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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 ;
Abstract
A transportation system ( ) has a wafer container ( ), such as a FOUP, to rest on a support surface ( ). The container has kinematic coupling grooves, and the support surface has kinematic coupling pins. Grooves and pins are at least partially electrically conductive and allow coupling an electric device ( ) associated with the container to an electrical circuit ( ) associated with the support surface. Device and circuit in combination allow to perform a variety of functions, such as monitoring the correct position of the container, and exchanging signals.