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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7722309 | Apparatus for picking and placing workpiece An exemplary apparatus capable of picking and placing a workpiece into a container includes a suction device and a hollow body. The suction device is configured for providing a suction force for picking up the workpiece. The hollow body has a picking portion configu... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7585145 | Panel transfer apparatus A panel transfer apparatus is provided. The panel transfer apparatus includes a base having a sliding mechanism and a carrier device disposed on the sliding mechanism. The carrier device further includes a plurality of carrier seat, a plurality of sucker sets dispos... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7370895 | Work transfer device and method of transferring work Provided are a work transfer device and a method of transferring work which are capable of safely transferring work without letting the work to fall even when poor adhesion of a frame occurs due to troubles. By providing an adsorption part which adsorbs a frame, and... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357631 | Apparatus for placing mold charges in a compression molding machine An apparatus for placing mold charges into a mold of a compression molding machine includes at least one mold charge pick-up cup for receiving a severed charge of molten plastic, a vacuum source for applying a vacuum to the pick-up cup to retain the mold charge in t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354085 | Method of mounting component on circuit formation object A suction nozzle (21) has an outer nozzle member (30), a nozzle body (40), and an urging member (50) for urging the nozzle body (40) in a direction away from the outer nozzle member (30). The suction nozzle (21) also ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7329081 | Apparatus for transporting containers An automated apparatus suitable for transporting containers arranged in a row of stacks or partial stacks includes an overhead gantry system. The overhead gantry system has a moveable support for supporting at least one stack or partial stack of containers and movin... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316149 | Inter-pressing-machine work transfer device The present invention provides a work transfer device for transferring a work between adjoining pressing machines including a work holder (30) for holding a work W, a carrier (23) provided between the adjoining pressing machines (10) and capable... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7309089 | Vacuum cup A vacuum cup for a material handling system includes a body portion and a perimeter seal that functions to substantially seal against an object. The vacuum cup may transport the object when a partial vacuum is applied to the vacuum cup to retain the cup to the objec... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7290665 | Automated high-throughput seed sample handling system and method A method and apparatus for processing seed or seed samples includes an autonomous sorter which sorts seed by pre-programmed criteria. Optional features can include a counter to autonomously ensure the correct number of seeds to a seed package, a cleaning device, a s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287950 | Transfer arrangement and method In a transfer arrangement and method for transferring a workpiece between first and second spaced locations along a guide rail with a carriage movably supported on the guide rail, a transfer arm is pivotally supported on the carriage and carries at its free end a wo... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284998 | Robot control device and robot system A robot control device is connected to an industrial robot through a connection cable. The robot control device has a casing that accommodates an actuator controller. A side surface of the casing has a stepped portion. The stepped portion includes a connecting porti... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284318 | Apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips An apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips has a pick and place system arranged stationary in vertical direction for the picking, transport and placement of a semiconductor chip onto a substrate. The pick and place system comprises a bondhead with a chip gripper ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278203 | Random-period chip transfer apparatus A chip transfer apparatus includes a first carrier for feeding chips and a second carrier for carrying works on it. The transfer apparatus also includes a transfer engine including two or more coaxial revolvers, which can revolve coaxially with each other. Each of t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275410 | Work transfer device in multi-process press machine A work transfer device employed in a multi-process press machine is provided with a drive unit formed of a servo motor, a cam shaft vertically provided so as to be rotatably driven by the drive unit, a cam mechanism formed of three cams including an X-axis feed cam ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267382 | Low maintenance vacuum generation The present invention features a system to generate vacuum for picking up and holding a component in a component placement machine wherein the arrangement of the elements comprising the system prevents the flow of foreign matter back through the system. One arrangem... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7207250 | Process and device for moving and positioning sheets of glass In a system for cutting glass sheets into shapes there is at least one cutting site (A, B). In order to align the glass sheet which is to be cut or the glass sheet shape into a defined position, on the edge of the tables I and II there are contact edges (21, 44, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201078 | Transporting apparatus A transporting apparatus includes a supporting part, first and second driving axles rotatably supported by the supporting part, a plurality of driving links respectively combined to the first and second driving axles, a plurality of transporting links rotatably conn... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7192242 | Work attracting apparatus and work attracting method A work attracting apparatus and a work attracting method that uses a Bernoulli chuck or the like as a work attraction section and that can ensure the perfect operation of attracting and receiving. The work attraction section (Bernoulli plate 1 and Bernoulli a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189049 | Robot unit The present invention relates to a method for rapid transfer of a work object in both the horizontal and vertical directions using a robot unit (10) having a gripping mechanism (12) preferably from one workstation (3) to another (4), the ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165669 | Method and device for carrying out working steps on miniaturized modules In order to provide a method of carrying out working steps in at least one work station on miniaturised modules which are held by a module carrier provided with a holding device, whereby the method enables a plurality of processing steps to be carried out on a modul... