Patents Represented by Attorney Wenderoth, Lind & Penack, L.L.P.
  • Patent number: 7886427
    Abstract: A suction-and-holding face for a component in a suction nozzle is formed from a semiconductor ceramic so that the suction-and-holding face to be brought into direct contact with the component in suction and holding has the characteristics of a semiconductor. Thus, detrimental effects due to static electricity on the suction nozzle as well as detrimental effects due to electrical conduction between the suction nozzle and the component can be prevented from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Uchida, Risa Sakurai, Shin-ichiro Endo, Kazuo Kido