Patents by Inventor Mu-Kai LIN

Mu-Kai LIN 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: 20250090257
    Abstract: A panel transfer device according to one or more embodiment may include a base; an arm rotatably connected to the base, which includes a first detector; an end effector connected to the arm, including: a connector rotatably connected to the arm; a wrist connected to the connector, including a second detector; and a pair of forks connected to the wrist, including sensor. In response to the end effector gripping the panel, the sensor detects displacement of the panel in a first direction, the end effector rotates to a position where the first and second detectors face each other, the first and second detectors communicate to detect displacement of the panel in a second direction, and the panel transfer device calculates a correction amount based on the detected displacement of the panel in the first direction and in the second direction, and places the panel based on the correction amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kawasaki Robotics (USA), INC.
    Inventors: Haruhiko TAN, Hajime NAKAHARA, Mu-Kai LIN
  • Patent number: 12046501
    Abstract: A substrate handling apparatus according to one or more embodiments may include: a base, an elevating unit that is connected to the base to freely elevate and lower, an arm that is rotatably connected to the elevating unit, a disk that is provided on the arm, and a hand that is rotatably connected to the arm, wherein in case that the hand is provided on a position to overlap the arm, the disk is provided under the substrate extracted by the hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruhiko Tan, Simon Jeyapalan, Avish Ashok Bharwani, Mu-Kai Lin
  • Publication number: 20240120227
    Abstract: A substrate handling apparatus according to one or more embodiments may include: a base, an elevating unit that is connected to the base to freely elevate and lower, an arm that is rotatably connected to the elevating unit, a disk that is provided on the arm, and a hand that is rotatably connected to the arm, wherein in case that the hand is provided on a position to overlap the arm, the disk is provided under the substrate extracted by the hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kawasaki Robotics (USA), INC.
    Inventors: Haruhiko TAN, Simon JEYAPALAN, Avish Ashok BHARWANI, Mu-Kai LIN