US Patent Issued to GlobalWafers on Dec. 9 for "Methods for cleaning the pull cable of an ingot puller apparatus" (Taiwanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,542, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GlobalWafers Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Methods for cleaning the pull cable of an ingot puller apparatus" was invented by Chin-Hung Ho (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chih-Kai Cheng (Zhubei, Taiwan), Chen-Yi Lin (Jhunan Township, Taiwan), Feng-Chien Tsai (Zhubei, Taiwan), Tung-Hsiao Li (Toufen, Taiwan), YoungGil Jeong (St. Peters, Mo.) and Jin Yong Uhm (Lewisville, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cleaning tools for cleaning the pull cable of an ingot puller apparatus and methods for cleaning the pull cable are disclosed. The cleaning tool includes a chamber for receiving the pull cable. Pressurized flu...