ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,614, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Applied Materials Israel Ltd. (Rehovot, Israel).
"Support unit" was invented by Shahar Shriki (Rehovot, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support unit for supporting a supported element, including (a) a spherical joint, (b) a pressure applying unit that is configured to maintain contact between a spherical outer surface and a base, (c) a position control unit that is configured to contact the spherical joint positioning element at multiple contact points and to set values of a first angle of rotation and a second angle of rotation of the spherical outer surface. The spherical joint is loc...