US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on April 8 for "Work piece holder and method of transferring a work piece" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,135, issued on April 8, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Work piece holder and method of transferring a work piece" was invented by Hsu Tung Yen (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Ling-Sung Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chen-Chieh Chiang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Kun-Ei Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Bo Hsiang Huang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A work piece holder provided herein includes a support baffle and an elevating element. The support baffle extends along an arc path. The elevating element is disposed on the support baffle and is pivoted to be movable between an unlock status and a lock stat...