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159438 | Transfer press with improved use of space A transfer press provided with a transfer device, having transfer units provided with cross members (37) for which the length is shorter than the width of a tool. The transfer units (29 to 32) are arranged completely between the processing stati... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155813 | Programmer systems A micro device using assembly system for feeding, programming, and placing micro devices on circuit boards includes a robotic handling system capable of picking up and placing the micro devices on the circuit boards on a conveyor system. A control system controls th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134833 | Servo adjustable gripper device A servo adjustable gripper device for gripping and transporting at least two objects such as boxes includes a frame and at least two gripper assemblies connected with carriages slidably connected with the frame. The gripper device further includes a robotic arm whic... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134541 | Conveyance apparatus for processing step A conveyance truck movable along travel rails includes a suspended supporting device for supporting a vehicle body, a raising and lowering device for raising and lowering the suspended supporting device, and a posture adjusting device for adjusting the posture of th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7118303 | Internally disposed linear fastener system The present invention provides a linear locking set screw system capable of rapid linear engagement and disengagement. More specifically, the system utilizes a threaded outwardly expandable set screw and an expander member which are constructed and arranged to threa... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100278 | Component mounting apparatus and method A component mounting apparatus have a pair of component supply sections, and first and second mounting head sections. Each of the first and second head sections has a rotary member driven about a horizontal axis, component suction nozzles attached to the rotary memb... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7065864 | Method for component mounting There are provided a method and apparatus of component mounting capable of avoiding damage caused by production operations with a component holder having debris thereon. If it is determined during a detecting step of a component holding condition that a component is... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7028392 | Device for fitting a substrate with a flip chip A freely positionable placement head (1) removes presented flip chips (6) from a wafer (5), the connection side of said chips being directed upward. The placement head has a turning device (9), in which, by the time they are placed onto a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028396 | Semiconductor chip pick and place process and equipment A process and tooling for removing a semiconductor chip (31) from a handling tape (321) without damage to either the chip or tape by one or more horizontal beam type ejector tools (333) driven by a variable speed motor (332) applying unif... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028390 | Electronic parts installation device and cassette control device A cassette control device by which high-speed processing can be expected even by using an arithmetical unit with current processing capability, even when the number of cassettes increases simultaneously with an increase in the number of nozzles which can suck electr... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004522 | Suction unit A suction unit includes a rotary driving source which is arranged outside of a casing, a substantially oblong circular crank member which is rotatable and which is connected to a rotary shaft of the rotary driving source, a connecting rod which has one end rotatably... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005313 | Semiconductor dynamic sensor, and methods of transport and collet suction for the same A semiconductor dynamic sensor has a displacement portion, which is composed of a movable electrode and first and second fixed electrodes, formed in a semiconductor substrate. The movable electrode is displaced in response to applied acceleration, so that capacitanc... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7000648 | Device picker in handler A device picker in a handler includes a vertical plate installed on the installation rest to be movable, a plurality of variable pitch blocks installed in parallel with each other on a lower end of the vertical plate through guide members to be movable in right and ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979032 | Vacuum pick-up head with vacuum supply valve A vacuum pick-up device includes a vacuum supply valve mounted to a distribution manifold to which a plurality of suction cups is attached. The vacuum supply valve is operational to control the vacuum pressure supplied to the suction cups of the device. The vacuum p... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971838 | Battery plate feeder having low vacuum, high flow rate pick-up head A feeder for porous battery plates has a vacuum-operated pickup head that is positioned above the plates. The pickup head pulls the top plate off of the stack of plates and moves it to an outfeed device. The opening in the pickup head has an area that is at least 50... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968938 | Convey device for a plate-like workpiece A conveying device for a plate-like workpiece, comprising a suction-holding device for suction-holding the plate-like workpiece and a moving device for moving the suction-holding device between a first predetermined position and a second predetermined position, wher... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964185 | Apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum sheet A bending apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum metal sheet. The bending apparatus includes a central retaining portion that has gripping elements mounted on the central retaining portion for retaining an aluminum metal sheet. There is also included a b... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962477 | Apparatus for and method of transferring substrates A substrate transfer apparatus capable of preventing contaminants from sticking to a substrate again when the substrate is unloaded, wherein a first support member and a second support member are provided on an arm, the first support member supporting the substrate ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6944943 | Surface mounter for mounting components A surface mounter includes: a component supply unit in which a plurality of components to be mounted are placed; a head unit which mounts a component on a circuit board by lifting the component from the component supply unit with suction; and a transfer unit includi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941647 | Transfer for tray feeder The present invention discloses a transfer for a tray feeder comprising: a base frame; a support frame installed at both sides of the base frame; first and second linear motion guiders installed oppositely and longitudinally to the inside of the support frame and ha... | 09/13/2005 |
