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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110063 | Mask, method of manufacturing mask, device for manufacturing mask, method of manufacturing layer of luminescent material, electro-optical device, and electronic device This mask includes: a substrate in which an aperture is formed; a mask member which, along with being formed with a plurality of through holes, is joined to the substrate in correspondence to the aperture; and spacers which hold the substrate and the mask member wit... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8002936 | Dual-web method for fixing a radiation-curable gel-ink image on a substrate Radiation-curable (such as UV-curable) ink is used to form an image on a moving substrate. A radiation-transmissive web is attached to the substrate, and then radiation is applied to the web and substrate to cure the ink. The resulting combined substrate and web for... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7455746 | Method and installation for clinching pieces of sheet metal A method for clinching pieces of metal plate, comprising the steps of: positioning two pieces of sheet metal (6a, 6b) in a clinching station (3), the two pieces of sheet metal (6a, | 11/25/2008 |
| 7410551 | Method of hot marking, and a multilayer structure for implementing such a method The invention relates to a hot marking method enabling decoration to be made on an article, the method comprising the steps consisting in: supplying a multilayer structure comprising a layer of varnish that hardens under the effect... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7335855 | Electric PCB heating component, electronic circuit board and heating method An electric PCB heating component for a heating electric component is coupleable to an electronic circuit board. The PCB heating component includes a fastening element, a heating element for generating thermal energy, and a heating body. The heating body emits therm... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7278541 | Method of making a filter assembly having a flexible housing A method of making a blood filter assembly provides first and second filter housing elements from a flexible thermoplastic material, each of the first and second housing elements including a molded port. The method places a filter media between the first and second ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279064 | Method of sealing an array of cell microstructures using microencapsulated adhesive A method for sealing microstructured cells, which are defined by at least a first substrate and a wall microstructure extending from the first substrate, includes a step of applying a plurality of adhesive microcapsules along at least one of a first side of a second... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273802 | Methods for consolidating previously unconsolidated conductive material to form conductive structures or contact pads or secure conductive structures to contact pads Methods for fabricating conductive structures on contact pads of semiconductor device components or other electronic components and for securing conductive structures to contact pads include directing consolidating energy toward unconsolidated conductive material. A... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261794 | Method and apparatus for bonding a cover to a substrate using high frequency microwaves A method for adhesively bonding a covering to a support using a dry heat-sensitive adhesive to produce an assembly for an automotive interior. The method positions the layers to form an assembly of material layers in tooling that concentrates microwave radiation ene... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249847 | Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer An eyeglass lens and manufacturing method using epoxy aberrator includes two lenses with a variable index material, such as epoxy, sandwiched in between. The epoxy is then cured to different indexes of refraction that provide precise corrections for the patient's wa... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7210227 | Decreasing thermal contact resistance at a material interface A heat sink assembly in which the interface material is chemically bonded to both the heat source material and the heat sink material. The chemical bonding can lower the contact resistance that would otherwise exist using conventional adhesives to attach the heat si... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7199336 | Protection structure of ceramic resistor heating module A protection structure of a ceramic resistor heating module, and more particularly a protection structure of a heating module, which utilizes a ceramic resistor having a positive temperature coefficient and is consisted of cooling fins, includes insulation layers th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195436 | Inset panel fastener An inset panel fastener anchors into honeycomb substrates employed in the aircraft industry. The inset panel fastener provides significantly increased load carrying capabilities with a simple inexpensive construction. The inset panel fastener includes a plastic casi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7169138 | Containers and methods for storing and admixing medical solutions Containers and methods for storing medical solutions are provided. More specifically, containers and methods for storing components that are to be admixed, together to create a final solution, one of the components comprising a lipid. In an embodiment, a container i... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7145117 | Apparatus for heating a board product including glued wood An apparatus for heating a board product containing glued wood is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heating chamber through which the board product passes. The board product passes through a heating field in the heating chamber provided by means of microwave energ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141279 | Transmissive or reflective liquid crystal display and novel process for its manufacture This invention relates to a liquid crystal display with improved contrast ratio, switching performance, reflectivity at the Dmin state and structural integrity, and methods for its manufacture. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7101593 | Method for producing a disk-shaped substrate and method for producing an optical disk A method for producing a disk-shaped substrate 10 used for producing an optical disk includes: (a) forming a protective layer 12a that is larger in area than the disk-shaped substrate 10 on a surface of a transparent plate 11a | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087447 | Method for fabricating zig-zag slabs for solid state lasers A method for batch manufacturing of slabs for zig-zag lasers including steps of bonding two non-active media to either side of an active medium to form a sandwich, dicing the sandwich to provide slices, rendering two surfaces of each slice into total-internal-reflec... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7041178 | Method for low temperature bonding and bonded structure A method for bonding at low or room temperature includes steps of surface cleaning and activation by cleaning or etching. The method may also include removing by-products of interface polymerization to prevent a reverse polymerization reaction to allow room temperat... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041357 | Selective PCB stiffening with preferentially oriented fibers Apparatus and methods are presented for reinforcing and stiffening a printed circuit board (PCB) in selected locations by utilizing preferentially oriented fibers. Selected fibers within the polymeric material matrix of the PCB fiber-matrix layer are removed and rep... