu Song, Yihwan Jung, Yunhui Cho, Minseok Choi, Hyeonbum Jin
  • Patent number: 11160201
    Abstract: A component mounting system includes a component mounting apparatus, a data creating apparatus and a component arranging operation supporting apparatus. The component mounting apparatus mounts components on a substrate. The data creating apparatus creates component data for each component. The component arranging operation supporting apparatus includes an identification information acquiring unit that acquires component identification information given to the component supplying member, and a control unit which checks a component to be disposed in a position based on the component identification information. The control unit of the component arranging operation supporting apparatus performs a request for a creation of component data regarding an alternative component, and the data creating apparatus receives the request and creates the component data regarding the alternative component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideo Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11152230
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for bonding alignment are provided. The apparatus for bonding alignment includes a press assembly and an objective lens group (105) disposed on one side of the press assembly. The press assembly includes a first chuck (103) and a rotatable second chuck (104). When support surfaces of the first and second chucks are not parallel to each other, the second chuck is rotated to make the two support surfaces parallel. A first substrate (301) is then loaded on the first chuck, and alignment marks (302) on the first substrate are observed using the objective lens group disposed on one side of the press assembly. A second substrate (501) is loaded on the second chuck, and alignment marks (502) on the second substrate are also observed with the objective lens group. Based on an observation result by the objective lens group, the two substrates are moved so that the alignment marks thereon are aligned and hence the two substrates themselves are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI MICRO ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT (GROUP) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi Zhu, Jianjun Zhao, Zhijun Huo
  • Patent number: 11135690
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to systems, apparatuses, and methods for assembling cartridges for aerosol delivery devices. The cartridges may be assembled by coupling a base of the cartridge to a carriage that is transported via a track. The track transports the carriages between various substations at which one or more parts are added to the base. The carriage may be lifted from the track by a lifter mechanism at each substation in order to perform assembly operations on the base. An inspection system may inspect the cartridges at various stages of completion at or between the various substations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr., Johnny Keith Cagigas, William Robert Collett, Lawrence P. Balash, Scott Lee Brady, Ronnie Dean Dover, John Scott Gerow, Don Edward Green, John Matthew Odel, Christopher M. Spencer, Vernon L. Steiner, David James Thierauf, Louis Wade Wacker, Byron Joseph Williams
  • Patent number: 11127710
    Abstract: A transfer method includes steps of a) supplying a support layer having a first face, structures being assembled by their front face on the first face, and c) transferring the structures onto a host face of a host substrate. The support layer includes folding regions, between the structures, adapted to pass from a folded state to an unfolded state under the action of an external excitation. Between steps a) and c), a step b) is included of executing the external action in such a way as to make the folding regions pass from the folded state to the unfolded state such that the spacing between the structures varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Lamine Benaissa, Ismail Degirmencioglu
  • Patent number: 11116121
    Abstract: A mounting target working device includes a head unit, a first mounting target work area in which the head unit mounts a component on a first mounting target having a flat plate shape, and a second mounting target work area in which the head unit mounts the component on a second mounting target having a three-dimensional shape as compared with the first mounting target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Akira Kishida, Tomoyuki Nozue