The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jun. 07, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2002
Wei-ming Pai, Changhua, TW;
Dar-zen Chen, Taipei, TW;
Tzong-ming Wu, Taipei, TW;
Jyh-jone Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Ching-ko Lin, Taoyuan, TW;
Wei-Ming Pai, Changhua, TW;
Dar-Zen Chen, Taipei, TW;
Tzong-Ming Wu, Taipei, TW;
Jyh-Jone Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Ching-Ko Lin, Taoyuan, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A wafer container having a latching mechanism utilized to lock the door of the wafer container in an airtight status. The latching mechanism comprises a cam rotated to move a link and a locking plate pivoted to one end of the link, and a guide block adapted to guide the locking plate sliding into an insertion hole in the container body of the wafer container by using a straight guide means and a curved guide means of the guide block and then to turn the locking plate about pivot rods at the link, causing the locking plate to withstand against part of the container body and to hold down the door toward the inside of the container body and to lock the door in an airtight status.