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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120080415 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A HOLE IN AN OBJECT A method and device for producing a hole in an object is disclosed. The method includes the generation of a beam for removing material such that a bottom of a borehole is placed in a focus position of the beam, and a removal of material by impingement of the beam on the... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20110309059 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORATING MATERIAL An apparatus for creating a hole in solid sheet material (1) by laser beam irradiation is described comprising a source of laser radiation; a focusing apparatus (11) for impinging a beam of laser radiation from the source onto a surface of solid sheet mate... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110278270 | LASER DRILLING METHOD AND SYSTEM A laser drilling system (100) for drilling rocks, soil and engineering materials with the aid of high-intensity laser light is described, which comprises an optical drill (104) for supplying laser light for the drilling of said materials provided with sens... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110259631 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LASER MACHINING RELATIVELY NARROW AND RELATIVELY WIDE STRUCTURES The method uses a common optical, system and sequentially creates structures of different sizes in a polymer substrate by means of different laser processes is described. One process uses a laser beam that is tightly focussed on the substrate surface and is used for cre... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110240615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING RELIABILITY OF A MACHINING PROCESS A process for providing a protection against damages in a machine head, wherein the machine head launches a transparent liquid jet guided laser beam LB by means of a nozzle 3 along an optical axis for treating a work piece is claimed. The process comprises the fo... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110198321 | METHOD FOR BORING BOTTLE-LIKE HOLES HAVING A DEFINED GEOMETRY BY MEANS OF PULSED LASER RADIATION The present invention is a method and system for the drilling of holes in a workpiece within a diameter range of 20 μm to 500 μm by means of laser radiation. The invention utilizes the beam quality of a laser beam as well as: the polarization of the laser radiation; t... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110163078 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MACHINING WORKPIECE WITH A LASER BEAM A laser machining device machines a workpiece having a machining portion where a hole is machined and a non-machining portion positioned on an extension of the hole. The laser machining device includes a nozzle that jets a column of liquid towards the hole of the machin... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110147351 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD A laser processing apparatus for piercing a workpiece and cutting the pierced workpiece by irradiating the workpiece with a laser beam. The apparatus includes: a laser beam projection unit for projecting the laser beam onto the workpiece with the focus position thereof ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110139752 | Flow Tester for Laser Drilled Holes A flow tester may use a low impedance flow meter to test a hole at a predetermined Reynolds number. The flow tester may be mounted to a robot so that testing may be fully automated. For example, the flow tester may be incorporated into a laser drilling workcell and used... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110132881 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DRILLING HOLES WITH NO TAPER OR REVERSE TAPER Apparatus and methods for drilling holes in a material with a laser are disclosed. An apparatus for drilling holes in a material with a laser includes a first steering element, a second steering element, and a lens. The first steering element is positioned to steer a be... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110132882 | Filler for the Drilling of Through-Holes in Hollow Components, a Process and Apparatus Therefor A filler made of glass beads is provided. The glass improves the absorption and the distribution of the energy of the beam such that an internal wall of the hollow component is not damaged. A process for producing a through-hole in a hollow component is provided. Also, ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110114610 | Controlling Slag Adhesion When Piercing a Workpiece With a Laser Beam Piercing a workpiece with a laser beam, while directing multiple gas flows onto the workpiece at angles and locations that cause the gas flows to blow slag away from the piercing location and produce a gas cushion between the blown away slag and the workpiece, thereby r... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110017715 | Systems and Methods For Enhanced Control of Laser Drilling Processes Systems and methods are provided for monitoring and/or controlling laser drilling processes based on atomic emission spectral emissions that are collected in real time during laser drilling. The systems and methods may be used to monitor and control laser drilling opera... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017280 | PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT SOLAR PANEL A method is described for forming a partially transparent thin film solar panel by providing an array of unconnected holes in an opaque layer of the panel the holes being sufficiently small so that they are not discernable to the human eye and the light transparency fac... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100314366 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING THROUGH OPENINGS IN A MOVABLE BAND An apparatus and a method for arranging through-openings in a flexible, movable band, said through-openings being arranged in series in at least one row, wherein each through-opening is arranged in the bottom of one of a plurality of depressions for receiving electronic... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100282727 | LASER WORKING APPARATUS, AND LASER WORKING METHOD A first laser working method includes a step of irradiating the metallic work held by a rotation holding mechanism, with a nanosecond laser beam from a first laser oscillation mechanism, to form a through hole, and a step of irradiating, when the metallic work is rotate... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100243617 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD VIA DRILLING STAGE ASSEMBLY A via drilling system is preferably constructed to process one target at a time. The via drilling system preferably provides a relatively small footprint for the via drilling system, relatively small moment arms between via drilling system components, a relatively short... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100236740 | INDUSTRIAL FABRIC FOR PRODUCING TISSUE AND TOWEL PRODUCTS, AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF A nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of through voids, where each of the voids has a first opening associated with a top surface of the fabric and a first raised edge circumferentially adjacent to the first opening. The voids may each further include a second opening ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100219169 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING NOZZLE-TYPE OPENINGS IN SPRAY ARMS FOR DISHWASHER MACHINES A device and a method for producing nozzle-type openings in spray arms for dishwasher machines, which enables the form of the nozzle-type openings in spray arms to alter rapidly even if only one spray arm is provided and enable different nozzle geometries to be created ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100219166 | HOLE-FORMING MACHINE A hole-forming machine for forming a through-hole (75) in a workpiece (66) by directing laser light (70) from the exterior of the workpiece into a hollow part (67). The machine includes a vibrating mechanism (56) for causing vibration ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100116799 | ROLLER MACHINING METHOD AND ROLLER MACHINING APPARATUS A laser beam 21 outputted by a laser oscillator 3 is collected by a machining head 4, so that the surface of a roller 2 is irradiated with the laser beam. An encoder 5c outputs a signal in accordance with a rotational position o... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20090236323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LASER DRILLING HOLES WITH TAILORED LASER PULSES An improved method and apparatus for drilling vias in electronic substrates with laser pulses is presented which uses one or more tailored pulses to reduce debris remaining in the via while maintaining system throughput and avoiding damage to the substrate. A tailored p... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090173723 | LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SAME TECHNICAL FIELD A laser processing apparatus is provided in which its XY table is composed of plural divided blocks vertically movable, at least one divided block is stopped while it is moving down, and a through hole is formed by irradiating a workpiece in an area corresponding to a p... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090166340 | Method and apparatus for perforating printed circuit board A method and an apparatus for perforating a printed circuit board are provided so that the processing efficiency and the board densification can be improved. In test processing, a conductor layer 50i is irradiated with a pulsed laser beam 4a ... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090134136 | Apparatus and method to machine holes The present invention relates to an apparatus for machining holes, especially to machine holes in a surface of a coated gas turbine airfoil, which apparatus comprises a laser device for laser drilling and an electrode for electrical discharge machining. Further the inve... | 05/28/2009 |
| 20090127233 | LASER BEAM MACHINING APPARATUS A laser beam machining apparatus including a chuck table for holding a wafer, and a laser beam irradiation unit for irradiating the wafer held on the chuck table with a pulsed laser beam. The laser beam machining apparatus further includes a plasma detecting part which ... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090127239 | Laser piercing method and processing apparatus A processing apparatus is provided in which a laser beam L2 is irradiated onto a processing portion of a workpiece W, and at the same time as the laser irradiation, an assist gas G is injected toward the processing portion from a nozzle 3 arranged concentr... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090032508 | PERFORATION METHOD AND PERFORATION APPARATUS A perforation method and an perforation apparatus in which a hollow member of a fuel injection nozzle is filled with a filler such as a zirconia ball, and a laser light is applied to the hollow member to form an injection hole while vibrating the zirconia ball using an ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080311260 | FREEZE-DRYING ARTICLES An article can be prepared for freeze-drying by creating one or more incisions in the article. In embodiments of the disclosed technologies, the one or more incisions can be made using a laser, a device which dispenses a quantity of liquid nitrogen, and/or an ultrasonic... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080296273 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR LASER DRILLING HOLES WITH IMPROVED TAPER A method of and an apparatus for drilling blind vias with selectable tapers in multilayer electronic circuits permit forming electrical connections between layers while maintaining quality and throughput. The method relies on recognizing that the top diameter of the via... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080296230 | Method for removing a liquid from a container and device therefor Provided is a method for removing a liquid, in particular a supernatant, from a container with a sample, by creating an opening in a container with a sample consisting of solid constituents and a liquid, and subsequently centrifuging the container so as to cause the liq... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080290075 | Method and Device for Producing a Tear Line in a Vehicle Interior Trim Part A method and a device for producing a tear line in a vehicle interior trim part, in which a laser beam is guided along a tear line and a material ablation in the form of holes with a residual wall thickness is effected. On the side facing the laser beam, the complete ex... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080257593 | Printed circuit board, method of manufacturing the same, and apparatus for perforating via holes A printed circuit board, a method of manufacturing the printed circuit board, and an apparatus for perforating via holes. By use of a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board that includes forming a first circuit pattern, which includes a reference mark and a via... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080210668 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A LASER DEPOSITION SYSTEM A method of calibrating a high energy beam with a material source, the method comprising the steps of: using the high energy beam to provide an aperture, depositing material from the material source towards the aperture for a selected lengt... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080197120 | Method For Producing a Hole and Associated Device Conventional methods for producing a hole in a component make use of special lasers with short laser pulse lengths. The aim of the invention is to reduce the time and money required for producing a hole. According to the inventive method, the laser pulse lengths are var... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080156777 | Laser Punching Machine Punching machine for the execution of holes on metal plates comprising a laser cutting head slidably supported by a pair of slides movable along a pair of Cartesian axes in a relatively restricted space with high velocities and accelerations. Movable balancing masses ar... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080158332 | Method and apparatus for processing and/or inspecting pellet-shaped articles A method and apparatus for processing and inspecting pellet-shaped articles, comprises structure for of the step of conveying the plurality of pellet-shaped articles along a transport path. Each of the pellet-shaped articles includes a first side and a second side. The ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080124433 | Food processing using laser radiation Processing food with a laser. In one embodiment, the system includes a laser that creates holes in a food item with an output beam, and includes a post processing module that enables a substance to pass through the holes. The substance may include a flavoring, a vitamin... | 05/29/2008 |
