# US 2014/0150254 A1 · Electronic component mounting method and surface mounting apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0150254 A1 - Document ID: US20140150254A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/951,318 - Filed: 2013-07-25 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-05 - Assignees: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Daisuke KASUGA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140150254A1 ## CPC - H05K 3/303: with surface mounted components (H05K3/32 takes precedence) - H05K 13/021: {Loading or unloading of containers (H05K13/028 takes precedence)} - H05K 13/0417: {Feeding with belts or tapes} - H05K 13/086: {Supply management, e.g. supply of components or of substrates} - Y10T 29/4913: Assembling to base an electrical component, e.g., capacitor, etc. - Y10T 29/53174: Means to fasten electrical component to wiring board, base, or substrate - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract An electronic component mounting method includes a removing step, a first mounting step, a first attaching step and a second mounting step. In the removing step, a first feeder holding first electronic components is removed from an attaching portion of a component feeding device when there is a reason for removing the first feeder from the attaching portion. In the first mounting step, electronic components other than the first electronic component, out of electronic components to be mounted on a board, are mounted on the board when the first feeder is removed from the attaching portion. In the first attaching step, the first feeder is attached to another attaching portion, to which no feeder is attached, after the removing step. In the second mounting step, the first electronic component is mounted on the board from the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion after the first attaching step. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic component mounting method for mounting electronic components using a surface mounting apparatus including a base, a plurality of feeders holding a plurality of electronic components, a component feeding device with a plurality of attaching portions to which the feeders are to be mounted, a transport device for conveying a board onto the base, and a component mounting device for mounting the electronic components on the board conveyed onto the base from the feeders attached to the component feeding device, the electronic component mounting method comprising: a removing step of removing a first feeder holding first electronic components, out of the electronic components held by a respective plurality of the feeders attached to the component feeding device, from the attaching portion when there is a reason for removing the first feeder from the attaching portion; a first mounting step of mounting the electronic components other than the first electronic component, out of the electronic components to be mounted on the board, on the board by the component mounting device when the first feeder is removed from the attaching portion; a first attaching step of attaching the first feeder to another attaching portion, to which no feeder is attached, after the removing step; and a second mounting step of mounting the first electronic component on the board from the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion by the component mounting device after the first attaching step. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An electronic component mounting method according to claim 1, wherein: the first feeder holding the first electronic components is removed from the attaching portion in the removing step when the remaining number of the first electronic components is smaller than that of the boards. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An electronic component mounting method according to claim 1, further comprising: a second attaching step of attaching a second feeder holding the first electronic components to the attaching portion to which no feeder is attached after the first attaching step; and a third mounting step of mounting the first electronic component on the board from the second feeder by the component mounting device after the second attaching step on the condition that the remaining number of the first electronic components held by the first feeder becomes 0. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) An electronic component mounting method according to claim 3 in the case of using the surface mounting apparatus in which the plurality of attaching portions of the component feeding device are divided into a first area and a second area, wherein: the first feeder is removed from the attaching portion provided in the first area in the removing step; the first feeder is attached to the attaching portion provided in the second area in the first attaching step; and the second feeder is attached to the attaching portion provided in the first area in the second attaching step. ### Claim 5 A surface mounting apparatus, comprising: a base; a plurality of feeders holding a plurality of electronic components; a component feeding device with a plurality of attaching portions to which the feeders are to be mounted; a transport device for conveying a board onto the base; a component mounting device for mounting the electronic components on the board conveyed onto the base from the feeders attached to the component feeding device; a control device for controlling the drive of the component mounting device; and a display device; wherein: the component feeding device detects the attachment of the feeder and transmits position information of the corresponding attaching portion to the control device when the feeder is attached to the attaching portion of the component feeding device and detects the removal of the feeder and transmits position information of the corresponding attaching portion to the control device when any of the feeder is removed from the attaching portion of the component feeding device; the control device: causes the display device to show each of a first display indicating the position of the attaching portion, to which a first feeder holding first electronic components out of the electronic components respectively held by a plurality of the feeders attached to the attaching portions of the component feeding device is attached, out of the plurality of attaching portions, a second display instructing the removal of the first feeder from the attaching portion and a third display designating the position of another attaching portion to which the first feeder removed from the attaching portion is to be reattached when there is a reason for removing the first feeder from the attaching portion, causes the component mounting device to mount the electronic components other than the first electronic component on the board when the removal of the first feeder from the attaching portion is detected by the component feeding device, causes the component mounting device to mount the first electronic component on the board from the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion when the reattachment of the first feeder to the other attaching portion is detected by the component feeding device, and causes the component mounting device to mount the first electronic component on the board from a second feeder holding the first electronic components on the condition that the remaining number of the first electronic components held by the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion becomes 0 when the attachment of the second feeder to the attaching portion is detected by the component feeding device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) A surface mounting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: the control device includes a first storage for storing related information relating the types and remaining numbers of the electronic components respectively held by the plurality of feeders and a second storage for storing component information including the number of the boards to be produced and the types and used numbers of the electronic components to be mounted on the board; and the first, second and third displays are respectively shown on the display device based on the related information and the component information when the first feeder holding the first electronic components whose remaining number is smaller than that of the boards is detected. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) A surface mounting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: the plurality of attaching portions of the component feeding device are divided into a first area and a second area which is located more distant from the board than the first area; the control device: causes the component mounting device to mount the electronic components other than the first electronic component on the board when the removal of the first feeder from the attaching portion provided in the first area is detected by the component feeding device, causes the component mounting device to mount the first electronic component on the board from the first feeder attached to the other attaching portion when the reattachment of the first feeder to the other attaching portion provided in the second area is detected by the component feeding device, and causes the component mounting device to mount the first electronic component on the board from the second feeder when the attachment of the second feeder to the attaching portion provided in the first area is detected by the component feeding device.