Patents by Inventor Shuichi SUEMASA

Shuichi SUEMASA 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: 20240402054
    Abstract: A substrate holding device includes at least three rotation parts each including a contact gripping part that contacts a periphery portion of a substrate and rotates the substrate, a moving mechanism moving at least one of the at least three rotation parts toward the substrate to cause a plurality of contact gripping parts to grip the substrate, a first sensor detecting a position of a moving rotation part, which is a rotation part moved by a moving mechanism, and a detection unit storing a first initial position, which is a position of the moving rotation part when the plurality of contact gripping parts grip the substrate in a state where the plurality of contact gripping parts are not worn, and detecting occurrence of wear of the contact gripping parts on the basis of a difference between a current position of the moving rotation part and the first initial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventor: Shuichi SUEMASA
  • Publication number: 20240383011
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device (31) includes a roll cleaning member (61) and a rotation holding portion (100). The rotation holding portion (100) includes a non-contact sealing portion (140) that is disposed between a bearing portion (130) and the roll cleaning member (61) to seal a gap between a shaft portion (110) and a housing portion (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Shuichi SUEMASA, Mitsuru MIYAZAKI, Shozo TAKAHASHI, Takuya INOUE
  • Publication number: 20240082885
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device includes a rotation mechanism that rotates the substrate, a first cleaning solution supply nozzle that discharges a cleaning solution to which ultrasonic vibration is applied to the surface of the substrate, and a swing mechanism that swings the first cleaning solution supply nozzle from a vicinity of a rotation center of the substrate toward an outer peripheral edge of the substrate in a range narrower than a half-surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Oikawa, Koichi Fukaya, Erina Baba, Shuichi Suemasa, Hisajiro Nakano
  • Patent number: 11837482
    Abstract: A substrate holding and rotation mechanism includes: a substrate holding roller that holds a peripheral portion of the substrate and rotates the substrate, the substrate holding roller including, a lower portion of the roller facing the lower surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate, an upper portion of the roller facing the upper surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate, and a clamping groove which is provided between the lower portion of the roller and the upper portion of the roller and into which the peripheral portion of the substrate is inserted; and a roller washing nozzle that injects a fluid from diagonally above the substrate holding roller to an area including the clamp groove and an upper surface of the upper portion of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Suemasa
  • Patent number: 11524322
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a jig for attaching and detaching a cleaning member, which facilitates attaching and detaching the cleaning member to and from a rotation device without holding the cleaning member directly by hand, even when there is no sufficient spacing around the cleaning member. The jig 100 for attaching and detaching a cleaning member 60 includes a pair of jig bodies 110 capable of clamping two ends 63 of a holder 62 of the cleaning member 60, and a connecting mechanism 120 that interlocks the movements of the pair of jig bodies 110 between a clamped state in which two ends 63 of the holder 62 are clamped and a non-clamped state in which the clamped state is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Fujimoto, Shuichi Suemasa, Tomoatsu Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20220203411
    Abstract: A substrate cleaning device includes a rotation mechanism that rotates the substrate, a first cleaning solution supply nozzle that discharges a cleaning solution to which ultrasonic vibration is applied to the surface of the substrate, and a swing mechanism that swings the first cleaning solution supply nozzle from a vicinity of a rotation center of the substrate toward an outer peripheral edge of the substrate in a range narrower than a half-surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Oikawa, Koichi Fukaya, Erina Baba, Shuichi Suemasa, Hisajiro Nakano
  • Publication number: 20220059378
    Abstract: A substrate holding and rotation mechanism includes: a substrate holding roller that holds a peripheral portion of the substrate and rotates the substrate, the substrate holding roller including, a lower portion of the roller facing the lower surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate, an upper portion of the roller facing the upper surface of the peripheral portion of the substrate, and a clamping groove which is provided between the lower portion of the roller and the upper portion of the roller and into which the peripheral portion of the substrate is inserted; and a roller washing nozzle that injects a fluid from diagonally above the substrate holding roller to an area including the clamp groove and an upper surface of the upper portion of the roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventor: Shuichi SUEMASA
  • Patent number: 11004701
    Abstract: A break-in apparatus 100 has a supply unit 20 for supplying a cleaning liquid, a substrate support unit 30 for holding a dummy substrate W1 and a cleaning member holding unit 40 for performing a break-in processing on the cleaning member 200 by rotating the cleaning member 200 and bringing the cleaning member 200 into contact with the dummy substrate W1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Suemasa
  • Publication number: 20200391258
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a jig for attaching and detaching a cleaning member, which facilitates attaching and detaching the cleaning member to and from a rotation device without holding the cleaning member directly by hand, even when there is no sufficient spacing around the cleaning member. The jig 100 for attaching and detaching a cleaning member 60 includes a pair of jig bodies 110 capable of clamping two ends 63 of a holder 62 of the cleaning member 60, and a connecting mechanism 120 that interlocks the movements of the pair of jig bodies 110 between a clamped state in which two ends 63 of the holder 62 are clamped and a non-clamped state in which the clamped state is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: TOMOAKI FUJIMOTO, SHUICHI SUEMASA, TOMOATSU ISHIBASHI
  • Patent number: 10751761
    Abstract: A self-cleaning device of the present disclosure includes: a cleaning member configured to clean a cleaning tool that cleans a substrate; and an injection unit configured to inject a liquid toward the cleaning member or the cleaning tool. The cleaning member has a cleaning surface that cleans the cleaning tool when the cleaning tool is pressed thereagainst, and the cleaning surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuichi Suemasa
  • Publication number: 20190088509
    Abstract: A break-in apparatus 100 has a supply unit 20 for supplying a cleaning liquid, a substrate support unit 30 for holding a dummy substrate W1 and a cleaning member holding unit 40 for performing a break-in processing on the cleaning member 200 by rotating the cleaning member 200 and bringing the cleaning member 200 into contact with the dummy substrate W1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventor: Shuichi SUEMASA
  • Publication number: 20180250717
    Abstract: A self-cleaning device of the present disclosure includes: a cleaning member configured to clean a cleaning tool that cleans a substrate; and an injection unit configured to inject a liquid toward the cleaning member or the cleaning tool. The cleaning member has a cleaning surface that cleans the cleaning tool when the cleaning tool is pressed thereagainst, and the cleaning surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Shuichi Suemasa
  • Patent number: 9908212
    Abstract: An apparatus for replacing a polishing table, which is used in a polishing apparatus for polishing a substrate such as wafer, is disclosed. The polishing table replacement apparatus (10) is used for removing a polishing table (3) from a polishing apparatus (1). This polishing table replacement apparatus (10) includes a crane (10) configured to move the polishing table (3) vertically and horizontally, a table stage (14) on which the polishing table (3) can be placed, and a table-stage tilting mechanism (15) configured to tilt the table stage (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Suemasa, Hiroyuki Shinozaki, Yutaka Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20170151649
    Abstract: An apparatus for replacing a polishing table, which is used in a polishing apparatus for polishing a substrate such as wafer, is disclosed. The polishing table replacement apparatus (10) is used for removing a polishing table (3) from a polishing apparatus (1). This polishing table replacement apparatus (10) includes a crane (10) configured to move the polishing table (3) vertically and horizontally, a table stage (14) on which the polishing table (3) can be placed, and a table-stage tilting mechanism (15) configured to tilt the table stage (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi SUEMASA, Hiroyuki SHINOZAKI, Yutaka KOBAYASHI