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Carrier tape for electronic circuit elements and method of manufacturing an electronic circuit element series
Assignee: TDK Corp
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Filing: 1990-02-15
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Granted: 1992-02-18
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Expires: 2010-02-15
Abstract
Abstract A carrier tape for electronic circuit elements adapted to be provisionally held on printed circuit boards prior to fixing of them on said printed circuit boards by soldering, comprises a flexible tape body extending in a longitudinal direction, and adhesive means applied with respect to the tape body and for serving the purpose of provisionally holding of electronic circuit elements on printed circuit boards, the adhesive means being formed of a material which exhibits adhesion upon being heated. The adhesive means is formed of a polymeric material which exhibits adhesion upon being heated. The carrier tape further includes electronic circuit elements held with respect to the tape body at equal intervals in a row in the longitudinal direction of the tape body through the adhesive means, thereby constituting an electronic circuit element series. When respective electronic circuit elements are removed from the electronic circuit element series, the adhesive means sticking to the respective electronic circuit elements are adapted to be also removed from the series. The adhesive means sticking to the respective electronic circuit elements are then heated, through which adhesive means have exhibited adhesion due to heating the respective electronic circuit elements are provisionally held on a printed circuit board. Also, a method of manufacturing an electronic circuit element series is disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Sho Masujima
- 👤 Hiroshi Yagi
- 👤 Atsuzo Tamashima
- 👤 Masakazu Kamoshida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:51
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K13/00; H05K13/003; B; B65; B65G; B65G35/00; B65G35/04; H10; H10W; H10W72/00; H10W72/01; H10W72/0198; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/303; H10W72/071; H10W72/073; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/901; Y10S428/908; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24479; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24826; Y10T428/24917
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
An electronic circuit element series comprising: a carrier tape including a continuous elongated flexible tape body; a plurality of electronic circuit elements arranged on an upper surface of said flexible tape body at equal intervals in a row in the direction of elongation of said tape body and adapted to be provisionally held on printed circuit boards prior to a final fixing of the circuit elements on the printed circuit boards by soldering; said tape body having at least one recess formed at each of portions of said tape body on which the plurality of the electronic circuit elements are arranged, said at least one recess at each of said portions being open toward the upper surface of said tape body and curved in a downward direction from said tape body; and adhesive means contained in each of said recesses of said tape body for temporary fixing said electronic circuit elements on said printed circuit boards, said adhesive means being formed of a material having the property of exhibiting adhesion upon being heated; said electronic circuit elements being held on said tape body by said adhesive means contained in said recesses.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
An electronic circuit element series comprising: a carrier tape including a continuous elongated flexible tape body; a plurality of electronic circuit elements arranged on an upper surface of said flexible tape body at equal intervals in a row in the direction of elongation of said tape body and adapted to be provisionally held on printed circuit boards prior to a final fixing of the circuit elements on the printed circuit boards by soldering; said tape body having at least one recess formed at each of portions of said tape body on which the plurality of the electronic circuit elements are arranged, said at least one recess at each of said portions being open toward the upper surface of said tape body and curved in a downward direction from said tape body; and adhesive means contained in each of said recesses of said tape body for temporary fixing said electronic circuit elements on said printed circuit boards, said adhesive means being formed of a material having the property of exhibiting adhesion upon being heated; said electronic circuit elements being held on said tape body by said adhesive means contained in said recesses.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said recesses of said tape body is of a hemispherical shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said adhesive means is formed of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of silicone, acrylic resin, and the mixture of silicone with acrylic resin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 1, wherein said body is made of a soft resin material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said recess of said tape body is of a hemispherical shape, and wherein each of said adhesive means is formed of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of silicone, acrylic resin, and the mixture of silicone with acrylic resin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 5, wherein said tape body is made of resin material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
112 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 1, wherein said tape body has a plurality of concavities spaced from each other at equal intervals along the direction of elongation of said body, to form hollows each for receiving an electronic circuit element therein, wherein said at least one recess is formed at a bottom of each said concavities such that it is curved in a downward direction from the bottom of each of said concavities, and wherein each of said electronic circuit elements is received in one of said concavities and held on the bottom surface of said concavity by said adhesive means contained in the recess of said concavity.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 7, wherein each of said recesses of said tape body is of a hemispherical shape.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 7, wherein each of said adhesive means is formed of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of silicone, acrylic resin, and the mixture of silicone with acrylic resin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 7, wherein said tape body is made of resin material.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 7, wherein each of said recesses of said tape body is of a hemispherical shape, and wherein each of said adhesive means is formed of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of silicone, acrylic resin, and the mixture of silicone with acrylic resin.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
