Patents Examined by Christopher Soto
  • Patent number: 12648410
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a chuck structure of a semiconductor cleaning apparatus and a semiconductor cleaning apparatus. The chuck structure includes a chuck base, a gas inlet control device, and a first gas channel and a second gas channel arranged in the chuck base and both configured to spray a gas toward the to-be-processed workpiece. A gas spray direction of the first gas channel is inclined toward the outside of the surface of the to-be-processed workpiece that is opposite to the chuck base. A gas spray direction of the second gas channel is perpendicular to the surface of the to-be-processed workpiece that is opposite to the chuck base. The gas inlet control device is configured to selectively supply the gas to at least one of the first gas channel and the second gas channel to cause the to-be-processed workpiece to be able to float at different height positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: BEIJING NAURA MICROELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Xu, Hongyu Zhao, Aibing Li, Songming Zhang
  • Patent number: 12600009
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nanolayer-lubricated diamond grinding wheel grinding method based on a shock wave cavitation effect. In the method, after a gas pressure regulation valve is turned on, a shock wave generated by an acceleration tube pushes nanoparticles to move forward, and the nanoparticles are then accelerated by a small de Laval nozzle to acquire a high initial velocity. One wave source of a shock wave speed-increase module generates a high-frequency high-strength shock wave, to impact nanoparticles with an initial velocity, to enable the nanoparticles to be continuously accelerated downward in an axial direction of a large de Laval nozzle, until the nanoparticles are embedded on a grinding wheel surface at a maximum speed to form a nanolayer. The other wave source is used to clean impurities on the grinding wheel surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: HUNAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chao Li, Xiaohong Zhang, Zhaoyao Shi, Yuejiao Ding, Liwei Ning, Xiaohong Tang, Songhui Zhang, Wei Li, Wanyi Tian
  • Patent number: 12576498
    Abstract: A multi-purpose tool and a method for use thereof, where the multi-purpose tool includes a first component having a first shaft and at least one first tool affixed thereto and a second component comprising a second shaft having at least one second tool affixed thereto, the second shaft being substantially hollow and capable of slidably receiving the first shaft. The multi-purpose tool further includes a quick-securing mechanism disposed along the length of the second shaft including a dial that is rotatable relative to the second shaft and having a threaded portion affixed to the dial. The quick-securing mechanism is configured to move a pin into an extended position when the dial is rotated in a first direction, and to move the pin into a retracted position when the dial is rotated in a second direction. The pin interacts with one of at least two holes in the first shaft to secure the first shaft in either a compact or extended configuration relative to the second shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Inventor: Andrew Zanoni
  • Patent number: 12544874
    Abstract: In a double-side polishing apparatus includes at least one work thickness measuring instrument in real time during double-side polishing of the work; an inner circumferential surface defined by the through hole in said one of the upper plate and the lower plate is provided with a metal cylindrical member; and either of: a lower window provided in a lower part of the cylindrical member provided in the upper plate and an upper window provided in an upper part of the cylindrical member provided to cover the upper side of the through hole provided in the upper plate, or an upper window provided in an upper part of the cylindrical member provided in the lower plate and a lower window provided to cover the lower side of the through hole provided in the lower plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: SUMCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Miyazaki, Masaru Morita
  • Patent number: 12520975
    Abstract: A nozzle for use with a surface cleaning device is disclosed that includes a nozzle housing defining a dirty air inlet, at least a first caster coupled to the nozzle housing to allow for movement of the nozzle housing over a surface to be cleaned, and a caster locking arrangement coupled to the nozzle housing. The caster locking arrangement preferably includes at least a first locking member to transition the first caster between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, with the locked configuration limiting movement of the nozzle housing along a single axis during cleaning operations, and the unlocked configuration allowing for movement of the nozzle housing along a plurality of axes/directions during cleaning operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Adam Udy, Nikola Petrov, Daniel J. Innes
  • Patent number: 12491600
