US Patent Issued to ASM IP Holding on April 21 for "Lid moving systems and methods for chambers and containers" (Arizona, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,775, issued on April 21, was assigned to ASM IP Holding B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Lid moving systems and methods for chambers and containers" was invented by Senthil Sivaraman (Phoenix) and Yevgeniy Rabinovich (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lid moving systems and methods facilitate reliable and safe movement of lids for chambers. Such systems may include: (a) a base member; (b) side walls extending from the base member with each including a cam surface defined therein; (c) a lid mounting arm extending away from the base member; (d) a first pivotal connection system engaging the cam surfaces and pivotally engaging...