ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,947, issued on Nov. 11.
"Low friction horizontal probing fixture" was invented by Kuan-Hung Chen (Taichung, Taiwan) and Li-Cheng Richard Zai (Los Gatos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low friction horizontal probing fixture includes two rails of a base unit and two slide units respectively disposed on and being slidable along the rails. Each slide unit has a slide seat that is disposed adjacent to a respective one of the rails, rolling members that are connected to the slide seat and that are rollable on the respective rail so that the slide seat is movable along the respective rail, and a lock mechanism that is disposed on ...