US 12,284,764 B2
Backup pin and automatic backup pin exchange system
Tomohisa Kanda, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
Appl. No. 17/059,820
Filed by FUJI CORPORATION, Chiryu (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 1, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/021134
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/229968, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0219473 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. H05K 13/04 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 13/0486 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0096 (2013.01); B25J 15/0033 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H05K 13/0069 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30141 (2013.01); G06V 2201/06 (2022.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A backup pin for supporting from below a circuit board on which a component is mounted at a component mounting station of a component mounter, the backup pin constituting a soft backup pin configured to be exchanged for a hard backup pin formed of a hard material, comprising:
a base section configured to attach to a backup plate, the base section having a cylindrical shape;
a holder section at an upper section of the base section;
a soft pin portion formed of a soft elastic material and configured to support from below the circuit board, the soft pin portion being exchangeably-attached to the holder section; and
an engaging pin portion configured to be held in engagement and released from engagement by an engagement holding tool attached to a mounting head of the component mounter performing raising and lowering, as well as rotating operations,
wherein the soft pin portion and the engaging pin portion are provided side by side to the holder section.