Quotables
"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."
Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office ; 1878
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367347 | Portable stabilizer apparatus for a standing passenger A portable stabilizer apparatus is provided for a standing passenger who is standing below a ceiling in a mass transit vehicle; and the portable stabilizer apparatus includes a handle assembly which includes a hand grip region, a finger-operated latch member, and an... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367601 | Substrate transfer apparatus and substrate transfer method The present invention provides a substrate carrying apparatus capable of surely carrying a substrate with electronic parts mounted thereon, at low costs without causing the electronic parts to fall off the substrate, and without damaging the substrate. A substrate c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360322 | Non-contacting conveyance equipment A non-contacting conveyance equipment comprises: a body having an end face that opposes an object to be conveyed, and a concave opening formed in the end face and surrounded by a cylindrical inner side wall; and a fluid passageway having a plurality of pairs of spou... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363107 | Substrate transfer system A substrate transfer system is used in fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The system includes a cassette having a bar code, a cassette stocker to store the cassette; an auto guided vehicle that is able to transfer the cassette; a moving path unit to ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357631 | Apparatus for placing mold charges in a compression molding machine An apparatus for placing mold charges into a mold of a compression molding machine includes at least one mold charge pick-up cup for receiving a severed charge of molten plastic, a vacuum source for applying a vacuum to the pick-up cup to retain the mold charge in t... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357115 | Wafer clamping apparatus and method for operating the same A wafer clamping apparatus is provided to secure a wafer within a chamber during wafer processing. The wafer clamping apparatus creates a pressure differential between a top surface and a bottom surface of the wafer. The pressure differential serves to pull the wafe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354085 | Method of mounting component on circuit formation object A suction nozzle (21) has an outer nozzle member (30), a nozzle body (40), and an urging member (50) for urging the nozzle body (40) in a direction away from the outer nozzle member (30). The suction nozzle (21) also ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353594 | Component mounting method When two mounting units for performing a series of component mounting operations constituted of component holding, component recognition, and component placing are arranged, operational control is executed so that, while a component recognition or board recognition ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340827 | Component mounting apparatus A component mounting apparatus is proposed, which has a plurality of vacuum pick-up nozzles attached to a mount head so as to revolve about a main shaft, causing one of the vacuum pick-up nozzles to move to a location to be driven by an actuator that is provided at ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338434 | Method and system for organ positioning and stabilization This invention provides a heart positioning device, method and system for positioning, manipulating, holding, grasping, immobilizing and/or stabilizing a heart. The heart positioning device may include a suction head and a shaft with a means for remotely changing th... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338102 | Manipulator This invention provides a manipulator having an arrangement which easily makes it possible to execute fine work such as attitude control while properly grasping even a minute target object. The manipulator of this invention has, at, e.g., the contact portion to a ma... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336471 | Charge eliminating mechanism for stage and testing apparatus A charge eliminating mechanism of the invention includes a mechanical switching mechanism (e.g., a POGO pin), and a wiring line so connected as to be able to be electrically connected to the POGO pin. The wiring line can include a resistor. A block holds the POGO pi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335158 | Surgical devices for imposing a negative pressure to stabilize the cardiac tissue during surgery The invention is devices and techniques which use a negative (suction) pressure or vacuum, applied through a surgical instrument, to fix the position of a portion of the surface of a beating heart so that a surgical procedure can be more easily performed. The device... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334503 | Tool for changing a light bulb A light bulb changing tool is adapted for use with a conventional vacuum cleaner whose suction nozzle is of an indeterminate diameter. In some embodiments, the light bulb changing tool includes a rotational slip joint that enables the tool to be rotated while the va... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333695 | Singulated dies in a parallel optics module A parallel optics module including singulated dies. A first singulated die includes a first semiconductor optical component, and a second die includes a second semiconductor optical component. The first and second dies are mounted to a substrate. The first and secon... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331161 | Combination vacuum manifold and support beam for a vacuum packaging system A vacuum packaging system includes a series of vacuum chambers that are carried by a movable combination support member and vacuum manifold, which defines an interior connected to a vacuum source. The vacuum chambers are in communication with the interior of the com... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325298 | Pressure apparatus and chip mounter A contact member is supported on the support shaft. A force sensor is coupled to the support shaft. A movable member is coupled to the force sensor. The pressure apparatus allows the movable member to cause the axial movement of the support shaft. A first guide serv... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322787 | Devices and methods for reversing, transporting, and processing substrates A substrate is supported on a plurality of substrate supporting pins mounted to a second movable member. Next, so as to bring the plurality of substrate supporting pins close to a plurality of substrate supporting pins mounted to a first movable member, the first mo... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310965 | Compressor head, internal discriminator, external discriminator, manifold design for refrigeration recovery apparatus The compressor head, internal and/or external discriminator, and manifold design in general utilize ball valves on the suction and discharge of a cylinder head in the recovery of refrigerant liquid and/or vapor. The device facilitates the flashing of liquid refriger... