ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,393, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Faceplate loading platform" was invented by Thyagarajan Kathavarayan (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary semiconductor component assembly platforms include a base frame having a frame body extending from a first end to a second end. The component assembly platforms include a telescoping frame movably connected to the base frame and a component support movably connected to the telescoping frame. Semiconductor component assembly platforms exhibit a compressed position and a fully extended position. In a compressed position, a fir...