ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,090, issued on July 15, was assigned to VAT Holding AG (Haag, Switzerland).
"Lifting device for lowering a substrate" was invented by Clemens Kuhne (Valens, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lifting device for lowering a substrate onto and for lifting it off from a substrate carrier in a process chamber. The lifting device had a lifting rod and a linear drive, for moving the lifting rod along a linear lifting movement path, and a plurality of adjustment screws for adjusting the position of the lifting movement path. The lifting device has a drive housing for the linear drive, and a drive housing flange and a passage openin...