Patents by Inventor Junya Toda
Junya Toda 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).
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Patent number: 12489007Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate storage container includes a transport component configured to be mountable to a container body by being relatively displaced with respect to the container body from the rear side to the front side. The container body has a container body-side protrusion protruding upward. The transport component has a transport component-side protrusion protruding downward. In a mounted state, the transport component-side protrusion is engaged with the front side of the container body-side protrusion to be restricted from being displaced backwards. When a predetermined load is applied to the transport component-side protrusion upwardly, the transport component-side protrusion is displaced by a smaller amount than the container body-side protrusion displaced when the predetermined load is applied to the container body-side protrusion downwardly.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junya Toda, Takashi Suda
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Patent number: 11735449Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container main body having an opening at the front, a support portion for supporting a substrate in the interior thereof, and a substrate receiving portion positioned more toward a rear wall than the support portion, an a lid on which a substrate pressing portion for pressing the substrate is formed. The substrate receiving portion and the substrate pressing portion are present within a range of greater than or equal to 0 mm and less than or equal to 80 mm in the horizontal direction from a vertical center line that passes through the center of the container main body when the lid is viewed from the front.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazumasa Onuki, Hiroshi Mimura, Junya Toda, Takashi Suda
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Publication number: 20220344186Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate storage container includes a transport component configured to be mountable to a container body by being relatively displaced with respect to the container body from the rear side to the front side. The container body has a container body-side protrusion protruding upward. The transport component has a transport component-side protrusion protruding downward. In a mounted state, the transport component-side protrusion is engaged with the front side of the container body-side protrusion to be restricted from being displaced backwards. When a predetermined load is applied to the transport component-side protrusion upwardly, the transport component-side protrusion is displaced by a smaller amount than the container body-side protrusion displaced when the predetermined load is applied to the container body-side protrusion downwardly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junya TODA, Takashi SUDA
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Patent number: 11417554Abstract: There is provided a substrate storage container 1 capable of suppressing deformation of a functional member insert-molded and a method of manufacturing the container 1, and an device positioning member 4 as the functional member including: an attachment part 41 having a thick section 413 formed in thickness equal to a wall member of a container body 10 or a lid 20 and a thin section 410 decreasing in thickness as it approaches toward an outer edge from the thick section 413; and a body part 42 coupled to the attachment part 41, the device positioning member 4 being disposed on the container body 10 or the lid 20 so that a first surface 420 of the thick section 413 is flush with an inner surface of the wall member.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junya Toda, Hiroshi Mimura, Naoto Watanabe
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Publication number: 20200373180Abstract: There is provided a substrate storage container 1 capable of suppressing deformation of a functional member insert-molded and a method of manufacturing the container 1, and an device positioning member 4 as the functional member including: an attachment part 41 having a thick section 413 formed in thickness equal to a wall member of a container body 10 or a lid 20 and a thin section 410 decreasing in thickness as it approaches toward an outer edge from the thick section 413; and a body part 42 coupled to the attachment part 41, the device positioning member 4 being disposed on the container body 10 or the lid 20 so that a first surface 420 of the thick section 413 is flush with an inner surface of the wall member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2018Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Junya Toda, Hiroshi Mimura, Naoto Watanabe
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Publication number: 20200286761Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container main body having an opening at the front, a support portion for supporting a substrate in the interior thereof, and a substrate receiving portion positioned more toward a rear wall than the support portion, an a lid on which a substrate pressing portion for pressing the substrate is formed. The substrate receiving portion and the substrate pressing portion are present within a range of greater than or equal to 0 mm and less than or equal to 80 mm in the horizontal direction from a vertical center line that passes through the center of the container main body when the lid is viewed from the front.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: September 10, 2020Applicant: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kazumasa ONUKI, Hiroshi MIMURA, Junya TODA, Takashi SUDA
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Patent number: 10727099Abstract: A substrate storage container with increased mounting force of the conveyance component is provided. The substrate storage container comprises a container body having an opening closed by a lid and capable of storing a plurality of substrates, and a conveyance component detachably attached to the container body via a mounting mechanism, wherein the mounting mechanism includes at least one first mounting portion on the opening side of the container body and at least one second mounting portion on the side away from the opening. Furthermore, the conveyance component has at least one engaging portion to be engaged with the mounting mechanism, and the at least one engaging portion includes at least one first engaging portions displaced and engaged in a predetermined direction and at least one second engaging portion displaced and engaged in a direction different from the predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Mimura, Junya Toda
