Patent ID: 6179127
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B65D,H05K

Abstract:
A carrier tape formed with a plurality of receiving recesses in a manner to be open on one surface thereof and be spaced from each other at predetermined intervals in a longitudinal direction thereof so as to receive therein electronic components each having electrodes provided on a bottom surface thereof, respectively;each said receiving recess being provided on a periphery thereof with shelf sections of which a height upwardly rising from a bottom surface of said receiving recess is greater than a height of the electrodes of the electronic component and which are adapted to support thereon an outer peripheral portion of the bottom surface of the electronic component;said shelf sections being arranged so as to be spaced from each other in a peripheral direction of said receiving recess and so as to be expanded outwardly from said receiving recess in a plane direction;said receiving recess being provided with positioning sections for positioning the electronic component in the plane direction while keeping sides of the electronic component in contact therewith;said positioning sections being respectively arranged between an adjacent too of said shelf sections.