Patents by Inventor Naomi Kuromoto

Naomi Kuromoto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Component collective and component collective feeding apparatus
    Patent number: 5931282
    Abstract: A component carrier assembly includes component holders each for holding a component therein and connected to one another in a form of a tape carrier. Each holder is provided with a cavity to accommodate the component, a closure for shutting an opening of the cavity, and a device for securing the lid structure in a closed position. An apparatus for feeding the component carrier includes a device for transferring the component carrier, a device for forcibly opening a closure of a component holder transferred to a predetermined position, and a device for forcibly closing the closure of the component holder after a component is removed from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Maruyama, Shinji Kadoriku, Toshiaki Yamauchi, Naomi Kuromoto, Hiroshi Yamauchi
  • Component collective and component collective feeding apparatus
    Patent number: 5769236
    Abstract: A component collective includes component holders respectively holding components therein and connected to one another in the form of a tape carrier. Each of holders is provided with a cavity to accommodate the component, a lid for shutting an opening of the cavity, and a keeping device for keeping the lid at a closed position. An apparatus for feeding the component collective includes a device for transferring the component collective, a device for forcibly opening the lid means of the component holder transferred to a predetermined position, and a device for forcibly closing the lid of the component holder after a component is removed from the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Maruyama, Shinji Kadoriku, Toshiaki Yamauchi, Shoriki Narita, Naomi Kuromoto, Hiroshi Yamauchi