US Patent Issued to Kawasaki Jukogyo on May 19 for "Substrate transferring device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,463, issued on May 19, was assigned to Kawasaki Jukogyo K.K. (Kobe, Japan).

"Substrate transferring device" was invented by Masayuki Saito (Akashi, Japan) and Takayuki Fukushima (Takarazuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a substrate transferring device that includes a substrate container holding at least two substrates stacked vertically, a hand having two fingers, a manipulator, and a controller. A mapping device detects a vertical position of a higher substrate, and a substrate detector measures a distance to a principal surface of the substrate. The controller moves the hand to a position below the det...