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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069629 | Process for manufacturing insulated siding A siding panel assembly includes an ornamental facing and a first insulation layer made from fibrous insulating material. That fibrous insulating material includes polymer fibers and glass fibers, polymer fibers, natural fibers and mixtures thereof. A method for mak... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7270762 | Polishing compositions for noble metals The polishing composition of this invention is useful for chemical-mechanical polishing of substrates containing noble metals such as platinum and comprises up to about 50% by weight of a adjuvant wherein said adjuvant is s elected from a group consisting of a metal... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6899611 | Polishing pad for a semiconductor device having a dissolvable substance A polishing pad used in a method for polishing a semiconductor device is made by combining a polymeric matrix and a dissolvable substance that dissolves upon contact with a polishing slurry. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6860793 | Window portion with an adjusted rate of wear A polishing pad includes a polishing layer, and the transparent window portion of the polishing layer having dispersed particles to increase the rate at which the window portion wears away during a polishing operation, and to avoid forming a lump in the polishing la... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6830090 | Polishing pad installation tool A polishing pad installation tool comprised of a base portion and at least one compressible layer in operative connection with the base portion. The compressible layer includes a plurality of apertures through an upper surface of the compressible layer. The tool fur... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6769968 | Interchangeable conditioning disk apparatus A conditioning apparatus and method for conditioning a polish pad. The conditioning apparatus has a movable conditioning arm with a disk mounting apparatus, a plurality of interchangeable conditioning disks, a disk housing or multiple disk stations capable of holdin... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6722249 | Method of fabricating a polishing pad having an optical window A method of fabricating a polishing pad in which a pad material includes a polishing layer overlying a substantially optically transparent backing layer is subjected to a process in which an optical window is formed in the pad material by removing a portion of the p... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6641631 | Polishing of semiconductor substrates An aqueous polishing composition having abrasive particles of a metal oxide has a pH that undergoes pH drift, because ions are provided by dissolution of the metal oxide, and the pH drift is minimized by providing the aqueous polishing composition with an... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6616717 | Composition and method for polishing in metal CMP A composition is provided in the present invention for polishing a composite semiconductor structure containing a metal layer (such as tungsten, aluminum, or copper), a barrier layer (such as tantalum, tantalum nitride, titanium, or titanium nitride), and... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6544307 | Polishing composition and manufacturing and polishing methods A polishing compound containing cocoon-shaped silica particles and crystal silica particles, and water-soluble polymers including; at least one type selected from the groups including ammonium nitrate and ammonium acetate, and at least one type selected f... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6524168 | Composition and method for polishing semiconductors An aqueous polishing composition for chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor devices of silica and circuits of aluminum, titanium or titanium nitride; wherein said aqueous composition includes, an oxidizing agent, an inhibitor of a polyalkyleneimin... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6517417 | Polishing pad with a transparent portion A transparent portion of a polishing pad in the solid phase has an index of refraction nearly matched to the index of refraction of a fluid polishing composition for chemical mechanical polishing, which minimizes scattering of an optical beam at an interf... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6017244 | Interconnection mechanism for flexible printed circuits An interconnection mechanism (1) for electrically connecting circuit paths (2) on respective flexible printed circuits (3) has clamping jaws (4, 5) to clamp a stack (6) of overlapped flexible printed circuits (3) that are in fixed registration on said mec... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5990580 | Single pole double throw switch An electronic SPDT switch (1) has, a series FET (9) in a first circuit arm (4) between a common port (2) and a first port (3), a shunt FET (10) in a second circuit arm (6) between the common port (2) and a second port (5), the shunt FET (10) being isolate... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5975944 | Connector for pitch spaced electrical cables An electrical connector (1) constructed with a carrier (2) on which circuit traces (8) attach to signal transmitting conductors (4) of electrical cables (3), an opening (12) through the carrier (2) at which conductors (4) of the cables (3) project for ele... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5940552 | Optical switch with multiple refractive elements pivoted into respective binary states An optical switch 10 has a first waveguide I arranged in a first set, 2N waveguides in a second set, and N number of successive refractive elements between ends of the waveguides and a reflector 9, wherein an output signal is coupled to any of ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5931692 | Connector for an array of electrical cables An electrical connector (1) constructed with a carrier (2) on which circuit traces (8) attach to signal transmitting conductors (4) of electrical cables (3), an opening (12) through the carrier (2) at which conductors (4) of the cables (3) project for ele... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5899772 | Shielding for an electrical connector A pair of stamped and formed backshells (1, 19) engage a front shell (6) to provide shielding for an electrical connector (5), a nest (4) on one of the backshells (1), a second of the backshells (19) covering the nest (4), inward flaps (11) on the nest (4... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5897504 | Ultrasound imaging probe assembly An ultrasound imaging probe assembly (2) has control cables (13, 14) extending along an inner core (5) of a cable assembly (1), an ultrasound imaging transducer assembly (1') connected with signal transmitting conductors (10) in the inner core (5), the ca... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5896112 | Antenna compensation for differential thermal expansion rates An antenna (1) has a radome (2) and a conducting ground plane (6) bridging between conducting end caps (4), a circuit board (5) supported on the ground plane (6), rf antenna elements (7) on the circuit board (5), opposite ends of the ground plane (6) bein... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5879531 | Method of manufacturing an array of electrical conductors Electrical conductors (2) embedding filaments (4) of a fabric (3), and substantially filling interstices (5) that coextend with the imbedded filaments (4), are fabricated by plating conductive material onto a surface (14) of a passivated cathode against w... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5852771 | Mixer with two diodes including DC coupled if A mixer (1) comprising, an RF port 2 and an LO port (3) supplying two diodes (7), a junction (8) of the diodes (7) referenced to ground (9), and a differential amplifier (19) being supplied with +IF and -IF from outputs of the diodes (7), and the differen... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5842993 | Navigable ultrasonic imaging probe assembly An ultrasound imaging probe assembly (3) has articulation control cables (4) and a rotating cable (6) enclosed by sheaths (16) in a signal transmitting cable (40), and the sheaths (16) extend inside a portion of the cable (40) to contain insulated wires (... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5838548 | Network apparatus A network apparatus in the form of a base hub (10) containing a motherboard (43) and active circuitry (62) on the motherboard (43) for operation in a communications network and multiple communication ports (64) connected to the active circuitry (62), an e... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5833616 | Navigable probe and rotating motor control apparatus A motor control apparatus (1) for articulating a probe (3) is constructed with at least one tension adjusting cable (4) to articulate the probe (3), and reversible motor (10a) and a rotatable torque cable (6) to rotate a device within an articulating tip ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5834699 | Cable with spaced helices A flexible and limp cable (1) is constructed with: an outer jacket (2) containing at least one row of adjacent insulated conductors (3) circumferentially encircling an elongated axis lengthwise of the cable (1), and conductive drain wires (4) in selected ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5835653 | Termination assembly for an optical fiber cable An optical fiber termination assembly (1) in which a jacket (24) of an optical fiber cable (20) is clamped between a termination member (10) and an inner crimp eyelet (41), and a unitary deformable body (48) within an interior of the eyelet (41), deformab... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5825618 | Hub for a communications network A hub for a communications network, a base hub (10), multiple communications ports (64) on the base hub (10), a motherboard (13) on which is mounted circuitry (62) for operation in a communications network, an expansion port opening (101) in the base hub ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5807147 | Center contact for RF cable An electrical contact for terminating a cable conductor is constructed with; a conductor terminating portion (27) in the form of a metal strip (28) in the shape of a cylinder (33) and multiple cantilever spring fingers (32) projecting inward from the cyli... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5792988 | Radio frequency heat sealing of cable assemblies A cable assembly (8, 80) including an electrical cable (10) having a flexible tubular jacket (12) and a reinforcing structure (14) attached to the outside of the jacket in a smooth sealing connection (30), and a method of using radio-frequency electrical ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5789725 | Radio frequency heat sealing of cable assemblies A cable assembly (8, 80) including an electrical cable (10) having a flexible tubular jacket (12) and a reinforcing structure (14) attached to the outside of the jacket in a smooth sealing connection (30), and a method of using radio-frequency electrical ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5790361 | Coaxial surge protector with impedance matching A surge protector (1) for a coaxial transmission line is constructed with a pair of coaxial connectors (2) mounted on a conducting hollow body (4), and a transmission line conductor (3) with a resilient beam portion (12) to engage and urge a surge protect... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5766027 | Cable assembly with equalizer board An electrical cable assembly 1 comprising: a housing 2, electrical contacts 3 in the housing 2 connected to a circuit board 4, multiple conductors 5 of an electrical cable 6 connected to the circuit board 4, signal conditioning circuitry 7 on the circuit ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5761459 | Mechanism for a communications network An interconnection mechanism for a communications network is described with communication ports (64) and active circuitry (62) on a motherboard (43), a second motherboard (43) without the active circuitry (62) and on which are mounted additional communica... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5752854 | Panel mount structure A conducting flange (1) for an electrical connector (3) is constructed with, spaced apart points of attachment (14) of the flange (1) to a panel, and multiple bumps (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20) on the flange (1) to concentrate pressure between the flange (1) ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5750930 | Electrical cable for use in a medical surgery environment An electrical cable with, multiple conductors, a dense braid encircling the conductors, a sealant sheath encircling the dense braid, an open braid encircling the sealant sheath, and a sealant layer covering the open braid and entering interstices in the o... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5739472 | Flexible armor cable assembly A flexible cable assembly (1) is constructed with flexible and hollow armor (2) lying limply within an air gap (3) in a flexible outer jacket (4), multiple coaxial cables (5) lying limply within an air gap (6) in the armor (2), a coupling (7) for connecti... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5727971 | Shielded cable assembly A conducting fabric is applied as a wrapper (10) over insulated conductors (5) of a cable assembly (1), and conducting shells (12) clamp the wrapper (10) to provide an electrical shield (9), and at least one conducting fastener (17) is mounted in the shel... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5719972 | Optical switch An optical switch (1) has a refractive element (3) between a reflector (5) and multiple optical waveguides (6), the refractive element (3) being pivotable to a first position to optically couple a first set of the waveguides (6), the refractive element (3... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5382180 | Electrical connector for back panel mounting A panel mounted electrical connector is disclosed in combination with an equipment rack, multiple units of electronic equipment arranged in the rack, each unit having a connector in mating engagement with the connector mounted on the back panel of the rac... | 01/17/1995 |
