Patents by Inventor Shigeo Koya

Shigeo Koya 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: 20230352225
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes a first member having a first end face, a second member having a second end face facing the first end face through an air gap, and a coil wound around one of the first member and the second member. Each of the first member and the second member is formed from a laminated body of a plurality of steel plates, and a magnetic circuit formed from the first member and the second member includes a changing part at which a lamination direction of the laminated body changes at a right angle to generate a magnetic flux along a plane direction of each of the plurality of steel plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, SHIGEO KOYA, NOBUSHIGE KORENAGA
  • Publication number: 20230110011
    Abstract: A stage apparatus for holding a substrate, including a substrate holding unit including a holding surface that holds the substrate, a driving mechanism configured to transfer the substrate to the holding surface, and a control unit configured to decide, based on warpage information concerning warpage of the substrate measured while the substrate is supported by a supporting surface smaller than the holding surface, a driving profile of the substrate by the driving mechanism in a height direction of the substrate such that the substrate is transferred to the holding surface while the warping of the substrate is corrected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Takahiro Sumi, Shigeo Koya
  • Patent number: 10509335
    Abstract: A conveying apparatus for conveying a holding portion that includes a holding surface where the holding portion holds a substrate, the conveying apparatus including a conveying portion configured to convey the holding portion, and a cover member that covers a first surface on an opposite side of the holding surface of the holding portion, and an attaching and detaching portion configured to attach and detach the holding portion to and from the cover member, wherein the cover member comprises a first removing member configured to remove a foreign substance attached to the first surface, wherein the cover member is configured to be fixed to the holding portion while the first surface and the first removing member are in contact with each other, wherein the conveying portion conveys the holding portion and the cover member to a movable moving unit configured to hold the holding portion while having the first surface and the first removing member of the cover member be in contact with each other, wherein the conv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Nakajima, Shigeo Koya
  • Publication number: 20190107788
    Abstract: A cover member that covers a first surface on an opposite side with respect to a holding surface of a holding portion that holds a substrate, the cover member including a first removing member that removes a foreign substance attached to the first surface, in which the cover member is capable of being fixed to the holding portion while the first surface and the first removing member are in contact with each other covering the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Kazunori Nakajima, Shigeo Koya
  • Patent number: 10185233
    Abstract: A cover member that covers a first surface on an opposite side with respect to a holding surface of a holding portion that holds a substrate, the cover member including a first removing member that removes a foreign substance attached to the first surface, in which the cover member is capable of being fixed to the holding portion while the first surface and the first removing member are in contact with each other covering the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazunori Nakajima, Shigeo Koya
  • Publication number: 20170285494
    Abstract: A cover member that covers a first surface on an opposite side with respect to a holding surface of a holding portion that holds a substrate, the cover member including a first removing member that removes a foreign substance attached to the first surface, in which the cover member is capable of being fixed to the holding portion while the first surface and the first removing member are in contact with each other covering the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Kazunori Nakajima, Shigeo Koya
  • Patent number: 9104108
    Abstract: The present invention provides a holder for holding a substrate, the holder including a base to be received by a table, the base including a first surface arranged to receive the substrate to be held by the holder and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first support provided on the second surface and arranged to surround a through hole formed in the base and configured to contact the table, a second support provided on the second surface and arranged to surround the first support and to contact the table, and a plurality of first pins provided in a region of the second surface between the second support and an outer edge of the base and arranged to contact the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeo Koya
  • Publication number: 20140295355
    Abstract: The present invention provides a holder for holding a substrate, the holder including a base to be received by a table, the base including a first surface arranged to receive the substrate to be held by the holder and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first support provided on the second surface and arranged to surround a through hole formed in the base and configured to contact the table, a second support provided on the second surface and arranged to surround the first support and to contact the table, and a plurality of first pins provided in a region of the second surface between the second support and an outer edge of the base and arranged to contact the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeo Koya
  • Patent number: 8766215
    Abstract: A charged particle beam drawing apparatus includes: a charged particle optical system; a substrate stage; an interferometer configured to measure a position of the stage in the direction of the optical axis of the charged particle optical system; a measuring device configured to measure a characteristic of the charged particle beam; and a controller configured to correct the measurement, obtained by the interferometer, using correction information. The controller is configured to cause first measurement as measurement by the interferometer and second measurement as measurement by the measuring device to be performed in parallel, and to obtain the correction information based on the first measurement and the second measurement obtained with respect to each of the plurality of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigeo Koya
  • Publication number: 20130020502
    Abstract: A charged particle beam drawing apparatus includes: a charged particle optical system; a substrate stage; an interferometer configured to measure a position of the stage in the direction of the optical axis of the charged particle optical system; a measuring device configured to measure a characteristic of the charged particle beam; and a controller configured to correct the measurement, obtained by the interferometer, using correction information. The controller is configured to cause first measurement as measurement by the interferometer and second measurement as measurement by the measuring device to be performed in parallel, and to obtain the correction information based on the first measurement and the second measurement obtained with respect to each of the plurality of positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeo Koya