ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,270, issued on June 30, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Part feeder and component mounting machine" was invented by Chikara Takata (Fukuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Part feeder (13) of the present disclosure includes body (41) that includes a component supply mechanism that supplies a component at component extraction position (13K), slot insertion portion (42) that slides in one direction along a slot provided at feeder base (22), fixed member (51) that protrudes in the one direction from the body, and is fixed to fixing mechanism (31) provided at feeder base (22), un...