Patents by Inventor Kazuya Saitou

Kazuya Saitou 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: 8128793
    Abstract: To provide a vertical substrate transfer apparatus and a film-forming apparatus capable of, regardless of a carrying position of a substrate, subjecting either surface thereof to film-formation, and capable of supporting and carrying the substrate without interfering with a non-film-forming surface. A film-forming apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes a carrier (15) giving support so that either surface of a substrate (W) is processable, a first position changing section (3) changing a carrying position of the carrier (15), and a carrying chamber (9) housing the carrier, whose position is changed therein and which carries the carrier to a film-forming chamber (10). With the above construction, it becomes possible to subject either surface to film-forming processing regardless of the carrying position of the substrate (W). Further, it becomes possible to change a film-forming surface (Wa) in the course of carrying the substrate (W).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.
    Inventors: Hajime Nakamura, Mayako Taniguchi, Koji Ishino, Takaaki Shindou, Junichirou Tsutsui, Yukio Kikuchi, Kazuya Saitou
  • Publication number: 20090139864
    Abstract: To provide a vertical substrate transfer apparatus and a film-forming apparatus capable of, regardless of a carrying position of a substrate, subjecting either surface thereof to film-formation, and capable of supporting and carrying the substrate without interfering with a non-film-forming surface. A film-forming apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes a carrier (15) giving support so that either surface of a substrate (W) is processable, a first position changing section (3) changing a carrying position of the carrier (15), and a carrying chamber (9) housing the carrier, whose position is changed therein and which carries the carrier to a film-forming chamber (10). With the above construction, it becomes possible to subject either surface to film-forming processing regardless of the carrying position of the substrate (W). Further, it becomes possible to change a film-forming surface (Wa) in the course of carrying the substrate (W).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Inventors: Hajime Nakamura, Mayako Taniguchi, Koji Ishino, Takaaki Shindou, Junichirou Tsutsui, Yukio Kikuchi, Kazuya Saitou