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309089 | Vacuum cup A vacuum cup for a material handling system includes a body portion and a perimeter seal that functions to substantially seal against an object. The vacuum cup may transport the object when a partial vacuum is applied to the vacuum cup to retain the cup to the objec... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302755 | Head assembly for a component mounter Provided is a component mounter having a plurality of revolving nozzle spindles, which can simultaneously pick up and mount two or more electronic components. A head assembly for the component mounter includes: a base frame; a rotary housing rotatably mounted on the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293352 | Origin detection method for component placement head An origin detection method for a component placement head includes setting an axial origin for each elevation nut section, of the component placement head, by detecting a rotational angle of a drive section corresponding to the elevation nut section. The elevation n... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293354 | Apparatus for mounting columns for grid array electronic packages A vacuum controlled fixture is provided for positioning columns on sites of an electronic substrate. The fixture includes an internal chamber having spaced apart first and second surfaces extending beneath its principal face. A regular array of column receiving hole... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293811 | Ultra low contact area end effector The present invention comprises a vacuum end effector having workpiece supports that work in conjunction with distorted workpiece surfaces. In one embodiment, each workpiece support has the ability to gimbal and conform the workpiece surface in contact with an outer... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293750 | Suction base for an apparatus support device In a suction base for the support of an apparatus, comprising a housing consisting of a hard plastic material and having an opening surrounded by a housing support edge and a suction membrane of PVC disposed in the housing so as to extend across the housing opening ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292427 | Pin lift chuck assembly for warped substrates A vacuum chuck apparatus may include chuck plate having a substantially flat chucking surface, one or more lift pins, and a lifting mechanism. The lift pins are configured to clamp a substrate at three or more locations. The lifting mechanism lifts the heads of the ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284318 | Apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips An apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips has a pick and place system arranged stationary in vertical direction for the picking, transport and placement of a semiconductor chip onto a substrate. The pick and place system comprises a bondhead with a chip gripper ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281739 | Adjustable mount for vacuum cup with offset mounting post and swivel A material handling device includes a vacuum cup pivotally attached to a receiving collar and pivotable to engage a surface of an object to be picked up by the material handling system. The receiving collar includes a support post and a mounting collar that is movab... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278204 | Electric-component holding apparatus An electric-component holding apparatus including a component holder which holds an electric component and includes an engaging portion, a holder-holding member to which the component holder is detachably attached, a lock member which consists of a substantially rig... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271006 | Method and apparatus for automated coverslipping An apparatus and method for selecting and dispensing coverglasses over specimens on slides for the purpose of viewing specimens through a microscope. The selecting device contains a suctioning mechanism for picking up a coverglass from a stack of coverglasses. It al... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7270357 | Distance and orientation adjustable suction device A distance and orientation adjustable suction device includes two suction cups and a controlling mechanism connected between the suction cups. Each suction cup has a rotatable mounting block. The controlling mechanism includes a main body forming a knuckle joint wit... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267383 | Method and support arrangement for fixing and demounting a gripper tool to the transverse beam of a transfer press A method and an apparatus serve to secure a gripper tool detachably to a movable crossbar of a transfer press. The gripper tool has two saddles, with spacing between them, which are brought into engagement with two bearings mounted on the crossbar and locked in a de... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267382 | Low maintenance vacuum generation The present invention features a system to generate vacuum for picking up and holding a component in a component placement machine wherein the arrangement of the elements comprising the system prevents the flow of foreign matter back through the system. One arrangem... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264288 | Barrel handling device A grab for lifting barrels stored in a well includes a grasp system provided for example with suction caps for slightly raising a barrel and movable arms provided with extendable fingers used for embracing the barrel and forming a solid support therefore. The elemen... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263890 | Vacuum clamping detection method and vacuum clamping detector When suction/release-passage-internal pressure Pin is equal to or less than a suction detection pressure Pj, a suction of a workpiece is detected and a transfer operation is started. As long as the suction/release-passage-internal pressure Pin does not rise to press... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261350 | Negative pressure attraction device and attraction confirming sensor An air suction passage (4A, 4B) is provided with a pick and place confirming sensor (1) comprising a gas flow sensor. The pick and place confirming sensor (1) measures the flow rate of air sucked in from an air suction port (33) of... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262488 | Substrate with enhanced properties for planarization A method and intermediate structure for improving the thinning and planarity of a wafer back side utilizing planarization material applied to the back side prior to at least one portion of the thinning operation and which is subsequently removed concurrently with th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255024 | Customizable light bulb changer with suction cup and control A light bulb changing tool comprising a holding structure configured to engage a light bulb, the holding structure configured along an axis, the motorized holding structure configured to actuate in a first direction and a second direction. The light bulb changing to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7240935 | Suction grip arm A vacuum gripper for suctioning work pieces, having a vacuum connection, a flexible suction body and a suction body holder, where the side of the suction body facing the work piece has a sealing lip bounding a vacuum chamber, and the vacuum chamber is connected to t... | 07/10/2007 |
