Patents by Inventor Moriyoshi Kinoshita

Moriyoshi Kinoshita 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: 11367642
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a carrier storage rack configured to place and store a carrier that accommodates a substrate; a gas supply configured to supply an inert gas into the carrier placed on the carrier storage rack; and a controller configured to control whether to supply the inert gas into the carrier based on at least one of carrier information and substrate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Moriyoshi Kinoshita, Yuji Sasaki, Junichi Sato, Takashi Asakawa
  • Patent number: 10978322
    Abstract: A transfer device of an embodiment includes a transporter including a temperature sensor disposed thereon and configured to move between a measurement position at which a temperature of a transfer target object is measured and a standby position separated from the measurement position, and a controller configured to control an operation of the transporter, and the controller moves the transporter between the measurement position and the standby position, and transfers the transfer target object by the transporter when the temperature measured by the temperature sensor at the measurement position continues to be equal to or less than a threshold for a first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Ao Zheng, Koyu Hasegawa, Moriyoshi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20200083078
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes: a carrier storage rack configured to place and store a carrier that accommodates a substrate; a gas supply configured to supply an inert gas into the carrier placed on the carrier storage rack; and a controller configured to control whether to supply the inert gas into the carrier based on at least one of carrier information and substrate information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Moriyoshi Kinoshita, Yuji Sasaki, Junichi Sato, Takashi Asakawa
  • Patent number: 10529608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate holding unit configured to hold a substrate; a processing container configured to accommodate the substrate holding unit; a cover unit configured to load the substrate holding unit therein and to open or close an opening provided in one end of the processing container; a seal member configured to seal a gap between the end of the processing container and the cover unit; a driving mechanism configured to move the cover unit; and a controller configured to control an operation of the driving mechanism. The controller controls the operation of the driving mechanism such that the cover unit performs an intermittent operation of alternately repeating moving and stopping when opening the opening in the processing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Moriyoshi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Kumada, Hiroyuki Matsuyoshi
  • Publication number: 20190067055
    Abstract: A transfer device of an embodiment includes a transporter including a temperature sensor disposed thereon and configured to move between a measurement position at which a temperature of a transfer target object is measured and a standby position separated from the measurement position, and a controller configured to control an operation of the transporter, and the controller moves the transporter between the measurement position and the standby position, and transfers the transfer target object by the transporter when the temperature measured by the temperature sensor at the measurement position continues to be equal to or less than a threshold for a first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Ao Zheng, Koyu Hasegawa, Moriyoshi Kinoshita
  • Publication number: 20170256430
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus including: a substrate holding unit configured to hold a substrate; a processing container configured to accommodate the substrate holding unit; a cover unit configured to load the substrate holding unit therein and to open or close an opening provided in one end of the processing container; a seal member configured to seal a gap between the end of the processing container and the cover unit; a driving mechanism configured to move the cover unit; and a controller configured to control an operation of the driving mechanism. The controller controls the operation of the driving mechanism such that the cover unit performs an intermittent operation of alternately repeating moving and stopping when opening the opening in the processing container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Moriyoshi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Kumada, Hiroyuki Matsuyoshi