ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,071, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Vacuum Innovations LLC (Dansville, N.Y.).
"Planetary rotation system with lunar rotation" was invented by James Oliver (Dansville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A planetary rotation system for coating includes a solar orbiter plate configured to rotate about a solar axis. A lunar rotation system is mounted to the solar orbiter plate. The lunar rotation system includes a lunar orbiter plate configured to rotate about a planetary axis. A plurality of lunar substrate holders is mounted on the lunar orbiter plate. Respective lunar substrate holders include a lunar axis extending centrally the...