US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Malta) on July 15 for "Tray carrier and corresponding method" (Maltese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,213, issued on July 15, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Malta) Ltd (Kirkop, Malta).

"Tray carrier and corresponding method" was invented by Silvio Spiteri (Siggiewi, Malta), Tiziana Borg (Rabat, Malta) and Alex Grima (Gozo, Malta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray carrier includes a base plate having a first and second pairs of opposed sides as well as opposed first and second surfaces. Channel-shaped corner members provide containment formations for trays stacked at the first surface of the base plate. Tray carrier gripping cavities provided in the first pair of opposed sides can be engaged by gripping formations of an automa...