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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156990 | Apparatus for providing uniaxial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers An apparatus for providing uniform axial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers includes a base plate configured to support a plurality of green sheet layers thereon, the base plate having at least one resiliently mounted load supp... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8051888 | Seed crystal fixing device Provided is a seed crystal fixing device 1 for fixing a seed crystal 9 to a seed crystal placing part 3 of a reaction vessel with an adhesive interposed in between. The seed crystal fixing device 1 includes: a chamber 10 capable of... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8047252 | Modular component pressure application fixture The present invention relates to a pressure application device for curing an adhesive on a component, particularly components of complex geometries. The device comprises a pair of jaws, at least one spring recessed into a cavity defined within the first jaw, and a c... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042593 | Semiconductor chip bonding apparatus A semiconductor chip bonding apparatus maintains a semiconductor chip in a parallel state with respect to a lead frame when applying a bonding load. ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7984742 | Panel clamping assembly A panel clamping assembly (10) facilitates gluing wooden boards (12) edge-to-edge so that they will form a perfectly flat panel after the glue sets. The assembly (10) includes a plurality of vertically oriented platens (14) each having a ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7963311 | Veneer lay-up squeezing The invention relates to squeeze pressing of a laid-up veneer assembly having glue applied as glue stripes. The pressing in the method is subjected to the assembly as two uniform fronts advancing in opposite directions from the central area of the assembly. A press ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7946331 | Pin-type chip tooling An apparatus for use with multiple chips having multiple posts as to engage at least a portion of a surface of one of the multiple chips, a frame configured to releasably constrain each of the posts so that, when unconstrained, each individual post can contact an in... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942182 | Rigid-backed, membrane-based chip tooling An apparatus for use with multiple individual chips having a rigid plate, and a deformable membrane located on the plate, the deformable membrane having a thickness sufficient to allow the deformable membrane to peripherally conform to each of the individual multipl... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7886801 | Apparatus and process for stacking pieces of material An apparatus for stacking a plurality of pieces of material has an assembly region, one or more platens on a first longitudinal side of the assembly region, and, a plurality of press rams on a second longitudinal side of the assembly region opposite the first longit... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7866364 | Fabrication tool for bonding A fabrication tool presses a first device surface against a second device surface after the first and the second device surfaces have been plasma activated, to bond the first device surface with the second device surface. The fabrication tool includes a bonding pist... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7861759 | Lamination unit of ceramic green sheets Provided is a lamination unit of ceramic green sheets including a pair of upper and lower plates having a plurality of slits formed therein; a plurality of posts of which the upper and lower ends are closely attached to corresponding surfaces of the respective plate... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7836935 | Apparatus for providing uniaxial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers An apparatus for providing uniform axial load distribution for laminate layers of multilayer ceramic chip carriers includes a base plate configured to support a plurality of green sheet layers thereon, the base plate having at least one resiliently mounted load supp... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7431064 | Press A press for laminating together a pair of foils has an upper die and a movable lower die, the foil extending. An actuating plate is movable toward and array from the stationary die. A spring is provided between the actuating plate and the movable die. A drive displa... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7422045 | Sealing unit for applying a plastic foil to a substrate material A sealing unit (8) for applying a plastic foil (7) to a planar substrate material (1) by means of heat and pressure using a sealing plate (11) with a heated active surface and a back plate (9) which is movable relative thereto. In ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416011 | Electronic assembly having a substrate laminated within a backplate cavity An electronic assembly includes a backplate, a substrate and a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA). The backplate includes a cavity and the substrate includes a plurality of interconnected electrical components. The substrate is positioned within the cavity and a wall... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413625 | Bonding method of ceramic honeycomb structure Respective pieces of the porous honeycomb segments (2) are stacked while interposing the adhesive layers between respective adhered surfaces (2a), and are bonded together by performing main pressurization (F1, F2) on the whole thro... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7409979 | Attaching apparatus for optical films An attaching apparatus (10) includes a guiding bracket (30), a pivot bracket (40), and a sliding bracket (50). The guiding bracket includes a supporting plate (312), and a first table (32) defining a first space (322)... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410453 | Method of sealing a zipper with concave bridges or bases using convex sealing bars The present invention includes a method and apparatus wherein webless zipper is provided with concave seal bridges. These concave seal bridges are complementary in shape to convex sealing bars. This captures or positions the seal bridges of the zipper profiles resul... