Patents by Inventor Yoshifusa Hyodo

Yoshifusa Hyodo 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).

  • Tape connecting method, member and tool
    Patent number: 6687966
    Abstract: A method of connecting respective one end portions of two carrier tapes to each other, each of the two tapes having accommodating pockets at a first pitch and tape-feed holes at a second pitch, each of the accommodating pockets accommodating an electric component, the method including aligning a tape connecting member which includes a flat main portion having tape-feed holes at a third pitch equal to the second pitch, and caulking projections projecting perpendicularly from the flat main portion, with the respective one end portions of the two tapes, such that tape-feed holes of the connecting member are aligned with respective tape-feed holes of the two tapes, causing at least two caulking projections of the connecting member to penetrate through the respective thickness of the two tapes, so that the flat main portion of the connecting member contacts a respective major surface of the two tapes, and caulking respective portions of the two caulking projections that penetrate out of the respective other surfac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignees: Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Meiwa, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Asai, Kunio Ooe, Yoshifusa Hyodo
  • Tape connecting method, member and tool
    Publication number: 20020038584
    Abstract: A method of connecting respective one end portions of two carrier tapes to each other, each of the two tapes having accommodating pockets at a first pitch and tape-feed holes at a second pitch, each of the accommodating pockets accommodating an electric component, the method including aligning a tape connecting member which includes a flat main portion having tape-feed holes at a third pitch equal to the second pitch, and caulking projections projecting perpendicularly from the flat main portion, with the respective one end portions of the two tapes, such that tape-feed holes of the connecting member are aligned with respective tape-feed holes of the two tapes, causing at least two caulking projections of the connecting member to penetrate through the respective thickness of the two tapes, so that the flat main portion of the connecting member contacts a respective major surface of the two tapes, and caulking respective portions of the two caulking projections that penetrate out of the respective other surfac
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: April 4, 2002
    Applicant: Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koichi Asai, Kunio Ooe, Yoshifusa Hyodo
  • Tape connecting method, member, and tool
    Patent number: 6364567
    Abstract: A method of connecting respective one end portions of two carrier tapes, to each other, each of the two tapes having accommodating pockets at a first pitch and tape-feed holes at a second pitch, each of the accommodating pockets accommodating an electric component, the method including the steps of aligning a tape connecting member which includes a flat main portion having tape-feed holes at a third pitch equal to the second pitch, and caulking projections projecting perpendicularly from the flat main portion, with the respective one end portions of the two tapes, such that tape-feed holes of the connecting member are aligned with respective tape-feed holes of the two tapes, causing at least two caulking projections of the connecting member to penetrate through respective thickness of the two tapes, so that the flat main portion of the connecting member contacts respective one major surfaces of the two tapes, and caulking respective portions of the two caulking projections that penetrate out of the respective
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignees: Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Meiwa, Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Asai, Kunio Ooe, Yoshifusa Hyodo
  • Tape connecting method, member, and tool
    Patent number: 6073334
    Abstract: A method of connecting respective one end portions of two carrier tapes, to each other, each of the two tapes having accommodating pockets at a first pitch and tape-feed holes at a second pitch, each of the accommodating pockets accommodating an electric component, the method including the steps of aligning a tape connecting member which includes a flat main portion having tape-feed holes at a third pitch equal to the second pitch, and caulking projections projecting perpendicularly from the flat main portion, with the respective one end portions of the two tapes, such that tape-feed holes of the connecting member are aligned with respective tape-feed holes of the two tapes, causing at least two caulking projections of the connecting member to penetrate through respective thickness of the two tapes, so that the flat main portion of the connecting member contacts respective one major surfaces of the two tapes, and caulking respective portions of the two caulking projections that penetrate out of the respective
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignees: Fuji Machine Mfg. Co., Ltd., Meiwa Inc.
    Inventors: Koichi Asai, Kunio Ooe, Yoshifusa Hyodo