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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8105458 | Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device Smectic liquid crystal is dropped by a dropping method in which a plurality of droplets of smectic liquid crystal are dropped to an alignment film so that the droplets are aligned in a line which is parallel to a rubbing direction of the alignment film which is form... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8043464 | Systems and methods for assembling lightweight RF antenna structures Systems and methods for assembling lightweight RF antenna structures are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a process for forming a lightweight antenna including a process for forming a first feed assembly for the antenna, the process for forming ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8012299 | Assembly tool and a method of manufacturing a blade The invention provides a method of manufacturing a wind turbine blade comprising a spar and at least one airfoil section, where both the spar and the airfoil section comprise an outer surface which forms part of an aerodynamically active surface of the blade. The me... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8002940 | Hose retainer for thermal blanket An inflatable convective thermal blanket is designed to have at least one section on its top surface that has securely mounted thereon at least one fluid absorbent mechanism for absorbing fluids from a subject that is placed onto the blanket, or from fluids fallen o... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002941 | Method and apparatus for producing a package or for packaging a food product A package material with a tamper evident feature and methods of manufacture thereof, are disclosed herein. The package comprises a colored primer or lacquer coating applied along a portion of a seal and further comprising a peelable sealant. When opened the peelable... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002942 | Method for manufacturing electronic component A triaxial acceleration sensor which has a structure including a cover joined to a substrate including a mechanically operable functional unit to be sealed, is adapted in such a way that the joined state can be reliably obtained so as to not interfere with a displac... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988809 | Aircraft floor and interior panels using edge coated honeycomb Aircraft floor and interior panels where core-skin bonding is improved between honeycomb and composite face sheets (skins) by applying a polyamide and/or rubber-containing adhesive to the edge of the honeycomb prior to bonding. Edge coating of the honeycomb allows o... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7892390 | Flexible laminate having an integrated pressure release valve A multilayered flexible laminate comprising: a first lamina having a inlet channel; a second lamina having a outlet channel; the first and second laminas joined to one another about an unbonded valve region having open and closed orientations; wherein the first and ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7857938 | Method for producing a barrier container There is provided a method for producing a barrier container having a barrier layer which constitutes the inner surface of the container by joining container parts, the method having step (1) of producing container parts from a thermoplastic resin, the container par... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7842157 | Method for bonding plastic micro chip Disclosed is a method of bonding upper and lower substrates for manufacturing a plastic micro chip comprising the upper substrate, the lower substrate and a sample filling space having a predetermined height for filling a sample between the upper and lower substrate... | 11/30/2010 |
| RE41862 | Method for producing a shielding case Method of producing a shielding casing (4) in which there is provided a sealing and shielding profile section (9) which fills a gap between first and second adjoining casing portions (1, 2) and which comprising pasty material is applied under pr... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7740731 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a pipe from pipe segments A method for assembling a corrugated double-walled pipe section from pipe segments, having the steps of: providing an inner wall segment which is curved in circumferential direction and straight in longitudinal direction, providing an outer wall segment which is cur... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7553393 | Method for covering a microfluidic assembly A method for covering a set of open microchannel structures which are fabricated on a planar surface made of plastics and which comprise two or more part areas that have different surface characteristics. The method comprises the steps of: a) providing the surface c... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7407559 | Method of producing liquid crystal display devices A method of producing a liquid crystal display device. A first substrate having a liquid crystal dripped thereon, and a second substrate, are arranged in a vacuum chamber. The first substrate is held by a first electrostatic chuck and the second substrate is held by... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404428 | Foldable honeycomb structure and method for making the same The present invention relates to a foldable honeycomb structure and method for making the same. The method comprises (a) providing a plurality of flat strips; (b) forming a pair of longitudinal creases in each strip thereby defining the first two longitudinal margin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395617 | Air passage device for inflatable shoe bladders An inflatable bladder for use in an article of footwear including a first sheet of a flexible fluid-impervious material and a second sheet of flexible fluid-impervious material. The first sheet and the second sheet are sealed along air-tight weld lines forming at le... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7374634 | Process for the manufacture of electrophoretic displays This invention relates to processes for the manufacture of electrophoretic displays. ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371247 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue A tissue penetrating system includes a plurality of penetrating members each having a tip. A penetrating member driver is coupled to the plurality of penetrating members. Each tip of a penetrating member is uncovered during launch of the penetrating member by the pe... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371608 | Method of fabricating a stacked die having a recess in a die BGA package Semiconductor devices and stacked die assemblies, and methods of fabricating the devices and assemblies for increasing semiconductor device density are provided. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369334 | Optical device with alignment compensation An optical device is provided which includes a plurality of optical modules and an alignment compensation module. Each optical module includes an optical component fixedly coupled to a relative reference mount. The relative reference mount is configured to attach to... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357293 | Soldering an electronics package to a motherboard In some example embodiments, a method includes engaging a first contact on a motherboard with a second contact on an electronic package. A portion of one of the first and second contacts is covered with an interlayer that has a lower melting temperature than both of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351597 | Fabrication method of semiconductor integrated circuit device The fabrication of a semiconductor integrated circuit device involves testing using a pushing mechanism that is constructed by forming, over the upper surface of a thin film probe, a reinforcing material having a linear expansion coefficient (thermal expansion coeff... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351298 | Method for welding tape cartridge reel Disclosed is a method for welding tape cartridge reels, with ensuring a high level of parallelism between both their flange portions. Specifically, this method for welding a tape cartridge reel, the tape cartridge reel including a flange having a welding rib and a f... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351303 | Microfluidic systems and components Microfluidic systems and components. A microfluidic system includes one or more functional units or microfluidic chips, configured to perform constituent steps in a process and interconnected to form the system. A multi-layer microfluidic system includes a separate ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347911 | Devices and methods for manufacturing packaging materials Devices and methods for inflating and sealing packaging pillows from a material web are shown for consistently producing high-quality packaging pillows. A web of material is advanced past an inflation nozzle, inflated with gas, and sealed closed by a sealing element... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347617 | Mixing in microfluidic devices Mixing of liquids in a microfluidic device is accomplished by dispensing the liquids into a first chamber to produce combined liquid. The liquids are thereafter discharged through at least one capillary from the first chamber into a second chamber for complete mixin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344616 | Tube welding Method and apparatus for welding two container walls of plastic film (1, 2) to a plastic tube (3) having a substantially circular cross section, wherein the plastic tube (3) is arranged between two parallelly arranged plastic films (1, 2)... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338696 | Perforated adhesive film and its manufacturing process The invention relates to a perforated adhesive film (16) that will be used to glue a wall on one face of a cellular structure (10) to form a sandwich panel. The adhesive film (16) comprises at least one hole and not more than three holes (18 | 03/04/2008 |
| 7335326 | Method and Apparatus for molding dual core assemblies An improved apparatus and method for forming a golf ball is described. The method includes utilizing strands of a desired material. The method employs a top, center and bottom plate. The strands are placed over the concave cavities of a lower plate and over the hemi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334630 | Closed-loop microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention utilize micropumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as well as the associated r... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331931 | Method and apparatus for penetrating tissue These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a body fluid sampling system for use on a tissue site that includes an electrically powered drive force generator. A penetrating member is operatively coupled to the force generator. The force generato... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332816 | Method of fabricating crossing wiring pattern on a printed circuit board A filet F is added to a portion constituting a corner portion C equal to or smaller than 90° in a crossing portion X of wiring patterns 58b, 58c and 58d, and a wiring pattern 58 is formed. Since the filet F is added,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332820 | Stacked die in die BGA package Semiconductor devices and stacked die assemblies, and methods of fabrication are provided. In various embodiments, the die assembly comprises a first die mounted on a substrate and a second die mounted on the first die. In one embodiment, the second die has a recess... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332819 | Stacked die in die BGA package Semiconductor devices and stacked die assemblies, are provided which have at least two semiconductor dies disposed on a substrate in a stacked arrangement, the first and second dies having first surfaces having bond pads, the second die having a second surface with ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324264 | Electro-optical modulating display and method of making the same This invention relates to a method of manufacturing micro-cell arrays. Such an array may find use in a number of applications such as, for example, a video display, electronic paper, and signage. The microcell arrays find particular use in electromodulating displays... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319265 | Semiconductor chip assembly with precision-formed metal pillar A semiconductor chip assembly includes a semiconductor chip that includes a conductive pad, a conductive trace that includes a routing line and a metal pillar, a connection joint that electrically connects the routing line and the pad, and an encapsulant. The metal ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316539 | Vane assembly with metal trailing edge segment Embodiments of the invention relate to a vane assembly formed by a forward airfoil segment and an aft airfoil segment. The aft segment is made of metal and can define the trailing edge of the vane assembly. The forward segment can be made of ceramic, CMC or metal. T... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311240 | Electrical circuits with button plated contacts and assembly methods Exemplary methods for making a solder joint between two articles are disclosed. The method includes the steps of positioning a first article and a second article to be soldered together. At least one of the first article and the second article has at least one butto... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308750 | Method of manufacturing a magnesium diaphragm In a rolling process, the level of rolling performed by a rolling mill for one operation is set to 1 μm to 20 μm. A magnesium substrate is rolled by rollers while being heated by a thermostatic chamber. As a result, there is manufactured a high-quality magnesium s... | 12/18/2007 |
