Patents by Inventor William Weaver
William Weaver 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).
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Publication number: 20130209198Abstract: Techniques for handling media arrays are disclosed. The techniques may be realized as a system for handling a plurality of substrates. The system may comprise a plurality of row elements for supporting the plurality of substrates, wherein the plurality of row elements may be operable to change configuration of the substrates from open configuration to a high-density configuration, where a distance between adjacent substrates in the open configuration may be greater than a distance between the adjacent substrates in the high-density configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2012Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.Inventors: Paul Forderhase, Julian Blake, William Weaver
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Patent number: 8418861Abstract: The television wall-mount with integrated shelving is an accessory that either mounts to a rear surface of a television or a wall-mount television to a television. The shelving accessory descends from below said television to provide at least one shelf for showcasing items used in playing audio-video upon said television. The shelving accessory is capable of lateral as well as vertical adjustment with respect to the television. The shelving accessory can also rotate about a vertical axis and in concert with the television and wall-mount in order to provide greater viewing angle of said television.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Inventors: William Weaver, Laura Laidman
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Publication number: 20120255747Abstract: An hand tool for trenching or edging is in the form of an open loop, with a digging head at its lower end and a split handle portion with left and right shafts and a transverse grip. The head is formed of a transverse cross bar with a curvilinear blade flat blade that extends about eight to ten inches below the cross bar. This may be a semi-circular blade, such as one-half of a fluted coulter disk. The upper part of the cross bar, between left and right handle shaft portions, forms a step or foot plate where the worker can step to bear down over the center of the blade. The tool may be used in trenching for laying cables or conduit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Inventors: Michael Weaver, William Weaver
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Patent number: 8201651Abstract: A vehicle air intake system includes a grille disposed along the front portion of an engine compartment, a hood disposed over the engine compartment and a bulkhead cover disposed in the engine compartment below the hood. The bulkhead cover has a bulkhead cover intake port and a deflector disposed along and extending forwardly from a lower portion of the bulkhead cover intake port to circuitously redirect airflow passing from the grille to the bulkhead cover intake port.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2010Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Clifford Randall Salvesen, Jacob William Weaver, Anthony John Leanza, Brian Christopher Bray, Joshua L. Morrow, Timothy T. Laakso, Kerry Stephen McClure, Nicholas Goldsberry, Thomas Brent Tarr, Kim Ross, Raymond Khouw, Takeshi Hagiwara, Ryan Chapman
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Patent number: 8202789Abstract: Various masks for use with ion implantation equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the masks are formed by assembling a collection of segments and spacers to create a mask having the desired configuration. This collection of parts is held together with a carrier or frame. In another embodiment, a panel is formed by machining open-ended slots into a substrate, so as to form a comb-shaped device. Two such panels may be connected together to form a mask. In other embodiments, the panels may be used sequentially in an ion implantation process to create interdigitated back contacts. In another embodiment, multiple masks are overlaid so as to create implant patterns that cannot be created effectively using a single mask.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.Inventors: Steven M. Anella, William Weaver
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Publication number: 20120064661Abstract: An improved, lower cost method of processing substrates, such as to create solar cells, is disclosed. The doped regions are created on the substrate, using a mask or without the use of lithography or masks. After the implantation is complete, visual recognition is used to determine the exact region that was implanted. This information can then be used by subsequent process steps to crate a suitable metallization layer and provide alignment information. These techniques can also be used in other ion implanter applications. In another aspect, a dot pattern selective emitter is created, and imaging is used to determine the appropriate metallization layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: March 15, 2012Applicant: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Riordon, Russel Low, Atul Gupta, William Weaver
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Publication number: 20120043712Abstract: A workpiece support is disclosed in which the platen, and thus the workpiece, can be tilted about at least two axis, which allows gravity to align the workpiece with a shadow mask in two orthogonal directions. In some embodiments, the workpiece support utilizes an axis of rotation that is orthogonal to the surface of the workpiece, in conjunction with a second axis that is parallel to the surface of the workpiece. Additionally, a method of aligning the workpiece using this workpiece support is also disclosed. Further, the workpiece support can be utilized to remove the workpiece from the support after implantation is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Applicant: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventors: William Weaver, Russell J. Low, Steven M. Anella, Robert J. Mitchell
