US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on April 21 for "Component mounting device and component mounting method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,511, issued on April 21, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Component mounting device and component mounting method" was invented by Yoshinori Isobata (Fukuoka, Japan), Kunimi Tsuzurugi (Fukuoka, Japan), Tatsuo Yamamura (Fukuoka, Japan), Kyourei Ri (Fukuoka, Japan), Chikara Takata (Fukuoka, Japan), Atuyuki Horie (Fukuoka, Japan), Kazunari Mishima (Fukuoka, Japan), Minoru Kitani (Fukuoka, Japan), Kazunori Kanai (Fukuoka, Japan), Yasuo Oku (Fukuoka, Japan) and Hiroaki Kato (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The component mounting device includes a component supply part on w...