Patents by Inventor Robert E. Mckee, IV

Robert E. Mckee, IV 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).

  • Handle for wafer carrier and docking station
    Patent number: 5782517
    Abstract: The invention is a semiconductor handling apparatus including a handle device (10) for attaching to and lifting semiconductor wafer carriers (40) from a single end, wherein the carrier has two spaced apart slots (50A, 51A) on one end (42) and a docking station (60) for the carrier (40). The wafer carrier (40) is carried by handle 10 and is placed in a slot (62) in docking station (60) to allow a worker to carry semiconductor wafers (55) in carrier (40) to different processing stations, and docking station (60) provides a container (60a) to receive processing chemicals that drain from wafers (55).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert E. Mckee, IV