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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomoyuki Nakano, Kofu, JP;
Naoto Mimura, Yamanashi, JP;
Hirofumi Obara, Yamanashi, JP;
Hiroshi Uchiyama, Yamanashi, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 3/30 ;
Abstract
In a component mounting apparatus, a component (,) is held, positioned and mounted at a predetermined position of a member (,) to be mounted. After the component (,) is mounted to the member (,), a component holding member (,) is raised by a distance corresponding approximately to a push-in amount by which the component holding member (,) has been moved down to mount the component, then stopped to retain the component (,), is kept in this state while retaining the component for a fixed time, and is raised again to a predetermined position.