Patents by Inventor Kenichi TAKEBUCHI

Kenichi TAKEBUCHI 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: 20230182262
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device and a substrate polishing device are provided. The substrate cleaning device is provided in a substrate polishing device, which includes a polishing table having a polishing surface for polishing a substrate and a top ring holding the substrate with a membrane while surrounding an outer peripheral part of the substrate with a retainer ring, and cleaning the surface after polishing. The top ring is freely movable between a substrate polishing position above the table and a substrate handover position at a side of the table. The substrate cleaning device is provided corresponding to a cleaning position between the polishing and handover positions, and includes a first spray unit including cleaning nozzles for spraying cleaning liquid on the substrate, membrane, and retainer ring at the cleaning position; and a second spray unit including a substrate rinse nozzle spraying rinse liquid onto the substrate at the cleaning position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: ERINA BABA, KOICHI FUKAYA, KENICHI TAKEBUCHI, KENICHIRO SAITO
  • Publication number: 20230112974
    Abstract: A hand for holding the substrate includes a hand main body and a plurality of seating members mounted on the hand main body and on which the substrate is to be seated. Each of the plurality of seating member includes a shaft member supported to the hand main body and a lever member that is supported to the shaft member and includes a first end portion including a seating portion on which the substrate is to be seated and a second end portion disposed on a side opposite to the first end portion across the shaft member. At least a part of the plurality of seating members further includes a biasing member for giving a force of rotating the lever member to the lever member such that the second end portion moves downward and a seating sensor configured to detect an upward movement of the second end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kotaro TOYOSAWA, Kenichiro SAITO, Kenichi TAKEBUCHI, Kenichi SUZUKI