ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,110, issued on July 21, was assigned to NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Koka-city, Japan).

"Substrate transfer device" was invented by Masatoshi Onoda (Koka-city, Japan) and Daiki Takashima (Koka-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A substrate transfer device includes a shaft member rotationally movable about a rotation axis, a first swing member coupled to a holder for holding a substrate, a first support member supporting the first swing member to be linearly displaced, a second swing member having a linearly moving part linearly displaceable, and a second support member supporting the second swing member to be linearly displ...