Patents Examined by Nickolas Harm
  • Device and method for detaching a semiconductor wafer from a substrate
    Patent number: 8894807
    Abstract: Device for stripping a product substrate from a carrier substrate connected to the product substrate by an interconnect layer by means of a flexible film that is mounted on a film frame and that comprises an adhesive layer for holding the product substrate in a bonding surface section of the film, the film being mounted on the film frame in an attachment section of the film that surrounds the bonding surface section, and the film comprising a stripping section that is located between the bonding surface section and the attachment section, the device having stripping means for effecting a stripping of the product substrate from the carrier substrate from a periphery of the product substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: EV Group GmbH
    Inventors: Friedrich Paul Lindner, Jürgen Burggraf
  • Method and apparatus for peeling donor film from substrate
    Patent number: 8877006
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for peeling a donor film from a substrate are disclosed. In one embodiment, the donor film peeling apparatus includes i) a first roller disposed on a side of the donor film, ii) a second roller disposed on a side of the support at a position corresponding to the first roller and iii) first and second grippers configured to withdraw the donor film and support, respectively. The apparatus may further include i) first and second peeling rollers engaged with the first and second rollers with the donor film and support withdrawn by the first and second grippers being interposed therebetween to support the withdrawn donor film and support, respectively, and ii) an insertion mechanism disposed in at least one of the first and second peeling rollers and inserted between the bonded donor film and support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-Hyun Ahn
  • Delamination apparatus and inline thermal imaging system
    Patent number: 8869863
    Abstract: A delamination apparatus includes a stage, a first roll unit, a gripper, and a second roll unit. The stage includes a peripheral area and a substrate area. An edge of a donor film is attached at the peripheral area. An acceptor substrate, laminated at on the donor film, is disposed at the substrate area. The first roll unit is disposed on the donor film, moves in a lengthwise direction of the acceptor substrate. The gripper is disposed on the donor film, and is configured to separate the edge of the donor film from the stage so as to cause the donor film to contact the first roll unit. The second roll unit is disposed on the stage, contacts the donor film which contacts the first roll unit, and delaminates the donor film from the acceptor substrate by moving in the lengthwise direction with the first roll unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Chul Lee, Jae-Seok Park, Jae-Ha Lim, Jin-Han Park, Dong-Sul Kim
  • Methods and systems for recycling of laminated materials
    Patent number: 8863809
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a method and system for recycling a cured composite laminate material into a delaminated recyclate that maintains a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment substantially the same as the cured composite laminate material. The method provides a cured composite laminate material having a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment. The cured composite laminate material undergoes solvent soak preconditioning, liquid solvent removal, pre-heating, and rapid heating with phase change delamination of the cured composite laminate material to obtain the delaminated recyclate that maintains a fiber volume fraction and a lamina level fiber alignment substantially the same as the cured composite laminate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Panagiotis Emanuel George, Kelsi Hurley, Erika Carter
  • Vacuum peeling apparatus and method
    Patent number: 8864938
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a vacuum peeling apparatus and a vacuum peeling method. The vacuum peeling apparatus may include a chamber, a sealing maintain frame disposed inside the chamber, a first air tube disposed along a bottom end of the sealing maintain frame and configured to be expandable, a peeling prevention panel configured so as to be inserted into a center of the sealing maintain frame, and a second air tube disposed along an end of the peeling prevention panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Sul Kim
  • Paper stripping member and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8851139
    Abstract: A paper stripping member is removably supported by a supporting member disposed facing a circumferential surface of a photoreceptor drum, and strips a paper sheet off the circumferential surface. The paper stripping member includes an acute-shaped stripping nail, a holding member and a cover member. The holding member is configured removably from the supporting member, and holds the stripping nail in such a manner that the stripping nail extends toward the circumferential surface. The cover member is configured removably from the holding member, and covers at least part of the stripping nail in the extending direction of the stripping nail in a state where the cover member is attached to the holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hirokazu Yamauchi
  • Method for separating bonded bodies using excimer light irradiation
    Patent number: 8845858
