Patents by Inventor James Sanches

James Sanches 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).

  • Continuous process furnace
    Patent number: 6512206
    Abstract: The present invention provides a furnace which heat treats substrates. The furnace includes a heating section and working components. The heating section includes heating coils having spacers disposed within the heating coils where a mass of the heating coils and a mass of the spacers contributes to a mass of the heating section. The working components include a processing chamber and a transport mechanism. The processing chambers facilitates passage of a substrate through the heating section. The transport mechanism transports the substrate through the heating section and into the exit assembly. The heating section mass exceeds a combined mass of the processing chamber, the transport mechanism and the substrate within the heating section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: MRL Industries
    Inventors: William D. McEntire, Kevin B. Peck, Michael D. Soliday, James Sanches