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Patent number: 8084293Abstract: An improved, lower cost method of processing substrates, such as to create solar cells, is disclosed. The doped regions are created on the substrate, using a mask or without the use of lithography or masks. After the implantation is complete, visual recognition is used to determine the exact region that was implanted. This information can then be used by subsequent process steps to crate a suitable metallization layer and provide alignment information. These techniques can also be used in other ion implanter applications. In another aspect, a dot pattern selective emitter is created and imaging is used to determine the appropriate metallization layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Riordon, Russell Low, Atul Gupta, William Weaver
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Publication number: 20110244625Abstract: An improved, lower cost method of processing substrates, such as to create solar cells, is disclosed. The doped regions are created on the substrate, using a mask or without the use of lithography or masks. After the implantation is complete, visual recognition is used to determine the exact region that was implanted. This information can then be used by subsequent process steps to crate a suitable metallization layer and provide alignment information. These techniques can also be used in other ion implanter applications. In another aspect, a dot pattern selective emitter is created and imaging is used to determine the appropriate metallization layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventors: Benjamin Riordon, Russell Low, Atul Gupta, William Weaver
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Publication number: 20110017535Abstract: A vehicle air intake system includes a grille disposed along the front portion of an engine compartment, a hood disposed over the engine compartment and a bulkhead cover disposed in the engine compartment below the hood. The bulkhead cover has a bulkhead cover intake port and a deflector disposed along and extending forwardly from a lower portion of the bulkhead cover intake port to circuitously redirect airflow passing from the grille to the bulkhead cover intake port.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2010Publication date: January 27, 2011Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Clifford Randall Salvesen, Jacob William Weaver, Anthony John Leanza, Brian Christopher Bray, Joshua L. Morrow, Timothy T. Laakso, Kerry Stephen McClure, Nicholas Goldsberry, Thomas Brent Tarr, Kim Ross, Raymond Khouw, Takeshi Hagiwara, Ryan Chapman
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Publication number: 20100197125Abstract: An improved technique for processing a substrate is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing a substrate. The method may comprise ion implanting a substrate disposed downstream of the ion source with ions generated in an ion source; and disposing a first portion of a mask in front of the substrate to expose the first portion of the mask to the ions, the mask being supported by the first and second mask holders, the mask further comprising a second portion wound in the first mask holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOICTES, INC.Inventors: Russell J. Low, William Weaver, Nicholas P.T. Bateman, Atul Gupta
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Publication number: 20100062589Abstract: Various masks for use with ion implantation equipment are disclosed. In one embodiment, the masks are formed by assembling a collection of segments and spacers to create a mask having the desired configuration. This collection of parts is held together with a carrier of frame. In another embodiment, a panel is formed by machining open-ended slots into a substrate, so as to form a comb-shaped device. Two such panels may be connected together to form a mask. In other embodiments, the panels may be used sequentially in an ion implantation process to create interdigitated back contacts. In another embodiment, multiple masks are overlaid so as to create implant patterns that cannot be created effectively using a single mask.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2009Publication date: March 11, 2010Inventors: Steven Anella, William Weaver
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Publication number: 20100028202Abstract: A control system is disclosed for monitoring and controlling an industrial water system comprising (a) obtaining a priori knowledge about the correlation between water and treatment chemistry and equipment health; (b) pre-defining a set of operating regions of more than one feed-water or system water variable and at least one chemical treatment variable, where, based on (a) above, corrosion, scaling and fouling are inhibited; (c) adjusting the at least one chemical treatment variable according to the more than one feed water or system water variable, such that based on (a), corrosion, scaling and fouling are inhibited.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2008Publication date: February 4, 2010Inventors: Zhaoyang WAN, Gary E. Geiger, Glenn Johnson, Simon Craig Norton, Anthony Michael Rossi, William Weaver Thompson
