Patents Examined by Eileen P. Morgan
  • Patent number: 10919123
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to methods of detecting a polishing endpoint using one or more sensors embedded in the polishing material of a polishing pad, the polishing pads, and methods of forming the polishing pads. In one embodiment, a method of polishing a substrate includes urging a to be polished surface of a substrate against a polishing surface of a polishing pad, the polishing pad having one or more sensors embedded in the polishing pad material thereof, wherein the polishing pad is mounted on a polishing platen of a polishing system, detecting a force exerted against a polishing surface of the polishing pad using the one or more sensors, converting the detected force into signal information, wirelessly communicating the signal information received from the one or more sensors to one or more interrogators disposed in the polishing platen, and changing one or more polishing conditions based on the signal information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Venkat Hariharan, Rajeev Bajaj, Daniel Redfield
  • Patent number: 10919169
    Abstract: The machine includes a feeding path for the logs to be cut and a cutting head arranged along the feeding path. The cutting head includes a coupling for a disc-shaped cutting blade and is designed to impart the disc-shaped cutting blade a rotary motion around the axis thereof and a cyclic movement to cut the logs into single rolls, and to allow the logs to move forward along the feeding path. The machine also includes at least a grinding unit, including at least one grinding wheel mounted onto a rotation shaft and co-acting with a side of the disc-shaped cutting blade to grind the cutting edge of the same disc-shaped cutting blade. A controlled approach system is also provided to move the grinding wheel towards the disc-shaped cutting blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Fabio Perini S.p.A.
    Inventors: Graziano Mazzaccherini, Franco Montagnani
  • Patent number: 10919127
    Abstract: A grinding wheel includes an elastomerically deformable supporting layer, at least a first metallic surface fastened to the elastomerically deformable supporting layer, the metalic surface being an elastically deformable metal foil and includes abrasive particles attached to the at least one metalic surface. The particles may include at least one of: cubic boron nitride or diamonds. The metal foil may have a thickness of less than 1 mm. The abrasive particles may be bonded galvanically on the metallic surface. The abrasive particles may be bonded on the metalic surface in a plurality of areas having regions without abrasive particles therebetween. The metal foil may be adhesively bonded onto the elastomerically deformable supporting layer. The elastomerically deformable supporting layer may be plastic foam. The elastomerically deformable supporting layer may be adhesively bonded onto a metallic supporting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Matuschek Messtechnik GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Pierednik, Tadeusz Ptaszek
  • Patent number: 10906152
    Abstract: An integrated equipment for processing a plurality of fiber optic ferrules comprises a polishing system, a ferrule cleaning system, a drying system, a wiping system, and a robot system. The polishing system polishes a plurality of front end faces of the plurality of fiber optic ferrules mounted on a carrier. The ferrule cleaning system cleans the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the fiber optic ferrules have been polished. The drying system dries the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules have been cleaned. The wiping system wipes the front end faces of the fiber optic ferrules on the carrier after the carrier and the fiber optic ferrules have been dried. The robot system transfers the carrier to the polishing system, the ferrule cleaning system, the drying system, and the wiping system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Corporation, Innogetic Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Liming Xin, Lvhai Hu, Yun Liu, Dandan Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Lei Zhou, Kok Wai Wong
  • Patent number: 10898984
    Abstract: Receiving arrangements for receiving camshafts and methods for grinding machining camshafts may be used with camshafts that have a shaft body that extends along an axis of rotation and includes functional elements. A gearwheel may be mounted on the shaft body, wherein a receiving body is provided, by means of which the camshaft can be at least partially received for purposes of performing a grinding machining process. The gearwheel may include a receiving means onto which the receiving body can be engaged and by way of which it is made possible for the camshaft to be received by the receiving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ThyssenKrupp Presta TecCenter AG
    Inventors: Immo Vogel, Franz Salzgeber
  • Patent number: 10898983
    Abstract: A dressing method of a cutting blade includes a first cutting step of causing the cutting blade to cut into a dressing board held by a holding surface of a chuck table with a cutting depth that does not surpass the length of the region of roundness in the radial direction of the cutting blade to form a cut groove in the dressing board, and a second cutting step of causing the cutting blade to further cut into the groove bottom of the cut groove formed in the first cutting step with a cutting depth that does not surpass the length of the region of roundness in the radial direction of the cutting blade to carry out cutting on the groove bottom with tracing of the cut groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: DISCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 10894305
