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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130529 | SUBSTRATE POSITION DETERMINING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE COLLECTING METHOD Even in case that a wafer is so greatly deviated that a peripheral portion of the wafer cannot be detected, position determination of the wafer can be performed without inflicting a damage on the wafer. The wafer peripheral portion, which is a target, is detected based ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130528 | DEVICE FOR SPATIALLY ORIENTING AT LEAST TWO SUBGROUP COMPONENTS AND METHOD The invention relates to a device for spatially aligning at least two large-format subassembly components, in particular at least one side shell 7, 8, at least one upper shell 12, at least one lower shell 11 and/or at least one floor structure, rela... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120072005 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE PLACING POSITION ADJUSTING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM A substrate placing position adjusting method which acquires data on a substrate placing position where a substrate carrying unit is required to place a substrate on a substrate holding device capable of rotating about a vertical axis and included in a processing unit f... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053724 | ROBOT SYSTEM A robot system includes a manipulator; a work table arranged within a movement extent of the manipulator; an imaging unit for taking a two-dimensional image of the workpieces loaded on the work table; a workpiece supply unit for supplying workpieces onto the work table;... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120041585 | ADJUSTABLE LOCATOR FOR A WORKPIECE FIXTURE An adjustable locator includes a locator element for contact with a workpiece supported on a fixture. The locator comprises a support element in which a ramp element is slidable. The ramp element has a ramp surface which is contacted by a plunger which carries the locat... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110301741 | AIRCRAFT COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS A method of manufacturing in which a robot arm is used to pick up a workpiece which is subsequently scanned by a scanner and positioned relative to a manufacturing system for manufacturing in order to eliminate the use of a bespoke jig.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295408 | PROCESS FOR POSITIONING A WORKPIECE A process for accurately determining a workpiece position in relation to a reference coordinate system is provided. The process includes providing a machine having a table and a machine coordinate system, determining locations of three reference geometric aspects of the... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110282483 | Automated Positioning and Alignment Method and System for Aircraft Structures Using Robots Automated positioning and alignment methods and systems for aircraft structures use anthropomorphous robots with six degrees of freedom to carry the aero structure parts during the positioning and alignment. The parts and structures (if any) supporting the parts are tre... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110282484 | SUBSTRATE POSITIONING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE POSITIONING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING A PROGRAM STORED THEREON Disclosed is a substrate positioning apparatus capable of accurately performing positioning of a center of a circular-shape substrate with respect to a rotating shaft. The substrate positioning apparatus includes: a substrate disposing part; a first positioning mechanis... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276172 | SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING AIRCRAFT A system automatically moves large scale components of a vehicle such as an airplane, into final assembly alignment. A noncontact measurement system determines the locations of aerodynamically significant features on each of the components. The measured locations of the... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276171 | METHOD FOR MACHINING TUBES The invention relates to a method for computer controlled machining of tubes, in particular laser cutting tubes, the method comprising the steps of: providing a length of tube; arranging the provided tube in a computer controlled machining station; executing a program f... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110245958 | MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE To provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device using an SOI substrate, by which mobility can be improved. A plurality of semiconductor films formed using a plurality of bond substrates (semiconductor substrates) are bonded to one base substrate (support sub... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110245957 | ADVANCED PLATFORM FOR PROCESSING CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS The present invention generally provides a batch substrate processing system for in-situ processing of a film stack used to form regions of a solar cell device. The batch processing system is configured to process an array of substrates positioned on a substrate carrier... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110231003 | Method of Producing Constituent Parts of a Product and Product Made Therefrom A method of producing a set of parts from a panel of material mountable on the worktable of a CNC machine suitably programmable to perform prescribed machining functions on such panel, generally consisting of programming the machine to perform a first set of machining f... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110218663 | PRE-ALIGNER APPARATUS The apparatus includes a rotary mechanism for holding a semiconductor wafer and rotating the same, a detection mechanism for detecting a positioning cutout portion formed in the wafer, and a wafer transfer mechanism for lifting the wafer from a wafer mounting portion of... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110196527 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR CUTTING The present invention relates to a system for controlling the cutting of a first rip out of a first board and a second rip out of the first board or out of a second board. The system including a control module which provides instructions to stack and/or align the first ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110177461 | MOVABLE BODY DRIVE METHOD, MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD A stage is driven (position control) using a hybrid signal which is obtained by synthesizing an output signal of an interferometer (an interferometer system) and an output signal of an encoder (an encoder system) that are made to pass through a high pass filter and a lo... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110104642 | Jig device and apparatus and method of making a dental prosthesis or pattern therefor A jig device holding a work piece is used with a milling machine that cuts from the work piece a prosthesis having a surface essentially free of defects. The jig device is inserted repeatedly into the machine in the same predetermined location, even upon inverting the j... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110098840 | PARTS MOUNTING RELATED WORK DEVICE A problem that the present invention is to solve is to provide a parts mounting related work device which can prevent the occurrence of an unexpected operation failure and an erroneous stopping of the whole system which are attributed to an error in combination of worki... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110098839 | PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF A DECORATIVE LAMINATE PROVIDED WITH AN ALIGNED SURFACE STRUCTURE A process for the manufacture of a decorative board, which board includes at least one thermosetting resin impregnated paper layer. A decor paper in the form of a web or a sheet, provided with a plurality of decor sections, each decor section being intended to constitut... