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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5533253 | Apparatus and method for mounting an air-core coil In order that an air-core coil is sucked by a nozzle with its terminals being horizontal, the terminals of the air-core coil are brought into contact with horizontal regulating surface at the time of the suction or after the suction. The lower end surface... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5525188 | Apparatus for taping multiple electrical cables An apparatus for taping wires of a wire harness includes first and second tape application heads interconnected together and disposed proximate to a wire guiding mechanism. Both of the first and second tape application heads have hollow inner cores which ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5517748 | Apparatus for conveying circuit boards through a component-mounting station A circuit board is conveyed from a conveyor of a previous station to a conveying mechanism of a component-mounting station where components are applied to the circuit board. Then, the circuit board is delivered to a conveyor of a subsequent station. The c... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5519495 | Electronic component observation system An electronic component observation system includes a transparent stage for supporting thereon an electronic component which is being held by a vacuum nozzle of a transfer head, a lighting unit for illuminating outer leads of the electronic component from... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5515601 | Terminal insertion apparatus This invention provides a terminal insertion apparatus which enables a wired terminal to be inserted reliably and smoothly into a connector housing. The apparatus comprises comprises terminal guide arms (3, 3') that guide the wired terminal (4) toward the... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5509193 | Apparatus for loading and unloading burn-in boards An apparatus for rapidly and automatically handling packaged integrated circuits (ICs) during the loading or unloading of burn-in boards. The apparatus also segregates and offloads packaged ICs into a plurality of reservoirs for controlled delivery into s... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509201 | Wire position shifting mechanism and method of assembling wire harnesses A wire-shifting apparatus particularly suited for use in assembling wire or cable harnesses includes a pedestal portion having a plurality of individual, elongated wire guide members thereon. The wire guide members have a channel-like cross-section and so... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5504990 | Device for connecting connection elements into connectors A device and a machine for connecting connection elements into housings of connectors, the device including a body which can be moved in the direction of the connector, an insertion tool associated with the body via removable linkage means and provided wi... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5502890 | Process for determining the position and coplanarity of the leads of components In order to determine the position and/or to check the separation of the leads (A) of components (B), a direct shadow of the region of the leads at one side of the component is generated on the photosensitive surface of a local resolution optoelectronic t... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501005 | Mounting device of electronic components and a mounting method In an apparatus for mounting electronic components, punched out from film carriers to a substrate, there is disclosed an upper die for punching the electronic components through a hole formed in a lower die. A take out nozzle is located under the through ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501004 | Outer-lead bonding apparatus and method therefor An outer lead bonding apparatus and method bonds an outer lead of a tape carrier package to an electrode formed on a display panel. During the observation stage when positional deviations between the outer lead and electrode are detected and corrected, a ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5500997 | Work mounting apparatus A work mounting apparatus has a head drum rotated in one direction, work heads arranged on the outer periphery of the drum, each work head including a suction nozzle projecting from the work head toward a circular travel path, for moving along the travel ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5495661 | Apparatus for equipping printed circuited boards An apparatus for automatically equipping printed circuit boards with components includes at least two equipping heads arranged stationarily at a distance from one another. A printed circuit board displacement apparatus moves corresponding printed circuit ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5495662 | Cable guide for a terminal crimping apparatus A cable guide for a terminal crimping apparatus includes a guide member held between support plates in a clamped state such that one end of the guide member is turnably supported while the other end of the guide member is normally biased in the upward dir... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5491888 | Method for mounting component chips and an apparatus therefor A number of embodiments of component pick up and mounting devices that include a plurality of pick up heads. The speed of the device is improved by providing sensing of the orientation of the components picked up by the pick up devices in a common sensing... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5490639 | Multi-rail tension equalizer A multi-rail tension equalizer for a reel-to-reel web transfer system. In the web transfer system, the feed stock material is released from one reel containing multiple attached rails. The rails are split using an etching process. The multi-rail tension e... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5487580 | Chuck unit A chuck unit for automatically inserting a workpiece in a receiving portion, which comprises a fixed pawl, first and second movable pawls and a pusher. Both major surfaces of the workpiece are chucked by a first vertical surface of the fixed pawl and the ... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5481794 | Device for handling objects and method of using same A device for simultaneously receiving objects arranged in a first positional arrangement and for simultaneously delivering such objects arranged in a second positional arrangement, and a method of using such device. More particularly, the apparatus includ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5477607 | Connector housing feeding mechanism The present invention relates to a connector housing feeding mechanism capable of rotating a plurality of connector housings around an axis along the direction in which the connector housings are juxtaposed and displacing a group of the connector housings... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5467526 | Tool for wafer alignment and insertion A tool for i) aligning a bore pattern on a wafer with a corresponding pattern in a connector, and ii) maintaining the alignment of the wafer bore pattern and the connector pattern as the wafer is inserted into the connector.