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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
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
During the process of transporting an electronic component ( ) to a substrate ( ) after a suction nozzle ( ) has picked up the component ( ), the component ( ) being supplied from a component supply unit ( ), the amount of offset of the component ( ) with respect to the suction nozzle ( ) is calculated. The feasibility of mounting the component ( ) held by the suction nozzle ( ) onto the substrate ( ) without hindrance is determined from the amount of offset. If the result of the determination is positive, the component ( ) is mounted onto the substrate ( ).