US Patent Issued to Hitachi High-Tech on July 29 for "Tweezers, conveyance device, and method for conveying sample piece" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,520, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hitachi High-Tech Corp. (Tokyo).

"Tweezers, conveyance device, and method for conveying sample piece" was invented by Naoki Samura (Tokyo), Tsunenori Nomaguchi (Tokyo), Shinsuke Kawanishi (Tokyo) and Yaku Maeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tweezers 8, which can grip a sample piece 9, includes a gripping member 8a1 and a gripping member 8a2. The gripping member 8a1 includes a gripping region 8c1 and an abutment region 8b1, and the gripping member 8a2 includes a gripping region 8c2 and an abutment region 8b2. The gripping region 8c1 and the gripping region 8c2 include a gripping surface ...