US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on Sept. 2 for "Carrier tape processing device and carrier tape processing method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,135, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Carrier tape processing device and carrier tape processing method" was invented by Yoshinori Isobata (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roll body taking-out unit that takes out a roll body from a reel that holds a carrier tape storing components in a state of the roll body and stores the roll body in a case is provided. The roll body taking-out unit includes a separation unit that separates the roll body from the reel, and a roll body storage unit that stores the roll body separated from the reel by the separatio...