US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on Nov. 11 for "Carrier tape holding device, holder, and carrier tape package body" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,681, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Carrier tape holding device, holder, and carrier tape package body" was invented by Yoshinori Isobata (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component mounting device comprises a mounting head being configured to mount a component from a carrier tape onto a substrate, a component supply unit being configured to convey the carrier tape, a holder, and a carrier tape holding device providing a first storage space in communication with the holder. The carrier tape holding device is configured to perform operations compri...