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Class 228/12 - Responsive to position of work carrier


Subclass of Class 228 - Metal fusion bonding
Definition: Device comprising a work-holding device which conveys the
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 11/07/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7131565Feed devices and methods for injection molded solder systems
A solder feeding device having a reservoir, a drive unit, a first lead, and a second lead is provided. The reservoir melts solid solder wire into molten solder, while the drive unit selectively feeds the solid solder wire into the reservoir. The first and second lea...
11/07/2006
7096912Bonding apparatus
A bonding apparatus including, on a supporting stand 12, two linear motors 130 and 140 and a bonding head supporting stage 114 which supports the bonding head 120 by means of fluid pressure so that the bonding head 120 is mo...
08/29/2006
7086576Machine for constructing the side wall of a cylindrical tank
The machine is adapted to supply, manipulate and position steel strip, fed from a coil, so as to bring it into gapped relationship beneath the side wall of a partly constructed, elevated tank. This is done so that the strip can be welded to the side wall to add a co...
08/08/2006
6983872Substrate alignment method and apparatus
The invention provides a method and apparatus for aligning a substrate. The apparatus comprises a ball pick head for picking up a plurality of solder balls in a ball pick-up process and depositing them onto the substrate, and a vision system adapted to view and obta...
01/10/2006
6964364Weld guidance system and method
A method and guidance system for accurately positioning a welding torch relative to a desired weld path. The method and system are based on ultrasonic sensing of information relating to the distance between the welding torch and surfaces on one or more components be...
11/15/2005
6708863Heat bonding method and heat bonding device
In heat bonding method and device, first and second marks (MA, MB) formed on the film carrier (52) are measured before performing heat bonding of outer leads (54) formed on a film carrier (52) to electrodes (58) formed on a transparent pl...
03/23/2004
6669076Wire bonding device
A wire bonding device in accordance with the present invention is provided, which comprises: an XY table (2), a first holding member (8) supported by the XY table (2), a camera (9) supported by the first holding member (8), a second holding member (5) sup...
12/30/2003
6651865Position-, speed- and force-controllable chip accessing apparatus
A position-, speed- and force-controllable chip accessing apparatus comprises a fixing seat, a rotational direction moving device, a linear direction moving device, and a position sensing device, characterized in that a flexible positioning means is provi...
11/25/2003
6581817Die bonding device
A die bonding device for installing electronic components S on a metal stem, comprising a bonding nozzle for suctioning an electronic component S and positioning the electronic component S on a component mounting face of the stem, a stem carrying head for...
06/24/2003
6328196Bump bonding device and bump bonding method
To eliminate breakage of electronic parts or defective bonding, and enhance reliability of electronic parts, in regulation of electronic parts in bump bonding device. A bump bonding device comprising a stage 1 for mounting and heating an electronic part, ...
12/11/2001
6318623Strip connecting apparatus
Two position detectors for a leading strip and two position detectors for the trailing strip are provided so as to be separated each other by a certain distance along each of the strips in a transferring direction of the strips to detect a deviation of a ...
11/20/2001
6315185Ball mount apparatus
In a ball mount apparatus for mounting balls on a work by means of a mount head, the work is disposed under the mount head and the mount head is provided with a Z-axis driving mechanism for driving the mount head only in an up/down direction. A ball tray ...
11/13/2001
6223971Driving unit of a welding equipment
A small-sized motor is employed by a driving unit of a welding equipment wherein the inner diameter of a rotary shaft of the motor can be reduced as much as possible, and the entire length of the driving unit is reduced. The driving unit of a welding equi...
05/01/2001
6204471Parts soldering apparatus and method
To provide parts soldering apparatus and method which improve the productivity during parts soldering and increase the mounting accuracy of parts on a circuit board. The parts soldering apparatus of the present invention has: a stage for positioning a cir...
03/20/2001
6010057Method for making a wire connections of predetermined shape
In wire bonding a semiconductor chip to the lead frame or other substrate, increase of productivity is achieved by letting the capillary which guides the wire between the wiring points (4, 5) move faster along its trajectory in the two travel stages (s1, ...
01/04/2000
6008476Apparatus for indexing and affixing components to a substrate
An apparatus (400) used for indexing and affixing components to a substrate includes a vacuum conveyor and a controller (816) for controlling operation of the apparatus (400). The conveyor includes pallets (102), first and second tracks (414, 416), first ...
12/28/1999
5653375Wire bonding apparatus
A wire bonding apparatus includes a frame, an X, Y, table, installed on the frame, including a linear stepping motor with a first stator and a first inductor, a transducer, pivotably installed on the X, Y table, to one end of which a capillary for bonding...
08/05/1997
5150829Apparatus for holding samples during solderability testing
An apparatus is provided for use with a solderability testing machine to releasably engage a sample for immersion into a solder bath. The apparatus contains a pair of spring-loaded plates which serve to hold the sample so that only the desired portion of ...
09/29/1992
5104033System and apparatus for and method of assembling workpieces
An apparatus for assembling workpieces in which an assembling work is performed includes a workpiece setting jig, a setting station including a workpiece setting apparatus for setting a first workpiece on the workpiece setting jig, an assembling station i...
04/14/1992
4896812Double downhill pipe welder
A pipe welding apparatus which utilizes a pair of welding electrodes which are at least ninety degrees spaced apart relative to a cylindrical workpiece. The welding procedure only occurs during movement of each welding electrode from an upper position to ...
01/30/1990
4832250Electronic circuit board rework and repair system
An electronic circuit board rework and repair system having a carriage manually movable to successive station positions and having a table thereon movable along mutually orthogonal axes for positioning of a circuit board clamped to the table. At a first s...
05/23/1989
4830261Eddy current tool positioning system
A tool positioning system comprises a discontinuity detection means, such as an eddy current system, for detecting a discontinuity within a workpiece resulting from a joint between a first piece of material relative to a second piece of material, the disc...
05/16/1989
4573627Indium bump hybrid bonding method and system
In order to ensure total bonding together of two-dimensional arrays of inm bumps on circuit boards, additional bumps are placed on each board in a triangular pattern which contains the array of that board. Opposing sets of thrusters are used to move the ...
03/04/1986
 
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