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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136233 | Tools for seating connectors on substrates The present invention relates to connector tools for seating connectors on a substrate such as a printed circuit board (PCB). The connector tool is a machined structure having a plurality of walls that define intersecting slots that mate with an array of male connec... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7735217 | Device for assembling pins onto a circuit board background For purposes of assembling contact pins (12) disposed in a row onto a circuit board (16), the pins (12) are grasped via a force fit in an insulating body (20) at their ends facing away from the circuit board (16)and are supported t... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7441322 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic detection apparatus A magnetic detection apparatus can be improved in its product yield. The magnetic detection apparatus includes a resin compact having a the magnet arranged in opposition to an object to be detected for generating a magnetic field, an IC chip with a magnetic detectio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437818 | Component mounting method A component mounting apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of components on a board. The aparatus is provided with a board holding device for holding the board at a board holding position, a first mounting head for holding and taking out a component fed from... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430798 | Electronic component attaching tool An electronic component attaching tool suitable for an external shape of a semiconductor device is prepared. The electronic component attaching tool has a function of aligning a position of the semiconductor device to an IC socket. The electronic component attaching... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426781 | Placement unit for mounting electric components onto substrates A placement unit for mounting electric components onto substrates has means for moving perpendicularly to the substrate, a housing, a built-in, rotatable holder for the components, and a rotary drive for the holder mounted within the housing. The holder is connected... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7398593 | Apparatus for producing capacitor element member The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a comb-like capacitor element member including a guide member and a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded to the guide member, comprising an automatic feed mechanism for feeding tape-like foil b... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392582 | Socket and/or adapter device, and an apparatus and process for loading a socket and/or adapter device with a corresponding semi-conductor component The invention refers to a process for loading a socket and/or adapter device with a corresponding semi-conductor component, a socket and/or adapter device, a precision alignment device, as well as a mechanism for loading a socket and/or adapter device with a corresp... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7377028 | Electrical connector insertion and removal tool A connector insertion and removal tool for an electrical system including a circuit board and at least one electrical connector therefor includes a first portion configured for coupling to a first surface of the circuit board, and a second portion configured for cou... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372252 | Automated platform for electronic apparatus environmental testing & method of use An automated platform for electronic apparatus environmental testing and the methods of its operation holds and positions electronic devices during environmental testing. The automated platform may be a multi-legged table and includes a surface for providing vertica... | 05/13/2008 |
| RE40283 | Mounting apparatus for electronic component An apparatus is provided with a component feeding member for feeding electronic components having lead wires in a tape-bonded state, an insertion head for separating the electronic components fed from the feeding member from the tapes and inserting to holes of a boa... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369334 | Optical device with alignment compensation An optical device is provided which includes a plurality of optical modules and an alignment compensation module. Each optical module includes an optical component fixedly coupled to a relative reference mount. The relative reference mount is configured to attach to... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359129 | Clutched jig A clutched jig includes a housing and a clutching mechanism. The housing has a hollow hole formed along the axis of the housing, a conical hole formed in the end of the hollow hole. The clutching mechanism is received in the hollow hole of the housing. Each of clutc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350290 | Compression device for integrated circuit packages A compression device has a frame sized to accept an integrated circuit package and a pressor. The frame includes a surface defining an opening with an axis and at least one ramp extending from the surface. The ramp or ramps have upper and lower flat portions, substa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337534 | SMD chip handling apparatus The apparatus is for securely fetching and positioning an SMD chip on a printed circuit board and soldering the same to the board. Two spring plates form the clasping fingers which are wedged apart to a width larger than the width of the SMD chip by an expander form... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337533 | Device for mounting component An object of the present invention is to provide a component mounting apparatus and a component mounting method in which a movement time of a nozzle can be shortened so that production efficiency can be improved. There is provided a control means for controll... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337522 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a circuit board with a three dimensional surface mounted array of semiconductor chips A method and apparatus for fabricating a three dimensional array of semiconductor chips is disclosed. The method uses a multiple step fabrication process that automates the surface mounting of semiconductor chips with unique chip carriers to achieve the three dimens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7325459 | Identifying unit for working machine and pressure apparatus A working machines includes an identifying unit. A force sensor detachably supports a working head in the identifying unit. A controller circuit is designed to identify the working head based on the load detected at the force sensor. When the working head is replace... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325298 | Pressure apparatus and chip mounter A contact member is supported on the support shaft. A force sensor is coupled to the support shaft. A movable member is coupled to the force sensor. The pressure apparatus allows the movable member to cause the axial movement of the support shaft. A first guide serv... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324685 | Inspection systems and methods In one embodiment, a system comprises logic configured to identify a tip of a pin that has been press fit into a circuit board, logic configured to measure characteristics that pertain to a flat end surface and a chamfered surface of the identified pin tip, logic co... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320172 | Apparatus for positioning inserts in a receptacle An apparatus for positioning inserts in a rotating receptacle. The apparatus includes a magazine for holding a plurality of inserts. An insertion arm is provided for positioning inserts within the receptacle. The insertion arm has a first end and a second end, where... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316060 | System for populating a circuit board with semiconductor chips A system for populating a three dimensional array of semiconductor chips is disclosed. The system facilitates the surface mounting of semiconductor chips with chip carriers to achieve the three dimensional array of chips. The system includes a chip carrier pallet th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313860 | Mounting device A mounting apparatus includes an X-Y table for holding a board onto which components are to be mounted, and drive units for moving a mounting section by which the components are to be mounted, and also moving individual sections. When an effective torque calculated ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314777 | Chip packaging systems and methods An automated process for performing MEMS packaging including automatically attaching a die to a chip carrier, resulting in a chip carrier assembly, automatically moving the chip carrier assembly into a vacuum chamber, wherein the vacuum chamber includes one or more ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311534 | CPU mounting apparatus A mounting apparatus to mount a CPU (53) to a socket (52) includes a base (20), a fixing member (50), a pair of clipping members (30), a pair of operation members (40) and a pair of resilient members (80). The base de... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308756 | Apparatus used for manufacturing semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the semiconductor devices, and semiconductor device manufactured by the apparatus and method An apparatus for manufacturing semiconductor devices having a roughly rectangular parallelepiped box-shape includes an internal insertion space for semiconductor packages, first guide grooves and arranged along the longitudinal direction in both side surfaces facing... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302755 | Head assembly for a component mounter Provided is a component mounter having a plurality of revolving nozzle spindles, which can simultaneously pick up and mount two or more electronic components. A head assembly for the component mounter includes: a base frame; a rotary housing rotatably mounted on the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299540 | Electronic-component feeding device Disclosed is an electronic-component mounting apparatus 1 for mounting a plurality of electronic components onto a printed-wiring board 10, which comprises a component mounting head 4 adapted to suck up the electronic component and mount the suc... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299541 | Contact press-fitting apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a contact press-fitting apparatus which can perform the press-fitting of all of the contacts with high reliability, without leading to problems such as buckling of the contacts, even in cases where the array pitch ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293352 | Origin detection method for component placement head An origin detection method for a component placement head includes setting an axial origin for each elevation nut section, of the component placement head, by detecting a rotational angle of a drive section corresponding to the elevation nut section. The elevation n... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290327 | Component mounting apparatus employing temperature maintenance of positioning accuracy A component mounting method and a component mounting apparatus for picking up an electronic component, positioning the electronic component on a circuit substrate and mounting the electronic component to the circuit substrate are adapted to perform an idling operati... | 11/06/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7281320 | Waterproof-seal inserting apparatus A seal-feeding station includes a seal receiver (21) for receiving a waterproof seal (20) fed through a seal feeding tube (16) and a seal keeper (23) for keeping the waterproof seal (20) transferred from the seal receiver (21 | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282938 | Testing apparatus and method for providing temperature stress to electronic component An improved apparatus and method for testing experiment is disclosed. The apparatus includes a motherboard and a stress module. The motherboard includes a component under test. A stress module connects the component and contacts the component directly. The stress mo... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272887 | Component placement device and method A component placement device includes at least two component pick and place units, which are connected to a movable frame, and at least two component feeding devices. The component placement device is suitable for simultaneously picking-up components supplied, by me... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266887 | Substrate transportation apparatus, component mounting apparatus and substrate transportation method in component mounting operation A component-mounted substrate moved to a specified substrate position by a substrate holding-and-moving device is delivered from a top of the substrate holding-and-moving device to a substrate discharge holder, and then while the substrate discharge holder is not mo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263890 | Vacuum clamping detection method and vacuum clamping detector When suction/release-passage-internal pressure Pin is equal to or less than a suction detection pressure Pj, a suction of a workpiece is detected and a transfer operation is started. As long as the suction/release-passage-internal pressure Pin does not rise to press... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251879 | Installation, insulation displacement, and terminating tool having piston-cylinder driving assembly An installation, insulation displacement, and terminating power tool, for inserting electrical wires into, and for electrically connecting the electrical wires to electrical contact members disposed within, an electrical connector, comprises a piston-cylinder drivin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243422 | Apparatus for press-fitting An apparatus for positioning and press-fitting press-fit portions of roughly L-shaped legs of contacts arranged in multiple rows in a connector into a substrate includes a press-fitting head and an alignment plate. The press-fitting head is rotatable between a rest ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240438 | Aligning apparatus An aligning apparatus includes a loading plate to load at least one alignment object; first and second alignment bars to align the at least one alignment object loaded on the loading plate, wherein the first and second alignment bars are bent by a force greater than... | 07/10/2007 |
