Patents by Inventor Loy Randall Stuart

Loy Randall Stuart has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and apparatus for using substrate carrier movement to actuate substrate carrier door opening/closing
    Patent number: 7258520
    Abstract: A system for opening a substrate carrier includes a substrate carrier having an openable portion. The substrate carrier also has an opening mechanism coupled to the openable portion. A substrate transfer location has a support adapted to support a substrate carrier. The substrate transfer location also has an actuator mechanism. The actuator mechanism is positioned relative to the support so as to interact with the opening mechanism of the substrate carrier. The actuator mechanism of the substrate transfer location and the opening mechanism of the substrate carrier are adapted to interface with each other at the substrate transfer location so as to employ movement of the substrate carrier to achieve opening and closing of the substrate carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin R. Elliott, Michael Robert Rice, Robert B. Lowrance, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Eric Andrew Englhardt, Loy Randall Stuart
  • Methods and apparatus for using substrate carrier movement to actuate substrate carrier door opening/closing
    Publication number: 20040076496
    Abstract: A system for opening a substrate carrier includes a substrate carrier having an openable portion. The substrate carrier also has an opening mechanism coupled to the openable portion. A substrate transfer location has a support adapted to support a substrate carrier. The substrate transfer location also has an actuator mechanism. The actuator mechanism is positioned relative to the support so as to interact with the opening mechanism of the substrate carrier. The actuator mechanism of the substrate transfer location and the opening mechanism of the substrate carrier are adapted to interface with each other at the substrate transfer location so as to employ movement of the substrate carrier to achieve opening and closing of the substrate carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Martin R. Elliott, Michael Robert Rice, Robert B. Lowrance, Jeffrey C. Hudgens, Eric Andrew Englhardt, Loy Randall Stuart