    Abstract: A dresser includes: a mount component; and a cutting edge component inserted in the mount component at a base end portion side, wherein the portion of the cutting edge component inserted in the mount component has one or more portions in each of which an area of a cross section is increased from the front end portion side toward the base end portion side in the insertion direction, and a ratio L1/M1 of a length L1 and a maximum value M1 is more than or equal to 2.1, where L1 represents a length of the portion of the cutting edge component inserted in the mount component and M1 represents a maximum value of a diameter of a circle having an area equal to the area of the cross section of the portion of the cutting edge component inserted in the mount component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC HARDMETAL CORP.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Tadashi Yamaguchi, Shinichiro Yurugi
  • Patent number: 10894312
    Abstract: A machine tool system includes at least one portable machine tool and at least one energy storage apparatus. The at least one portable machine tool includes at least one tool receptacle configured to be arrange a machining tool, and at least one receiving interface. The at least one energy storage apparatus is configured to be arranged on the at least one receiving interface of the at least one portable machine tool. At least in a state when the at least one energy storage apparatus is arranged on the at least one receiving interface, the at least one energy storage apparatus is arranged at least for the most part within a boundary region of the at least one tool receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Blum, Heiko Roehm, Joerg Welke, Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 10888970
    Abstract: According to this application there is provided a portable sharpening device. More specifically, a portable sharpening device comprising a body portion comprising a surfacing member, a mouth in communication with the surfacing member, arranged to guide an object to be sharpened towards the surfacing member; wherein the device is arranged to sharpen a face of said object by relative movement between the surfacing member and the object to be sharpened and wherein said relative movement is created manually by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Sky Tooling Limited
    Inventors: Thomas James McVeigh, Oliver Price, Peter Cauwood
  • Patent number: 10888974
    Abstract: Tooling strips and tools for using tooling strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Robert J. Andruchow
  • Patent number: 10888972
    Abstract: Dry ice container for dry ice cleaning devices comprises the container for dry ice closed by the lid (2) on the upper side, and provided by the opening (3) for drawing out dry ice pellets on the lower side. The container (1) has the bottom (4) sloped towards the opening (3) for drawing out the pellets. The linear-movable member (5) is arranged in the chamber (6) at the bottom (4) of the container (1) transversely to the axis of the container (1). The member (5) has the shape of a gutter in which groups of separated openings (5a, 5b, 5c) are provided, to which at least one pellets plowing element (5d) is placed in the member (5). Each group of openings (5a, 5b, 5c) pertains to one opening (3) for drawing out the pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Ivan Kubis, L'udovĂ­t Bakala, Peter Gabris
  • Patent number: 10875147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a main body of a grinding tool fixture, a grinding tool fixture having a cap at a front, a sleeve and a coil spring consecutively connected, and a main body connected at a rear, and the main body having a body and a rotating shaft integrally formed with a rear of the body. The main body of the grinding tool fixture is turned, heat-treated, and then straightened. According to the present invention, a grinding tool for a grinder can be conveniently attached and detached by reciprocating a sleeve such that a separate working tool or fastener is not required, and the grinding tool can be immediately replaced even during use of the grinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: E&Q One-Touch Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 10875146
    Abstract: The invention provides a polishing pad suitable for polishing or planarizing at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The polishing pad includes a polishing layer having a polymeric matrix, a thickness and a polishing track representing a working region of the polishing layer for polishing or planarizing. Radial drainage grooves extend through the polishing track facilitate polishing debris removal through the polishing track and underneath the at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates and then beyond the polishing track toward the perimeter of the polishing pad during rotation of the polishing pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: ROHM AND HAAS ELECTRONIC MATERIALS CMP HOLDINGS
    Inventors: Lee Melbourne Cook, Yuhua Tong, Joseph So, Jeffrey James Hendron, Patricia Connell
  • Patent number: 10875141
