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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6189943 | Robot hand In a robot hand of an automatic handling robot for holding and carrying a semiconductor wafer or the like, the robot hand 10 itself is made of a porous material, for example, porous ceramic, and the surface portion thereof other than portions correspondin... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6184047 | Contactor sleeve assembly for a pick and place semiconductor device handler An apparatus for effecting a semiconductor device handling method which includes picking up a semiconductor device by vacuum at the tip of a sleeve assembly nozzle having a longitudinal axis situated parallel to a Z axis of an orthogonal XYZ coordinate sy... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183026 | End effector An improved end effector includes an end effector body having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A contact member is attached to the top surface of the proximal end portion for supporting a substrate over a contact surface area. The contact ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6170894 | Glass pane lifter apparatus In one embodiment, a glass pane lifter apparatus includes a hollow handle which includes an access opening, an elbow member that includes a first elbow end that connects to the access opening of the hollow handle, and a suction cup unit that is connected ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6168220 | Vacuum manipulation device The present invention relates to a vacuum manipulation device having a lifter hose, which can be connected to a vacuum-generating device, and a suction gripper device, which can be placed on an object to be manipulated and with which the object can be dra... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168169 | Vacuum collet with release filament A vacuum collet includes a filament disposed in the collet for assisting in removal of components from the collet. The filament is movable in a vertical direction within the collet to gently dislodge components lodged on a bottom face of the collet. The f... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6161886 | Component mounting head A buffer member is installed so as not to rotate around an axis relative to a vacuum rod. An engaging part is provided at one end of the buffer member, and an engaging part to be engaged with the engaging part is provided at a rear end of a nozzle member.... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6154954 | Electronic component-mounting apparatus and mounting head device therefor A component-mounting block of an electronic component-mounting apparatus has mounting heads installed thereon. Each mounting head has a nozzle-replacing device for replacing at least one selected sucking nozzle by at least one other sucking nozzle to be n... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6154929 | Suction cup mounted holder for use with watercraft A device that enables a person positioned in a body of water to hold onto the exterior hull surface of a watercraft. A handle has a straight central part and a pair of parallel arms that are perpendicular to the central part and which extend from opposite... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6157437 | Light-sensitive material transport device The light-sensitive material transport device includes a placement and transport mechanism for placing and transporting the exposed light-sensitive material after it is received from the scanning transport mechanism. The light-sensitive material transport... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6152506 | Nozzle block of electronic part suction holding nozzle A nozzle rod (1) is formed by fixing a thick diamond chip (2) to a tip of a nozzle pipe (4) made of a super hard metal, the other end of the nozzle pipe (4) is thinned and the nozzle rod (1) is joined with a shank (5) by way of this end, a tip of the nozz... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6145901 | Pick and place head construction Disclosed is an improved pick and place head construction of a type employed for transporting individual semi-conductor chips and similar articles of manufacture during manufacturing processes, and similar non-manufacturing environments. The disclosed dev... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6145900 | Gun-shaped tweezer having a non-rotatable head/body connection for adsorbing a semiconductor wafer A tweezer for adsorbing a semiconductor device allows easy and safe handling of the wafer by preventing rotation of the tweezer due to the weight of a wafer adsorbed off-center, and the breakage of the wafer caused thereby. The tweezer has a gun-shaped bo... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6139079 | Universal transport apparatus A transport head (10) and a method for transporting flux and solder balls (50) to locations for bonding pads (46) on a workpiece (44). To transfer flux, a first pattern definition mask (12) is attached to the transport head (10) and allows selector pins (... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6139078 | Self-aligning end effector for small components A self-aligning end effector is mounted to a robot for transferring a magnetic read/write head from a feeder to an assembly fixture. The robot positions the end effector above the head. A hollow needle extends from the end effector adjacent to the head. A... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135522 | Sucker for transferring packaged semiconductor device A sucker for transferring packaged semiconductor devices is provided, which includes a position rod, an elastic buffer and a sponge. The position rod defines an air extraction channel in an axial direction thereof. The elastic buffer pad defines an apertu... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131973 | Vacuum transfer device A transfer device for picking up and placing resin preimpregnated composite plies. The transfer device includes a movable transfer head with a plurality of transfer feet movably mounted within it. Each transfer foot includes a support cage with a pluralit... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6106040 | Process and apparatus for handling flexible film packs Process and apparatus for handling flexible film packs (10), namely transporting them and introducing them into a folding box (12), having a lifting head (17) which grips a group of packs (13) on the top side by suction. The lifting head (17) is part of a... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6102459 | Vacuum valve The present invention is a vacuum valve assembly that creates vacuum on demand. The assembly has a body with a fluid inlet port, a fluid outlet port, a fluid flow channel extending between the fluid inlet port and the fluid outlet port, a vacuum port, a l... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6102365 | Actuating drive for a pneumatic valve of an insertion head for electrical components An actuating drive for a pneumatic valve of an insertion head for electrical components having a revolver type movable insertion head for the electrical components which includes suction pipettes which protrude in a stellate fashion and which can be rotat... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6099597 | Picker nest for holding an IC package with minimized stress on an IC component during testing A design for a picker nest which protects any fragile component, such as a bare IC die, mounted on an IC package when the picker nest is holding the IC package for testing. The picker nest of the present invention includes a picker nest head having a pick... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6099056 | Non-contact holder for wafer-like articles A holder for wafer-like articles is formed by providing a platform having a wafer-like article facing surface that includes at least one annular groove therein. The annular groove has a ceiling surface therein which is provided with an opening. A gas cond... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6095581 | Vacuum lifting device A device to facilitate lifting and repositioning of articles, suitably materials of slab-like construction, the device comprising a vacuum source, a housing and a sealing joint, preferably made of soft-seal material, on the base of the housing which, in u... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6093197 | Spiral nerve cuff electrode implantation tool A tool for implanting spiral nerve cuff electrodes about a nerve which can be maneuvered into difficult-to-access areas within the body of a mammal. The tool consists of a handle/control device which is coupled to an electrode holding valve assembly at th... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6077026 | Programmable substrate support for a substrate positioning system A programmable substrate support including a first substrate support that mates with a second substrate support to enable automatic switching between different types of substrates. The first substrate support is configured to support a first type of subst... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076872 | Vacuum manipulating device The present invention relates to a vacuum manipulating device with a suction device, which can be connected via a lifting hose with a device generating a vacuum and which, for creating a suction on an object to be lifted or transported, can be placed on t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6076394 | Electric component transferring apparatus having function of testing negative-pressure suction, and apparatus and method for testing negative-pressure suction An electric-component transferring apparatus having a suction testing function, including at least one suction device which sucks and holds an electric component by a negative pressure; a suction-device moving device which moves the suction device; a nega... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6073982 | Vacuum assisted assemblage for handling an object A vacuum assisted assemblage for handling an object has a formable vacuum chamber. Formable vacuum chamber, when formed, has first and second rotatable suction chambers each operably connected to an actuator for cooperative rotational movements. Rotationa... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6073981 | Apparatus for aligning and orienting an object Apparatus for aligning and orienting an object has cooperating first and second rotatable arm members each having object holders, respectively. Object holders, each comprises a vacuum recess and alignment features for aligning the object in a fixed positi... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6074164 | Method of grasping, aligning and orienting an object A method for grasping, aligning and orienting an object uses first and second rotatable arm members each having object holders, respectively. An object holder each comprises a vacuum recess and alignment features to align the object in a fixed position in... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6072157 | Thermophoretic vacuum wand A thermophoretic vacuum wand that is particularly suited for transporting articles in a cleanroom environment so that potential particle contaminants in the air do not become adhered to the surface of the article is described. The wand includes a housing ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6070318 | Surface mount placement system with single step, multiple place carriage A surface mount placement system with one or more carriages includes, on each carriage, multiple groups of quills, each group being adjustable on one of two principal orthogonal directions of a plane containing a component mounting zone. The quills of eac... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6068316 | Large diameter wafer conveying system and method thereof A large diameter wafer conveying system includes a vacuum supplier and a valve unit for ON/OFF controlling a vacuum supplied from the vacuum supplier. A wafer holder stably absorbs and holds a wafer by using the vacuum supplied from the vacuum supplier th... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6065789 | Suction apparatus A suction apparatus includes an opening/closing valve for supplying a negative pressure fluid to a pad section when one end of a valve rod abuts against a workpiece to make a change from a valve-closed state into a valve-opened state, and a lead switch fo... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062241 | Substrate conveying device and substrate conveying method According to the present invention, there is provided a substrate conveying device for loading/unloading a substrate to/from a processing section, including an arm for holding the substrate, an arm drive mechanism for driving the arm such as to load/unloa... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6056500 | Vacuum hoisting device having a vertically suspended lifting tube The invention relates to a vacuum hoisting device of the kind having a vertically suspended lifting tube (4), which is extensible and contractible depending upon the air pressure in the lifting tube, and which at its lowest part is provided with a suction... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6053689 | Guide mechanism for aligning a handheld vacuum pickup wand with a selected wafer in a cassette A guided vacuum pick-up device for picking up wafers in a wafer storage cassette and a method for using such device. In the device, a vacuum pick-up head is equipped with a guide member which intimately engages a guide bar molded on a wafer storage casset... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6043458 | Pneumatic rotatable hand held pickup tool A hand held vacuum or venturi effect pickup tool is disclosed having a body and a forwardly extending tubular member, which may be curved, carrying a rotatable pickup head on its forward end. A rotatable nozzle is carried by the forward portion of the bod... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039529 | Vacuum lifting plate with suction passageway ball valves An apparatus for lifting and moving articles, comprising at least one arrangement with a vacuum chamber, which is connected to an arrangement which is capable of producing negative pressure in the vacuum chamber, the underside of a lower plate being provi... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6039530 | Vacuum manipulation device A vacuum manipulation device with a lifter hose, which can be connected to a vacuum-generating device, and with a suction gripper device, which can be placed on an object to be manipulated, by means of which the object can be drawn-up and, by contracting ... | 03/21/2000 |
