ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,195, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).
"Cassette lid opening device" was invented by Theodorus G. M. Oosterlaken (Oudewater, Netherlands), Maarten Hendrikus Maria Lamers (Vortum-Mullem, Netherlands), Nimit Kothari (Almere, Netherlands) and Chaggai Shmuel Ganani (Almere, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cassette lid opening device for a semiconductor substrate processing apparatus comprising a housing, a door assembly, a transport mechanism, and at least one suspension. The housing has at least one wall with an associated wall opening. The door assembly comprises at least one door ...