Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163111 | Surface preparation of an implant A process of forming a prosthetic implant component, such as the femoral component of a knee replacement prosthesis. The process comprises the steps of: (i) forming a prosthetic component having a shape at least approximating the desired final shape of the component... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152943 | Method for manufacturing a wrought metal plate product having a gradient in engineering properties Manufacturing heat-treatable wrought metal plate having length, width and thickness directions and an engineering properties gradient along at least one plate dimension. Rolled, extruded or forged wrought metal plate is solution heat treated and rapidly cooled. The ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8083872 | Method of heat treating a superalloy component and an alloy component A method of heat treating a superalloy component includes solution heat treating the component at a temperature below the gamma prime solvus temperature to produce a fine grain structure. Insulation is placed over a first area to form an insulated assembly that is p... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8029629 | Sputtering target and manufacturing method thereof A sputtering target manufactured by die forging is provided. It is characterized in that an average crystal grain size D at a portion where an average crystal grain size is the largest and an average crystal grain size d at a portion where an average crystal grain s... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7901523 | Uniform heat treatment process for hardening steel Heat treatment processes for hardening a workpiece such as a turbine blade include attaching a spacer to a workpiece surface, wherein the spacer comprises an inner profile mirroring the workpiece surface and an outer profile effective to generally uniformly distribu... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7867345 | Manufacturing method of thin component, bearing ring, thrust needle roller bearing, manufacturing method of rolling bearing ring, rolling bearing ring, and rolling bearing A manufacturing method of a thin component is characterized by heating a thin component, and thereafter, while sizing with molds and using molds as cooling media, performing one of quenching and isothermal transformation processes on thin component. Thus, a manufact... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7771548 | Metal quenching medium Disclosed is a quenching medium for treating a heated metal part, said medium comprising water and a polyacrylate terpolymer comprising acrylamide and/or methacrylamide monomer units, acrylic acid and/or methacrylic acid monomer units and alkyl alkoxylate allyl ethe... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7754034 | Forging quench Apparatus and methods are provided for cooling workpieces. A cooling gas is directed toward a surface of a workpiece. The workpiece is moved relative to the flow of cooling gas. The cooling gas may include at least a first component that is gaseous at a reference am... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7275285 | Deployment hinge A deployment hinge for deploying an appendage, including a movable portion affixed to the appendage, and a stationary portion affixed to a stationary body. In a non-deployed state, the movable portion is mechanically engaged with the stationary portion and a mechani... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7198684 | Method for manufacturing articles using a semi-continuous flow of workpieces through metal working and annealing apparatus A plurality of gas turbine components or other articles are manufactured from a plurality of metallic-alloy workpieces using a manufacturing apparatus having a metalworking apparatus, and an annealing apparatus wherein the individual workpieces are annealed by singl... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175721 | Method for preparing Cr-Ti-V type hydrogen occlusion alloy The invention relates to a method for producing high-performance Cr—Ti—V hydrogen storage alloys utilizing a thermit process, whereby residence of adversely affecting impurities is inhibited, addition of not less than 10 at % of Ti as an alloy component is reali... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7146731 | Snapping and hinging arrangements, watches and associated methods A magnet assembly connectable to a metal assembly in an engaging fashion, a metal assembly connectable with the magnet assembly in an engaging fashion and a snapping mechanism comprising the magnet assembly and the metal assembly are disclosed, to be used with a str... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7048813 | Foil-form soldering metal and method for processing the same The present invention provides a processing method capable of continuously working an Au—Sn soldering metal having a foil form in room temperature. The foil-form soldering metal containing from 10% by weight to 90% by weight of Au and balance comprising Sn is subj... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7017382 | Methods of forming aluminum-comprising physical vapor deposition targets; sputtered films; and target constructions The invention includes a method of forming an aluminum-comprising physical vapor deposition target. An aluminum-comprising mass is deformed by equal channel angular extrusion. The mass is at least 99.99% aluminum and further comprises less than or equal to about 1,0... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7001472 | Method of selectively annealing a needle An improved method of selectively annealing a needle and the needle prepared by the improved method is disclosed. A curved needle is positioned adjacent a flat electromagnetic induction coil. The curved body of the needle is positioned in a plane parallel with the c... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6984272 | Process for producing titanium material for target, titanium material for target, and sputtering target using the same A titanium material for a target has a microstructure in which the grain size is small and uniform and also has a macrostructure of the surface of the titanium material which is non-patterned and is excellent in surface property. A titanium ingot in which Vacuum Arc... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6955209 | Method and arrangement implementing heat treatment after the execution of sprayform techniques A method and arrangement for implementing post-heat treatment after spray forming is ended to achieve stress control in the manufacture of a spray formed metallic tool involves providing a spray-formed metallic tool by applying a spray-forming material on a mold sub... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6942763 | Textured-metastable aluminum alloy sputter targets and method of manufacture An aluminum alloy sputter target having a sputter target face for sputtering the sputter target is disclosed. The sputter target face has a textured-metastable grain structure. The textured-metastable grain structure has a grain orientation ratio of at least 35 perc... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935774 | Timepiece external part and method of manufacturing the part A wristwatch case (11) and a method of manufacturing the case, the wristwatch case comprising a wristwatch case body (1) made of titanium or stainless steel and a crown pipe (3) fixed to each other, wherein a stem hole (2) corresponding t... