Fuji Assigned Patent

Fuji Corp., Chiryu, Japan, has been assigned a patent (11,191,201) developed by Kitagawa, Masahiro, Takahama, Japan, for “data creation device and data creation method.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A data creation device including a component data storage section to link in advance and store lead component shape data and multiple types of holding tools, a holding tool data storage section to store holding tool data including moving directions of the multiple holding tools and clamping directions for holding the lead component, a mounting data acquisition section to acquire mounting data including the types and mounting positions on the board of previously-attached components and lead components, an installation order determination section to extract, for each lead component according to a determined mounting order of lead components on the board based on shape data and mounting data of lead components, a holding tool to mount lead components without interfering with previously-attached components, and determine the installation order of holding tools, and an allocation data creation section to create allocation data according to the determined installation order.”

The patent application was filed on March 24, 2017 (16/491,009).