Patents by Inventor Pao-Yi Lu

Pao-Yi Lu 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).

  • Publication number: 20110155598
    Abstract: A reticle POD, comprising a top cover, a bottom cover, and a plurality of supporting components deployed in the four corners of the bottom cover, the supporting component comprising: a base body perpendicularly assembled, on two sides of which being disposed with mounting blocks; a pair of elastic elements respectively placed on the base body; a pair of leading elements connecting respectively to the horizontal extension of the elastic elements and then extending lengthwise to form a tip, a first bevel and a second bevel being formed on the side of the tip located on the inner side of the base body; a supporting base plate, the first and the second ends of which being connected to the second bevel of the leading element and a supporting pillar being disposed on the third end of the supporting base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Pao-Yi LU, Sheng-Hung Wang
  • Patent number: 7950524
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a container body, a door, and a purging valve, wherein the purging valve is disposed in the through hole of the container body. The purging valve includes a fixed sleeve body, a purging head, an elastic component, and a valve lid. The fixed sleeve body comprises a base, and a lower opening is formed at the center of the base for the purging head to be disposed therein. The purging head comprises a bottom portion and a hollow sleeve portion protruding upward from the bottom portion, wherein the hollow sleeve portion is surroundingly disposed with elastic component and with vent disposed on its circumference wall. The valve lid is disposed on top of the hollow sleeve portion so that the purging head can move from the first position to the second position inside the fixed sleeve body when being propped up by an upward force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chin-Ming Lin, Pao-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 7942269
    Abstract: This invention is related to a carrier of reticle pod. The carrier of reticle pod comprises an upper cover and a lower cover, and the upper cover is configured to be coupled to the lower cover to form an interior space for accommodation. The lower cover includes several pairs of guide tracks disposed on two opposite lateral sides of inner surface of the lower cover. Clapboards are set into the lower cover via the guide tracks to separate the space for accommodation into a plurality of spaces for accommodation for storing reticle pod. Fixing elements including a clipping portion and a resisting portion are disposed on the top surface of the inner surface of upper cover. When the upper cover closes the lower cover, each fixing element of the upper cover is configured to be coupled to each reticle pod stored in the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Pao-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20110073521
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a container body and a door joined with opening of the container body for protecting wafers therein. At least one latch component is disposed in the door, and each latch component includes an oval cam and a pair of moving bars, a first end of each moving bar connecting to one of the two opposite sides of the oval cam and a second end of each moving bar having a guiding structure, a pair of moving grooves being disposed between the first end and the second end of each moving bar, at least a pair of rollers being disposed on the door and each roller being embedded in each moving groove of moving bar, and a locating spring being formed as an integral part of the moving bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Chin-Ming LIN, Pao-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 7909167
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a container body, the internal of which is disposed with a plurality of slots for supporting a plurality of wafers and an opening is formed on one sidewall of which, and a door, which is joined with opening of the container body for protecting the plurality of wafers in the container body, the characteristic in that: a magnetic member is formed at the inner edge of the opening of the container body and a magnet is disposed at the inner surface of the door corresponding to the magnetic member, the magnet being disposed in a magnetic yoke with recessed cross section, with the design of which the magnet on the door attracts the magnetic member at the opening of the container body for the door and the container body to be lock-fastened to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventors: Ming-Chien Chiu, Pao-Yi Lu, Chin-Ming Lin, Kuo-Chun Hung
  • Publication number: 20110005966
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a container body, which comprises a plurality of sidewalls, a bottom, and a top to define a space for containing wafers, an opening being formed on one sidewall, and a door with an outer surface and an inner surface. The top of the container body is disposed with a robotic flange which comprises a foolproof structure and a hemi-circular snap-hook portion that are disposed at the center and its circumference of a lower surface of the robotic flange facing the top. The foolproof structure has a geometric hole for a protruding portion on the top of the container body to be plugged in. After the protruding portion is plugged into the geometric hole, the robotic flange is further rotated along the container body about 180 degrees for the hemi-circular snap-hook portion to be engaged in a hemi-circular supporting portion on the top of the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Ming-Chien Chiu, Pao-Yi Lu, Kuo Chun Hung
