US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on Oct. 7 for "Component mounting device and component mounting method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,576, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Component mounting device and component mounting method" was invented by Hideki Sumi (Fukuoka, Japan), Ryouji Eguchi (Fukuoka, Japan) and Hiroki Yamamoto (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a component mounter that conveys in a board having a product area in which a pattern electrode incorporated in an electrical product is disposed and an inspection area in which an inspection electrode for inspecting electrical characteristics is disposed, and conveys out the board after repeatedly executing an ope...