ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,177, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).
"Tape feeding apparatus" was invented by Dongwoo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sanghoon Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hee Soo Han (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape feeding apparatus includes a supply unit that supplies a release paper and a tape attached to the release paper, a blade unit that separates the release paper and the tape, having a triangular pillar shape extending in a first direction, and including a first surface, a second surface directed perpendicular to the first surface and contacting the relea...