Patents by Inventor Yoshinori Jono

Yoshinori Jono 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: 20060042059
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vibration isolation system which can prevent transmission of vibration from a transfer unit or other unit to a vacuum chamber, and can accurately perform positioning of the vacuum chamber connected to an elastic member having a simple structure and a transfer space therein. The present invention includes a vacuum chamber (11) placed on a vibration isolation unit, a transfer chamber (13) having a transfer space through which a work is transferred into the vacuum chamber (11), an elastic member (15) for connecting the vacuum chamber (11) and the transfer chamber (13), an actuator (24, 24) for elastically supporting the vacuum chamber (11) with respect to a fixed-side member, a position sensor (22) for detecting a displacement of the vacuum chamber (11) with respect to the fixed-side member, and a control unit (23) for controlling the actuator (24) based on output of the position sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ichiju Satoh, Setsuji Shinoda, Yoshinori Jono, Tsutomu Nishihashi