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5465476 | HDA headload carriage tooling An assembly station that loads heads onto a disk of a hard disk drive and allows a crash stop to be mounted to the drive unit. The assembly station includes a load arm positioner which can slide along an annular ring. Mounted to the load arm positioner is... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5457876 | Conductor guide mechanism in a tool for terminating conductors of a cable to a connector A tool is disclosed for terminating conductors of a cable to insulation displacement contacts of terminals that are partially assembled to a connector housing. After termination of all of the terminals the assembly is removed from the tool and the entire ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5452509 | Surface mounter A service mounter having a conveyor along which substrates are moved in an X direction. A plurality of mounters are mounted for movement in the X direction on opposite sides of the conveyor and pick up work pieces from feeders disposed on the sides of the... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5446960 | Alignment apparatus and method for placing modules on a circuit board An alignment apparatus and method that provides a pick and placement tool that picks matrix leaded modules from trays, places the modules into a self-aligning nest, picks the modules from the nest and places them on a printed circuit board. The specific l... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5444906 | Machine for assembling a connector to the edge of a circuit board A machine (50) is disclosed that assembles an electrical connector (10) to the edge (18) of a printed circuit board (12). The machine incorporates an actuating mechanism that requires only a single input motion to achieve a Variety of functional motions w... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5442566 | Parts supplying method in which movements of parallel supply tables are controlled At least first and second adjacent parts supply tables of a parts supply apparatus are controlled so as to avoid unnecessary movement of a one of the parts supply tables not being used in successive parts supply operations, while at the same time, ensurin... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5437359 | Parts insertion machine An apparatus and method for feeding a printed wiring board automatically sets a feeding stroke with respect to different types of printed wiring boards and sequentially feeds the boards. In the apparatus for sequentially feeding a printed wiring board to ... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5420691 | Electric component observation system An electronic component observation system includes a transparent stage for supporting thereon an electronic component which is being held by a vacuum nozzle of a transfer head, a lighting unit for illuminating outer leads of the electronic component from... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5414925 | Mechanism for inserting wired terminals into connector housing The invention relates to a mechanism for inserting wired terminals into connector housings and includes a terminal moving part for detaching the front end part of the wires from a clamping part and moving the terminals adapted to inwardly return to a lay-... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5410801 | Apparatus for manually controlled placement of components on circuit boards A pick and place device for populating a circuit board is operated manually. One or more pickup heads in a carriage is lowered to engage a component by vacuum, raised for carrying the component to a desired position over the circuit board and lowered to s... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5397423 | Multi-head die bonding system A multi-tool bonder having a plurality of die heads flexibly mounted on a conveyor which spaces and moves the heads along a path which includes a plurality of die processing stations. An alignment mechanism is provided at each stationary processing statio... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5383268 | Locating tool for power pins and receptacles Disposable tools for locating a power receptacle or a power pin within the corresponding port therefor in a header housing are disclosed. The tool for positioning a receptacle within a port includes a base having a positioning contour and a plug having an... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5377405 | Method for mounting components and an apparatus therefor A number of embodiments of component pick up and mounting devices that include a plurality of pick up heads. The speed of the device is improved by providing sensing of the orientation of the components picked up by the pick up devices in a common sensing... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5368193 | Electronic component packaging means, and supply mechanism for and method of supplying electronic components by using the electronic component packaging means Electronic component packaging case comprising a substantially plate-like body having a substantially spiral passageway formed in its interior, a linear passageway formed therein as a continuation of an outermost circular portion of the sapiral passageway... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5365658 | Method for forming an electrical interconnection A wiring distribution system including connectors, tools, and methods is provided for building wiring. The mechanical and electrical interconnection is performed to the individual connector components in a crimping operation to the individual wires after ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5363551 | Method and apparatus for mounting components with angled terminals The invention relates to mounting components having angled terminals, in particular connectors, on a printed circuit card. The mounting apparatus comprises a guide part for guiding the ends of the angled terminals. This part is in the form of a comb havin... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5361486 | System of machining devices A system of machining lead frames (7), such as punching, cutting and bending of the leads consists of a number of machining devices (1, 2, 3) placed in series. Transport means (8) are provided for transporting the lead frames between the successive machin... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5357671 | Device for loading an adapter for a device for testing printed circuit boards A method and a device for loading an adapter for a printed circuit board testing device with adapter pins having head ends and contact ends. The adapter pins to be loaded into the adapter are transferred by gravity from at least one main magazine, with th... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5355583 | Method and apparatus for inserting terminal A method and an apparatus for smoothly and securely inserting a terminal connected to an electric wire into a terminal accommodating chamber within a connector housing from an opening in a notched rear end portion of the housing. The housing has an interi... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5337893 | High capacity carrier plate Generally planar component carrier plates and loading plates include a framework having a perimeter portion and an interior portion having an array of component passageways. A resilient layer is positioned parallel to the interior portion and is provided ... | 08/16/1994 |
