ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,960, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BRILLIAN NETWORK & AUTOMATION INTEGRATED SYSTEM Co. LTD. (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

"Carrier plate applied for load port" was invented by Sheng-Chi Hsu (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Yi-Chun Gu (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Han-Cheng Hu (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carrier plate applied for a load port is provided, which includes a first guide slot is provided with a first switch to drive a first nozzle to move up and down to switch the position, a second guide slot is provided with a second switch to drive a second nozzle to move up and down to switch the position, a third gui...