Patents by Inventor Domingo Guerra

Domingo Guerra 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).

  • Patent number: 9443752
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relates to high temperature anti-droop end effectors for transferring semiconductor substrates. One embodiment of the present invention provides an end effector for using with a substrate handler. The end effector comprises a free end having a substrate supporting plane configured to support a substrate and positioned that substrate at a first angle relative to a horizontal plane. The end effector comprises a fixed end configured to be mounted to the substrate handler, wherein the end effector is mounted to the substrate handler at a position that the substrate supporting plane is at a second angle relative to the horizontal plane when no substrate is disposed on the free end, and the first angle is different from the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Brodine, Domingo Guerra, Whitney B. Kroetz
  • Publication number: 20080219815
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relates to high temperature anti-droop end effectors for transferring semiconductor substrates. One embodiment of the present invention provides an end effector for using with a substrate handler. The end effector comprises a free end having a substrate supporting plane configured to support a substrate and positioned that substrate at a first angle relative to a horizontal plane. The end effector comprises a fixed end configured to be mounted to the substrate handler, wherein the end effector is mounted to the substrate handler at a position that the substrate supporting plane is at a second angle relative to the horizontal plane when no substrate is disposed on the free end, and the first angle is different from the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: JEFFREY A. BRODINE, DOMINGO GUERRA, WHITNEY B. KROETZ
  • Publication number: 20080063504
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods, apparatus, and systems for a wrist assembly including a housing having a cap and a bottom, at least one pivot at least partially enclosed in the housing and adapted to be coupled to a robot arm, and a belt coupled to the pivot and adapted to rotate the pivot about a bearing. The bottom of the housing is adapted to reflect heat away from the at least one pivot and the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: WHITNEY KROETZ, Damon Cox, Jeffrey Brodine, Domingo Guerra