ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,422, issued on May 27, was assigned to PANASONIC IP MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Component mounting system" 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: "A component mounting system includes a plurality of component mounters, a characteristic inspection device, and a management device. Each of the component mounters transmits inspection area component information including identification information of the corresponding component mounter, information of a conveyed-in board, and identification information of an inspection-required...