ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,674, issued on May 13, was assigned to Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH (Oberkochen, Germany).
"Connecting components of an optical imaging device" was invented by Viktor Schulga (Lauchheim, Germany), Maximilian Schwenk (Zoschingen, Germany) and Henner Baitinger (Aalen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement of a microlithographic imaging device includes a first component, a second component and a connection unit of a connection device. The connection unit is configured to cooperate with the first component in a connection region between the first and second components. The connection unit is configured to cooperate, in a mounted s...