Patents by Inventor Tomohiko Muta

Tomohiko Muta 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: 20210020464
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a discharge part including a nozzle configured to discharge a processing liquid onto a substrate; a liquid feeder configured to feed the processing liquid to the discharge part; a replenishment part configured to replenish the liquid feeder with the processing liquid to be fed to the discharge part; a connector including a switching valve configured to open/close a flow path between the replenishment part and the liquid feeder; a filter configured to remove foreign matters contained in the processing liquid; a replenishment preparation part configured to open the switching valve after reducing a pressure difference between the inside of the replenishment part and the liquid feeder; and a replenishment controller configured to start replenishment of the processing liquid from the replenishment part to the liquid feeder in a state in which the switching valve is opened by the replenishment preparation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Masayuki KAJIWARA, Katsunori ICHINO, Daisuke ISHIMARU, Takuya TAJIRI, Atsushi YAMAMOTO, Masato IMAMURA, Tomohiko MUTA, Tetsuro IRIYAMA, Takeaki SAKAMOTO, Hiroki OKAGUCHI, Kenji ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20200357662
    Abstract: A tank includes a container part having an upper wall, a sidewall and a bottom wall to store a processing liquid therein, a liquid discharge passage installed at a position higher than a liquid surface of the processing liquid stored in the container part to discharge the processing liquid into the container part, and a gas discharge passage installed at a position higher than the liquid surface to discharge a gas into the container part. The liquid discharge passage discharges the processing liquid from the liquid discharge port so that the processing liquid is brought into contact with a portion above the liquid surface of an inner surface of the sidewall. The gas discharge passage discharges the gas from the gas discharge port so that the gas is brought into contact with a portion above the liquid surface of an inner surface of the container part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Tomohiko MUTA, Daiki SHIBATA, Akiko KAI, Makoto OGATA
  • Patent number: 10655619
    Abstract: A stay of a liquid can be suppressed. A pump 100 includes a tube 102, having elasticity, in which a liquid as a target to be delivered flows; a tube housing 104 which covers an outside of the tube 102 and keeps a gas in an inner space V between an outer surface of the tube 102 and the tube housing 104; and an electropneumatic regulator RE configured to supply the gas into the inner space V and discharge the gas from the inner space V.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Sasa, Daisuke Ishimaru, Takahiro Okubo, Tomoyuki Yumoto, Tomohiko Muta
  • Publication number: 20160115952
    Abstract: A stay of a liquid can be suppressed. A pump 100 includes a tube 102, having elasticity, in which a liquid as a target to be delivered flows; a tube housing 104 which covers an outside of the tube 102 and keeps a gas in an inner space V between an outer surface of the tube 102 and the tube housing 104; and an electropneumatic regulator RE configured to supply the gas into the inner space V and discharge the gas from the inner space V.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Takashi Sasa, Daisuke Ishimaru, Takahiro Okubo, Tomoyuki Yumoto, Tomohiko Muta