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for separating a bonded body, whereby the bonded body can be separated easily. Specifically disclosed is a method for separating bonded bodies that includes a step that irradiates excimer light with a central wavelength of 1 to 300 nm on to a bonded body that has been formed by using an adhesive composition to bond substrates together, which includes and is formed by one type or two or more types of meth (acrylate) that have one or more (meth)acryloyl groups, and by hardening of said adhesive composition. At least one of the substrates is permeable to the excimer light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Goto, Jun Watanabe, Norihiro Shimizu, Hiroyuki Kurimura, Isamu Ichikawa, Kenji Fukao, Yukihiro Morimoto
  • Systems and methods for continuous delivery of web materials
    Patent number: 8839835
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing an absorbent article are provided. Generally, the apparatuses and methods allow for continuous delivering of a plurality of web material to downstream equipment during a manufacturing process. In some embodiments, the apparatuses and methods allow for simultaneously unwinding, splicing, and lamination of multiple rolls of web material rotatably mounted to a frame and delivering the web material to various downstream manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: James Jay Benner, Patrick John Healey, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
  • Laminate body, method, and apparatus for manufacturing ultrathin substrate using the laminate body
    Patent number: 8800631
    Abstract: Provided is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground and a support, where the substrate is ground to a very small thickness and can then be separated from the support without damaging the substrate. One embodiment of the present invention is a laminated body comprising a substrate to be ground, a joining layer in contact with the substrate to be ground, a photothermal conversion layer comprising a light absorbing agent and a heat decomposable resin, and a light transmitting support. After grinding the substrate surface which is opposite that in contact with the joining layer, the laminated body is irradiated through the light transmitting layer and the photothermal conversion layer decomposes to separate the substrate and the light transmitting support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Kazuki Noda, Masaru Iwasawa
  • Method and apparatus for peeling protective tape
    Patent number: 8778133
    Abstract: A method of peeling a protective tape, includes the steps of mounting a wafer on a stage, the wafer having the protective tape adhered thereto so that the protective tape overlaps only a portion of a notch of the wafer, attaching a peeling adhesive tape to the protective tape, projecting a lift pin from the stage so that the portion of the protective tape which overlaps the notch is raised by a top surface of the lift pin, and with the protective tape raised by the lift pin, pulling the peeling adhesive tape so as to peel the protective tape from the wafer. The top surface of the lift pin has a shape that allows the top surface to raise the portion of the protective tape which overlaps the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Shoichi Kuga
  • Thermoformable web joining apparatus
    Patent number: 8770250
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for splicing together old and new thermoformable sheets in order to supply a continuous thermoforming operation. The apparatus is used to join together thermoformable sheets by: providing a first thermoformable sheet with a trailing edge and a second thermoformable sheet with a leading edge; forming a terminal edge portion with a hot element along the trailing edge and a complementary terminal edge portion along the leading edge by severing a scrap sheet from each portion; laterally retracting each scrap portion away from the trailing edge and the leading edge; and joining together the first thermoformable sheet and the second thermoformable sheet by interlocking together the terminal edge portion with the complementary terminal edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Jere F. Irwin, Dale L. Vantrease
  • Device and method for removing a peelable seal
    Patent number: 8764934
    Abstract: A container or array of containers that is are sealed with a peelable seal is transported via a conveyor along a processing path toward a desealing station at which an adhesive surface having a width substantially the same as or greater than the width of the seal is pressed against the upper surface of the peelable seal. A collection rod applies a downward pressure on the adhesive surface, pressing it against the seal and keeping the container or container array in position on the conveyor as the plate moves with the conveyor. As the leading edge of the seal passes the collection rod, the adhesive surface is rolled upward, away from the plane of the seal, pulling up on the leading edge of the seal to separate it from the container or container array while the container or container array is held down by the roller. The removed seal is then discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert K. Neeper, Rhett L. Affleck, Roger Howard
  • Clamping tape for furniture and related repairs
    Patent number: 8758554
    Abstract: A silicone tape having inherent elasticity and flexibility to allow for its significant stretching, which when unrolled from its tape roll, and its laminar film removed, can be stretched around the furniture or other componentry to hold it in position until any applied adhesive hardens, during furniture repair or manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: MOCAP L.L.C.