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110087360 | ROBOT PARTS ASSEMBLY ON A WORKPIECE MOVING ON AN ASSEMBLY LINE An industrial robot is used to assemble a part to a predetermined location on a randomly moving workpiece. The workpiece may be an automobile on an assembly line and the part may be a wheel (a tire mounted on a rim) to be assembled on one of the wheel hubs of the automo... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110071663 | POSITION CONTROL DEVICE, POSITION CONTROL METHOD, DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE A position control device 1 and a position control method of the present invention are a technology used in a shape memory alloy actuator for moving a movable member using a shape memory alloy member. In controlling the position of the movable member, an instruct... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110071662 | Manufacturing Method of Semiconductor Device A management method is able to quickly investigate the cause of a defect generated in a semiconductor product manufacturing process. Manufacturing conditions in various QFP manufacturing steps are stored in a main server while correlating them with an identification num... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110065214 | 3D MULTIPLE DIE STACKING A process of forming three-dimensional (3D) die. A plurality of wafers are tested for die that pass (good die) or fail (bad die) predetermined test criteria. Two tested wafers are placed in proximity to each other. The wafers are aligned in such a manner so as to maximi... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110054662 | LAMINATED SUBSTRATE SEPARATING AND ACCOMMODATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING GLASS SUBSTRATES A stacked substrate separation loading apparatus includes: a stacked substrate holding holder configured to hold a stacked glass substrate; a cassette configured to load each sheet of glass substrates separated from the stacked glass substrate; a liquid tank in which th... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110046771 | Computer Controlled Flow Manipulation For Vacuum Infusion Processes Methods and apparatus for vacuum infusing resin into a fabric preform within a mold. The methods comprise increasing permeability in a selected region, such as by deploying a VIPR chamber in a location corresponding to the resin injection port corresponding to the resin... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110022216 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATION OF AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT SYSTEM The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for calibration of an industrial robot system including at least one robot (1) having a robot coordinate system (xr1,yr1,zr1) and a positioner (2) having a position... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022217 | WORK MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOUNTING This object aims to provide a work mounting system which has an improved usability and can be miniaturized. A work mounting system (1) is used to mount a sunroof member (3) on the inner panel (2A) of a body (2). The work mounting system (1... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022218 | WORK MEASURING METHOD, METHOD FOR ATTACHING SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY Provided is a work measuring method by which a deviation quantity of a work measuring point from a reference position can be measured in a short time. A work surface is set as a reference point when the measuring point is positioned at the reference position, and a dist... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100298966 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SUBSTRATE DETECTING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE DETECTING METHOD A substrate processing system 1 comprises a first detecting part 40 configured to detect unprocessed wafers W, and a second detecting part 50 configured to detect processed wafers W. The first detecting part 40 is configured to detect whether... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100292828 | BATCH CREATION Apparatus, method, and system for combining a plurality of items into a batch having a set number of items. Number of items are put together onto a production line to form a batch along with non-batch items which are not suitable for inclusion within the batch onto the ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100268371 | MACHINING TOOL The invention provides a machining tool capable of improving work production efficiency and downsizing the whole machine. In the machining tool having a plurality of spindles 111 and a plurality of tool rests 120, the respective tool rests 120 are d... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100265487 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, POSITIONING SYSTEM, AND POSITIONING METHOD A positioning system for a lithographic apparatus including a control system to position a moveable object of the lithographic apparatus in at least one direction which is substantially parallel to a frame, the control system including a measurement system to measure a ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100234974 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A CYCLIC PRODUCTION MACHINE IN COORDINATION WITH A LOADER OR UNLOADER MACHINE A method for synchronizing a first machine of a manufacturing process section arranged to carry out a production cycle including a working part and a non-working part. The first machine is operated in conjunction with at least one second machine. The first machine carri... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100228379 | Exposure mask manufacturing method, drawing apparatus, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and mask blanks product A method of manufacturing an exposure mask includes generating or preparing flatness variation data relating to a mask blanks substrate to be processed into an exposure mask, the flatness variation data being data relating to change of flatness of the mask blank substra... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100228374 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS A semiconductor substrate processing apparatus and a method for processing semiconductor substrates are provided. The method may include providing a semiconductor substrate having a surface and a plurality of features on the surface, each feature being positioned on the... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100228375 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING AN OPHTHALMIC LENS FOR MACHINING A preparation device (1) for preparing an ophthalmic lens to be machined, includes a support (100) suitable for holding the ophthalmic lens, blocking elements (400) including at least one blocking accessory (450) and a manipulator arm (401... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100228371 | SUBSTRATE POSITIONING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE POSITIONING METHOD It is intended to achieve a high level of positioning accuracy for a substrate assuming a two-layer structure constituted with a transparent layer with a high level of light transmissivity and a nontransparent layer with a low level of light transmissivity. A substrate ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100211206 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND INTERFEROMETER A measurement system that includes an industrial machine and an interferometer can detect when abnormality has occurred in measurement targeted at a reflector attached to a movable body, for example, in a case where the movable body has moved too close to the interferom... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100198388 | Production plant, particularly for suitcases and trunks A production plant, particularly for suitcases and trunks, such suitcases and trunks comprising at least two half-shells mutually associated so as to form at least one internal containment compartment. The plant comprises: at least one station for loading at least one h... | 08/05/2010 |
