Patents by Inventor Yuichi TAKAYAMA
Yuichi TAKAYAMA 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).
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Patent number: 11967518Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate treating apparatus and a substrate reversing method. The substrate treating apparatus includes a supporting portion, a transport mechanism, and a reversing mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a first suction portion and a hand driving unit. The reversing mechanism includes a second suction portion and a rotation driving unit. When the transport mechanism transports a substrate to the supporting portion, the first suction portion is located above the substrate and sucks the substrate upward while causing gas to flow along a top face of the substrate, and the hand driving unit moves the first suction portion to the supporting portion. When the reversing mechanism receives the substrate from the supporting portion, the second suction portion is located above the substrate supported by the supporting portion and sucks the substrate upward while causing gas to flow along the top face of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuichi Takayama
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Patent number: 11948823Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a carrier platform, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The carrier platform places a carrier thereon. The carrier includes a plurality of shelves arranged in an up-down direction. The shelves are each configured to place one substrate thereon in a horizontal posture. The transport mechanism is configured to transport a substrate to a carrier placed on the carrier platform. The controller controls the transport mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a hand and a hand driving unit. The hand supports a substrate. The hand driving unit moves the hand. The controller changes a height position of the hand when the hand is inserted between two of the shelves adjacent to each other in the up-down direction, depending on a shape of a substrate taken from or placed on one of the shelves by the transport mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Takayama, Kazuhiko Nakazawa, Hiromichi Kaba, Toshihito Morioka, Takuya Sato
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Patent number: 11850623Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate treating apparatus and a substrate transporting method. The substrate treating apparatus includes a first transport mechanism. The first transport mechanism includes a hand. A hand includes a base, a suction portion, a first receiver, a second receiver, and a receiver driving unit. The suction portion is attached to the base. The suction portion flows gas along a top face of a substrate, and sucks the substrate upward without contacting the substrate. The first receiver and the second receiver are supported on the base. The first receiver and the second receiver are disposed below the substrate sucked by the suction portion. The first receiver and the second receiver can receive a back face of the substrate. The receiver driving unit moves the second receiver with respect to the base. The receiver driving unit causes the second receiver to access the first receiver and to move away from the first receiver.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventors: Yuichi Takayama, Kazuhiko Nakazawa, Hiromichi Kaba, Toshihito Morioka, Takuya Sato, Noriyuki Kikumoto
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Publication number: 20230139557Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate treating apparatus and a substrate reversing method. The substrate treating apparatus includes a supporting portion, a transport mechanism, and a reversing mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a first suction portion and a hand driving unit. The reversing mechanism includes a second suction portion and a rotation driving unit. When the transport mechanism transports a substrate to the supporting portion, the first suction portion is located above the substrate and sucks the substrate upward while causing gas to flow along a top face of the substrate, and the hand driving unit moves the first suction portion to the supporting portion. When the reversing mechanism receives the substrate from the supporting portion, the second suction portion is located above the substrate supported by the supporting portion and sucks the substrate upward while causing gas to flow along the top face of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventor: Yuichi TAKAYAMA
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Publication number: 20230089805Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a carrier platform, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The carrier platform places a carrier thereon. The carrier includes a plurality of shelves arranged in an up-down direction. The shelves are each configured to place one substrate thereon in a horizontal posture. The transport mechanism is configured to transport a substrate to a carrier placed on the carrier platform. The controller controls the transport mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a hand and a hand driving unit. The hand supports a substrate. The hand driving unit moves the hand. The controller changes a height position of the hand when the hand is inserted between two of the shelves adjacent to each other in the up-down direction, depending on a shape of a substrate taken from or placed on one of the shelves by the transport mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Yuichi TAKAYAMA, Kazuhiko NAKAZAWA, Hiromichi KABA, Toshihito MORIOKA, Takuya SATO
