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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10919710 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 19, 2018

Transport unit, transfer apparatus, and transfer method

Applicant:

Hirata Corporation, Kumamoto, JP;

Inventors:

Yoichi Hirasawa, Kumamoto, JP;

Shuichi Komuro, Kumamoto, JP;

Assignee:

HIRATA CORPORATION, Kumamoto, JP;

Attorney:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Primary Examiner:

Jeffrey M Wollschlager

Assistant Examiner:

Armand Melendez

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 53/16 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); H01L 21/677 (2006.01); H05K 13/08 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B65G 49/06 (2006.01); H05K 3/00 (2006.01); B30B 15/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/91 (2013.01); B25J 15/06 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B29C 53/16 (2013.01); B65G 49/061 (2013.01); H01L 21/67706 (2013.01); H05K 13/0069 (2013.01); H05K 13/08 (2013.01); B30B 15/32 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0214 (2013.01); B65G 2249/04 (2013.01); H05K 3/00 (2013.01); H05K 2203/15 (2013.01); H05K 2203/1545 (2013.01); Y10T 29/532 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53174 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53191 (2015.01);
Abstract

A distorted substrate is positioned in a predetermined position and corrected, thereby improving the substrate transfer efficiency. A transport unit capable of transporting and positioning a substrate includes a transport mechanism for transporting the substrate to an unloading position, and a positioning mechanism for positioning the substrate in the unloading position. The positioning mechanism includes a regulating member including at least two pairs of regulating portions capable of abutting against the opposing end faces of the substrate, an abutment moving mechanism for moving one regulating portion toward the other regulating portion in each of the at least two pairs of regulating portions, and a regulation moving mechanism capable of moving the regulating member in a direction in which the substrate is pressed.

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