ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,427, issued on March 25, was assigned to AEM Singapore Pte LTD. (Singapore).
"Thermal head comprising a plurality of adapters for independent thermal control of zones" was invented by Thomas P. Jones (Stanwood, Mich.), Samer Kabbani (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Chan See Jean (Singapore) and Paul R. Hoffman (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are thermal heads and corresponding test systems for independently controlling a one or more components while testing one or more devices under test. In some embodiments, a thermal head comprises a plurality of adapters, one or more heaters, and one or more thermal controllers...