    Abstract: A substrate warpage correction method according to this disclosure corrects warpage of a substrate without performing a process on a front surface of the substrate. The substrate warpage correction method includes a surface roughening of performing a surface roughening process on a rear surface of the substrate using a surface roughening processing apparatus configured to be able to perform the surface roughening process on the rear surface of the substrate, to form grooves in the rear surface to thereby correct the warpage of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Nozomu Kanetake, Akihiro Kubo, Teruhiko Kodama, Taro Yamamoto, Yasushi Takiguchi, Yoshiki Okamoto, Hayato Hosaka
  • Patent number: 12490839
    Abstract: A mattress cleaning machine, including a frame and a horizontal cylinder provided inside the frame. The inside of the horizontal cylinder is provided with a cuboid inner container, two ends of the cuboid inner container are rotatably mounted to the horizontal cylinder, one side of the cuboid inner container is successively formed from top to bottom with multiple loading cabins for placing multiple mattresses, the multiple loading cabins are jointly provided with an openable and closable cabin door at an entrance on the same side, and a sealing door is provided at a position on the upper part of one side of the horizontal cylinder. One end of the cuboid inner container is provided with a positioning device for positioning the cabin door to the position of the sealing door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Assignee: Jiangsu Sea-Lion Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Chen, Shengang Cai, Yexin Li, Lunan Wang, Qiaoyun Xiang
  • Patent number: 12491651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food slicing rack. The food slicing rack includes at least one guiding face and a receiving face. Each of the at least one guiding face extends transversely and is configured to guide movement of a cutting tool. The receiving face extends transversely and is configured for placement of food. A height of the receiving face is lower than a height of the each of the at least one guiding face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2025
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2025
    Inventor: Wei Sun
  • Patent number: 12465185
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of floor treatment machines for scrubbing, polishing, sanding or burnishing floors, and in particular machines in which one or more driven rotatable work heads (such as scrubbing brushes) are provided for agitating the floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: Numatic International Limited
    Inventor: Simon Wiltshire
  • Patent number: 12459082
    Abstract: Implementations of a clamp finger may include a first portion including at least one tip configured to clamp a substrate against an anvil during a bonding operation; and a second portion including a first opening therethrough configured to permit coupling of the second portion with a clamping bridge. The first portion may be slidably coupled with the second portion through a rail and the first portion may include an opening therethrough configured to receive a screw that fixedly couples the at least one tip of the first portion at a desired position relative to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sen Sun, Kun Feng, Hu Cheng, Naima Wang
  • Patent number: 12440940
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for deblocking a lens, wherein the lens is blocked with a block material on a block piece. The block material is preheated by radiation. The blocked lens, the deblocked lens, and the deblocked block piece are handled by means of separate grippers. For deblocking, the lens and the block piece are held by opposing holding devices in a rotating manner, while a fluid jet acts on the block material from the side. After the deblocking, the lens and the block piece are cleaned simultaneously. Then, a holding device together with the deblocked lens pivot out from a working space. The deblocked lens is placed with the block side upward in a transport carrier. This makes possible a simple design and an optimized process sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gunter Schneider, Klaus Hofmann, Thomas Simmer, Klaus Krämer
  • Patent number: 12390911
    Abstract: A tool adapter assembly, such as, for example, a socket or socket adapter, having drive, center, and work bodies. The drive body and the work body can be adjusted in a number of positions/angles relative to one another by a user. The tool adapter assembly includes components adapted to retain a set/desired position/angle of the drive body and the work body relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: Snap-on Incorporated
    Inventors: Preston T. Gaines, Craig Bashleben
  • Patent number: 12376718
    Abstract: A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner includes a suction cavity having an opening through which debris enters the cleaner head, and an air outlet, and an agitator mounted in the suction cavity in a cantilevered manner for rotation relative thereto. The agitator is conical in shape and has a first, free end and a second end which has a larger diameter than the first end. The air outlet is located adjacent the free end of the agitator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ashley Alexandre Goncalves, Frederick Michael Thornton
  • Patent number: 12358098
