Patents Assigned to NanoMotion, Inc.
  • Sample stage including a slider assembly
    Patent number: 6193199
    Abstract: A sample stage of a precision sample positioning system includes a sample plate supported above a base plate on a plurality of slider assemblies. Each slider assembly includes a base slider secured to a surface of the base plate and a stage slider secured to the sample plate. Each slider is made from a common material. The common material possesses the characteristic of not having a yield point, and having a sufficiently high strength so as to permit sliding without surface degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: NanoMotion, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond M. Karam, II