    Abstract: A paint trencher includes a main body, a guide, an abrasive body, a first adjustable bracket, a second adjustable bracket, and a handle. The main body includes a top panel, a support, a first pin, and a second pin. The guide is rotatably connected to the first pin and the second pin so that paint trencher can be adjusted according to the ceiling corners or vertical corners. The abrasive body is adjacently mounted to the support, and the handle is mounted to the top panel so that applied pressure of the main body can be transferred into the abrasive body to cut a trench into the wall. The first adjustable bracket and the second adjustable bracket are oppositely positioned of each other about the support and are operatively coupled between the top panel and the guide thus enabling the guide to be adjusted and locked about the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Lynette Weisbarth, Randal Weisbarth
  • Patent number: 10864612
    Abstract: A polishing pad includes a first region having a first geometric property and a first material property. The polishing pad further includes a second region having a second geometric property and a second material property, wherein the second region is closer to an edge of the polishing pad than the first region. The first geometric property is different from the second geometric property; or the first material property is different from the second material property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: ChunHung Chen, Jung-Yu Li, Sheng-Chen Wang, Shih-Sian Huang
  • Patent number: 10864656
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for finishing slabs. In an exemplary embodiment, a stone-cutting miter saw includes a support fixture that is configured to support a stone slab, a guide rail, and cutting and grinding heads movably supported on the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Cambria Company LLC
    Inventors: Craig Tolzman, Brian R. Scoggin
  • Patent number: 10857604
    Abstract: A rivering filtration system for a power saw machine includes a filtration tray having a filtration cavity for collecting operation fluid after the operation fluid is delivered onto the cutting blade, and a fluid collecting tray located underneath the filtration tray, wherein the fluid collecting tray has first and second cavities. The filtration tray provides a first filtration stage for filtrating the visible residual particles out from the operation fluid. The fluid collecting tray provides a second filtration stage that the operation fluid is slowly filled in the first cavity from the filtration cavity to ensure slurry residual particles in the operation fluid being deposited at the first cavity, and a third filtration stage that the operation fluid is slowly filled in the second cavity from the first cavity to ensure the slurry residual particles being filtrated out of the operation fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Chao-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 10857688
    Abstract: A rivering filtration system for a power saw machine includes a filtration tray having a filtration cavity for collecting operation fluid after the operation fluid is delivered onto the cutting blade, and a fluid collecting tray located underneath the filtration tray, wherein the fluid collecting tray has first and second cavities. The filtration tray provides a first filtration stage for filtrating the visible residual particles out from the operation fluid. The fluid collecting tray provides a second filtration stage that the operation fluid is slowly filled in the first cavity from the filtration cavity to ensure slurry residual particles in the operation fluid being deposited at the first cavity, and a third filtration stage that the operation fluid is slowly filled in the second cavity from the first cavity to ensure the slurry residual particles being filtrated out of the operation fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Chao-Ying Lee
  • Patent number: 10850369
    Abstract: A grinder/polisher apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus comprising first and second sets of grinding elements (2, 3) facing each other under an angle (?) thus forming between the sets of grinding elements a V-groove in which the cutting edge of a knife is insertable for movement upon grinding, wherein the grinding elements are supported in holders (5, 6). The grinding elements (2, 3) are pivotally arranged in the holders (5, 6) about axes (R, R?) the inclinations of which correspond with the opening angle (?) of the V-groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventor: Tore Eklund
  • Patent number: 10850365
    Abstract: A polishing apparatus including: a turntable with an attached polishing pad; a polishing head that holds a wafer; a tank that stores a polishing agent; a polishing agent supply mechanism which supplies the stored polishing agent to the polishing pad; a waste liquid receiver which collects the polishing agent flowing from the turntable; and a circulation mechanism which is connected to the waste liquid receiver and supplies the collected polishing agent to the tank, the polishing agent is supplied to the polishing pad from the tank with the polishing agent supply mechanism, the used polishing agent which flows from the turntable is collected by the waste liquid receiver, a surface of the wafer held by the polishing head is rubbed against the pad to polish it while supplying the collected polishing agent to the tank to circulate the polishing agent, and the waste liquid receiver is fixed to the turntable and the waste liquid receiver having a bottom plate and a removable side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: SHIN-ETSU HANDOTAI CO., LTD., FUJIKOSHI MACHINERY CORP.
    Inventors: Michito Sato, Junichi Ueno, Kaoru Ishii, Yosuke Kanai, Yuya Nakanishi