Patent ID: 6557707
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: B65D,H05K

Abstract:
An electronic component packaging strip, comprising a long strip that could be wound into a roll and has a row of serially and continuously arranged receiving cavities formed thereon for each receiving an electronic component therein, each of said receiving cavities being internally provided along every peripheral edge with a rib and near a central area with at least one square land portion raised from a bottom of said receiving cavity; such that said electronic component is positioned in said receiving cavity with peripheral edges of said electronic component rested on said ribs and most other part of said electronic component suspended in said receiving cavity; and said at least one land portion being adapted to arch and thereby elevate said electronic component positioned in said receiving cavity when said packaging strip is bent while being wound into a roll, protecting contacts provided at a bottom surface of said electronic component from damage due to any collision with a bottom of said receiving cavity.