ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,055, issued on June 30, was assigned to Tescan Group A.S. (Brno, Czech Republic).
"Tilting element of manipulation stage" was invented by Jiri Marsik (Veverska Bityska, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tilting element of a manipulation stage uses a movement apparatus comprising a linear actuator attached to a fixed part and connected to a blade. The blade is attached at an end to a bottom side of a movable part to tilt the movable part relative to the fixed part. A tilt angle of the movable part relative to the fixed part is changed by extending and retracting the movable part of the linear actuator and thus winding an...