ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,133, issued on July 15, was assigned to JEOL Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Transport device and charged particle beam system" was invented by Shuichi Yuasa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a transport device capable of reducing drifting of a sample. The transport device delivers a cartridge to a sample holder in a charged particle beam system. The transport device has a mounting portion to which the cartridge can be detachably mounted, a shaft portion providing support of the mounting portion, a resilient member connecting together the shaft portion and the mounting portion, and a drive mechanism for moving the mounting porti...