Patents by Inventor Manuel Herrera

Manuel Herrera 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: 20200148512
    Abstract: A wheel mover assembly for a vehicle. The wheel mover assembly may include at least two wheels, an attachment means, a winch, and a motor. The wheel attachment may be bolted to 2-3 of the lugs on the tire. The at least two wheels may be located one on each side and may be used to counteract a torque of the motor turning the vehicle wheel. An outer wheel may contact the ground as it rotates. Further, a remote may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventor: Manuel Herrera
  • Patent number: 6199259
    Abstract: Fabrication techniques for an integrated sputtering target assembly include pressure assisted bonding of soldered layers of material, in particular, soldering of the target material to its backing plate; pressure assisted curing of structural adhesives used to join a finned cover plate to a backing plate which between them form passages for fluid cooling; and bonding an electrical insulating layer to the back surface of the backing plate. The pressure to assist in bonding is typically applied by an autoclave. The cooling fluid passages disposed between a cover and a finned backing plate can be sealed by using laser welding or electron beam welding rather than closing the cooling passages with structural adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Applied Komatsu Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Demaray, Manuel Herrera
  • Patent number: 5676803
    Abstract: A target, target backing plate, and cover plate form a target plate assembly. The sputtering target assembly includes an integral cooling passage. A series of grooves are constructed in either the target backing plate or the target backing cooling cover plate, which are then securely bonded to one another. The sputtering target can be a single monolith with a target backing plate or can be securely attached to the target backing plate by one of any number of conventional bonding methods. Tantalum to titanium, titanium to titanium and aluminum to titanium, diffusion bonding can be used.The target plate assembly completely covers and seals against a top opening of a sputtering processing chamber. Cooling liquid connections are provided only from the perimeter of the target assembly. When a top vacuum chamber seals the side opposite the pressure chamber, the pressure on both sides of the target assembly is nearly equalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Inventors: Richard Ernest Demaray, Manuel Herrera, David E. Berkstresser
  • Patent number: 5603816
    Abstract: A target, target backing plate, and cover plate form a target plate assembly. The sputtering target assembly includes an integral cooling passage. A series of grooves are constructed in either the target backing plate or the target backing cooling cover plate, which are then securely bonded to one another. The sputtering target can be a single monolith with a target backing plate or can be securely attached to the target backing plate by one of any number of conventional bonding methods. Tantalum to titanium, titanium to titanium and aluminum to titanium, diffusion bonding can be used.The target plate assembly completely covers and seals against a top opening of a sputtering processing chamber. Cooling liquid connections are provided only from the perimeter of the target assembly. When a top vacuum chamber seals the side opposite the pressure chamber, the pressure on both sides of the target assembly is nearly equalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Demaray, Manuel Herrera, David E. Berkstresser
  • Patent number: 5595337
    Abstract: A target, target backing plate, and cover plate form a target plate assembly. The sputtering target assembly includes an integral cooling passage. A series of grooves are constructed in either the target backing plate or the target backing cooling cover plate, which are then securely bonded to one another. The sputtering target can be a single monolith with a target backing plate or can be securely attached to the target backing plate by one of any number of conventional bonding methods. Tantalum to titanium, titanium to titanium and aluminum to titanium, diffusion bonding can be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Demaray, Manuel Herrera, David E. Berkstresser
  • Patent number: 5433835
    Abstract: A target, target backing plate, and cover plate form a target plate assembly. The sputtering target assembly includes an integral cooling passage. A series of grooves are constructed in either the target backing plate or the target backing cooling cover plate, which are then securely bonded to one another. The sputtering target can be a single monolith with a target backing plate or can be securely attached to the target backing plate by one of any number of conventional bonding methods. Tantalum to titanium, titanium to titanium and aluminum to titanium, diffusion bonding can be used. The target plate assembly completely covers and seals against a top opening of a sputtering processing chamber. Cooling liquid connections are provided only from the perimeter of the target assembly. When a top vacuum chamber seals the side opposite the pressure chamber, the pressure on both sides of the target assembly is nearly equalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Demaray, Manuel Herrera, David E. Berkstresser