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Patent number: 11521881Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a carrier platform, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The carrier platform places a carrier thereon. The carrier includes a plurality of shelves arranged in an up-down direction. The shelves are each configured to place one substrate thereon in a horizontal posture. The transport mechanism is configured to transport a substrate to a carrier placed on the carrier platform. The controller controls the transport mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a hand and a hand driving unit. The hand supports a substrate. The hand driving unit moves the hand. The controller changes a height position of the hand when the hand is inserted between two of the shelves adjacent to each other in the up-down direction, depending on a shape of a substrate taken from or placed on one of the shelves by the transport mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventors: Yuichi Takayama, Kazuhiko Nakazawa, Hiromichi Kaba, Toshihito Morioka, Takuya Sato
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Patent number: 11081376Abstract: A first processing module includes a first specified processing unit and a first delivery part. A substrate supply part is on a first direction side of the first processing module. A transfer module is on a second direction side on the opposite of the first processing module from the first direction. The transfer module includes a frame, a first floor, a second floor, and a gateway. The frame defines a placement space in which a first transfer apparatus of the transfer module is placed. A first transfer apparatus is installed on the first floor. The second floor is on a third direction side, which is a horizontal direction orthogonal to the first direction, with respect to the first floor inside the placement space. The gateway is provided on the third direction side with respect to the second floor and communicates the placement space to the outside of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Takayama, Koji Hashimoto, Noriyuki Kikumoto
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Publication number: 20210086222Abstract: Disclosed are a substrate treating apparatus and a substrate transporting method. The substrate treating apparatus includes a first transport mechanism. The first transport mechanism includes a hand. A hand includes a base, a suction portion, a first receiver, a second receiver, and a receiver driving unit. The suction portion is attached to the base. The suction portion flows gas along a top face of a substrate, and sucks the substrate upward without contacting the substrate. The first receiver and the second receiver are supported on the base. The first receiver and the second receiver are disposed below the substrate sucked by the suction portion. The first receiver and the second receiver can receive a back face of the substrate. The receiver driving unit moves the second receiver with respect to the base. The receiver driving unit causes the second receiver to access the first receiver and to move away from the first receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Yuichi TAKAYAMA, Kazuhiko NAKAZAWA, Hiromichi KABA, Toshihito MORIOKA, Takuya SATO, Noriyuki KIKUMOTO
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Publication number: 20210086236Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus for treating a substrate with a treating liquid, the apparatus including the following: a rotating member including a plurality of through-holes formed therein; a plurality of support pins attached to the through-holes with a non-sealing structure, and configured to support a substrate in such a manner that the substrate is spaced apart; a supply nozzle configured to supply a treating liquid to the substrate; a cover spaced apart below the rotating member; a rotational drive device configured to drive the rotating member rotationally in a horizontal plane; and a drive device configured to drive the support pins.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Kazuhiko NAKAZAWA, Yuichi TAKAYAMA, Toshihito MORIOKA, Hiromichi KABA, Takuya SATO
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Publication number: 20210090927Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus includes a carrier platform, a transport mechanism, and a controller. The carrier platform places a carrier thereon. The carrier includes a plurality of shelves arranged in an up-down direction. The shelves are each configured to place one substrate thereon in a horizontal posture. The transport mechanism is configured to transport a substrate to a carrier placed on the carrier platform. The controller controls the transport mechanism. The transport mechanism includes a hand and a hand driving unit. The hand supports a substrate. The hand driving unit moves the hand. The controller changes a height position of the hand when the hand is inserted between two of the shelves adjacent to each other in the up-down direction, depending on a shape of a substrate taken from or placed on one of the shelves by the transport mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Inventors: Yuichi TAKAYAMA, Kazuhiko NAKAZAWA, Hiromichi KABA, Toshihito MORIOKA, Takuya SATO
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Publication number: 20200211870Abstract: A first processing module includes a first specified processing unit and a first delivery part. A substrate supply part is on a first direction side of the first processing module. A transfer module is on a second direction side on the opposite of the first processing module from the first direction. The transfer module includes a frame, a first floor, a second floor, and a gateway. The frame defines a placement space in which a first transfer apparatus of the transfer module is placed. A first transfer apparatus is installed on the first floor. The second floor is on a third direction side, which is a horizontal direction orthogonal to the first direction, with respect to the first floor inside the placement space. The gateway is provided on the third direction side with respect to the second floor and communicates the placement space to the outside of the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Yuichi TAKAYAMA, Koji HASHIMOTO, Noriyuki KIKUMOTO