ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,549, issued on July 29, was assigned to ADVANTEST Corp. (Tokyo).

"Test carrier and carrier assembling apparatus" was invented by Toshiyuki Kiyokawa (Tokyo) and Kazuya Ohtani (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A test carrier carried in a state of accommodating a device under test (DUT) includes: a carrier body that holds the DUT; and a lid member that covers the DUT and is attached to the carrier body. The lid member includes: a plate-like main body; and a pusher protruding from the main body in a convex shape."

The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2021, under Application No. 17/484,560.

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