Patents by Inventor Hideki Kajiwara

Hideki Kajiwara 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).

  • Publication number: 20230347369
    Abstract: An apparatus includes substrate holders each configured to hold a substrate, a first nozzle provided for each substrate holder and for discharging a first processing liquid to the substrate at a first position, a second nozzle provided to be shared by the substrate holders and for discharging a second processing liquid to the substrate at a second position, a third nozzle provided for each substrate holder and for discharging a third processing liquid to the substrate at a third position while the first and second processing liquids are not supplied to the substrate, first to third standby parts for respectively allowing the first to third nozzles to wait outside a substrate holding region, a turning mechanism for turning the first nozzle between the first standby part and the first position, and a linear motion mechanism for linearly moving the third nozzle between the third standby part and the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hideki KAJIWARA, Yuya YONEMITSU, Shinichiro YAMANAKA, Shinichi MIZUSHINO, Naruaki IIDA, Kohei KAWAKAMI, Tohru AZUMA
  • Patent number: 11752515
    Abstract: An apparatus includes substrate holders each configured to hold a substrate, a first nozzle provided for each substrate holder and for discharging a first processing liquid to the substrate at a first position, a second nozzle provided to be shared by the substrate holders and for discharging a second processing liquid to the substrate at a second position, a third nozzle provided for each substrate holder and for discharging a third processing liquid to the substrate at a third position while the first and second processing liquids are not supplied to the substrate, first to third standby parts for respectively allowing the first to third nozzles to wait outside a substrate holding region, a turning mechanism for turning the first nozzle between the first standby part and the first position, and a linear motion mechanism for linearly moving the third nozzle between the third standby part and the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Hideki Kajiwara, Yuya Yonemitsu, Shinichiro Yamanaka, Shinichi Mizushino, Naruaki Iida, Kohei Kawakami, Tohru Azuma
  • Publication number: 20230253219
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a rotary holder configured to hold and rotate a substrate; a cup arranged so as to surround the substrate held by the rotary holder; a coating liquid nozzle configured to inject a coating liquid onto the substrate; a removal liquid nozzle configured to inject, onto the substrate, a removal liquid for removing a film from a peripheral portion of the substrate; a nozzle tracking camera attached to a nozzle arm that holds the coating liquid nozzle so as to track the coating liquid nozzle and configured to capture an image of the coating liquid nozzle; and a processing space camera configured to capture an image of a processing space above the rotary holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro KUNUGIMOTO, Hideki KAJIWARA, Kazuhiro MATSUURA, Shinichi MIZUSHINO, Hokuto SHIGEMOTO, Akihiro TOYOZAWA, Yuji SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20220319893
    Abstract: An information acquisition system is for acquiring information about a substrate processing apparatus including a substrate holder configured to hold and rotate a substrate, a nozzle configured to supply a processing liquid to a surface of the substrate which is rotating, and a cup surrounding the substrate held by the substrate holder. The information acquisition system includes: an information acquisition body held in place of the substrate by the substrate holder and including an imaging part configured to image the cup and acquire image data; and an acquisition part configured to acquire information about a height of the cup based on the image data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Junnosuke MAKI, Koudai HIGASHI, Ryo KONISHI, Hideki KAJIWARA, Hokuto SHIGEMOTO
  • Publication number: 20200391238
    Abstract: An apparatus includes substrate holders each configured to hold a substrate, a first nozzle provided for each substrate holder and for discharging a first processing liquid to the substrate at a first position, a second nozzle provided to be shared by the substrate holders and for discharging a second processing liquid to the substrate at a second position, a third nozzle provided for each substrate holder and for discharging a third processing liquid to the substrate at a third position while the first and second processing liquids are not supplied to the substrate, first to third standby parts for respectively allowing the first to third nozzles to wait outside a substrate holding region, a turning mechanism for turning the first nozzle between the first standby part and the first position, and a linear motion mechanism for linearly moving the third nozzle between the third standby part and the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Hideki KAJIWARA, Yuya YONEMITSU, Shinichiro YAMANAKA, Shinichi MIZUSHINO, Naruaki IIDA, Kohei KAWAKAMI, Tohru AZUMA
  • Patent number: 10668891
    Abstract: A seat belt apparatus provided in a front door of a vehicle, comprises a retractor provided in the front door and configured to retract a webbing for constraining an occupant so as to be pulled out, a belt anchor provided in the front door and attached with one end of the webbing, and a latch configured to engage the front door to a vehicle body. The latch is provided between the retractor and the belt anchor in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hideki Kajiwara, Masahiro Kato, Yuya Igarashi
  • Patent number: 10643872
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid processing apparatus including: a plurality of substrate placement regions; a nozzle that supplies a processing liquid to a substrate from each processing position; a nozzle placement region provided behind a row of the substrate placement regions; an arm that detachably holds the nozzle at one end side; a driving unit that horizontally pivots the arm around a pivot axis; and a controller that outputs a control signal to convey the nozzle from the nozzle placement region to a standby position corresponding to a processing position of a conveyance destination, cause the nozzle to stand by at the standby position, and then, convey the nozzle to the processing position. The standby position is outside the substrate placement regions and is located between the processing position and the nozzle placement region when viewed in a front-and-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Masahiro Abe, Hiroichi Inada, Tohru Azuma, Tsunenaga Nakashima, Naofumi Kishita, Hideki Kajiwara
  • Publication number: 20180345902
    Abstract: A seat belt apparatus provided in a front door of a vehicle, comprises a retractor provided in the front door and configured to retract a webbing for constraining an occupant so as to be pulled out, a belt anchor provided in the front door and attached with one end of the webbing, and a latch configured to engage the front door to a vehicle body. The latch is provided between the retractor and the belt anchor in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Hideki Kajiwara, Masahiro Kato, Yuya Igarashi
