H05K 13/081
Integration of optical monitoring devices in assembly lines
Official title: {Integration of optical monitoring devices in assembly lines; Processes using optical monitoring devices specially adapted for controlling devices or machines in assembly lines}
H05K13/081 (Integration of optical monitoring devices in assembly lines) appears on 1,103 US grants and 928 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H05K 13/0812The monitoring devices being integrated in the mounting machine562
- H05K 13/0815Controlling of component placement on the substrate during or after manufacturing264
- H05K 13/0813Controlling of single components prior to mounting252
- H05K 13/0817Monitoring of soldering processes77
- H05K 13/0818Setup of monitoring devices prior to starting mounting operations58
Recent patents
- Component mounting system, image processing device, image processing method, and image processing system22 Sep 2026US 12,743,886 B2Fuji Corporation
- Inspection device, mounting apparatus, inspection method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium8 Sep 2026US 12,733,455 B2Yamaha Robotics Co., Ltd.
- Press-in machine for pressing components into a substrate, in particular into a printed circuit board or carrier plate, with substrate positioning11 Aug 2026US 12,707,617 B2ERSA GmbH
- Maintenance device28 Jul 2026US 12,693,655 B2Fuji Corporation
- Automatic pick-and-place system2 Jun 2026US 12,643,747 B2Delta Electronics, Inc.
- Device, method, and recording medium for controlling substrate processing process10 Sep 2026US 2026/0271256 A1Koh Young Technology Inc.
- Component mounter and component mounting method3 Sep 2026US 2026/0262207 A1Fuji Corporation
- Method and apparatus for determining a positioning error of a pickable component27 Aug 2026US 2026/0255919 A1
- Inspection device20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243701 A1Saki Corporation
- Electronic component mounting system and electronic component mounting inspection method20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247593 A1Fuji Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatus and method for inspection of high component density printed circuit board156US 5,455,870 ARaytheon Company · 1995
- Method and apparatus for chip placement150US 4,980,971 AAT&T Bell Laboratories · 1991
- Multiple image camera for measuring the alignment of objects in different planes107US 5,883,663 A1999
- Apparatus and method for determining the position of a component prior to placement97US 5,559,727 AQuad Systems Corporation · 1996
- Surface mount machine with lead coplanarity verifier95US 4,959,898 AEmhart Industries, Inc. · 1990