US Patent Issued to UChicago Argonne on June 24 for "Method and mechanical design of a flexure interface for ultra-high-vacuum nanopositioning Invar base near-zero-length feedthrough" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,473, issued on June 24, was assigned to UChicago Argonne LLC (Chicago).

"Method and mechanical design of a flexure interface for ultra-high-vacuum nanopositioning Invar base near-zero-length feedthrough" was invented by Deming Shu (Darien, Ill.), Steven P. Kearney (Schaumberg, Ill.), Jayson W. Anton (Chicago) and William F. Toter (Park Ridge, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a novel flexure interface apparatus are provided for ultrahigh-vacuum (UHV) applications for precision nanopositioning systems. An ultrahigh-vacuum (UHV) metrology base is integrated with an ultrahigh-vacuum (UHV) flange together including a preci...