  • Publication number: 20100282638
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a container body, the internal of which is disposed with a plurality of slots for supporting a plurality of wafers and an opening is formed on one sidewall of which, and a door, which is joined with opening of the container body for protecting the plurality of wafers in the container body, the characteristic in that: a magnetic member is formed at the inner edge of the opening of the container body and a magnet is disposed at the inner surface of the door corresponding to the magnetic member, the magnet being disposed in a magnetic yoke with recessed cross section, with the design of which the magnet on the door attracts the magnetic member at the opening of the container body for the door and the container body to be lock-fastened to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Ming-Chien Chiu, Pao-Yi Lu, Chin-Ming Lin, Kuo-Chun Hung
  • Publication number: 20100163452
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a container body, a door, and a purging valve, wherein the purging valve is disposed in the through hole of the container body. The purging valve includes a fixed sleeve body, a purging head, an elastic component, and a valve lid. The fixed sleeve body comprises a base, and a lower opening is formed at the center of the base for the purging head to be disposed therein. The purging head comprises a bottom portion and a hollow sleeve portion protruding upward from the bottom portion, wherein the hollow sleeve portion is surroundingly disposed with elastic component and with vent disposed on its circumference wall. The valve lid is disposed on top of the hollow sleeve portion so that the purging head can move from the first position to the second position inside the fixed sleeve body when being propped up by an upward force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Chin-Ming LIN, Pao-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 7743925
    Abstract: A reticle pod, comprising an upper cover having a first accommodating space and a lower cover having a second accommodating space, a third accommodating space being formed after the upper cover and the lower cover close together, wherein the characteristic of the reticle pad is in that: the reticle pod includes a plurality of supporting pieces respectively and suspendingly disposed at each corner of the inner surfaces of the upper cover and of the lower cover, and two ends of each of the plurality of supporting pieces are respectively connected to two neighboring sides of corner of the inner surface to form a closed sheet body and a gap is formed at the bend of the closed sheet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industral Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Pao-Yi Lu, Chin-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20100140126
    Abstract: A reticle pod, comprising an upper cover having a first accommodating space and a lower cover having a second accommodating space, a third accommodating space being formed after the upper cover and the lower cover close together, wherein the characteristic of the reticle pad is in that: the reticle pod includes a plurality of supporting pieces respectively and suspendingly disposed at each corner of the inner surfaces of the upper cover and of the lower cover, and two ends of each of the plurality of supporting pieces are respectively connected to two neighboring sides of corner of the inner surface to form a closed sheet body and a gap is formed at the bend of the closed sheet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Pao-Yi Lu, Chin-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20100108565
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a container body, the internal of which is disposed with a plurality of slots for supporting a plurality of wafers and an opening is formed on one sidewall of which for importing and exporting said plurality of wafers, and a door with an inner surface, which is joined with opening of the container body with the inner surface for protecting the plurality of wafers in the container body, the characteristic in that: at least one restraint module is disposed on the inner surface of the door, the restraint module including a base which is disposed with a plurality of restraints arranged at intervals and an opening, and a snap-fitting piece is disposed on the inner surface of the door for snap-fitting the restraint module by passing the snap-fitting piece through the opening of the base of restraint module and rotating the restraint to an angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Pao-Yi Lu, Chin-Ming Lin, Kuan-Lun Pan
  • Publication number: 20100078894
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a sealing apparatus of a wafer carrier and a sealing method, and the wafer carrier is comprised of a wafer container and a cover, and includes a latch unit for integrally latch the wafer container and the cover. The wafer container has an open distal portion disposed on a surface of wafer container, and the sealing apparatus is installed between the open distal portion and the cover. The sealing apparatus includes an air intake/outtake valve and an air inflation sealing unit coupled to the air intake/outtake valve, and the air intake/outtake valve performs an air inflation to expand the air inflation sealing unit, and the wafer container and the cover are elastically latched after the inflation and the expansion of the air inflation sealing unit to achieve the sealing effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Pao-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20100051835
