US Patent Issued to ADVANTEST on Oct. 7 for "Electronic component handling apparatus, and electronic component test apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,187, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ADVANTEST Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic component handling apparatus, and electronic component test apparatus" was invented by Akihisa Suda (Tokyo), Yoshitaka Takeuchi (Tokyo) and Takuro Kajihara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component handling apparatus includes: a pressing device that presses a device under test (DUT) or a carrier containing the DUT against a socket while a test tray having an insert containing the DUT or the carrier is in a vertical state. The pressing device includes: a pusher that contacts the DUT or the carrier; and an abutting part that abuts the insert....