  • Publication number: 20170358464
    Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid processing apparatus including: a plurality of substrate placement regions; a nozzle that supplies a processing liquid to a substrate from each processing position; a nozzle placement region provided behind a row of the substrate placement regions; an arm that detachably holds the nozzle at one end side; a driving unit that horizontally pivots the arm around a pivot axis; and a controller that outputs a control signal to convey the nozzle from the nozzle placement region to a standby position corresponding to a processing position of a conveyance destination, cause the nozzle to stand by at the standby position, and then, convey the nozzle to the processing position. The standby position is outside the substrate placement regions and is located between the processing position and the nozzle placement region when viewed in a front-and-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Masahiro Abe, Hiroichi Inada, Tohru Azuma, Tsunenaga Nakashima, Naofumi Kishita, Hideki Kajiwara
  • Patent number: 9030656
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inspection device for inspecting deformation of a substrate holding member of a substrate transport apparatus. The substrate holding member is moved in the forward-and-backward direction relative to the transport base to pass across a light path of the detection light formed by an optical detection unit. The position, with respect to a direction transverse to the forward-and-backward direction, of the substrate holding member is detected based on a detection signal of the optical detection unit. Based on a correlation data expressing the relationship between a first parameter indicative of a change of a position of the substrate holding member with respect to the forward-and-backward direction and a second parameter indicative of the change of the position of the substrate holding member with respect to the direction transverse to the forward-and-backward direction, whether or not deformation occurs in the substrate holding member is judged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hideki Kajiwara, Junnosuke Maki, Suguru Enokida
  • Patent number: 8720873
    Abstract: A substrate holding device including: a transfer arm body having a suction path; a pad body including a suction part having a suction surface and a suction port for holding the substrate by vacuum suction, and a cylindrical attachment part in which a suction hole communicating with the suction port is formed; a pad holding member provided with an insertion hole into which the attachment part of the pad body is loosely insertable and a communication path communicating with the suction hole and the suction path, and fixed to the transfer arm body; and an elastically deformable annular airtightness maintaining member with a circular cross-section interposed between an outer peripheral groove in an arc shape formed in the attachment part of the pad body and an inner peripheral groove in an arc shape formed at the insertion hole of the pad holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Shinichi Hayashi, Suguru Enokida, Naruaki Iida, Hideki Kajiwara
  • Publication number: 20120235335
    Abstract: The present invention is a substrate holding device including: a transfer arm body having a suction path; a pad body including a suction part having a suction surface and a suction port for holding the substrate by vacuum suction, and a cylindrical attachment part in which a suction hole communicating with the suction port is formed; a pad holding member provided with an insertion hole into which the attachment part of the pad body is loosely insertable and a communication path communicating with the suction hole and the suction path, and fixed to the transfer arm body; and an elastically deformable annular airtightness maintaining member with a circular cross-section interposed between an outer peripheral groove in an arc shape formed in the attachment part of the pad body and an inner peripheral groove in an arc shape formed at the insertion hole of the pad holding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichi Hayashi, Suguru Enokida, Naruaki Iida, Hideki Kajiwara
  • Publication number: 20120099951
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inspection device for inspecting deformation of a substrate holding -member of a substrate transport apparatus. The substrate holding member is moved in the forward-and-backward direction relative to the transport base to pass across a light path of the detection light formed by an optical detection unit. The position, with respect to a direction transverse to the forward-and-backward direction, of the substrate holding member is detected based on a detection signal of the optical detection unit. Based on a correlation data expressing the relationship between a first parameter indicative of a change of a position of the substrate holding member with respect to the forward-and-backward direction and a second parameter indicative of the change of the position of the substrate holding member with respect to the direction transverse to the forward-and-backward direction, whether or not deformation occurs in the substrate holding member is judged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Hideki Kajiwara, Junnosuke Maki, Suguru Enokida
  • Patent number: 7331609
    Abstract: A lock releasing button is provided at a slide plate including a slip joint for slidably supporting a webbing for restraining an occupant to a seat. Locking of the slide plate to a center pillar is arranged to be released when the lock releasing button is pressed upward from below. Therefore, when an airbag presses to open a connecting portion between a roof lining and a pillar garnish and deploys downward at a time of collision of a vehicle, the lock releasing button is prevented from releasing the locking by being pressed by the airbag deploying downward. This prevents the situation in which the slip joint is moved downward together with the slide plate to loosen the webbing and thus a seat belt device cannot sufficiently exhibit an occupant restraining performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Koji Uno, Koji Ikeda, Hideki Kajiwara, Mitsuhiro Nishizaka, Nobumoto Sekiguchi
  • Patent number: D673923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Hideki Kajiwara
  • Patent number: D674365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Hideki Kajiwara
  • Patent number: D674366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Hideki Kajiwara
  • Patent number: D674761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Naruaki Iida, Hideki Kajiwara
  • Patent number: D695240
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Naruaki Iida, Hideki Kajiwara
  • Patent number: D701498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Naruaki Iida, Hideki Kajiwara