Patents by Inventor Rob Stevens

Rob Stevens 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).

  • PROLONGING OPTICAL ELEMENT LIFETIME IN AN EUV LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240160109
    Abstract: Degradation of the reflectivity of one or more reflective optical elements in a system for generating EUV radiation is reduced by the controlled introduction of a gas into a vacuum chamber containing the optical element. The gas may be added to the flow of another gas such as hydrogen or alternated with the introduction of hydrogen radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Yue Ma, Antonius Theodorus Wilhelmus Kempen, Klaus Martin Hummler, Johannes Hubertus Josephina Moors, Jeroen Hubert Rommers, Hubertus Johannes Van De Wiel, Andrew David Laforge, Fernando Brizuela, Rob Carlo Wieggers, Umesh Prasad Gomes, Elena Nedanovska, Celal Korkmaz, Alexander Downn Kim, Rui Miguel Duarte Rodrigues Nunes, Hendrikus Alphonsus Ludovicus Van Dijck, William Peter Van Drent, Peter Gerardus Jonkers, Qiushi Zhu, Parham Yaghoobi, Jan Steven Christiaan Westerlaken, Martinus Hendrikus Antonius Leenders, Alexander Igorevich Ershov, Igor Vladimirovich Fomenkov, Fei Liu, Johannes Henricus Wilhelmus Jacobs, Alexey Sergeevich Kuznetsov
  • System and method for configuring workstations
    Patent number: 10074073
    Abstract: A method for managing an inventory system includes receiving an operation request that identifies an inventory item and selecting, from a plurality of workstations, a workstation at which to fulfill the operation request. The method also includes moving an inventory holder storing the identified inventory item to the selected workstation and moving a supply holder storing a supply item associated with the received operation request to the selected workstation. The method additionally includes fulfilling the operation request, at least in part, at the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rob Stevens, William J. Watt, Timothy Bragg, Nicholas Cravalho
  • System and Method for Configuring Workstations
    Publication number: 20170011336
    Abstract: A method for managing an inventory system includes receiving an operation request that identifies an inventory item and selecting, from a plurality of workstations, a workstation at which to fulfill the operation request. The method also includes moving an inventory holder storing the identified inventory item to the selected workstation and moving a supply holder storing a supply item associated with the received operation request to the selected workstation. The method additionally includes fulfilling the operation request, at least in part, at the workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Rob Stevens, William J. Watt, Timothy Bragg, Nicholas Cravalho
  • System and method for configuring workstations
    Patent number: 9501756
    Abstract: A method for managing an inventory system includes receiving an operation request that identifies an inventory item and selecting, from a plurality of workstations, a workstation at which to fulfill the operation request. The method also includes moving an inventory holder storing the identified inventory item to the selected workstation and moving a supply holder storing a supply item associated with the received operation request to the selected workstation. The method additionally includes fulfilling the operation request, at least in part, at the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rob Stevens, William J. Watt, Timothy Bragg, Nicholas Cravalho
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING WORKSTATIONS
    Publication number: 20140330425
    Abstract: A method for managing an inventory system includes receiving an operation request that identifies an inventory item and selecting, from a plurality of workstations, a workstation at which to fulfill the operation request. The method also includes moving an inventory holder storing the identified inventory item to the selected workstation and moving a supply holder storing a supply item associated with the received operation request to the selected workstation. The method additionally includes fulfilling the operation request, at least in part, at the workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Rob Stevens, William J. Watt, Timothy Bragg, Nicholas Cravalho
  • System and method for configuring workstations
    Patent number: 8805574
    Abstract: A method for managing an inventory system includes receiving an operation request that identifies an inventory item and selecting, from a plurality of workstations, a workstation at which to fulfill the operation request. The method also includes moving an inventory holder storing the identified inventory item to the selected workstation and moving a supply holder storing a supply item associated with the received operation request to the selected workstation. The method additionally includes fulfilling the operation request, at least in part, at the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rob Stevens, William J. Watt, Timothy Bragg, Nicholas Cravalho
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING WORKSTATIONS
    Publication number: 20130054005
    Abstract: A method for managing an inventory system includes receiving an operation request that identifies an inventory item and selecting, from a plurality of workstations, a workstation at which to fulfill the operation request. The method also includes moving an inventory holder storing the identified inventory item to the selected workstation and moving a supply holder storing a supply item associated with the received operation request to the selected workstation. The method additionally includes fulfilling the operation request, at least in part, at the workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Kiva Systems, Inc
    Inventors: Rob Stevens, William J. Watt, Timothy Bragg, Nicholas Cravalho
  • Spraying device and method for fluidised bed granulation
    Patent number: 7704420
    Abstract: A spraying device for melt granulation in a fluidized bed including a nozzle (2) with a feed channel for a liquid to be atomized, where the liquid is led through an emulsifying device and into an internal mixing chamber for gas and liquid, before it is fed to the fluidized bed. The nozzle has a separate channel for the atomizing gas fitted concentrically around the central liquid supply channel for the liquid to be atomized or nebulized. The mixing chamber surrounds the outlet zone of the liquid spray from the emulsifying device and the gas, allowing efficient mixing of high speed atomization gas and liquid, and having an external gas cap (1) where fluidization gas is channelled into a spout above the spraying device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Yara International ASA
    Inventors: Rob Stevens, Luc Vanmarcke, Roeland Elderson
  • Spraying Device and Method for Fluidised Bed Granulation
    Publication number: 20070200007
    Abstract: The invention concerns a spraying device for melt granulation in fluidised bed comprising a nozzle (2) with a feed channel for a liquid to be atomised, where the liquid is led through emulsifying means and into an internal mixing chamber for gas and liquid, before it is fed to the fluidised bed. The nozzle has a separate channel for the atomising gas fitted concentrically around the central liquid supply channel for the liquid to be atomised or nebulised. The mixing chamber surrounds the outlet zone of the liquid spray from the emulsifying means and the gas, allowing efficient mixing of high speed atomisation gas and liquid, and having an external gas cap (1) where fluidisation gas is channelled into a spout above the spraying device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Rob Stevens, Luc Vanmarcke, Roeland Elderson