IP Library Granted Patent US 9,257,317
Granted Patent B2
US 9,257,317 · App. 14/144,560 · Granted Feb 9, 2016

Overhead hoist transport system

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Patent No.
US 9,257,317
App. No.
14/144,560
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an overhead hoist transport system, which includes a rail, a stocker disposed under the rails, wherein the stocker can move along the direction of the rail, and a cleaning station, disposed on the rail to clean the stocker directly when the stocker is moving.

Claims (10)

1. An overhead hoist transport system, comprising:

a rail;

a plurality of positioning barcodes disposed on the rail and arranged in intervals;

a stocker, disposed under the rail, moving along a direction of the rail;

at least one positioning device disposed within a preparation region;

at least one positioning sensor chip and at least one barcode reader chip disposed on the stocker; and

a cleaning station, disposed on the rail, cleaning the moving stocker under the rail, wherein the cleaning station at least cleans the positioning sensor chip and the barcode reader chip.

2. The overhead hoist transport system of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning station comprises a compressed air machine.

3. The overhead hoist transport system of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning station disposed on the rail within the preparation region.

4. The overhead hoist transport system of claim 1 , when the stocker enters within the preparation region, the stocker will be paused, and the cleaning station cleans the stocker.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051028/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2019
From: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 050695/0825 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.; MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 047540/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2017
From: INOTERA MEMORIES, INC.
To: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 041820/0815 →
SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 10, 2017
From: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
Reel/Frame 041675/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2014
From: LEE, CHI-MING; CHEN, TSAN-I
To: INOTERA MEMORIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 032024/0129 →