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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:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander H Slocum, Bow, NH (US);
David J Gessel, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kinetrix, Inc., Bedford, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
206724 ; 206726 ; 206560 ;
Abstract
A transport tray for semiconductor devices that includes a retention mechanism. The tray is formed with molded plastic inserts positioned in a tray. Each insert includes a contact surface that is designed to have two stable points, one corresponding to a latched state and one corresponding to an unlatched state. The retention mechanism includes elements that allow the contact surface to rotate and translate relative to the surface of a semiconductor component being inserted or removed from the tray. Rotation across the surface, as opposed to sliding, significantly reduces the wear of the retention mechanism.