US Patent Issued to Shin-Etsu Polymer on July 28 for "Substrate storage container" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,055, issued on July 28, was assigned to Shin-Etsu Polymer Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Substrate storage container" was invented by Hiroki Yamagishi (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a substrate storage container that can eliminate lower coupling strength between a slide member and bent locking member, and bent locking member falling from the slide member without a metal pin. The container includes a lid fitted to an open front face of a container body, and locking mechanism that locks the lid. The locking mechanism includes an operating reel supported on the lid and turned by external operation, connecting bar that sl...