19 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 11, wherein said tape body is made of resin material.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 7, further including a cover tape applied onto an upper surface of said tape body to cover said concavities of said tape body.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 8, further including a cover tape applied onto an upper surface of said tape body to cover said concavities of said tape body.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 9, further including a cover tape provided on an upper surface of said tape body to cover said concavities of said tape body.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 10, further including a cover tape applied onto an upper surface of said tape body to cover said concavities of said tape body.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 11, further including a cover tape provided on an upper surface of said tape body to cover said concavities of said tape body.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
32 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 12, further including a cover tape applied onto an upper surface of said tape body to cover said concavities of said tape body.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 8, wherein each concavity is of a rectangular cross-section.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
53 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said recesses is at said upper surface of said tape body of a size smaller than a bottom surface area of each electronic circuit element held on said tape body by said adhesive means contained in each of said recesses.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
239 words
An electronic circuit element series comprising: a carrier tape including a continuous elongated flexible tape body; a plurality of electronic circuit elements arranged on an upper surface of said flexible tape body at equal intervals in a row in the direction of elongation of said tape body and adapted to be provisionally held on printed circuit boards prior to a final fixing of the circuit elements on the printed circuit boards by soldering; said tape body having at least one recess formed at each of portions of said tape body on which the plurality of the electronic circuit elements are arranged, said at least one recess at each of said portions being open at the upper surface of said tape body and curved in a downward direction from said tape body; and adhesive means contained in each of said recesses of said tape body and filling each of said recesses for temporary fixing said electronic circuit elements on said printed circuit boards, said adhesive means being formed of a material having the property of exhibiting adhesion upon being heated; said electronic circuit elements being held on said tape body by said adhesive means contained in said recesses; each of said recesses being at said upper surface of said tape body of a size smaller than a bottom surface area of each electronic circuit element held on said tape body by said adhesive means contained in each of said recesses.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
239 words
An electronic circuit element series comprising: a carrier tape including a continuous elongated flexible tape body; a plurality of electronic circuit elements arranged on an upper surface of said flexible tape body at equal intervals in a row in the direction of elongation of said tape body and adapted to be provisionally held on printed circuit boards prior to a final fixing of the circuit elements on the printed circuit boards by soldering; said tape body having at least one recess formed at each of portions of said tape body on which the plurality of the electronic circuit elements are arranged, said at least one recess at each of said portions being open at the upper surface of said tape body and curved in a downward direction from said tape body; and adhesive means contained in each of said recesses of said tape body and filling each of said recesses for temporary fixing said electronic circuit elements on said printed circuit boards, said adhesive means being formed of a material having the property of exhibiting adhesion upon being heated; said electronic circuit elements being held on said tape body by said adhesive means contained in said recesses; each of said recesses being at said upper surface of said tape body of a size smaller than a bottom surface area of each electronic circuit element held on said tape body by said adhesive means contained in each of said recesses.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
23 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 21, wherein each of said recesses of said tape body is of hemispherical shape.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
39 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 21, wherein each of said adhesive means is formed of a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of silicone, acrylic resin, and the mixture of silicone with acrylic resin.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 21, wherein said tape body is made of resin material.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
113 words
An electronic circuit element series as defined in claim 21, wherein said tape body has a plurality of concavities spaced from each other at equal intervals along the direction of elongation of said body, to form hollows each for receiving an electronic circuit element therein, wherein said at least one recess is formed at a bottom of each of said concavities such that it is curved in a downward direction from the bottom of each of said concavities, and wherein each of said electronic circuit elements is received in one of said concavities and held on the bottom surface of said concavity by said adhesive means contained in the recess of said concavity.
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