ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,666, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Lattice based voltage standoff" was invented by Adam M. McLaughlin (Merrimac, Mass.) and Craig R. Chaney (Gloucester, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulator that has a lattice is disclosed. The insulator may have a shaft with two ends. The lattice may be disposed on the outer surface of the shaft. In some embodiments, one or more sheaths are used to cover portions of the shaft. A lattice may also be disposed on the inner wall and/or outer walls of the sheaths. The lattice serves to increase the tracking length between the two ends of the...