RETAINING RINGS

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
KLIPRING	TRUARC COMPANY	70 EAST WILLOW STREET MILLBURN NJ 07041	RETAINING RINGS;CLIPRING;
WAVERING	SMALLEY STEEL RING COMPANY	555 Oakwood Road Lake Zurich IL 60047	RETAINING RINGS;WAVE RING;THE LINING SHOWN IN THE DRAWING OF APPLICANT'S MARK IS A FEATURE OF THE MARK AND IS NOT INTENDED TO INDICATE COLOR.;
WAVERING	SMALLEY STEEL RING COMPANY	555 Oakwood Road Lake Zurich IL 60047	RETAINING RINGS;WAVE RING;
WAVERING	Smalley Steel Ring Co.	555 Oakwood Road Lake Zurich IL 60047	retaining rings;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

Retaining rings, planarizing apparatuses including retaining rings, and methods for mechanical and/or chemical-mechanical planarization of micro-device workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a carrier head for retaining a micro-device workpiece during mechanical or chemical-mechanical polishing includes a workpiece holder configured to receive the workpiece and a retaining ring carried by the workpiece holder. The retaining ring includes an inner surface, an outer surface, a first surface between the inner surface and the outer surface, and a plurality of grooves in the first surface extending from the inner surface to the outer surface. The grooves include at least a first groove and a second groove positioned adjacent and at least substantially transverse to the first groove.