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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132673 | Method and apparatus for retention of small components on adhesive backed carrier tape An improved continuous adhesive backed carrier tape which eliminates the need for a lift pin to assist in removing components from the compartments in the carrier tape within which the components are adhesively retained. The improvements are achieved by utilizing a ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8033397 | Cover tape for packaging semiconductor device and package for semiconductor device The present invention provides a cover tape for packaging a semiconductor device which protects the outer shape of the semiconductor device, and is capable of improving the mounting speed of the semiconductor device by shipment in tape, and a package for the semicon... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8009411 | Electronic device An electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board contained in the housing. The housing includes a main wall, a side wall, a vertical wall, a first rib, and a second rib. The side wall is integrally formed with the main wall. The vertical wall is integrall... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7828152 | Carrier tape, electronic-component accommodating member and method of transporting electronic component The invention provides carrier tapes in which, when the carrier tapes are wound up, regardless of the positions of accommodating portions of the upper and lower carrier tapes that overlap each other, electronic components accommodated in the accommodating portions c... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7694825 | Carrier tape for electronic components A carrier tape (10) for electronic components or devices (44) includes a tape body (12) and a plurality of pockets (14) formed in the tape body (12). Each of the pockets (14) includes a sidewall (18) and a base portio... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7654392 | Carrier tape containing good therein, and container using the carrier tape A carrier tape including a main body and plural pockets arranged on the main body and configured to contain goods therein is described. The pockets have depths greater than the thickness of the main body, and are arranged at equal intervals in a longitudinal directi... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7611016 | Non-nesting component carrier tape A carrier tape for storing components and for preventing nesting of successive wraps of the carrier tape when round onto a roll. In particular, the carrier tape comprises a strip like portion defining a top surface of the tape, and wall portions defining a plurality... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7584853 | Electronic component series The present invention is an electronic component series, comprising a carrier tape which has a plurality of storage recesses cyclically arranged along the longitudinal direction, electronic components to be stored in the plurality of storage recesses, a cover tape e... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7399657 | Ball grid array packages with thermally conductive containers Ball grid array packages for semiconductor die include a thermally conductive container and a substrate that substantially enclose a semiconductor die. The die is positioned with respect to the container by thermally conductive supports formed in the container or at... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395932 | Carrier tape for electronic components A carrier tape for electrical components is provided comprising a tape having a length and a plurality of cavities along the length of the tape. Each cavity comprises inner side walls and a bottom surface and is capable of containing an electrical component. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389877 | Apparatus for packaging electronic components including a reel entrained with desiccating material An apparatus for packaging electronic components, particularly integrated circuits, which includes a carrier tape into or on which the integrated circuits can be secured, a packing reel, to which is secured the carrier tape, wherein one or more components of the pac... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7340872 | Method of and device for packaging electronic components thus packaged The invention relates to a method of packaging an electronic component such as semiconductor device, where by the component is positioned in a cavity of a foil by tweezers and is supported by means of a further foil which is attached to the foil at one side thereof.... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7319592 | Recyclable protective cover for a heat-conductive medium A protective cover with a heat-conductive medium of a heat sink apparatus is provided, which is used to cover and protect the heat-conductive medium placed at the bottom surface of a base of the heat sink apparatus. It includes a sheet-like board, an elastic wall, a... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318257 | Reclosable fasteners for plastics bags and other containers A zipper (10) for application to a film or web using cross-web techniques comprises two interengageable elements (12, 14), each having engageable hooks (20, 22), and each having an upstanding post (24) at the margin of the fastener which ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316060 | System for populating a circuit board with semiconductor chips A system for populating a three dimensional array of semiconductor chips is disclosed. The system facilitates the surface mounting of semiconductor chips with chip carriers to achieve the three dimensional array of chips. The system includes a chip carrier pallet th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7295196 | Liquid crystal display panel with signal transmission patterns A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver I... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7273166 | Component information applying method and apparatus The invention improves supply of an electronic circuit components by a component tape. When a number of the components remaining in each feeder becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined number, an operator is informed of a fact that another component tape can... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7255230 | Card and blister package A card and blister package for small articles of commerce has a clear plastic blister piece, a card and a retainer piece. The blister walls form an article-receiving cavity and a plurality of upwardly projecting spaced-apart male prongs extending along the upper edg... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7249400 | Reclosable fasteners for plastics bags and other containers A reclosable fastener (10) comprising a male/female closure between a pair of opposed base members (18) has a single flange (16) for attachment of the closure to a web or film (34) on one only of the two base members. The fastener is atta... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243796 | Consumer product display The present invention relates to a consumer product display comprising of a display strip and a plurality of consumer products. The display strip defines a front face and a back face that combine to define a lower section and an upper section. The upper section incl... