The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshifumi Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yoshiura, Tokyo, JP;
Kohki Nishide, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A detection device detects a position of a leading end of a tip for executing an operation on a cell via the leading end. The detection device includes a light source that outputs light in a lateral direction such that the light has a width when viewed along an up-and-down direction, a movement mechanism that moves the tip, and a detector that detects the light output from the light source, wherein the light output from the light source until being detected by the detector includes first and second lights that advance in respectively different lateral directions, the movement mechanism moves the tip such that a part of the first light and a part of the second light are blocked by the leading end, and the detector detects the first and second lights whose parts are blocked by the leading end.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile