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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918639 | Automated object mover An automation apparatus and method includes a first unit rotationally moving objects from one area to another, and a second unit connected to the first unit and holding the objects, moving through or offset from the body of the first unit from a first side of the fi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7736118 | Transfer apparatus A transfer apparatus includes a stationary base, a swivel supported by the stationary base to be rotatable about a vertical axis, a guide member mounted on the swivel, a linear movement mechanism supported by the swivel or the guide member, a hand supported by the l... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7383751 | Articulated robot An articulated robot is provided with first, second and third arms respectively having effective lengths substantially equal to each other and capable of turning respectively about first, second and third pivotal axes. The second and the third arm are interlocked by... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7331550 | Underbody mounting system A system for mounting a display device from the underside of a body having a planar surface, comprises a mounting bracket coupled to the planar surface of the underside of a body and a tilt block rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket. The tilt block is rotatable... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314343 | Miniature manipulator for servicing the interior of nuclear steam generator tubes A manipulator for servicing tubes extending through a tube sheet having three major components: a base member, a block member, and a foot member. The base member has a holder for supporting tooling or inspection devices. The base member also has at least one gripper... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313462 | Integrated tool with automated calibration system and interchangeable wet processing components for processing microfeature workpieces An integrated tool and automatic calibration systems that enable wet chemical processing chambers, lift-rotate units and other hardware to be quickly interchanged without having to recalibrate the transport system or other components to the replacement items. These ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7275908 | Swivel ram roller A roller mechanism for transporting loads over a surface, the roller mechanism including a body, at least one roller assembly that permits the body to move in at least one translational direction, the roller assembly being rotatably connected to the body, and a lift... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258237 | Grader apparatus A method for weighing and portioning items utilizing a robot device. The robot device includes a grip, e.g., a suction cup, to remove an item from a delivery station to a receiving area for placement into a particular batch. The method involves placing the items at ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7233842 | Method of determining axial alignment of the centroid of an edge gripping end effector and the center of a specimen gripped by it A method determines axial alignment between the centroid of an end effector and the effective center of a specimen held by the end effector. The method is implemented with use of an end effector coupled to a robot arm and having a controllable supination angle. A co... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227628 | Wafer inspection systems and methods for analyzing inspection data Wafer inspection systems and methods are provided. One inspection system includes a module measurement cell coupled to a host inspection system by a wafer handler. The module measurement cell is configured to inspect a wafer using one or more modes prior to inspecti... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7209176 | Three-axis remote camera head A remote camera head has a tilt frame attachable to a pan frame at multiple positions. A roll frame is attachable to the tilt frame at multiple positions. The camera head can be expanded or reduced in size as needed based on the space requirements of the camera and ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7201078 | Transporting apparatus A transporting apparatus includes a supporting part, first and second driving axles rotatably supported by the supporting part, a plurality of driving links respectively combined to the first and second driving axles, a plurality of transporting links rotatably conn... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7131999 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support configured to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121745 | Telescoping camera crane A telescoping camera crane has mechanical drive and camera platform leveling systems, allowing for water resistant or submerged operation. Telescoping sections of the crane arm are driven by a hydraulic system, for smooth and near silent extension and retraction mov... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7039498 | Robot end effector position error correction using auto-teach methodology A robot arm positioning error is corrected by employing a specimen gripping end effector in which a light source and a light receiver form a light transmission pathway that senses proximity to the specimen. A robot arm old position is sensed and recorded. The robot ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018162 | Articulated carrying device A carrying device carries a semiconductor wafer above a base disposed in a transfer chamber or the like. The carrying device comprises pick for holding the object, a main arm mechanism adapted to bend and stretch in a horizontal operating plane, and an auxiliary arm... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6974295 | Method and apparatus for loading stacks of cartons of frozen animal products onto vessels using a carrier A method for rapid loading of stacks of cartons aboard vessels is provided which may include sliding the stacks of cartons from a pallet onto a carrier having fork channels for receiving the blades of a load push lift truck, lifting the carrier into the hold of a sh... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969227 | Wafer transport apparatus A loadlock chamber assembly includes a loadlock chamber, a sub-chamber removably attached to the loadlock chamber and a first robot arm having a primary pivot axis within the sub-chamber, wherein the first robot arm can move a substrate from a position approximately... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6960057 | Substrate transport apparatus A substrate transport apparatus comprising a drive section and a robot transport arm. The robot transport arm is mounted to the drive section. The robot transport arm has a wrist and an end effector to hold the substrate thereon. The end effector is rotatably mounte... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6921056 | Mechanical arm and counterbalance assembly A mechanical assembly includes an arm and an extension link that rotate about a pivot point, a yoke, and a force generating device. The yoke includes a first slot in which a pin of the link resides. The yoke translates in a plane responsive to rotation of the counte... