ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,069, issued on May 13, was assigned to NEXPERIA B.V. (Nijmegen, Netherlands).
"Electronic component packing reel" was invented by King Fai Poon (Nijmegen, Netherlands), Tin Ho Wong (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and Fei Ying Wong (Nijmegen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an electronic component packing reel for a tape and reel packaging system and the electronic components are supported in pockets of a carrier tape wound around the reel, the packing reel includes: a central hub; two wall elements attached on both sides of the centrale hub defining a retaining space for retaining the carrier tape wound a...