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6908517 | Methods of fabricating metallic materials The invention includes a physical vapor deposition target composed of a face centered cubic unit cell metal or alloy and having a uniform grain size less than 30 microns, preferably less than 1 micron; and a uniform axial or planar texture. Also described is a... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902635 | Multi-cell thermal processing unit The present invention relates to a multi cell thermal processing unit. The thermal processing unit comprises an air tight common chamber containing an atmosphere other than ambient air. A loading cell is linked to the common chamber via a gas tight door for providin... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6871694 | Device for in-line treatment of rolled metal products A device for treating rolled metal products obtained by continuous casting, such as bars, plates, structural shapes or the like, arranged in line with a rolling system, and comprising a cooling plate (9), an in-line cooling box (13), in-line pickling m... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6793831 | Microlamination method for making devices A method for fabricating devices in a pre-assembled state comprising forming plural laminae, registering the laminae, and bonding the laminae one to another is described. The plural laminae contain the substructures and structures of the device. The substructures ar... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6773667 | Hydrogen-occluding alloy and process for producing the same A hydrogen storage material which is an AB5 type hydrogen storage alloy having a CaCu5 type crystal structure represented by general formula: MmNiaMnbAlcCod wherein Mm ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761779 | Preheating of metal strip, especially in galvanizing or annealing lines A method is disclosed for preheating a metal strip in at least one direct fired preheating section of a furnace for limiting the oxidation of the metal strip. The method includes installing burners in the preheating section along its length for establishing a plural... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6723350 | Lubricious coatings for substrates The invention provides methods and kits to form water swellable gel coatings, preferably lubricious coatings, on substrates, and coated substrates thus formed. The coatings contain one or more antimicrobial metals formed with atomic disorder, together with one or mo... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6704981 | Superplastic forming method A method of forming sheets of superplastically formable material into a three dimensional article, the sheets being joined together along diffusion bonds to form discrete cells, at least one gas path being provided through the bond between cells. The sheets are heat... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6689227 | Eco-friendly starch quenchants This invention relates to application of eco-friendly starch solution as a quenching medium for heated metal parts fabricated from steel, alloy steel, aluminum and aluminum alloys. Depending on the material grade, critical temperature and desired cooling ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6652681 | Method of reheating metallurgical products Method of reheating metallurgical products, in which solid products, especially steel products, are reheated so as to bring them from a temperature substantially below 400° C. to a temperature of at least about 1000° C. by passing them through a furnace... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6612154 | Systems and methods for monitoring or controlling the ratio of hydrogen to water vapor in metal heat treating atmospheres Systems and methods for monitoring a heat treating atmosphere derive from at least one sensor placed in situ in the atmosphere a process variable, which is indicative of the ratio of gaseous hydrogen H2 (g) to water vapor H2 O(g) in ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6464806 | Method of forming extruded structures from polycrystalline materials and devices formed thereby A method of forming extruded structures from a polycrystalline material and structures formed thereby. The method generally entails forming a structure that comprises a polycrystalline material constrained by a second material in all but one direction, wi... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6460243 | Method of making low stress and low resistance rhodium (RH) leads A method of making rhodium (Rh) lead layers for a read sensor comprises a first step of obliquely ion beam sputtering the rhodium (Rh) lead layer followed by a second step of annealing. This method results in rhodium (Rh) lead layers which have reduced st... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6436207 | Manufacture of target for use in magnetron sputtering of nickel and like magnetic metals for forming metallization films having consistent uniformity through life Improved targets for use in DC magnetron sputtering of nickel or like ferromagnetic face-centered cubic (FCC) metals are disclosed for forming metallization films having effective edge-to-edge deposition uniformity of 5% (3ς) or better. Such targets may ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6355364 | Process of heat treating and annealing CIC and CIC created thereby Processes for preparing copper-INVAR-copper (CIC) for use in making chip packaging and the CIC created. One process comprises annealing a CIC section at a temperature in a range of 1475° F. to 1625° F. for a time in a range of 40 to 120 seconds. Another... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6350328 | Metal injection molding Feed material for use in producing a thixotropic alloy comprising pellets in the form of a solid cylinder having a length to diameter ratio in the range of from 1:1 to 2:1 and a maximum length of 0.250 inch.... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6284068 | Metal processing utilizing electric potential When an electrical potential is applied to a metal or a metallic solution or a metal that is close to the melting point or a metal that is molten the electric charges are either drawn off and the metal has a high positive potential or a surfeit of electri... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6228187 | Apparatus and methods for generating an artificial atmosphere for the heat treating of materials An apparatus and method for generating artificial atmospheres in a furnace for the heat treating of materials. The furnace includes a substantially isolated chamber having a discharge receiving orifice for accepting a bi-phasic cryogen into a hot/work zon... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6210499 | Method of bright annealing metals having a high affinity to oxygen To be able to satisfactorily bright-anneal metals having a high affinity to oxygen in a hood-type furnace or the like under a protective gas, a rather pure inert gas such as argon, neon or helium, which is mixed with not more than 50 vol-% of a reducing g... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6099666 | Variable cooling rate quench method and apparatus A variable rate quench system allows the cooling of a heated workpiece to be controlled more closely. A liquid quenchant used in the system has an initial temperature, density and heat extraction index. The system comprises a first tank containing the liq... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6096175 | Thin film stent A method for fabricating a stent or other medical device by creating a free standing thin film of metal.... | 08/01/2000 |
