Patent ID: 7814645

Claim:
A mounting apparatus which mounts a surface-mounted device (SMD) on a SMD receiving device using ultrasonic vibration, comprising: a SMD holding unit holding the SMD; a SMD receiving device holding unit holding the SMD receiving device; a moving unit moving at least one of the SMD holding unit and the SMD receiving device holding unit toward the other so as to contact the SMD with the SMD receiving device; a vibration generating unit applying ultrasonic vibration to a contact portion between the SMD held by the SMD holding unit and the SMD receiving device held by the SMD receiving device holding unit; a pressing unit applying a bias force between the SMD and the SMD receiving device; a heating unit being arranged movably so as to surround in a noncontact manner a portion of the SMD holding unit near the SMD held by the SMD holding unit, and heating the SMD holding unit; an interlocking unit interlocking the heating unit with the SMD holding unit; and an interlock release unit releasing interlock of the heating unit lest the heating unit and the SMD receiving device holding unit holding the SMD receiving device should approach mutually more nearly than a predetermined distance.