Patents by Inventor Omar Carlin

Omar Carlin 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).

  • Method and apparatus for integrated circuit storage tube retention pin removal and insertion
    Patent number: 7096649
    Abstract: While the manufacturing of integrated circuits (IC) has become a mostly automated process, the loading of the ICs into storage and shipping tubes 105 still requires a large amount of human interaction. A major stumbling block to the automation is the removal and insertion of retention pins 115 in the tubes. The present invention uses pressurized air 406 to hold a partially extracted retention pin 115 in position while the tube 105 is loaded. Once loaded, the retention pin 115 is reinserted. By not fully extracting the retention pin 115, alignment is maintained, simplifying the reinsertion step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jose Luis Estrada, Omar Carlin
  • Method and apparatus for integrated circuit storage tube retention pin removal and insertion
    Publication number: 20050011165
    Abstract: While the manufacturing of integrated circuits (IC) has become a mostly automated process, the loading of the ICs into storage and shipping tubes 105 still requires a large amount of human interaction. A major stumbling block to the automation is the removal and insertion of retention pins 115 in the tubes. The present invention uses pressurized air 406 to hold a partially extracted retention pin 115 in position while the tube 105 is loaded. Once loaded, the retention pin 115 is reinserted. By not fully extracting the retention pin 115, alignment is maintained, simplifying the reinsertion step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 20, 2005
    Inventors: Jose Estrada, Omar Carlin
  • Method and apparatus for integrated circuit storage tube retention pin removal and insertion
    Patent number: 6796023
    Abstract: While the manufacturing of integrated circuits (IC) has become a mostly automated process, the loading of the ICs into storage and shipping tubes 105 still requires a large amount of human interaction. A major stumbling block to the automation is the removal and insertion of retention pins 115 in the tubes. The present invention uses pressurized air 406 to hold a partially extracted retention pin 115 in position while the tube 105 is loaded. Once loaded, the retention pin 115 is reinserted. By not fully extracting the retention pin 115, alignment is maintained, simplifying the reinsertion step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Jose Luis Estrada, Omar Carlin
  • Method and apparatus for integrated circuit storage tube retention pin removal and insertion
    Publication number: 20040003576
    Abstract: While the manufacturing of integrated circuits (IC) has become a mostly automated process, the loading of the ICs into storage and shipping tubes 105 still requires a large amount of human interaction. A major stumbling block to the automation is the removal and insertion of retention pins 115 in the tubes. The present invention uses pressurized air 406 to hold a partially extracted retention pin 115 in position while the tube 105 is loaded. Once loaded, the retention pin 115 is reinserted. By not fully extracting the retention pin 115, alignment is maintained, simplifying the reinsertion step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Inventors: Jose Luis Estrada, Omar Carlin