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Publication number: 20090129897Abstract: A substrate processing system including a processing section arranged to hold a processing atmosphere therein, a carrier having a shell forming an internal volume for holding at least one substrate for transport to the processing section, the shell being configured to allow the internal volume to be pumped down to a predetermined vacuum pressure that is different than an exterior atmosphere outside the substrate processing system, and a load port communicably connected to the processing section to isolate the processing atmosphere from the exterior atmosphere, the load port being configured to couple with the carrier to pump down the internal volume of the carrier and to communicably connect the carrier to the processing section, for loading the substrate into the processing section through the load port.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: Brooks Automation, Inc.Inventors: Daniel Babbs, William Fosnight, Robert C. May, William Weaver
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Publication number: 20080061493Abstract: A document feeder includes a feed belt, a vacuum system, a drive system, and a separator arrangement. The feed belt defines multiple openings through the feed belt and the vacuum system provides a vacuum through the openings of the feed belt to draw a top document into contact with the feed belt. The separator arrangement provides a gas flow directed toward at least a first edge region of the top document to separate at least the first edge region of the top document from one or more documents immediately below the top document. Preferably, the separator arrangement utilizes the Coanda effect to separate the top document. The drive system rotates the feed belt.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2006Publication date: March 13, 2008Applicant: Imaging Business Machines, LLCInventors: William Weaver, Robert Babanats
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Publication number: 20070295621Abstract: A method and apparatus for blocking a bar code in a package includes a carrier with a plurality of apertures. The carrier is formed with a plastic material containing an absorbing dye and a fluorescing dye so that a bar code on each container is not readable by a bar code scanner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2007Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventors: William Weaver, Joel Richardson, Leslie Marco
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Publication number: 20070296140Abstract: An apparatus includes a vibrating jogging tray with rotatable rods having longitudinal edges. The apparatus can further include a transfer assembly comprising a transfer belt and a first vacuum system positioned opposite to a separation assembly comprising a separation belt and, optionally, a second vacuum system. In operation, the rods rotate a plurality of articles toward the transfer assembly. The first vacuum system can draw a first article onto the transfer belt and transports it to a processing station. If a second article overlaps the first article on the transfer belt, the second vacuum system can draw the second article off of the first article and onto the separation belt. If the first article traveling on the transfer assembly is thicker than a distance between the transfer belt and the separation belt, a retractable roller can retract the separation belt and/or the transfer belt to increase the distance therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Applicant: Imaging Business Machines, LLCInventors: Robert L. Babanats, Todd Steven Lyter, William Weaver, Gary Murphy
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Publication number: 20070300148Abstract: Computer implemented method, system and computer program product for creating a resume that facilitates generating and updating multiple versions of the resume. A computer implemented method for creating a resume includes storing resume information. Rules are specified by which a resume for a particular job application is to be created, and the stored resume information is parsed according to the specified rules to provide specified resume information. A resume is then created for the particular job application from the specified resume information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventors: Chris Aniszczyk, Terence Kiprop Chesire, Phillip Matthew Crosby, Bryan Estrada, Mark William Weaver, Eric Joseph Wood
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Publication number: 20070147979Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing substrates using a multi-chamber processing system, or cluster tool, that has an increased system throughput, increased system reliability, improved device yield performance, a more repeatable wafer processing history (or wafer history), and a reduced footprint. The various embodiments of the cluster tool may utilize two or more robots that are configured in a parallel processing configuration to transfer substrates between the various processing chambers retained in the processing racks so that a desired processing sequence can be performed on the substrates. In one aspect, the parallel processing configuration contains two or more robot assemblies that are adapted to move in a vertical and horizontal directions, to access the various processing chambers retained in generally adjacently positioned processing racks.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: June 28, 2007Inventors: Michael Rice, Jeffrey Hudgens, Charles Carlson, William Weaver, Robert Lowrance, Eric Englhardt, Dean Hruzek, Mario Silvetti, Michael Kuchar, Kirk Katwyk, Van Hoskins, Vinay Shah
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Patent number: D643156Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Drifire, LLCInventor: William Weaver Harris