Patents by Inventor Timothy Colley

Timothy Colley 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).

  • Clean room facility and construction method
    Patent number: 7083515
    Abstract: A vibration-inhibiting flooring structure for use in a facility housing vibration sensitive equipment includes a perforated bearing floor which includes a number of openings configured to inhibit the propagation of vibrations across the floor. Such a flooring structure may be used, for example, in connection with advanced clean-room facilities, where a facilities room and one or more plenums are provided in conjunction with the vibration-inhibiting floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: SpeedFam-IPEC Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph R. Rapisarda, Timothy Colley
  • Clean room and method
    Patent number: 6612084
    Abstract: A clean room which avoids the problems attendant with the raised floor found in prior art clean rooms uses a perforated floor upon which equipment can be directly placed. The perforated floor includes a regular array of openings through which air can pass to an underlying facility room. The openings are covered by a grate through which the air can pass. In combination the perforated floor and the grates are able to support equipment in any location thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: SpeedFam-IPEC Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Rapisarda, Timothy Colley
  • Clean room and method
    Patent number: 6574937
    Abstract: A clean room which uses a perforated floor upon which equipment can be directly placed is presented. The perforated floor includes a regular array of openings through which air can pass to an underlying facility room. The openings are covered by a grate through which the air can pass. In combination the perforated floor and the grates are able to support equipment in any location thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: SpeedFam-IPEC Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Rapisarda, Timothy Colley
  • Clean room facility and construction method
    Publication number: 20020174608
    Abstract: A vibration-inhibiting flooring structure for use in a facility housing vibration sensitive equipment includes a perforated bearing floor which includes a number of openings configured to inhibit the propagation of vibrations across the floor. Such a flooring structure may be used, for example, in connection with advanced clean-room facilities, where a facilities room and one or more plenums are provided in conjunction with the vibration-inhibiting floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph R. Rapisarda, Timothy Colley
  • Clean room and method
    Publication number: 20020108334
    Abstract: A clean room which avoids the problems attendant with the raised floor found in prior art clean rooms uses a perforated floor upon which equipment can be directly placed. The perforated floor includes a regular array of openings through which air can pass to an underlying facility room. The openings are covered by a grate through which the air can pass. In combination the perforated floor and the grates are able to support equipment in any location thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph Rapisarda, Timothy Colley