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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7138734 | Linear drive unit reducing stress generated in movable part in horizontal direction In order to reduce load supported by a support mechanism for supporting a movable part so as to prevent the movable part from moving in a horizontal direction when stress is generated thereon in the horizontal direction, there is provided a drive unit including a pr... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7137791 | Axial bearing arrangement for a hermetic compressor A reciprocating hermetic compressor includes a cylinder block internal to a shell and carrying a cylinder and a radial bearing hub; a crankshaft vertically mounted in the radial bearing hub and carrying, inferiorly, a rotor of an electric motor and, superiorly, a su... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134396 | System to generate and control levitation, propulsion and guidance of linear switched reluctance machines A translation system, applicable in trains, elevators, aircraft launchers, rail guns, conveyors, door openers, machine tools and servo drives, includes a first linear switch reluctance machine (“LSRM”) having a stator and a translator each configured, positioned... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134258 | Packaging apparatus and methods A packaging system includes a transport defined by a linear motor driving independent elements in a path to carry out a packaging function. The elements are driven independently of other elements in the path and are driven by the linear motor in a section of the pat... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135792 | High field voice coil motor An embodiment of the invention is a particular arrangement of permanent magnets that generates a higher strength and more uniform magnetic field than existing permanent magnet arrangements for a voice coil motor. The permanent magnet arrangement of an embodiment is ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7134279 | Double acting thermodynamically resonant free-piston multicylinder stirling system and method Present implementations provide an approach that allows for a double-acting, multi-cylinder, thermodynamically resonant, alpha configuration free-piston Stirling system. The system includes overstroke preventers that control extent of piston travel to prevent undesi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135794 | Spring support having a height-adjustable spring plate Spring support having at least one axially moveable spring plate, an actuator with a rotor producing a rotational movement relative to its stator, which is converted into an axial movement of the spring plate, and a torsional locking element which prevents torsional... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133115 | Positioning device, exposure apparatus using the positioning device, and device production method A positioning device for positioning an object includes a movable member movable in X and Y directions, a top plate, disposed above the movable member, for mounting the object, at least four driving units, disposed between the top plate and the movable member, for d... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7128550 | Injection molding machine An injection molding machine using a two-disk forming mold, in which two disk substrates molded simultaneously are made uniform without unbalance in weight. The injection molding machine uses a two-disk forming mold. The mold includes two disk molding cavities indep... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129601 | Apparatus for controlled movement of an element A method and apparatus for supporting a movable member (10) with respect to a fixed member (40) is provided. The movable member (10) includes a magnetically permeable portion (81) contained therein and magnetic element (50) fixedly... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126666 | Lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method and device manufactured thereby A lithographic projection apparatus includes a passive magnetic bearing configured to provide support between a first and second part of the lithographic apparatus and allow both parts to be displaced relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to the suppor... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126313 | Architecture for electric machine The invention includes an electric machine having a rotor, stator and at least one winding in the stator adapted to conduct a current, and a secondary winding, electrically isolated from the first winding and inductively coupled to the first winding, which may be us... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126141 | Electrooptic system array, charged-particle beam exposure apparatus using the same, and device manufacturing method A charged-particle beam exposure apparatus includes a charged-particle beam source for emitting a charged-particle beam, an electrooptic system array which has a plurality of electron lenses and forms a plurality of intermediate images of the charged-particle beam s... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122919 | Fixation framework for ring-shaped permanent magnet A ring-shaped permanent magnet comprising a Nd—Fe—B magnetic material is integrally insert-molded within a distal part of an inner periphery of a cylindrical supporting member. By employing this structure, a coaxial alignment accuracy of the permanent magnet rel... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120995 | Apparatus for mounting semiconductors An apparatus for mounting semiconductors contains a bonding station, whereby the bonding station comprises a wafer table for presenting the semiconductor chips, a substrate table and a pick and place system with a bondhead with a chip gripper. Part of the wafer tabl... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123350 | Substrate holding device, substrate processing apparatus using the same, and method for aligning and holding substrate A substrate holding device has a substrate holding unit and supporting elements movable to protrude from a substrate-holding surface of the substrate holding unit. The substrate holding unit holds the substrate in a predetermined state with a first holding force aft... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119879 | Stage alignment apparatus and its control method, exposure apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing method A stage alignment apparatus includes a first moving member which moves in a first direction, a second moving member which moves in a second direction different from the first direction, a stage which is slidably supported by the first moving member and the second mo... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119884 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system for providing a beam of radiation and a support structure for supporting a patterning device. The patterning device serves to impart the beam with a pattern in its cross-section. The lithographic apparatus inc... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116396 | Exposure device, exposure method and device manufacturing method An exposure device, where circulating systems and for controlling a temperature varied by the driving of a linear motor are connected to a reticle stage and wafer stage, a controller sets the temperature of refrigerant circulating through the circulating system by d... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116082 | Synchronization controller for multiple pulsed alternator applications A control concept for large pulsed power applications that use multiple pulsed alternators to generate high-energy current pulses. Pulsed alternators produce a large reaction torque during discharge, but paired pulsed alternators are characterized by equal and oppos... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116016 | Linear actuator capable of low-speed driving Disclosed herein is a simple, inexpensive linear actuator which is capable of controlling the displacement of the movable body by regulating the amount of electric energy applied without the necessity of detecting the displacement of the movable body with a displace... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116017 | Device for reducing deterioration of image quality in display using laser Disclosed is a device for reducing deterioration of image quality which can get rid of speckle by equalizing a laser from a light source on a screen by vibrating a reflective mirror installed between the light source and the screen at a predetermined amplitude. The ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112867 | Resistive isolation between a body and a body contact A high resistance region may be used to isolate the body of a first transistor from a body contact. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113256 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method with feed-forward focus control A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to provide a beam of radiation, a first support structure configured to support a patterning device, a second support that includes a substrate holder for holding a substrate, a projection system co... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112018 | Automatic position-locking tool carrier apparatus and method An automatic position-locking tool carrier apparatus and method include a carriage that rides on a first rail and a second rail translatably connected to the carriage perpendicular to the first rail. Pinion gears that engage with the two rails are attached to the ca... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111804 | Device and apparatus with magnetic thread-guide for winding a thread onto cylindrical supports Thread-guiding device for apparatus for winding a thread onto a support rotatable by associated actuating means, at least one element for receiving and guiding the thread to be wound, the element for receiving and guiding the thread to be wound being integral with a... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108189 | Precise transport positioning apparatus using a closed loop controlled, non-direct drive or friction drive system with absolute positioning encoder An apparatus for positioning a workpiece carrier with respect to a workstation can include an encoder reader located in a fixed position at a workstation for generating a signal in response to interaction with at least one encoder strip, a workpiece carrier movable ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109610 | Integrated wireless linear motor A wireless linear motor comprising: a stationary stator having permanent magnets; a movable stage having coils and a controller with a transceiver for wirelessly communicating with an external data processing system, the controller adapted to energize the coils to p... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109670 | Motor drive with velocity-second compensation An apparatus for use with a signal generator and a motor controller includes a velocity compensator, an adjustor, and a velocity regulator. The signal generator provides a reference velocity signal, and the motor controller receives an output signal and uses the out... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110086 | Movable stage system, lithographic apparatus, and device manufacturing method A movable stage system capable of operating in a lithographic apparatus, is presented. The movable stage system includes a base, a platform that is movable relative to the base, a balance mass that is movable relative to the base and is configured to compensate for ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109591 | Integrated circuit device An integrated circuit device having a semiconductor device and an encapsulating material on at least a portion of the semiconductor device and a method for encapsulating an integrated circuit device is disclosed. The encapsulating material includes a plurality of na... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106024 | Filter with increased first harmonic response and reduced phase shift in a wide frequency band for encoderless drive applications A method and apparatus for use with a controller that supplies voltages to an induction machine via supply lines, the voltages including a fundamental voltage component and an injected voltage component, the line voltages also including harmonic voltage components w... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106416 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus including an illumination system for providing a beam of radiation and a support structure for supporting a patterning device. The patterning device serving to impart the beam with a pattern in its cross-section. The apparatus also having a ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105957 | Apparatus for fixing stator of reciprocating compressor An apparatus for fixing a stator of a reciprocating motor includes: a frame fixedly installed in a case; a cylinder penetratingly inserted and coupled to the frame; a piston inserted in the cylinder and having a suction passage for sucking a refrigerant therein; an ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104056 | Design of ferromagnetic shape memory alloy composites and actuators incorporating such materials The present invention employs an optimized cross-sectional shape for a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy (FSMA) composite that is used in a spring-type actuator, an improved hybrid magnetic trigger for use in FSMA based actuators, an a FSMA composite based spring typ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105955 | Lithographic apparatus, coil assembly, positioning device including a coil assembly, and device manufacturing method A coil assembly has at least two coils which are arranged in a common plane, and partially overlap in crossover sections of the coils. The crossover sections have a reduced height, which results in a reduced total height of the coil assembly. This leads to a more co... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106668 | Disk drive apparatus A disk drive apparatus for a disk having helically-formed or concentric circle-like formed tracks includes a spindle motor for controlling a rotation of the disk; a pick-up device for recording or reproducing information on or from the disk; a stepping motor for mov... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105956 | High precision z-theta stage A high precision z-theta stage having a horizontal translation axis (z-axis) and a rotary axis (theta-axis) parallel with the translation axis comprises parallel spaced apart linear translation stages, a carriage supported between the parallel translation stages, an... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102267 | Electric machine with thermosiphon-type cooling system An electric machine includes a housing for accommodating a rotatably supported rotor and a stationary stator, and a cooling device for cooling heat-generating components of the rotor and the stator. The cooling device includes a closed-flow system having an evaporat... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100673 | Roll support device for continuous metallic strip casting Support device for an assembly (14) of the casting rolls (11, 11′) of a continuous metallic strip casting line comprising a movable support at each axial end. Such supports (17, 17′, 19, 19′) are provided with a hydraulic bearing (13 | 09/05/2006 |
