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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8141712 | Thin wafer insert A plastic insert is configured to provide support of thin wafers in wafer carriers configured to provide peripheral wafer support. The invention includes the insert, the insert in combination with a wafer carrier, and the methods of supporting the thin wafers as pro... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8109390 | Wafer container with overlapping wall structure Improvements in a semiconductor wafer container including improvements in side protection to the wafers, improved cover design to minimize rotation, a simplified top cover orientation mechanism and an improved bottom holding mechanism for automation. The side protec... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104619 | Wafer container with staggered wall structure A wafer container comprising a base and a cover that nest together. The base includes a staggered wall structure composed of inner and outer walls. The staggered wall structure is arranged so that forces from side impacts are absorbed principally by outer wall segme... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8079477 | Wafer container with cushion sheets An elastic wafer-retaining cushion sheet is disposed at a wafer retaining position on the top of a wafer tray. The wafer-retaining cushion sheet has a releasably suction-adhering surface that releasably adheres by suction to the wafer tray. Consequently, there is no... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077449 | Mounting apparatus for computer case A mounting apparatus is provided for fixing a computer case to a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor. The mounting apparatus includes a supporting bracket attached to a backside of the LCD monitor, and a latch mechanism movably mounted to the supporting bracket. Th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8011513 | Semiconductor workpiece carriers and methods for processing semiconductor workpieces Semiconductor workpiece carriers and methods for processing semiconductor workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a semiconductor workpiece carrier assembly includes (a) a support structure having an opening sized to receive at least a portion of a semic... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7967146 | Container A portion of a container includes a plurality of first resilient support members having a first height. The first resilient support members are configured to contact an edge of a component placed in the container. A plurality of second support members each have a se... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7938269 | Ventilated front-opening unified pod An improved substrate transport pod for storing or transporting semiconductor wafer substrates during semiconductor wafer processing has a main body defined by a plurality of side panels. A substantial portion of at least one of the side panels being formed of a sem... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7918341 | Wafer container with staggered wall structure A wafer container comprising a base and a cover that nest together. The base includes a staggered wall structure composed of inner and outer walls. The staggered wall structure is arranged so that forces from side impacts are absorbed principally by outer wall segme... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7909166 | Front opening unified pod with latch structure The wafer container includes a container body, which is disposed with a plurality of slots for receiving a plurality of wafers therein and an opening is formed by one sidewall of which for importing and exporting the plurality of wafers, and a door includes an outer... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909167 | Wafer container A wafer container includes a container body, the internal of which is disposed with a plurality of slots for supporting a plurality of wafers and an opening is formed on one sidewall of which, and a door, which is joined with opening of the container body for protec... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7886910 | Front opening wafer carrier with path to ground effectuated by door A front opening wafer carrier formed principally of plastic and comprising an enclosure portion (20) and a door (24) has a path to ground with respect to the wafers (22), the path to ground effectuated by the door (24). The base “ground... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7857139 | Invertible front opening unified pod A front opening unified pod (FOUP) for holding wafers is invertible and compatible with process machines in an inverted orientation. The FOUP can safely transport and store wafers while in a non-upright orientation. The shelves within the FOUP are capable of collaps... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854327 | Loading tray and thin plate container A loading tray 13 supports at least one thin plate safely and reliably. It comprises a first loading portion 18, provided on one side thereof, on which at least one thin plate is loaded; a second loading portion 19, provided on the other side th... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7850009 | Clean container having elastic positioning structure A clean container having an elastic positioning structure includes a support element and a back positioning element on a base. A cover is disposed for covering the base, and a positioning part is disposed between the cover and the base, which has two elastic arms ex... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7823730 | Substrate storage container A substrate storage container which includes: a front-opening box type container body for storing a multiple number of substrates in alignment therein; a door for opening and closing the open front of the container body in a sealing manner; and inner-pressure adjust... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819252 | Wafer container with cushion sheet A wafer container with wafer-mounting cushion sheets prevents breaking and damage of semiconductor wafers due to impacts or repetitive warping by maintaining the semiconductor wafer in a flat state and enables the semiconductor wafer to be removed safely and easily ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810645 | Paddle for securely mounting a wafer cassette holder thereto A platform for securely mounting a wafer cassette holder thereon is provided which includes a wafer cassette holder that has a flat bottom surface and four sidewall panels, a platform that has a flat top surface larger than and for mating to the flat bottom surface ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7789240 | Substrate container and handle thereof A substrate container includes: a container main body including an opening and containing a substrate; a lid body closing the opening; and a pair of handles provided on a pair of opposing side walls of the container main body, and the handle is secured to an edge po... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7743925 | Reticle pod A reticle pod, comprising an upper cover having a first accommodating space and a lower cover having a second accommodating space, a third accommodating space being formed after the upper cover and the lower cover close together, wherein the characteristic of the re... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7677393 | Wafer container and door with vibration dampening latching mechanism A container for holding a plurality of wafers in an axially aligned, generally parallel spaced apart arrangement includes an enclosure portion having a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing sides, a back and an open front. At least one wafer support is provided in the e... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7669717 | Substrate storage container and positioning method of the same A container body 1 for accommodating a multiple number of precision substrates in alignment, a door element for opening and closing the open front of container body 1 and a multiple number of positioning parts 40 arranged on the bottom of contai... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7658290 | Substrate storage container A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658289 | Substrate storage container A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7607543 | Reticle pod with isolation system The present invention provides a reticle container that is equipped with a secondary container which houses the reticle and is housed in the primary container. The secondary container is held within the primary container with shock and vibration isolation members so... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7588150 | Wafer container with cushion sheets A wafer-retaining cushion sheet (5) has a wafer suction-adhering surface (5C) formed on a surface thereof, which adheres by suction to a semiconductor wafer (W). A wafer tray (1) is provided with a plurality of bottom openings (17) openin... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7578392 | Integrated circuit wafer packaging system and method A packaging system, hereinafter referred to as the Critical Packaging System, relates to critical issues that associate with sensitive articles such as IC wafers before, during and after shipment phases. The system employs a choice of two or more specialty designed ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7565980 | Wafer box with radially pivoting latch elements The semiconductor wafer containment device or wafer box includes a base with a planar floor and a double concentric cylindrical wall structure arising therefrom. The double concentric cylindrical wall structure includes slots through which latch elements pivot radia... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7556153 | Wafer pod and wafer holding device thereof A wafer holding device for a wafer pod is disclosed. The disclosed wafer holding device includes a support frame mounted on one side of the housing of the wafer pod, an actuating frame, two rotating arms and two wafer retainers. When the housing and the base of a wa... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7530462 | Wafer storage container A wafer storage container includes an outer peripheral portion located outside an outer peripheral edge of a wafer, and a placing portion which extends from a position lower than an uppermost surface of the outer peripheral portion to a radial inside of the wafer an... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7523829 | Precision substrate storage container The precision substrate storage container includes a bottom plate 20 removably attached to the bottom of a container body 1 in which a multiple number of semiconductor wafers are accommodated in alignment; a holder 50 removably supported on bott... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7510082 | Wafer storage container The present invention relates to a wafer storage container which contains a semiconductor wafer one by one and provides a technology to effectively reduce adhesion of particles on semiconductor wafer surfaces during the storage of the wafer. A wafer storage containe... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7469788 | Airtight semiconductor transferring container An airtight semiconductor transferring container is disclosed to included a container base, an elastically deformable packing member covered on the top surface of the container base, and a top cover closed on the container base, the top cover having an outer cover b... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7455180 | Substrate storage container A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455181 | Lid unit for thin plate supporting container The present invention is directed to a lid unit having a latching mechanism for firmly fixing the lid unit to a container body for containing semiconductor wafers and the like, which latching mechanism can be easily disassembled for cleaning and drying of its compon... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7431162 | Shock absorbing horizontal transport wafer box The present disclosure pertains to a wafer box for transporting semiconductor wafers, typically in a coin stack configuration. The wafer box includes an outer box and at least one inner box. The semiconductor wafers are placed in the inner box or boxes, typically wi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425362 | Plastic packaging cushion A plastic cushion pad (40) includes at least one plastic spring portion (46) between oppositely facing contact surfaces (42, 44). In one example, the pad (40) is vacuum formed using a film of carbon-impregnated polystyrene material. The p... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422107 | Kinematic coupling with textured contact surfaces A substrate kinematic coupling or guide plate for a substrate carrier having textured or patterned surfaces at the points of contact to reduce frictional forces generated between automated processing equipment and the kinematic coupling. The textured surface reduces... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416998 | Air-curtain forming apparatus for wafer hermetic container in semiconductor-fabrication equipment of minienvironment system In a semiconductor-fabrication equipment of a minienvironment system, ambient air is prevented from entering a gap between an opening of the semiconductor-fabrication equipment and a wafer gateway of a hermetic container to prevent dust entrained in the ambient air ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413099 | Sealing element with a protruding part approximately obliquely outward and a hermetic container using the same A fit-holding groove is formed by notching the outer periphery of a door element to be fitted to close a container body. A sealing element interposed between the container body and door element is composed of an endless portion to be fitted into the fit-holding groo... | 08/19/2008 |
