ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,724, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Storage case" was invented by Yasuhiro Shimizu (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kiyoyuki Nakagawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage case includes a storage space in which a component is to be accommodated, and is attached to a feeder to supply the component to a mounting device, the storage case includes a component takeout port in a side wall and extending in a vertical direction when the storage case is attached to the feeder, and an inclined surface within the storage space and extending to a lower edge of the component takeout po...