    Abstract: The present invention provides an equipment for measuring the vertical distance or pitch between a plurality of thin substrates inside a container body, including an optical component to transmit a light beam to a thin substrate in the container body and receive light beam reflected from the thin substrate, a scanning device to drive the optical component to move along vertical direction of the thin substrates for measuring the vertical distance or pitch between the plurality of thin substrates in the container body, and a rotation base to carry and rotate the container body to a plurality of angles for the plurality of thin substrates inside the container body to be measured from different angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventor: Pao-Yi LU
  • Publication number: 20100051504
    Abstract: A wafer container includes a container body, the internal of which is disposed with a plurality of slots for supporting a plurality of wafers and an opening is formed on one sidewall of which for importing and exporting said plurality of wafers, and a door with an outer surface and an inner surface, which is joined with opening of the container body with its inner surface for protecting the plurality of wafers in the container body, the characteristic in that: a recess is integrated with the inner surface of the door for separating the inner surface into two platforms, a restraint module is formed respectively on each of two platforms, and each restraint module includes a base which is disposed with a plurality of notches arranged at interval for contacting said plurality of wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Pao-Yi Lu, Chin-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 7663129
    Abstract: The present invention provides an equipment for measuring the vertical distance or pitch between a plurality of thin substrates inside a container body, including an optical component to transmit a light beam to a thin substrate in the container body and receive light beam reflected from the thin substrate, a scanning device to drive the optical component to move along vertical direction of the thin substrates for measuring the vertical distance or pitch between the plurality of thin substrates in the container body, and a rotation base to carry and rotate the container body to a plurality of angles for the plurality of thin substrates inside the container body to be measured from different angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co, Ltd
    Inventor: Pao-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20100032331
    Abstract: This invention is related to a carrier of reticle pod. The carrier of reticle pod comprises an upper cover and a lower cover, and the upper cover is configured to be coupled to the lower cover to form an interior space for accommodation. The lower cover includes several pairs of guide tracks disposed on two opposite lateral sides of inner surface of the lower cover. Clapboards are set into the lower cover via the guide tracks to separate the space for accommodation into a plurality of spaces for accommodation for storing reticle pod. Fixing elements including a clipping portion and a resisting portion are disposed on the top surface of the inner surface of upper cover. When the upper cover closes the lower cover, each fixing element of the upper cover is configured to be coupled to each reticle pod stored in the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Pao-Yi LU
  • Patent number: 7556153
    Abstract: A wafer holding device for a wafer pod is disclosed. The disclosed wafer holding device includes a support frame mounted on one side of the housing of the wafer pod, an actuating frame, two rotating arms and two wafer retainers. When the housing and the base of a wafer pod are assembled, the actuating frame moves and forces the wafer retainers to rotate in a direction perpendicular to the edge surface of the wafers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chiu, Pao-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20080251414
    Abstract: A container having a box door and a box is disclosed in this invention, which has an internal area within the box for storage; when the box is joined with the box door, the internal area is sealed off from the external environment. A latching mechanism is disposed within the box door and comprises a metal actuator and a latch plate, and the metal actuator and the latch plate are connected. Movements of the metal actuator allow the latch plate to shift positionally, and thus the latch plate is moved from a first position to a second position. When the latch plate is in the first position, the box and the box door may be separated from each other, whereas when the latch plate is in the second position, the box and the box door are inseparable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventor: Pao-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20080041759
    Abstract: A wafer holding device for a wafer pod is disclosed. The disclosed wafer holding device includes a support frame mounted on one side of the housing of the wafer pod, an actuating frame, two rotating arms and two wafer retainers. When the housing and the base of a wafer pod are assembled, the actuating frame moves and forces the wafer retainers to rotate in a direction perpendicular to the edge surface of the wafers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Ming-Lung Chiu, Pao-Yi Lu