ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,117, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AUO Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
"Composite tray" was invented by Chi-Chih Lin (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Hsin-Chih Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite tray includes a tray body and an external supporting member. The tray body includes a loading plate and a plurality of side walls. The side walls protrude from the loading plate. The side walls and the loading plate jointly form an accommodating groove, and the accommodating groove has an opening. The external supporting member includes a supporting plate and a plurality of assembly members. The supporting plate is located...