    Inventor: Joseph T. Miller
  • Process for making self-patterning substrates and the product thereof
    Patent number: 8747599
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making self-patterning substrates comprising the steps of providing electrically conductive traces on a substrate; pre-coating the substrate with at least a layer of complementary reactant electrically resistant reactant formulations; altering the conductivity of complementary reactant formulation selectively upon application of external source of energy and a self-patterning substrate using the said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Chidella Krishna Sastry, Chidella Venkata Krishna Mohan Sharma, Srinivas Tangirala
  • Method and device for joining adherends, as well as component
    Patent number: 8741090
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for firmly joining fiber-reinforced, plastic-based adherends, wherein depressions are introduced into opposing lateral surfaces of the adherends, and have injected into them a fiber-reinforced plastic material that serves as an adhesive, a device for implementing such a method, as well as a component joined in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Goehlich, Malte Sander
  • Adhesive substance removing tool
    Patent number: 8726966
    Abstract: An adhesive substance removing tool is provided with a cracking tool and a scrapping assembly which are removably coupled to a base. The cracking tool is used to crack the adhesive substance by forming breaking lines on the surface of the adhesive substance, and then the scrapping assembly is used to scrape off the adhesive substance by starting from the breaking lines. The combination of the cracking tool and the scraping assembly allows the user to remove adhesive substance easily and completely. Besides, the cutting assembly of the cracking tool is able to move freely both in straight-line or circular fashion, and the cracking tool can be prevented from rotating or disengaging once it is positioned in place on the base. Hence, convenience and safety of use can both be assured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Eric Liao
  • Apparatus and method for removing a CMP pad from a platen
    Patent number: 8715460
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing a pad adhesively secured to a platen. The apparatus includes a barrel assembly having a clamp assembly fixedly attached to a perimeter of the barrel assembly; a rotatable handle assembly nested within the barrel assembly; and a ratchet assembly nested between the handle assemble and the barrel assembly the ratchet assembly configured to engage the rotatable handle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Bandy, Graham M. Bates, Jeffery A. Brigante
  • Chip sorting apparatus
    Patent number: 8714227
    Abstract: A chip sorting apparatus comprising a chip holder comprising a first surface and an second surface opposite to the first surface; a wafer comprising a first chip disposed on a first position of the first surface; a first chip receiver comprising a third surface and an fourth surface opposite to the third surface, wherein the third surface is opposite to the first surface; a pressurization device making the first chip and the third surface of the first chip receiver adhered to each other through pressuring the second surface at where corresponding to the first position; and a separator decreasing the adhesion between the first chip and the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Chen-Ke Hsu, Liang-Sheng Chi, Chun-Chang Chen, Win-Jim Su, Hsu-Cheng Lin, Mei-Ling Tsai, Yi Lung Liu, Chen Ou
  • Label peeling unit and label printer
    Patent number: 8708022
    Abstract: A label peeling unit having an installation body: a movable body movable while engaging with the installation body and stopping in a closed state or an open state in which the movable body is closed or open relative to the installation body; a label peeling body installed on the movable body and allowing backing paper of a continuous label body, which is conveyed by the paper sheet conveyance device, to be in contact with the label peeling body to bend the backing paper for peeling a part of a label off the backing paper; and a backing paper conveyance roller rotatably installed on the movable body and rotating while being in contact with a platen roller of the paper sheet conveyance device with the backing paper in between to thereby convey the backing paper and discharge it to the outside. The label peeling unit facilitates loading of paper sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Sato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shinichiro Hosono, Kenta Kano
  • Method and apparatus for separating laminations
    Patent number: 8702904
    Abstract: Parts stuck together in a stack are separated by placing the parts in a vibratory apparatus and vibrating the stack of parts with a vibratory head of the vibratory apparatus to separate them and also constrain the parts with the vibratory head as the parts are vibrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Branson Ultrasonics Corporation
    Inventors: Guillermo Coto, Richard K. Buckley, Glenn Doud, Fernando Aguilera Galicia