Patent ID: 9373451
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: H01G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electronic component manufacturing method operatively associated with an electronic component manufacturing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: providing the apparatus including a first plate having a first elastic layer on one side thereof, a second plate having a second elastic layer on one side thereof, a planar movement mechanism configured to relatively move the first and second plates in a planar direction thereof in a state where at least one electronic component chip adhering, at one surface thereof, to the first elastic layer is held between the first and second elastic layers facing each other, and a vertical movement mechanism configured to move, in conjunction with the planar movement mechanism, at least one of the first and second plates in the planar direction and a vertical direction in accordance with a turning path of the electronic component chip turned between the first and second elastic layers, wherein the second elastic layer is in contact with a first ridge of the electronic component chip located at a rear of an end surface of the electronic component chip, with respect to a travel direction of the second plate during turning of the electronic component chip, and the turning path of the electronic component chip determined by the planar movement mechanism and the vertical movement mechanism is a path drawn by a second ridge of the electronic component chip located diagonally opposite the first ridge of the electronic component chip, when the electronic component chip is turned by the planar movement mechanism and the vertical movement mechanism about the first ridge of the electronic component chip; preparing at least one electronic component chip including a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; holding the electronic component chip between the first and second plates such that the first and second surfaces are in contact with the first and second elastic layers, respectively; and turning the electronic component chip by relatively moving the first and second plates in the planar direction using the planar movement mechanism and moving the first and second plates in accordance with a turning path of the electronic component chip using the planar movement mechanism and the vertical movement mechanism.