Patents by Inventor Masashi SHIMBORI

Masashi SHIMBORI 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: 20240058894
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a placement base on which a processing receiving object is placed, an optical system that guides laser light to the processing receiving object, a gas supply port via which a gas is supplied to a laser light irradiated region of the processing receiving object, a gas recovery port via which the supplied gas is recovered, a mover that moves the irradiated region, and a controller that controls, in accordance with the moving direction of the irradiated region, the direction of the flow of the gas flowing from the gas supply port to the gas recovery port, and the controller changes the direction of the gas flow in response to a change in the moving direction of the irradiated region in such a way that the gas flows in the direction opposite the moving direction of the irradiated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Akira SUWA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Masashi SHIMBORI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI
  • Patent number: 11826852
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a placement base on which a processing receiving object is placed, an optical system that guides laser light to the processing receiving object, a gas supply port via which a gas is supplied to a laser light irradiated region of the processing receiving object, a gas recovery port via which the supplied gas is recovered, a mover that moves the irradiated region, and a controller that controls, in accordance with the moving direction of the irradiated region, the direction of the flow of the gas flowing from the gas supply port to the gas recovery port, and the controller changes the direction of the gas flow in response to a change in the moving direction of the irradiated region in such a way that the gas flows in the direction opposite the moving direction of the irradiated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Akira Suwa, Osamu Wakabayashi, Masashi Shimbori, Masakazu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20210291297
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a placement base on which a workpiece is placed, a beam shaping optical system configured to shape laser light in such a way that a laser light irradiated region of a mask configured to block part of the laser light has a rectangular shape having short edges and long edges, a second radiation width of the irradiated region in the direction parallel to the long edges being changeable independently of a first radiation width of the irradiated region in the direction parallel to the short edges, and the irradiated region being movable in the direction parallel to the long edges, a projection optical system configured to project a pattern of the mask on the workpiece placed on the placement base, and a mover configured to be capable of moving the irradiated region in the direction parallel to the short edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventor: Masashi SHIMBORI
  • Publication number: 20210252634
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a placement base on which a workpiece is placed, a beam shaping optical system that shapes laser light such that a first laser light irradiated region of a mask blocking part of the laser light has a rectangular shape having short edges and long edges, the beam shaping optical system capable of causing one of a first radiation width of the first irradiated region in the direction parallel to the short edges and a second radiation width of the first irradiated region in the direction parallel to the long edges to be fixed and causing the other to be changed, a projection optical system that projects a pattern on the mask onto the workpiece, and a mover that moves the first irradiated region at least in the direction parallel to the short edges to move a second laser light irradiated region of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Masashi SHIMBORI, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20210046584
    Abstract: A laser processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a placement base on which a processing receiving object is placed, an optical system that guides laser light to the processing receiving object, a gas supply port via which a gas is supplied to a laser light irradiated region of the processing receiving object, a gas recovery port via which the supplied gas is recovered, a mover that moves the irradiated region, and a controller that controls, in accordance with the moving direction of the irradiated region, the direction of the flow of the gas flowing from the gas supply port to the gas recovery port, and the controller changes the direction of the gas flow in response to a change in the moving direction of the irradiated region in such a way that the gas flows in the direction opposite the moving direction of the irradiated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Gigaphoton Inc.
    Inventors: Akira SUWA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI, Masashi SHIMBORI, Masakazu KOBAYASHI