US Patent 7581310 Electronic component mounting apparatus

The invention provides an electronic component mounting apparatus which can obtain a relative vertically moving stroke of a suction nozzle and is applicable to electronic components ranging from thin to thick ones. The electronic component mounting apparatus of the invention has a suction nozzle for picking an electronic component up from a plurality of component feeding units supplying the electronic component to a component pickup position and mounting the electronic component on a printed board, where a mounting head movable along a beam can move vertically by a head vertical movement device and the suction nozzle provided on the mounting head can move vertically by a nozzle vertical movement device 50.