Patents by Inventor Bobby W. Formby

Bobby W. Formby 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).

  • Method for handling semiconductor components
    Patent number: 4906162
    Abstract: A method for handling semiconductor components by utilizing a removable filler strip for temporarily securing or clinching longitudinally arrangeable individual components in a tube, rod or hollow magazine. The filler strip is generally flat, but has surface features that serve to press the components against the top, bottom or side of the tube. Partial removal of the filler strip will result in the dispensing of some of the components while the remainder are retained by the filler strip in the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1990
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Long, Bobby W. Formby
  • Filler strips
    Patent number: 4836371
    Abstract: A filler strip for temporarily securing or clinching longitudinally arrangeable individual components in a tube, rod or hollow magazine. The filler strip is generally flat, but has surface features that serve to press the component against the top, bottom or side of the tube to prevent the component from knocking against adjacent components and cracking, chipping or otherwise damaging one or more of the components. The filler strip is particularly suited to eliminating the knocking motion of expensive ceramic integrated circuit packages that are shipped and handled in transparent plastic tubes or rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Long, Bobby W. Formby