US 12,297,069 B2
Electronic component packing reel
King Fai Poon, Nijmegen (NL); Tin Ho Wong, Nijmegen (NL); and Fei Ying Wong, Nijmegen (NL)
Assigned to NEXPERIA B.V., Nijmegen (NL)
Filed by NEXPERIA B.V., Nijmegen (NL)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/147,045.
Claims priority of application No. 21218426 (EP), filed on Dec. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211975 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 75/02 (2006.01); G11B 23/027 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 75/02 (2013.01) [G11B 23/027 (2013.01); B65H 2701/53 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of an electronic component packing reel and a hub insert for a tape and reel packaging system wherein the electronic components are supported in pockets of a carrier tape wound around the reel, the packing reel comprising:
a central hub;
two wall elements attached on both sides of the central hub defining a retaining space for retaining the carrier tape wound around the central hub,
wherein the hub insert is arranged for placement over the central hub, the hub insert having an outer rim diameter for increasing a diameter of the central hub, wherein the hub insert comprises at least two sections configured to interlock the sections upon placement of the hub insert over the central hub, and wherein the hub insert has an annular area selected in accordance with a length of the tape to be wound around the packing reel to allow visual inspection without de-winding of the carrier tape.