Patents by Inventor Thong Vo

Thong Vo 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: 5038707
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing cylindrical and belt-like substrates includes: a support structure for supporting a planetary array of substrates about a central horizontal axis of the support structure, each substrate defining an offset horizontal axis radially spaced from and parallel to the central horizontal axis of the support structure; an array of processing modules each having a processing chamber for receiving the support structure therein for processing the substrates, each chamber defining a central horizontal axis parallel to the central horizontal axis of the support structure and parallel to the central horizontal axis of an adjacent processing chamber; and a transport vehicle for transporting the support structure in a first direction parallel to the central horizontal axis for insertion into and withdrawal from any one of the processing chambers, in a second direction perpendicular to the central horizontal axis for movement among adjacent processing chambers, and in a third direction perpendicula
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene A. Swain, Thong Vo
  • Patent number: D736022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Inventor: Thong Vo