ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,306, issued on April 29, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Overhead transport system" was invented by Chieh Hsu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Guancyun Li (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ching-Jung Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chi-Feng Tung (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Hsiang-Yin Shen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead transport system is provided capable of absorbing abnormal vibration and determining a source of the abnormal vibration. The overhead transport system in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure includes a processor, an overhead rail, a plurality of hangers that su...