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Publication number: 20190189489Abstract: A substrate storage container with increased mounting force of the conveyance component is provided. The substrate storage container comprises a container body having an opening closed by a lid and capable of storing a plurality of substrates, and a conveyance component detachably attached to the container body via a mounting mechanism, wherein the mounting mechanism includes at least one first mounting portion on the opening side of the container body and at least one second mounting portion on the side away from the opening. Furthermore, the conveyance component has at least one engaging portion to be engaged with the mounting mechanism, and the at least one engaging portion includes at least one first engaging portions displaced and engaged in a predetermined direction and at least one second engaging portion displaced and engaged in a direction different from the predetermined direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2017Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Hiroshi Mimura, Junya Toda
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Patent number: 8091710Abstract: A door structure that is detachably fitted into an opening portion of a container body for storing substrates includes a casing to be fitted to the opening portion of the container body, a locking mechanism provided in the casing for locking the casing by causing an engaging piece to project out from the peripheral wall of the casing in a retractable manner based on rotation of a rotator so as to interfere with the inner periphery of the opening portion of the container body, a cover for enclosing the locking mechanism, and an operational window formed in the cover so as to oppose the rotator.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akihiro Hasegawa, Junya Toda
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Publication number: 20100032339Abstract: A door structure that is detachably fitted into an opening portion of a container body for storing substrates includes a casing to be fitted to the opening portion of the container body, a locking mechanism provided in the casing for locking the casing by causing an engaging piece to project out from the peripheral wall of the casing in a retractable manner based on rotation of a rotator so as to interfere with the inner periphery of the opening portion of the container body, a cover for enclosing the locking mechanism, and an operational window formed in the cover so as to oppose the rotator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.Inventors: Akihiro Hasegawa, Junya Toda
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Patent number: 7658289Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow. Each valve unit includes a fixed sleeve for gas flow, fitted in a rib of a through-hole of the container body, a holding sleeve fitted in the through-hole of the container body with an o-ring interposed therebetween and mated and threaded with the fixed sleeve, a check valve built between the fixed sleeve and the holding sleeve, leaving a clearance, an elastically deformable element for opening and closing the check valve, an interior lid sleeve for gas flow, opposing the check valve and supporting the elastically deformable element, and a filter interposed between the holding sleeve and the interior lid sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2008Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Sumi, Junya Toda, Takayuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 7658290Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow. Each valve unit includes a fixed sleeve for gas flow, fitted in a rib of a through-hole of the container body, a holding sleeve fitted in the through-hole of the container body with an o-ring interposed therebetween and mated and threaded with the fixed sleeve, a check valve built between the fixed sleeve and the holding sleeve, leaving a clearance, an elastically deformable element for opening and closing the check valve, an interior lid sleeve for gas flow, opposing the check valve and supporting the elastically deformable element, and a filter interposed between the holding sleeve and the interior lid sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2008Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Sumi, Junya Toda, Takayuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 7455180Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow. Each valve unit includes a fixed sleeve for gas flow, fitted in a rib of a through-hole of the container body, a holding sleeve fitted in the through-hole of the container body with an o-ring interposed therebetween and mated and threaded with the fixed sleeve, a check valve built between the fixed sleeve and the holding sleeve, leaving a clearance, an elastically deformable element for opening and closing the check valve, an interior lid sleeve for gas flow, opposing the check valve and supporting the elastically deformable element, and a filter interposed between the holding sleeve and the interior lid sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2003Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Sumi, Junya Toda, Takayuki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20080149528Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow. Each valve unit includes a fixed sleeve for gas flow, fitted in a rib of a through-hole of the container body, a holding sleeve fitted in the through-hole of the container body with an o-ring interposed therebetween and mated and threaded with the fixed sleeve, a check valve built between the fixed sleeve and the holding sleeve, leaving a clearance, an elastically deformable element for opening and closing the check valve, an interior lid sleeve for gas flow, opposing the check valve and supporting the elastically deformable element, and a filter interposed between the holding