ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,894, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Diodes Inc. (Plano, Texas).
"Apparatus and method for unpacking components in tape- and-reel" was invented by Jiang Nan (Chengdu, China), Fei Huang (Chengdu, China) and Yaping Yang (Chengdu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided for unpackaging components encased between a first tape body and a second tape body of a sealed tape. The device includes a component collection device including a cavity for receiving components falling out of the sealed tape being de-taped. A de-taping device is attached to the component collection device. The de-taping device includes a support ...