US Patent Issued to VAT HOLDING on April 22 for "High-frequency grounding device and vacuum valve having high-frequency grounding device" (Liechtensteiner, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,469, issued on April 22, was assigned to VAT HOLDING AG (Haag, Switzerland).

"High-frequency grounding device and vacuum valve having high-frequency grounding device" was invented by Arthur Buchel (Ruggell, Liechtenstein) and Adrian Weitnauer (Nafels, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a high-frequency grounding device (40) for use with a vacuum valve for closing and opening a valve opening of a vacuum chamber system, having a grounding band (42) made of a conductive material for discharging electrical charges occurring on the vacuum valve, wherein the grounding band has a first end (41) and a second e...