ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,610, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to VON ARDENNE Asset GmbH & Co KG (Dresden, Germany).
"Magnetron target coupling and support device" was invented by Goetz Grosser (Dresden, Germany), Steffen Mosshammer (Rabenau, Germany), Klaus Schneider (Arnsdorf, Germany) and Thorsten Sander (Dresden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and systems related to a magnetron-target coupling that includes a target coupling flange, a shaft fixedly coupled to the target coupling flange on a face opposite the target coupling flange, and having a first linear bearing component on a face opposite the target coup...