ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,618, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to FUJI Corp. (Chiryu, Japan).
"Feeder setup device and feeder setup system" was invented by Mizuho Nozawa (Kota-cho, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeder setup device includes a feeder holding section configured to hold, at a work execution position in a vertical posture, a tape feeder to which a reel around which a carrier tape is wound is attached, the tape feeder being configured to feed the carrier tape to supply a component, a reel holding section configured to hold the reel in a lying down posture, and a reel attachment mechanism configured to take out the reel from the reel holdin...