ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,477, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Shin-Etsu Polymer Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Substrate storage container" was invented by Haruka Miyata (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a substrate storage container that can make locking mechanisms metal-free, also make locking claws of the locking mechanisms operate smoothly and ensure sufficient sealing performance of the lid. A locking claw 40 is comprised of a locking block 41 that can move linearly in an inside-outside direction of the lid body while being held between a pair of locking mechanism guide blocks of a lid 10 and can swing in a thickness direction of the lid...