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239399 | Pick and place machine with component placement inspection Improved component placement inspection and verification is performed by a pick and place machine. Improvements include stereovision imaging of the intended placement location; enhanced illumination to facilitate the provision of relatively high-power illumination i... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7228622 | Electronic device carrier and manufacture tape A method and machine-readable medium are described for a flexible tape constructed of a material suitable to convey electronic devices through an entire manufacturing process without removing the electronic packages from the tape. According to one embodiment, part r... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220095 | Self-threading component tape feeder The present invention is a method and apparatus for the automatic loading and advancement of component feeder tape in a component feeder for use with a pick-and-place system. The feeder employs sensing technology to determine when a component tape leader is inserted... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219803 | Carrier tape for disk components A carrier tape for holding a plurality of disks includes a thin, elongate strip of polymer material presenting a longitudinal axis and having a plurality of pockets defined therein. Each pocket is adapted to receive a separate one of the disks. The pockets are space... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209359 | Universal memory module/PCB storage, transport, automation handling tray An adjustable tray for a semiconductor device, and method of using the tray for handling the device, are provided. Each tray comprises a front frame segment and a back frame segment opposing the front frame segment, and a pair of opposing side frame segments secured... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208938 | Test tray for handler A test tray includes a rectangular shaped frame and a plurality of transport modules to receive a plurality of semiconductor devices. A precise location-determining unit mounted on both sides of the frame to precisely determines and fixes the test tray location. Acc... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204068 | Packaging system with a tool for enclosing electronic components and method of populating a carrier tape The invention relates to a packaging system having a tool for inserting electronic components into a carrier tape, which has passage openings. The tool has a pick-up device to pick up the components from a carrier film and position them in the passage openings by me... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7191512 | Tray system for holding and positioning components The present invention provides a tray for holding components having first and second sides, wherein the first side has at least one first component receptacle for engaging said component; and the second side has at least one component engaging member, and further wh... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172779 | Container for sliced and fluffed food products A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed appearance, the package including a rigid base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a rigid lid sealed to the compartment. Advantageously, the base member includes a b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168224 | Method of making a packaged radiation sensitive resist film-coated workpiece The present invention includes a packaged coated workpiece. The packaged coated workpiece has: (1) a workpiece coated with a resist film sensitive to optical radiation, particulates or chemical contaminants; (2) an inner barrier sealed to enclose the coated workpiec... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165711 | Substrate alignment method and apparatus A substrate that is not lying flat on its substrate tray can present significant process problems when a vacuum pickup attempts to pick up the substrate and fails due to the lack of a proper bond forming between the pickup and the substrate. The substrate left behin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7143895 | Methods of bonding metal surfaces, and components therefor A tray device that serves as a shipping tray and an assembly fixture to align a fabricated tape assembly in the bonding of steel locating hinge washers to a hinge assembly to facilitate doors-off/door-on processing through an automotive trim shop. The adhesive bondi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143896 | Embossed carrier tape for electronic devices An embossed carrier tape includes a plurality of device pockets (device holes) in which electronic devices are held one by one; and support portions each of which is formed at a surrounding area of each of the device pockets. The support portions are of step-shaped ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7127805 | Electronic device carrier and manufacturing tape A system and apparatus are described for a flexible tape constructed of a material suitable to convey electronic devices through an entire manufacturing process without removing the electronic packages from the tape. According to one embodiment, part receiving areas... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112305 | Automation-optimized microarray package A method and system for economically packaging microarrays into sealed reaction chambers and storage vessels. A pocket strip is manufactured as a linear sequence of pockets, or wells, into which microarrays are positioned. A cover strip is then heat sealed to the up... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108899 | Chip tray with tacky surface A tray for handling and retaining a plurality of components, wherein the tray has a rigid body portion and an elastomeric contact layer. The contact layer has a planar upper surface for contacting and retaining the components, and may be formed from a thermoplastic ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105377 | Method and system for universal packaging in conjunction with a back-end integrated circuit manufacturing process A method and system for universal packaging in conjunction with an automated in-line back-end IC manufacturing process. In one method embodiment, the present invention processes a die-strip through a number of integrated in-line processes that function independently... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104748 | Methods for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems A stack processing tray for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems. The stack processing tray has a plurality of cells, each cell being configured to receive at least two integrated circuit devices in a vertically superimposed, stacked relati... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106317 | Tape carrier package A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver I... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102631 | Display panel with signal transmission patterns A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver I... | 09/05/2006 |