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033855 | Optical component and method of manufacturing the same The optical component includes a substrate made of a resin material, a silicon oxide film formed on a surface of the substrate, and a multilayer light reflection preventing film formed on the silicon oxide film, and having at least one layer of a low-refractive-inde... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034063 | Multi-component system containing solvents, hardenable by thermal and actinic radiation and the use thereof A solvent-containing multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure) and comprising (A) at least one component comprising (A1) at least one constituent containing at least 1.8 meq/g of isocyanate-react... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021764 | Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer An eyeglass manufacturing method using epoxy aberrator includes two lenses with a variable index material, such as epoxy, sandwiched in between. The epoxy is then cured to different indexes of refraction that provide precise corrections for the patient's wavefront a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7018503 | Manufacturing method for ink jet pen The invention relates to a method for attaching a semiconductor chip to an ink jet pen body and improved construction techniques therefor. According to the method a first adhesive have a cure time greater than about 15 minutes is dispensed in a predetermined pattern... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7005025 | Welded item A welded item is shown having an extruded weld bead with a high tensile strength relative to the layers from which it is formed. A valve with an insert is shown. A ball with an internal plenum is shown. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6989407 | Radiation curable laminating adhesives based on cycloaliphatic carboxylic acid functional monomers Provided are radiation-cured, laminated materials, radiation-curable adhesive compositions suitable for use in forming the laminated materials, and methods of making laminated materials. The radiation-curable composition includes the use of a cycloaliphatic carboxyl... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6975016 | Wafer bonding using a flexible bladder press and thinned wafers for three-dimensional (3D) wafer-to-wafer vertical stack integration, and application thereof A three-dimensional (3-D) integrated chip system is provided with a first wafer including one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices; a second wafer including one or more integrated circuit (IC) devices; and a metal bonding layer deposited on opposing surfaces of t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6942339 | Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer An eyeglass manufacturing method using epoxy aberrator includes two lenses with a variable index material, such as epoxy, sandwiched in between. The epoxy is then cured to different indexes of refraction that provide precise corrections for the patient's wavefront a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942751 | Method and apparatus for thermoforming of plastic sheets A method of forming plastics sheets, comprises the steps of supporting a die (or substrate 12) between plastics sheets 36 in an enclosure, heating the plastics sheets 36 by infra-red heating element 28, evacuating air from the enclosure, ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6933098 | Process for roll-to-roll manufacture of a display by synchronized photolithographic exposure on a substrate web This invention relates to an electrophoretic display or a liquid crystal display and novel processes for its manufacture. The electrophoretic display (EPD) of the present invention comprises microcups of well-defined shape, size and aspect ratio and the microcups ar... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6903145 | Method for producing a multicomponent system which can be thermally hardened and hardened by actinic radiation and the use thereof A process for preparing a multicomponent system curable thermally and with actinic radiation (dual cure), where (A) at least one component comprising at least one constituent (A1) containing per molecule at least two isocyanate-reactive functional group... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6841034 | Device for welding thermoplastic plastic parts forming a hollow body by means of laser radiation A device for welding a plurality of thermoplastic plastic parts (parts to be joined) forming a hollow body with an opening by a laser, comprising a vacuum holder having a vacuum chamber which communicates with a vacuum pump, is open on one side and, together with th... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6833053 | Thin film bonding method and optical disk bonding method and apparatus using the same A thin film bonding method for bonding a thin film to an target surface by using an adhesive agent includes the steps of: applying the adhesive agent on the target surface and mounting the thin film on the adhesive agent; applying a a fluid pressure on the target su... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6811633 | Method for balancing a vehicle driveshaft A method for rotatably balancing a driveshaft includes the initial step of using a conventional balancing apparatus is used to determined the size and location of the balance weights needed to properly balance the driveshaft. Next, an adhesive material is applied to... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6790306 | Method for forming a cover layer on a disk Method for forming a cover layer on a disk. The method includes a coating step, in which an uncured cover layer is coated on the surface of the disk, and the average thickness of the cover layer is enough to support to the requirement of a predetermined laminating t... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6784407 | Bench top tubing sealer A desk top sealer includes three compartments for housing a solenoid assembly, a power supply and a circuit board, respectively. A source of air flow flows into an initial compartment and is channeled through apertures in brackets forming the two remaining compartme... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6780273 | Process for making a picture frame The process for making a picture frame having printed border artwork on a transparent front panel with irregular outer and inner edges and having an attached rear panel having a picture frame folding stand therein. The process includes the printing of border art on ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6663744 | Method and device for heat treatment of a disc Method and device for heat treatment of a disc, whereby the disc (1) is placed on a carrier (14) after which the disc is irradiated. During the radiation the carrier is kept on a desired temperature. The desired temperature of the carrier is about the tem... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6663743 | Peelable seal and container having same A container capable of containing components of a mixture in chambers separated by a peelable seal constructed from a multi-layer film. The multi-layer film has at least one layer of a RF-responsive material and an interior layer of non-RF responsive mate... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6660114 | Method for producing a hybrid leaf spring In a method for making a hybrid leaf spring, at least one layer of composite material is molded onto a primary leaf using a mold with an interior cavity having a curvature for receiving the primary leaf at a depressed camber relative to its initial camber... | 12/09/2003 |
