Patents by Inventor James S. Molinaro

James S. Molinaro 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).

  • High temperature ceramic nut
    Patent number: 5454677
    Abstract: High temperature ceramic nut of aluminum oxide for use in coupling a flared tube to a flare fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1995
    Assignee: Submicron Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert H. Grant, Richard E. Novak, James S. Molinaro
  • High temperature ceramic nut
    Patent number: 5332271
    Abstract: High temperature ceramic nut of aluminum oxide for use in coupling a flared tube to a flare fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Inventors: Robert W. Grant, Richard E. Novak, James S. Molinaro
  • Sparger plate for ozone gas diffusion
    Patent number: 5082518
    Abstract: A gas diffusion system for evenly distributing injected gas in a bath including a diffusion sparger plate for spreading and distributing the gas. Gas moves horizontally under the plate, and is relayed upward through a set of gas passages in the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: SubMicron Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: James S. Molinaro
  • End effector
    Patent number: 4854623
    Abstract: A passive cassette robotic end effector, without any moving parts, used for directly handling individual wafer cassettes. A pair of opposing arms of the end effector, each a mirror image of the other, secures to an independent external robotic handler mounting plate. The end effector positions about either end of the wafer cassette under cassette wall reinforcement bars located on opposing sides of a wafer cassette. Cavities with ramped alignment walls on the upper inner portion of each arm of the end effector accommodates and engages the cassette wall reinforcement bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1989
    Assignee: Dexton, Inc.
    Inventor: James S. Molinaro
  • Flexible carrier for semiconductor wafer cassettes
    Patent number: 4762353
    Abstract: An apparatus for holding and transporting semiconductor material cassettes during processing of the semiconductor material. There is a tray having at least one cassette station thereon. This cassette station comprises a cassette supporting surface, a first pair of substantially parallel cassette guides on the supporting surface, and a second pair of substantially parallel cassette guides on the supporting surface located between and substantially at right angles to the first pair. The first and second pairs of parallel cassette guides form a generally rectangular boundary. A handle neck extends upwardly from the same side of the tray as the cassette guides. A handle crosspiece is connected to the handle neck and has a bearing surface oriented substantially parallel to the plane of the tray. A picker is also disclosed for engaging the handle neck and handle crosspiece, and can be used as the end effector of a robot arm that provides lifting power and transport motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Dexon, Inc.
    Inventor: James S. Molinaro