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6832885 | Handling apparatus for structural members There is provided an apparatus for handling a structural member. The apparatus includes a beam that extends from a first end to a second end and a shuttle in translational communication with the beam in a direction extending between the first and second ends. A fork... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6811108 | Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge which can be loaded in a drive device by a robot hand which grips the recording tape cartridge from above and below. A pair of ribs along a loading direction of a recording tape cartridge are formed at an angled surface portion of a lower ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6773382 | Automatic tool-exchanging apparatus An automatic tool-exchanging apparatus is provided which extends/contracts an arm with a rational and simple structure and can realize a high-speed operation essentially obtainable by making the arm's turning radius small. The apparatus comprises: an arm-driving sha... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6719516 | Single wafer load lock with internal wafer transport The present invention provides a load lock having a vertically movable lid, an internal robot, and a wafer lifting mechanism and further provides a method of transferring wafers through a load lock directly to a process chamber. An atmospheric transfer robot shuttle... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6592315 | Self-feeding apparatus with hover mode A robotic self-feeding device uses a multiplicity of dishes, utensils and control methods to handle a wide variety of food, including sandwiches. Its operating sequence has a hover mode in which a utensil is automatically steered over a food holder and is... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6533530 | Wafer transferring robot A wafer transferring robot capable of restraining the vibration of wafers during the transfer. The robot comprises a rotating base (2) rotatable on a base (1), two horizontally extensible robot arms (3A, 3B) arranged laterally symmetrically to each other ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6513640 | Pallet exchange apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus provided with a turn driving device rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the plane of a pallet and also movable in the direction of the axis, a sliding device disposed on only the lower side of the pallet, a... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6494063 | Apparatus for pushing hollow glass articles onto a conveyor belt The apparatus serves for pushing at least one of two hollow glass articles from a dead plate of a glass forming machine onto a conveyor belt. A pusher serves for this purpose, and includes a base portion and, for each glass article which is to be pushed, ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6470596 | Vacuum processing apparatus and operating method therefor This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus. When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are t... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6453543 | Transport and transfer device Disclosed is a workpiece conveyor and delivery device for a vacuum processing plant. Workpieces are delivered from one device to another, both devices being located opposite each other and moving in relation to each other. A controllable magnet arrangemen... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6394740 | Material handling device The present invention comprises a material handling device and method for transferring material from one location to another. More specifically, the present invention relates to a device for placing material onto a pallet and/or removing material from a p... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6382902 | Method for controlling handling robot A handling robot control method is disclosed for a handling robot disposed in a transfer chamber (1) having a plurality of process chamber stations (2e) arranged around it in communication therewith via respective gates (6), the robot having a first and a... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6382900 | Apparatus for conveyance of semiconductor chips An apparatus for conveyance of a semiconductor chip. The apparatus includes an arm for conveying a semiconductor chip, a pickup on the arm for holding the semiconductor chip. A first transmission mechanism is provided for producing power acting in a first... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6360144 | Self-teaching robot arm position method A self-teaching robot arm positioning method that compensates for support structure component alignment offset entails the use of a component emulating fixture preferably having mounting features that are matable to support structure mounting elements. Ro... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6349571 | Pushout mechanism for I.S. machine A pushout mechanism is disclosed for transferring bottles from a deadplate of an I.S. machine section to a conveyor. The pushout mechanism has a finger assembly including inner and outer pockets and is pivotally displaced, when the finger assembly is at a... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6301802 | Vacuum processing apparatus and operating method therefor This invention relates to a vacuum processing apparatus having vacuum processing chambers the insides of which must be dry cleaned, and to a method of operating such an apparatus When the vacuum processing chambers are dry-cleaned, dummy substrates are tr... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6260261 | Straddle-mount assembly tool and method An assembly tool for attaching components such as connector plugs or receptacles to a printed circuit board includes a printed circuit board support plate and a sliding member. The sliding member is movable between a first position and a second position r... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6224319 | Material handling device with overcenter arms and method for use thereof A material handling device comprising first and second upper arm members having respective proximal and distal end portions and first and second forearm members having respective proximal and distal end portions. The proximal end portions of the first and... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6216058 | System of trajectory planning for robotic manipulators based on pre-defined time-optimum trajectory shapes A system for providing the reliable and numerically efficient generation of time-optimum trajectories with easy-to-track or continuous acceleration profiles for simple and blended moves of single- and multi-arm robotic manipulators, such as an extension a... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6135704 | Layer-picking clamp supported on a forklift truck A layer-picking clamp mountable on a truck has clamp arms extending downwardly from and movably mounted to an upper frame section. The clamp arms are linearly movable with respect to the upper frame section in laterally inward and outward directions so th... | 10/24/2000 |
