ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,691, issued on May 13, was assigned to Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Seal mechanism for load port doors" was invented by James Christopher Hansen (Mountain View, Calif.), Douglas Brian Baumgarten (Round Rock, Texas) and Paul Benjamin Reuter (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure describes devices and systems for a seal, and methods for using said seal. A seal includes a base portion configured to couple to a groove formed by a first surface of a first component. The base portion includes a notch in a bottom side of the base portion configured to cause the base portion to laterally flex responsiv...