Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomas Potter

Daniel Thomas Potter has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for loading of carriers containing semiconductor wafers and other media
    Patent number: 6866460
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading media carriers into a processing chamber, including a pivoting arm mechanism which accepts a carrier in at a lower position, locks it on the arm, and provides a power-assisted movement of the carrier lifting it into an upper position proximate the opening to the processing chamber, where the arm is locked in place, with the carrier then pushed along a ramp on the arm directly into the processing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Semitool, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffry Alan Davis, Andro Ardiano Purnomohadi, Daniel Thomas Potter
  • Apparatus and method for loading of carriers containing semiconductor wafers and other media
    Publication number: 20030012623
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading media carriers into a processing chamber, including a pivoting arm mechanism which accepts a carrier in at a lower position, locks it on the arm, and provides a power-assisted movement of the carrier lifting it into an upper position proximate the opening to the processing chamber, where the arm is locked in place, with the carrier then pushed along a ramp on the arm directly into the processing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: Semitool, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffry Alan Davis, Andro Ardiano Purnomohadi, Daniel Thomas Potter