ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,647, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES LLC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Contactor for multi device sockets and related" was invented by Raffy Celis (Carmona, Philippines) and Zan Valde Cagulangan (Santa Rosa, Philippines).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a contactor pad having a first side and a second side. A device may include an opening extending through the contactor pad from the first side to the second side, the opening being configured to receive at least a portion of a socket assembly associated with automated test equipment (ATE) for a semiconductor device. A device may include...