ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,488, issued on July 7, was assigned to SUZHOU SUPERMAG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Suzhou, China).

"Magnetic suspension device and semiconductor processing apparatus" was invented by Chengke Yin (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic levitation device and a semiconductor processing equipment are provided. The magnetic levitation device includes a rotor and a stator. The stator includes at least three magnetic stator substrates, a permanent magnet and a guiding magnet. The at least three magnetic stator substrates are spaced apart from each other to define at least two gaps, the permanent magnet and the guiding ma...