# US 12,006,968 B2 · Component mounting device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,006,968 B2 - Document ID: US12006968B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/603,222 - Filed: 2019-04-23 - Published: 2022-06-16 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-23 - Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Kota Ito - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006968B2 ## CPC - F16B 7/0406: {for rods or tubes being coaxial (F16B7/10 takes precedence)} - G06T 7/0004: {Industrial image inspection} - H05K 13/04: Mounting of components {, e.g. of leadless components} - H05K 13/0409: {Sucking devices} - H05K 13/0812: {the monitoring devices being integrated in the mounting machine, e.g. for monitoring components, leads, component placement} - G06T 2207/10152: Varying illumination - G06T 2207/30164: Workpiece; Machine component - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract A component mounting device includes a nozzle shaft. The nozzle shaft includes a filter and a filter state checking portion. The filter state checking portion is configured to allow light to pass therethrough from a first side to a second side of the nozzle shaft in an axially orthogonal direction according to an inserted state of the filter. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A component mounting device comprising: a nozzle shaft; and a nozzle configured to attach to and detach from the nozzle shaft, the nozzle being configured to suction a component; wherein the nozzle shaft includes: a side wall; a fluid passage provided inside the side wall; a filter inserted into the fluid passage along an axial direction of the nozzle shaft, the filter being configured to attach to and detach from the fluid passage; and a filter state checking portion provided in the side wall so as to face an end of the filter in a properly attached state in an axially orthogonal direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the nozzle shaft; and the filter state checking portion is configured to allow light to pass therethrough from a first side to a second side of the nozzle shaft in the axially orthogonal direction according to an inserted state of the filter. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The component mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the filter state checking portion includes a hole that is configured to allow light to pass therethrough from the first side to the second side of the nozzle shaft in the axially orthogonal direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The component mounting device according to claim 2, wherein the hole of the filter state checking portion includes two through-holes that face each other in the axially orthogonal direction with the filter interposed therebetween. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The component mounting device according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the two through-holes of the hole of the filter state checking portion is provided so as to be continuous with a fluid passage opening for suction provided in the side wall. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The component mounting device according to claim 4, further comprising: a light irradiator configured to irradiate the filter state checking portion with light from the first side of the nozzle shaft in the axially orthogonal direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The component mounting device according to claim 5, further comprising: a light detector configured to detect light that has been radiated by the light irradiator and has passed through the filter state checking portion; and a controller configured to perform a control to detect quality of the inserted state of the filter based on a light detection result of the light detector. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The component mounting device according to claim 3, further comprising: a light irradiator configured to irradiate the filter state checking portion with light from the first side of the nozzle shaft in the axially orthogonal direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The component mounting device according to claim 7, further comprising: a light detector configured to detect light that has been radiated by the light irradiator and has passed through the filter state checking portion; and a controller configured to perform a control to detect quality of the inserted state of the filter based on a light detection result of the light detector. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The component mounting device according to claim 8, wherein the light detector includes an imager configured to image the component suctioned by the nozzle in the axially orthogonal direction; and the controller is configured to perform a control to detect the quality of the inserted state of the filter based on a result of imaging of the filter state checking portion by the imager. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The component mounting device according to claim 2, further comprising: a light irradiator configured to irradiate the filter state checking portion with light from the first side of the nozzle shaft in the axially orthogonal direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The component mounting device according to claim 10, further comprising: a light detector configured to detect light that has been radiated by the light irradiator and has passed through the filter state checking portion; and a controller configured to perform a control to detect quality of the inserted state of the filter based on a light detection result of the light detector. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The component mounting device according to claim 11, wherein the light detector includes an imager configured to image the component suctioned by the nozzle in the axially orthogonal direction; and the controller is configured to perform a control to detect the quality of the inserted state of the filter based on a result of imaging of the filter state checking portion by the imager. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The component mounting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a light irradiator configured to irradiate the filter state checking portion with light from the first side of the nozzle shaft in the axially orthogonal direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The component mounting device according to claim 13, further comprising: a light detector configured to detect light that has been radiated by the light irradiator and has passed through the filter state checking portion; and a controller configured to perform a control to detect quality of the inserted state of the filter based on a light detection result of the light detector. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The component mounting device according to claim 14, wherein the light detector includes an imager configured to image the component suctioned by the nozzle in the axially orthogonal direction; and the controller is configured to perform a control to detect the quality of the inserted state of the filter based on a result of imaging of the filter state checking portion by the imager. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The component mounting device according to claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to perform a control to detect, as the quality of the inserted state of the filter, that the inserted state of the filter is a normal state, the inserted state of the filter is an over-inserted state, that the inserted state of the filter is an under-inserted state, and that the inserted state of the filter is a non-inserted state. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The component mounting device according to claim 15, wherein the controller is configured to perform a control to detect the quality of the inserted state of the filter at a time of production start and at a time of replacement of the filter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The component mounting device according to claim 14, wherein the controller is configured to perform a control to detect, as the quality of the inserted state of the filter, that the inserted state of the filter is a normal state, the inserted state of the filter is an over-inserted state, that the inserted state of the filter is an under-inserted state, and that the inserted state of the filter is a non-inserted state. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The component mounting device according to claim 18, wherein the controller is configured to perform a control to detect the quality of the inserted state of the filter at a time of production start and at a time of replacement of the filter. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The component mounting device according to claim 14, wherein the controller is configured to perform a control to detect the quality of the inserted state of the filter at a time of production start and at a time of replacement of the filter.