Patents by Inventor Toshi Kono

Toshi Kono 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).

  • Robotic hand with multi-wafer end effector
    Publication number: 20040179932
    Abstract: A robot constructed according to the present disclosure is adapted to grasp and move a plurality of wafers simultaneously. Such robot includes movable arm and wrist rotatably mounted thereto, with a multi-wafer robotic hand coupled to the wrist of the robot. Wafers can be transferred by inserting end effectors between the wafers in a receptacle, grasping the desired wafers, relocating the hand to another wafer receptacle, and releasing of the wafers into the second receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Jaswant Sandhu, Toshi Kono, Osamu Komiyaji, Robert Hosack, Keith Berdogin, Neal Martin
  • Robotic hand with multi-wafer end effector
    Publication number: 20040013503
    Abstract: A robot constructed according to the present disclosure is adapted to grasp and move a plurality of wafers simultaneously. Such robot includes movable arm and wrist rotatably mounted thereto, with a multi-wafer robotic hand coupled to the wrist of the robot. Wafers can be transferred by inserting end effectors between the wafers in a receptacle, grasping the desired wafers, relocating the hand to another wafer receptacle, and releasing of the wafers into the second receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Jaswant Sandhu, Toshi Kono, Osamu Komiyaji, Robert Hosack, Keith Berdogin, Neal Martin