US Patent Issued to ENTEGRIS on March 18 for "Reticle container having rotating connector with spring force latching" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,798, issued on March 18, was assigned to ENTEGRIS INC. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Reticle container having rotating connector with spring force latching" was invented by Russ V. Raschke (Chanhassen, Minn.), Brian Wiseman (Glencoe, Minn.) and Matthew Reber (Chaska, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reticle containers include a rotating latch including a spring. The spring provides force bringing the segments of the reticle container towards one another such that a reticle in the container is clamped between the container segments. The rotating latch can include a head as part of an assembly on one of a cover or a baseplate of the reticl...