Circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus

US8973255B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8973255-B2
Application numberUS-201113290322-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 7, 2011
Priority dateDec 17, 2010
Publication dateMar 10, 2015
Grant dateMar 10, 2015

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A circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus for performing a circuit-substrate-related operation which is an operation on a circuit substrate, including: a plurality of heads including at least one work head and at least one detection head; a head holding device configured to hold, at a holding portion thereof, one of the plurality of heads; a moving device configured to move the head holding device; a head stock device in which the plurality of heads are stocked; and a controller configured to control the circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus, wherein the controller includes a head attachment control portion configured to control the moving device and the head holding device such that the head holding device is moved to a set position which is set with respect to the head stock device and such that an arbitrary one of the plurality of heads is held by the head holding device.

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What is claimed is: 1. A circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus for performing a circuit-substrate-related operation which is an operation on a circuit substrate, comprising: a plurality of heads, including: at least one work head that includes a component holding head for holding a component to be mounted on the circuit substrate; and at least one detection head that includes at least one image taking head, the at least one image taking head including a camer…

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What does patent US8973255B2 cover?
A circuit-substrate-related-operation performing apparatus for performing a circuit-substrate-related operation which is an operation on a circuit substrate, including: a plurality of heads including at least one work head and at least one detection head; a head holding device configured to hold, at a holding portion thereof, one of the plurality of heads; a moving device configured to move the…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Amano Masafumi, Hoshikawa Kazumi, Nakajima Mikio, and 3 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H05K13/0413. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).