Patents by Inventor Jason S. Zeakes

Jason S. Zeakes 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).

  • Patent number: 6663340
    Abstract: A processing tool bay within a semiconductor fabrication site, including a plurality of semiconductor processing tools for processing wafers being arranged in two opposite rows. An intrabay transport system for transporting wafer carriers around the process tool bay at least in a vertical plane in front of one of said two rows of semiconductor process tools comprises at least one vehicle for receiving and delivering a wafer carrier to and from any one semiconductor process tool of said plurality of semiconductor process tools, and a vehicle guiding mechanism. The vehicle comprises a circular compartment structure including a plurality of compartments for buffering said wafer carrier between receiving it at a first location and delivering it at a second location. Each compartment is arranged for accommodating one wafer carrier. The compartment structure is rotatable around a symmetry axis of itself for an alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason S. Zeakes, Clinton Haris, Karl E. Mautz, William Mark Hiatt