IP Library Granted Patent US 9,226,436
Granted Patent B2
US 9,226,436 · App. 14/125,369 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

Component mounting position correcting method

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Patent No.
US 9,226,436
App. No.
14/125,369
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A component mounter includes: a nozzle having a nozzle main body and a reflecting part provided behind the nozzle main body and reflecting light from the front, the nozzle main body including a greatest outer periphery section provided to a front section of the nozzle main body, and the greatest outer periphery section of an outer periphery of the nozzle main body provided in front on the reflecting part; a first illuminating unit provided in front of the reflecting part and illuminating the reflecting part from the front with light; and an imaging unit provided in front of the nozzle and capturing the greatest outer periphery section positioned in front of the nozzle main body, using the light from the first illuminating light and reflected off the reflecting part.

Claims (21)

1. A component mounting position correcting method for correcting a mounting position on a board where a component mounter mounts a component held by the mounter, the component mounter including a nozzle having a front configured to hold the component, and a rear disposed in a first direction rearward of the front, the nozzle including:

a reflecting part that reflects light forwardly, toward the front, upon receiving the light from a location forward of the reflecting part; and

a nozzle main body as a main body of the nozzle and provided forward of the reflecting part,

the nozzle main body including:

a greatest outer periphery section provided to a forward section of the nozzle main body, the greatest outer periphery section being positioned, when viewed along the first direction, in an outermost part of an outer periphery of the nozzle main body; and

an edge part whose width in the first direction reduces toward the greatest outer periphery section in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and

the component mounting position correcting method comprising:

illuminating the reflecting part with the light from the location forward of the reflecting part;

capturing the greatest outer periphery section, using the light in said illuminating that is reflected off the reflecting part;

obtaining a reference position of the nozzle based on a result of said capturing of the greatest outer periphery section; and

correcting a position of the nozzle to correct the mounting position where the nozzle mounts the component, using the obtained reference position of the nozzle.

2. The component mounting position correcting method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the edge part is shaped such that a distance between the outer periphery and an axis of the nozzle main body decreases as the outer periphery stretches further rearward.

3. The component mounting position correcting method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the greatest outer periphery section is positioned at a distance of 4 mm or shorter away from the tip front face of the front tip of the nozzle main body in the first direction.

4. The component mounting position correcting method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the greatest outer periphery of the nozzle main body is disposed at a position spaced apart forwardly from the reflecting part.

5. The component mounting position correcting method according to claim 4 ,

wherein the edge part projects radially outwardly from a remainder of the nozzle main body.

6. The component mounting position correcting method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the edge part projects radially outwardly from a remainder of the nozzle main body.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2014
From: OKUDA, OSAMU; TOKUNAGA, HIROHARU; KATOU, HIDEAKI; TANAKA, TOMIO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032568/0216 →