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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
David T. Blahnik, Round Rock, TX (US);
Paul B. Reuter, Austin, TX (US);
Luke W. Bonecutter, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Douglas B. Baumgarten, Round Rock, TX (US);
Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A carrier door opener includes one or more connector devices configured to interface with a door of a substrate carrier located at a load port. The carrier door opener further includes an outer surface forming a groove and a load port seal seated in the groove. The load port seal is configured to seal against a first portion of a planar surface of a panel of the load port around a panel opening formed by the panel. A second portion of the planar surface of the panel is configured to seal to a factory interface.