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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8096339 | Ultrasonic welding tool with fluid drive An ultrasonic welding tool with fluid drive, wherein the ultrasonic welding tool (2) is connected by way of a piston rod (3) to a working piston (5) which is guided in a housing (4) of the drive, wherein the working piston (5) sub-... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7963310 | Method for connecting electronic components, method for forming bump and conductive connection film and fabrication apparatus for electronic component mounted body, bump and conductive connection film A liquid resin in which conductive particles are dispersed is supplied to between a circuit substrate and a semiconductor chip disposed so as to face each other and an ultrasonic wave having an amplitude in a perpendicular direction to a surface of the circuit subst... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7938160 | Ultrasonic bonding apparatus An ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes an ultrasonic bonding unit, and a wiping unit configured to wipe out pre-cured underfill that has adhered to a tool surface of a head, by using a wiping member. The ultrasonic bonding unit includes a first driver configured t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7905268 | Ultrasonic bonding apparatus An ultrasonic bonding apparatus for manufacturing an electronic device that includes a substrate, an electronic component, and an underfill filled between the electronic component and the substrate includes a head that includes a tool surface configured to mount the... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7854247 | Ultrasonic vibration bonding resonator An ultrasonic vibration bonding resonator includes a resonance body, bonding working portions having a bonding working face and provided at a point of maximum oscillation on upper and lower surfaces of the resonance body and support portions provided at two points o... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7823618 | Ultrasonic bonding apparatus An ultrasonic bonding apparatus includes a head that includes a tool surface configured to mount an electronic component, an ultrasonic bonding unit configured to ultrasonically bond the electronic component with a substrate, and a wiping unit configured to wipe out... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7449084 | Web welding system An object of the present invention is to provide a welding system wherein the positional accuracy of welding and the quality of welding are improved. The present welding system includes an ultrasonic welder for welding a plurality of webs W together while carrying t... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7438210 | Ultrasonic welder having motor drive assembly integrated with transducer housing An ultrasonic welder includes a housing having an ultrasonic transducer, a horn mounted to one end of the housing, a motor having a shaft, and a mounting assembly having a fastener such as a threaded screw. One screw end is coupled to the motor shaft to rotate as th... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7419555 | Pile weatherstripping manufacturing apparatus and method Pile weatherstripping (20) having an integral fin is made by wrapping a fin material around a traveling mandrel or band (14), winding pile material around the fin material and the band (14), attaching a pair of backer elements to the pile materi... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7399373 | Seaming apparatus The present invention relates to a seaming apparatus (10) for joining, along a seam without thread, two or more flexible sheets (12, 14). The apparatus comprises bonding means (16, 18) for bonding together at least two flexible sheet materials. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392923 | Ultrasonic welding machine, as well as tool for an ultrasonic welding machine An ultrasonic welding machine having a tool in the form of, for example, a sonotrode. In order to allow for an optimal utilization of the working surfaces of the sonotrode, it is proposed to move or mount the sonotrode in a desired position with respect to the eleme... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7377416 | Ultrasonic welding horn for welding a seam in an imaging receptor belt In ultrasonic welding of a seam, such as for creation of an imaging belt, an ultrasonic welding horn is applied to an overlap area. The welding horn has a contact surface within a certain set of dimensions comparable to the overlap area. The welding horn defines a c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7353976 | Wire bonder A Wire Bonder contains a bondhead and a rocker arranged on the bondhead that is rotatable on a horizontal axis. A horn with a flange is attached to the rocker in which a capillary is clamped. At least one sensor is attached to the bondhead that detects vibrations of... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347347 | Head assembly, disk unit, and bonding method and apparatus A head assembly is provided with a mounting surface, and an integrated circuit chip which is mounted on the mounting surface and processes signals. The integrated circuit chip is covered by a layer which prevents generation of foreign particles from the integrated c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337938 | Ultrasonic bonding hone and ultrasonic welding method An ultrasonic bonding hone is provided with a bonding pressing surface which extends in one direction and on which ultrasonic wave energy is concentrated. The bonding pressing surface is provided with a pair of protrusions extending in parallel to the direction in w... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331548 | Control linkage for T-tail aircraft elevator surfaces Systems and methods for implementing control linkages that may be employed to produce synchronous motion in two adjacent controlled devices controlled by a common input. In one example implementation, a semi-rigid modified constant velocity (CV) joint control linkag... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331164 | Apparatus for strapping a packaged item An apparatus for strapping a packaged item using at least two strapping elements, which can be placed crosswise on the packaged item. A transport unit moves the packaged item into a strapping position a guide device for the strapping elements. The guide device arran... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331368 | Device for gluing together two webs of packaging material Described is an apparatus for glueing two webs (3, 4) of packaging material for the production of liquid-tight packs, wherein each web (3, 4) is covered at least at one side with a liquid-tight adhesive layer (58, 65) which can be activated by h... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325373 | Rotary unit for ultrasound sealing continuous tubular strips A rotary unit, of an FFS (Form, Fill and Seal) machine, for ultrasound sealing a continuous tubular strip housing an orderly succession of products and fed along a feed path extending through a sealing station; the rotary unit having two substantially identical roto... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7299600 | Device for sealing lengths of filter paper A device for sealing filter bags for products for infusion, where each filter bag is made from a flat web (1) of filter paper and has applied to it a tag (1b) and a tie string (1a) connecting the tag (1b) to the filte... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7264146 | Ultrasonic tool and ultrasonic bonder An ultrasonic tool, for bonding two materials to each other by joining a face of one of the materials to a face of the other material using the action of ultrasonic waves applied to one of the materials through another face of the one of the materials, wherein the u... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7244337 | Water blocking cable tape and methods for making same The invention provides a water blocking tape for use in a variety of cable designs, such as power cable, data communications cable and telecommunications cable. A water blocking tape according to the invention includes layers of lightweight nonwoven fabric with one ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243894 | Mount for vibratory elements The invention is a mounting system for a vibrational element. The vibrational element has a longitudinal axis, an outer surface and an axial displacement node. The mounting system includes an isolation member which has an isolation surface, an isolating body, and an... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231752 | Method and device for packing products in films and film-packed product The present invention is directed to a method of wrapping products in films, including the steps of: positioning the products on a first sheet of film which is continuously advanced in one transport direction; covering the products with a second sheet of film, which... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219419 | Component mounting apparatus including a polishing device Component (3) is pressed onto a circuit board (4) so that their respective metal interconnects (5), (6) are in close contact with each other, and ultrasonic vibration is applied to the suction nozzle (14) holding the component (... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7215507 | Flow modification for reducing track misregistration in hard disk drives Systems and apparatus are described for modifying fluid flow in a hard disk drive system to reduce cross-track motion. The systems and methods provide advantages because they include at least one flow modification element. In some embodiments, the flow modification ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208059 | Method of ultrasonic-mounting electronic component and ultrasonic mounting machine The ultrasonic mounting method is capable of uniformly bonding bumps of an electronic component to a circuit board and improving reliability of ultrasonic-mounting the electronic component. The method comprises the step of applying ultrasonic vibrations to the elect... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7178647 | Impact absorbing member for vehicle A system is disclosed for the absorption of an impact, that system comprises a blow molded thermoplastic energy absorbing member. The blow molded thermoplastic energy absorbing member provides opposing first and second walls defining a hollow space; according to one... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156201 | Ultrasonic rod waveguide-radiator The present invention comprises an ultrasonic resonant rod waveguide-radiator with at least three cylindrical sections, one of which is an entrance section having a planar entrance surface and another of which is an exit section having a planar exit surface, and at ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150388 | Method of bonding and bonding apparatus for a semiconductor chip A method of bonding and a bonding apparatus for a semiconductor chip uses ultrasonic vibration but can improve the bonds between electrode terminals of a semiconductor chip and a substrate. In a method of bonding a semiconductor chip that places electrode terminals ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7137543 | Integrated flexure mount scheme for dynamic isolation of ultrasonic transducers The present invention is directed to an integrated flexure mount scheme for dynamic isolation of ultrasonic transducers for use with a wire bonding machine. The transducer has a body of a generally elongated shape having front, rear, and main portions. The transduce... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128807 | Device for the ultrasonic sealing and separation of a pipe section A device for the fluid-tight sealing and separation of a pipe section by means of an ultrasonic welding device, including a sonotrode with a first welding surface, an anvil with a second welding surface that is assigned to the first welding surface, and a separating... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124504 | Method and device for connecting conductors A method and device for making multiple connections between electrical conductors surrounded by external insulators in overlapping flexible cables by ultrasonic welding. Overlapping conductors to be connected are arranged on a surface of a carrier disposed between a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121447 | Ultrasonic welding apparatus In an ultrasonic welding apparatus comprising an ultrasonic sonotrode and a backing plate, flat workpieces to be welded are pressed between the sonotrode and the backing plate. Projections are provided on a portion of the surface of the sonotrode and on a portion of... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122097 | Ultrasound horn The invention relates to an ultrasound horn comprising a fixing section (1a), a sealing section (1c) and a transfer section (1b) extending therebetween, one or more elongate recesses (3, 4) being formed at least in th... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111713 | Impact absorbing member for vehicle A system is disclosed for the absorption of an impact, that system comprises a blow molded thermoplastic energy absorbing member. The blow molded thermoplastic energy absorbing member provides opposing first and second walls defining a hollow space; according to one... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108759 | Method for improved bond strength in an elastomeric material A method for increasing the bond strength of ultrasonic bonds in elastomeric materials comprising elongating the elastomeric materials prior to ultrasonically bonding the materials. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101450 | Coated folded ultrasonically sealed yard sign A single pass process and apparatus for manufacturing a folded yard sign from a pre-cut sheet previously coated on both sides with a fusible polymer includes the steps of printing an image on an outside of the sheet, curing the image, scoring the printed sheet, fold... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087137 | Welding device A welding device comprising a body having a cylindrical portion and an integral gripping portion extending away from the cylindrical portion. A welding head is provided at one end of the cylindrical portion. The welding head is angularly displaceable relative to the... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087160 | Outside-in flow engine and transmission filter and method A suction-side transmission or engine filter includes a filter bag assembly having an outlet portion and a media bag enclosing an inner support structure, the filter bag assembly is contained at least partially within a housing having an outlet port. The outlet port... | 08/08/2006 |