sleeve and the interior lid sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsushi Sumi, Junya Toda, Takayuki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20080149527Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container body for accomodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow. Each valve unit includes a fixed sleeve for gas flow, fitted in a rib of a through-hole of the container body, a holding sleeve fitted in the through-hole of the container body with an o-ring interposed therebetween and mated and threaded with the fixed sleeve, a check valve built between the fixed sleeve and the holding sleeve, leaving a clearance, an elastically deformable element for opening and closing the check valve, an interior lid sleeve for gas flow, opposing the check valve and supporting the elastically deformable element, and a filter interposed between the holding sleeve and the interior lid sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: June 26, 2008Applicant: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Sumi, Junya Toda, Takayuki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20070187287Abstract: A substrate storage container is provided which can convey, fix and store substrates safely, with threaded members not being loosened by a load applied to a mounting member of the substrate storage container when the container storing substrates is conveyed or when the container is fixed to a substrate processing apparatus and by a heating process at the time of washing and drying of the container. For fastening the mounting member (6), such as a side plate for conveyance, a bottom plate for positioning the container with respect to a substrate processing apparatus, etc., to the substrate storage container including a container body (1) and a lid (2) by threaded members (3), a locking means for preventing loosening of the threaded members (3) is interposed between engagement surfaces of each threaded member (3) and the mounting member (6).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2005Publication date: August 16, 2007Inventors: Junya Toda, Takayuki Nakayama
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Publication number: 20050077204Abstract: A substrate storage container includes a container body for accommodating and aligning semiconductor wafers, a door which opens and closes the front of the container body and a pair of valve units disposed at the bottom of the container body for controlling gas flow. Each valve unit includes a fixed sleeve for gas flow, fitted in a rib of a through-hole of the container body, a holding sleeve fitted in the through-hole of the container body with an o-ring interposed therebetween and mated and threaded with the fixed sleeve, a check valve built between the fixed sleeve and the holding sleeve, leaving a clearance, an elastically deformable element for opening and closing the check valve, an interior lid sleeve for gas flow, opposing the check valve and supporting the elastically deformable element, and a filter interposed between the holding sleeve and the interior lid sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2003Publication date: April 14, 2005Inventors: Atsushi Sumi, Junya Toda, Takayuki Nakayama
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Patent number: 6504485Abstract: Monitoring and control apparatus for fail-safe monitoring for normal operation of traffic signal lights provided at an intersection or the like where a plurality of roads intersect. The illumination conditions of respective signal lights are detected using as sensor device, and when the number of illuminated or non-illuminated signal lights is a predetermined number, a normal judgment output of logic value 1 corresponding to a high energy condition is generated while, when the number of illuminated or non-illuminated signal lights is not the predetermined number, an abnormal judgment output of logic value 0 corresponding to a low energy condition is generated. As a result, when a fault in the monitoring apparatus stops the output, the resultant output condition is the same as for a danger condition due to a signal light abnormality, resulting in an extremely safe signal light monitoring and control with excellent fail-safe characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2001Date of Patent: January 7, 2003Assignee: The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Jinno, Yoshiharu Ozaki, Norihiro Okada, Heisaku Mazawa, Hidetoshi Fujimoto, Junya Toda, Koichi Futsuhara, Norihiro Asada
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Publication number: 20020008629Abstract: The invention relates to monitoring apparatus and control apparatus for fail-safe monitoring for normal operation of traffic signal lights provided at an intersection or the like where a plurality of roads intersect.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Applicant: The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Jinno, Yoshiharu Ozaki, Norihiro Okada, Heisaku Mazawa, Hidetoshi Fujimoto, Junya Toda, Koichi Futsuhara, Norihiro Asada
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Patent number: 6184799Abstract: Monitoring and control apparatus for fail-safe monitoring for normal operation of traffic signal lights provided at an intersection or the like where a plurality of roads intersect. The illumination conditions of respective signal lights are detected using as sensor device, and when the number of illuminated or non-illuminated signal lights is a predetermined number, a normal judgment output of logic value 1 corresponding to a high energy condition is generated while, when the number of illuminated or non-illuminated signal lights is not the predetermined number, an abnormal judgment output of logic value 0 corresponding to a low energy condition is generated. As a result, when a fault in the monitoring apparatus stops the output, the resultant output condition is the same as for a danger condition due to a signal light abnormality, resulting in an extremely safe signal light monitoring and control with excellent fail-safe characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1996Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Assignee: The Nippon Signal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoshitaka Jinno, Yoshiharu Ozaki, Norihiro Okada, Heisaku Mazawa, Hidetoshi Fujimoto, Junya Toda, Koichi Futsuhara, Norihiro Asada