Patents by Inventor Robert Blank

Robert Blank 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: 12679570
    Abstract: A drone includes a drone center housing, a drone top, and a drone bottom. The drone also includes a plurality of arms, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The plurality of arms each extend from the drone center housing. Each arm of the plurality of arms has a motor/propeller set disposed at an arm distal end located opposite the drone center housing. The first antenna may be mounted to a first arm distal end of a first arm of the plurality of arms opposite a first motor/propeller set mounted at the first arm distal end of the first arm, and the second antenna may be mounted to a second arm distal end of a second arm of the plurality of arms opposite a second motor/propeller set mounted at the second arm distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Lucid Drone Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Ashur, Robert Blank, Jeremy Allen, Thomas Ostrowski
  • Patent number: 10741718
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device wafer (10) contains electrical components and has electrodes (28) on a first side of the device wafer (10). A transparent carrier wafer (30) is bonded to the first side of the device wafer (10) using a bonding material (32) (e.g., a polymer or metal). The second side of the device wafer (10) is then processed, such as thinned, while the carrier wafer (30) provides mechanical support for the device wafer (10). The carrier wafer (30) is then de-bonded from the device wafer (10) by passing a laser beam (46) through the carrier wafer (30), the carrier wafer (30) being substantially transparent to the wavelength of the beam. The beam impinges on the bonding material (32), which absorbs the beam's energy, to break the chemical bonds between the bonding material (32) and the carrier wafer (30). The released carrier wafer (30) is then removed from the device wafer (10), and the residual bonding material is cleaned from the device wafer (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: LUMILEDS, LLC
    Inventors: Quanbo Zou, Salman Akram, Jerome Chandra Bhat, Minh Ngoc Trieu, Robert Blank
  • Publication number: 20150228849
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a semiconductor device wafer (10) contains electrical components and has electrodes (28) on a first side of the device wafer (10). A transparent carrier wafer (30) is bonded to the first side of the device wafer (10) using a bonding material (32) (e.g., a polymer or metal). The second side of the device wafer (10) is then processed, such as thinned, while the carrier wafer (30) provides mechanical support for the device wafer (10). The carrier wafer (30) is then de-bonded from the device wafer (10) by passing a laser beam (46) through the carrier wafer (30), the carrier wafer (30) being substantially transparent to the wavelength of the beam. The beam impinges on the bonding material (32), which absorbs the beam's energy, to break the chemical bonds between the bonding material (32) and the carrier wafer (30). The released carrier wafer (30) is then removed from the device wafer (10), and the residual bonding material is cleaned from the device wafer (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Quanbo Zou, Salman Akram, Jerome Chandra Bhat, Minh Ngoc Trieu, Robert Blank