IP Library Granted Patent US 9,032,612
Granted Patent B2
US 9,032,612 · App. 13/978,255 · Granted May 19, 2015

Mounting head and component mounting apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,032,612
App. No.
13/978,255
Granted
May 19, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A mounting head 16 includes shaft members 23 respectively provided with suction nozzles 22 , rotation driving motors 24 for individually conducting rotary movements of the shaft members 23 , and vertical movement driving motors 25 which are arranged in a staggered arrangement in an opposite direction to a staggered arrangement of the shaft members 23 , and adapted to individually conduct vertical movements of the shaft members 23 . The rotation driving motors 24 directly drive the shaft members 23 , and the vertical movement driving motors 25 move the shaft members 23 up and down, together with the rotation driving motors 24.

Claims (13)

1. A mounting head, comprising:

a plurality of shaft members which are extended in a vertical direction and respectively provided with suction nozzles at their lower ends, the shaft members being arranged in two rows in a staggered arrangement;

a plurality of rotation driving motors which are arranged in two rows in the same staggered arrangement as the staggered arrangement of the shaft members, and adapted to individually conduct rotary movements of the shaft members; and

a plurality of vertical movement driving unit which are arranged in two rows in a staggered arrangement in an opposite direction to the staggered arrangement of the shaft members, and adapted to individually conduct vertical movements of the shaft members.

2. The mounting head as claimed in claim 1 , wherein driving shafts of the rotation driving motors which are directed downward are connected to the shaft members, whereby the shaft members are directly driven by the rotation driving motors.

3. The mounting head as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the vertical movement driving unit moves the shaft members up and down together with the rotation driving motors which rotate the shaft members.

4. A component mounting apparatus comprising: a board positioning part for positioning a board; a component supply part for supplying a component; and a mounting head for sucking the component which is supplied from the component supply part and mounting the component on the board which is positioned by the board positioning part,

wherein the mounting head comprises:

a plurality of shaft members which are extended in a vertical direction and respectively provided with suction nozzles at their lower ends, the shaft members being arranged in two rows in a staggered arrangement;

a plurality of rotation driving motors which are arranged in two rows in the same staggered arrangement as the staggered arrangement of the shaft members, and adapted to individually conduct rotary movements of the shaft members; and

a plurality of vertical movement driving unit which are arranged in two rows in a staggered arrangement in an opposite direction to the staggered arrangement of the shaft members, and adapted to individually conduct vertical movements of the shaft members.

5. The component mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein driving shafts of the rotation driving motors which are directed downward are connected to the shaft members, whereby the shaft members are directly driven by the rotation driving motors.

6. The component mounting apparatus as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the vertical movement driving unit moves the shaft members up and down together with the rotation driving motors which rotate the shaft members.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →