US Patent Issued to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing on Nov. 4 for "Hash overhead hoist transport rail system and methods of operating the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,072, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Hash overhead hoist transport rail system and methods of operating the same" was invented by Guancyun Li (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Ching-Jung Chang (Taichung, Taiwan), Chi-Feng Tung (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Hsiang Yin Shen (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated material handling system (AMHS) and a method of operating the AMHS are disclosed. In one aspect, the AMHS includes a network of rails and a vehicle configured to hold a sample carrier that stores one or more samples, wherein the vehicle is configured to...