ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,388, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Henan Fuchi Technology Co. Ltd. (Zhengzhou, China), HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (ZHENGZHOU) Co. LTD. (Zhengzhou, China) and HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Deposit device" was invented by Yan-Fang Yan (Zhengzhou, China), Hai-Qiang Li (Zhengzhou, China) and Jun Chen (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deposit device is configured to temporarily store a carrier tape with through holes on the carrier tape platform. The carrier tape platform is used to pull the carrier tape to external equipment for processing. The deposit device includes a storage bin a...