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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2020
Applicants:
Osaka University, Suita, JP;
Ntn Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuru Akashi, Suita, JP;
Takami Akagi, Suita, JP;
Atsushi Oda, Iwata, JP;
Shohei Chikae, Iwata, JP;
Haruka Nakamura, Iwata, JP;
Assignees:
OSAKA UNIVERSITY, Osaka, JP;
NTN Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 5/02 (2006.01); B05C 11/10 (2006.01); B05C 13/00 (2006.01); B05D 1/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 5/0225 (2013.01); B05C 5/0291 (2013.01); B05C 11/1002 (2013.01); B05C 13/00 (2013.01); B05D 1/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An application apparatus includes: an application needle that applies, to a target, an application material having its viscosity changing under shear; a drive unit that moves the application needle up and down; and a controller that controls the drive unit to move the application needle such that shear is applied to the application material at a shear speed depending on a type of the application material and depending on a target application amount or a target application diameter.