Patent ID: 6457598
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A module cover assembly comprising a module cover for closing the entrance of a wafer transport module, said module cover comprising at least one through hole on an upright peripheral wall thereof respectively aimed at a respective latch hole on the wafer transport module with which said module cover is used, and at least one door latch transmission mechanism installed in said module cover and respectively moved in and out of said at least one through hole of said module cover and a respective latch hole on the wafer transport module with which said module cover is used to lock/unlock said module cover, wherein said at least one door latch transmission mechanism each comprises:a driving wheel, said driving wheel comprising a protruded center mount adapted to receive handle means at the wafer transport module with which said module cover is used, for enabling said driving wheel to be rotated through which said handle means, and at least one smoothly arched eccentric guide slot; a door latch, said door latch comprising a front end, a rear end, a front notch disposed at said front end, and a coupling rod disposed at said rear end and coupled to one smoothly arched eccentric guide slot of said driving wheel for enabling said door latch to be moved forwards and backwards between the locking position and the unlocking position; and a latch bolt coupled to the front end of said latch bolt and moved with said latch bolt in and out of one of said at least one through hole of said module cover and the corresponding latch hole on the wafer transport module with which said module cover is used to lock/unlock said module cover, said latch bolt comprising a bottom lug inserted into the front notch of said door latch and pivotally connected to the front end of said door latch by a pivot, a top coupling block pivotally connected to a part of the module cover by a pivot, and a front retaining block adapted for moving in and out of one of said at least one through hole of said module cover and the corresponding latch hole on the wafer transport module with which said module cover is used to lock/unlock said module cover.