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Wataru Hirai
Also filed as: HIRAI WATARU
24 granted patents·4 pending applications·623 citations·filing 1987–2014
97Inventor score
Files withMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD20ALPHA CORP4HIRAI WATARU1MAEDA TAKASHI1PANASONIC CORP1
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28 records- 0194US5379514AElectronic component installing apparatus and methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 10, 1995·91 cites·8 claims
- 0292US6736291B1Viscous material application apparatusMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2000·Granted May 18, 2004·18 cites·10 claims
- 0391US5249356AMethod and apparatus for mounting electronic componentMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 5, 1993·72 cites·7 claims
- 0490US5743005AComponent mounting apparatus and methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 28, 1998·71 cites·14 claims
- 0585US5727311AMethod and apparatus for mounting componentMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 17, 1998·67 cites·16 claims
- 0682US6839959B1Component mounting apparatusMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2000·Granted Jan 11, 2005·29 cites·52 claims
- 0782US5740604AComponent-mounting apparatus and methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1995·Granted Apr 21, 1998·54 cites·21 claims
- 0877US7185422B2Part mounting apparatus and part mounting methodMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 6, 2007·22 cites·20 claims
- 0974US4831721AMounting head exchange arrangement for part mounting machineMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1987·Granted May 23, 1989·27 cites·13 claims
- 1073US7131478B2Component supply systemMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2005·Granted Nov 7, 2006·6 cites·6 claims
- 1165US5457874AMounting apparatus of electronic componentMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 17, 1995·26 cites·12 claims
- 1264US9909350B2Vehicular reflective optical sensorALPHA CORP·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 6, 2018·3 cites·10 claims
- 1363US4999909AElectric component mounting apparatusMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1990·Granted Mar 19, 1991·24 cites·2 claims
- 1462US5339248AApparatus for mounting electronic component on substrateMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1992·Granted Aug 16, 1994·23 cites·4 claims
- 1561US5933942AComponent mounting apparatusMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Aug 10, 1999·21 cites·12 claims
- 1659US7464838B2Viscous material application apparatusPANASONIC CORP·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 16, 2008·6 cites·3 claims
- 1755US6178621B1Electronic component mounting apparatusMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Jan 30, 2001·18 cites·4 claims
- 1848US9841504B2Photosensor unit with a condensing lens including a plurality of light-emitting convex lensALPHA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Dec 12, 2017·0 cites·3 claims
- 1946US9733122B2Photosensor lens including a purality of convex lens surfacesALPHA CORP·Filed 2013·Granted Aug 15, 2017·0 cites·4 claims
- 2045US6293003B1Electronic part mounting deviceMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 25, 2001·11 cites·14 claims
- 2144US5850689AMethod and apparatus for supporting printed boardMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Dec 22, 1998·10 cites·10 claims
- 2243US6026885AElectronic component feederMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1997·Granted Feb 22, 2000·12 cites·6 claims
- 2343US2007293969A1Mounting Condition Determining Method, Mounting Condition Determining Device, and MounterHIRAI WATARU·Filed 2006·Application pending·0 cites
- 2442US2015006029A1Control structure of vehicleALPHA CORP·Filed 2013·Application pending·0 cites
- 2541US6910514B2Part feederMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 2001·Granted Jun 28, 2005·5 cites·2 claims
- 2638US6336268B1Electronic part mounting machineMATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 8, 2002·7 cites·10 claims
- 2738US2002121018A1Component feeding methodFiled 2002·Application pending·0 cites
- 2837US2006053624A1Method and equipment for mounting partMAEDA TAKASHI·Filed 2003·Application pending·0 cites
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