ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,251, issued on June 17, was assigned to DISCO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Holding unit" was invented by Takayuki Masada (Tokyo), Tomohito Matsuda (Tokyo), Yuhei Fujii (Tokyo) and Naoya Takesue (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a holding unit that holds a target object by a holding surface of a holding table. The holding unit includes a fixing mechanism that fixes the target object to the holding surface, a movement mechanism that moves the fixing mechanism, and a controller. The fixing mechanism includes a fastening member allowed to be disposed at a fixing position at which the fastening member fastens the target object an...