    Abstract: A liquid feeder includes: a first arm having a first nozzle; a second arm having a second nozzle; a first rotation shaft supporting a proximal end part of the first arm; a second rotation shaft supporting a proximal end part of the second arm; a first rotation driver configured to rotate the first rotation shaft to turn the first arm from a fluid feed position to a retracted position; a second rotation driver configured to rotate the second rotation shaft to turn the second arm from a fluid feed position to a retracted position; and a controller. The first rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft are disposed coaxially with each other. The controller is capable of controlling the operation of the first rotation driver and the operation of the second rotation driver independently of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yamaguchi, Masayuki Tamura, Kenji Shinkai, Soichi Isobe, Yusuke Mochida
  • Patent number: 12350811
    Abstract: A work support has an extendable support beam for spanning between a pair of leg assemblies. The extendable support beam includes one or more elongated rails having a first end, a second end, an upper edge, a lower edge, a middle portion disposed between the upper edge and the lower edge, where the upper edge and the lower edge each extend away from the middle portion and form a channel having an interior surface and an exterior surface, and a t-track extending longitudinally along the interior surface. The work support includes the extendable support beams and a leg mount disposed between the pair of elongated rails, and a pair of legs pivotally coupled with the leg mount and moveable between a storage position where the pair of legs are secured within a cavity, and a working position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Perfect Site LLC
    Inventor: Jared W. Hanlon
  • Patent number: 12355219
    Abstract: Method and Equipment for Installing a Power Cable in a Deployment Site The present disclosure relates to a method for installing a single power cable span in a deployment site comprising a rail for supporting the single cable span by trolleys, the method comprising the steps of providing a conveyor belt outside of the deployment site, the conveyor belt having a plurality of locations set at a predetermined distance one from the other along a longitudinal movement direction of the conveyor belt and moving integrally with the latter; repeating the following steps until the single cable span reaches a predetermined position while the conveyor belt is moving, positioning a first part of a holder at one of the locations; while advancing the single cable span, laying a portion thereof on said first part of the holder positioned at the location moving with the conveyor belt; connecting a second part of the holder to the first one to lock the cable span portion in between; while the cable span portion locked by the h
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Bacchini, Simone Manfredi, Mario Genovesi
  • Patent number: 12350810
    Abstract: A work support includes a pair of support legs, a first elongated rail and a second elongated rail each extending between and being coupled to the pair of support legs and spaced apart from one another, and an extendable workpiece support comprising a third elongated rail and a material support supported by the third elongated rail. The material support is movable laterally and axially relative to the third elongated rail. The third elongated rail is axially movable between extended and retracted positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: Perfect Site LLC
    Inventor: Jared W. Hanlon
  • Patent number: 12349856
    Abstract: A robotic dust collector includes a suction member having a suction inlet and travels on a cleaning target surface. The robotic dust collector includes a guide member, a support part, and a biasing member. The guide member is disposed at the suction inlet and has a blade part facing the cleaning target surface. The support part supports the guide member in such a manner that allows the guide member to pivot about a pivot axis so as to allow the blade part to move in an up-down direction. The biasing member is configured to exert biasing force on at least a part of the blade part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirotaka Sumiyoshi
  • Patent number: 12343828
    Abstract: An automatically adjustable universal wind turbine blade handling apparatus including a rigid frame supporting a base plate and a plurality of adjustable support members. The support members are spaced from each other and include a vertical pillar, a moveable shaft that can be telescopingly extended or retracted, and a pivotable pad coupled to shaft. The plurality of support members are automatically adjusted to position the pad at predetermined heights and/or angles to accommodate a variety of blade types/sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: TPI Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Gokhan Sarbalkan, Mustafa A. Dalgic
  • Patent number: 12343844
    Abstract: The invention refers to a protective shroud (40) for a hand-guided power tool (1), in particular a polisher or sander, the protective shroud (40) being adapted to be attached to a housing (2) of the power tool (1) and to cover at least part of a working element (11) of the power tool (1). It is suggested that the protective shroud (40) is secured to the housing (2) in at least one direction by means of magnetic force (47, 59).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Inventor: Guido Valentini