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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edwin Velazquez, Union City, CA (US);
Gee Hoey, San Jose, CA (US);
Jim K. Atkinson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/42 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A substrate gripper apparatus is provided. Substrate gripper apparatus includes a body, a first slide member moveable relative to the body, a first finger mounting member coupled to the first slide member, a first lower finger coupled to the first finger mounting member, and a first pivoting finger coupled to the first finger mounting member. First pivoting member may impose a force on a substrate due to gravity. Methods of operating the substrate gripper apparatus as well as other aspects are provided.