ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,622, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Contactless conveying device" was invented by Heike Raatz (Stuttgart, Germany), Philipp Guth (Stuttgart, Germany) and Joachim Frangen (Heilbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveying device is configured to convey one or more payloads, in particular wafers, using transport bodies. The transport bodies are floatingly moved and positioned over a transport surface of a stator. The moving and positioning are preferably carried out with respect to all six degrees of freedom. The transport body has a movable boom or a movable manipulator or a mov...