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7395847 | Jig for a semiconductor substrate The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate including the back grind step, the dicing step, the pick up step, and the die bonding step of the wafer; and to a semiconductor substrate jig used in such method. The object of the ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387149 | Apparatus and method for sealing a vertical protrusion on a roof A device forms a radial flange on a bottom opening of a conate member having a longitudinal axis. The device has a die for receiving the conate member with the bottom opening extending from an open end of the die, a seal-forming cone having at least two radially-ext... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7383869 | Film peeling method and film peeling device A film peeling device for peeling a film which has been stuck onto a film sticking face of a wafer including: a wafer sucking means for sucking the wafer so that the film sticking face of the wafer can become an upper face; a peeling tape feeding means for feeding a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363954 | Tamping labeler By providing projections extending outwardly from the base of a wet tamping face of a tamping labeler, which projections maintain at least a substantial portion of a label at a stand off from said base, the surface tension between the label and tamping face is reduc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357166 | Flexible mandrel for highly contoured composite stringer An aircraft stringer lay-up assembly is provided comprising a contoured curing block and a first mandrel element positioned thereon. The first mandrel assembly includes a first bar assembly having a plurality of rigidity reducing first slots formed along a first man... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7337648 | Clamp and repair tool A tool for gripping, clamping or holding an object, wherein the tool has a handle portion, a linkage portion and a working portion, and wherein the working portion includes two workpiece contacting surfaces, at least one of the surfaces shaped to generally conform t... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7331160 | Top filled reclosable package with separate membrane and method for forming and filling the same A method of forming and sealing a flexible, reclosable package having a zipper closure and a slider mounted thereon. The reclosable package is initially formed having a pair of opposing side panels and a zipper closure extending between the pair of side panels. The ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325380 | System comprising a clip machine and a clip supply and method of operating such a clip machine A system comprising a clip machine having at least one interchangeable first closure tool movable relative to a second closure tool for closing clips around a packaging case of tubular or bag shape, and a clip supply; the first closure tool and the clip supply each ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7311961 | Method of making coated articles and coated articles made thereby An article includes a first substrate, a functional coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate, and a protective coating deposited over the functional coating. The functional coating and the protective coating define a coating stack. A polymeric mate... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7290580 | Reinforcement combining apparatus and method of combining reinforcement The reinforcement combining apparatus includes: a stage having a pressing surface; and a tool having a pressing surface opposite to the pressing surface of the stage, wherein the stage and the tool sandwich and press a flexible wiring substrate and a reinforcement, ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7277159 | System and method for automatically mounting a pellicle assembly on a photomask A system and method for automatically mounting a pellicle assembly on a photomask are disclosed. The method includes loading a photomask into a mounting apparatus and loading a pellicle assembly into a back plate of the mounting apparatus opposite the photomask. The... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7246546 | Loosening tool for threaded pipe couplings A loosening tool for breaking loose tightened threads of a pipe coupling using a plurality of wrench type devices is provided that is simple to use, offers more breakage force than muscling alone, and is relatively safe and effective in its operation. The loosening ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239370 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method In a projection system a pattern plane on a reticle is illuminated to have a projection image focussed on an image plane. The presence of a pellicle in the optical path causes a virtual shift of the position of the pattern plane on the reticle. Depending on the pres... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7232615 | Coating stack comprising a layer of barrier coating A coating composition that contains at least one degradable coating layer and at least one layer of barrier coating is disclosed. The coating composition can be used to make a coated substrate having improved performance over conventional coated substrates after exp... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214283 | Working range setting method for bonding device for fabricating liquid crystal display devices A working range setting method of a bonding device includes identifying a model of a first substrate, extracting a set value corresponding to a working range of working elements according to the identified model, and setting the working range of the corresponding wo... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204289 | Welding tip The present invention is directed to a welding tip for welding polymeric materials such as containers. The welding tip includes a cylindrical body. The cylindrical body defines a central bore and includes a perimeter around the bore. The perimeter includes one or mo... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7195477 | Sheet material pressing machines A sheet material pressing machine for pressing a sheet material into a formed article may include a first die unit that can be opened and closed and a second die unit that can be opened and closed. The first and second die units are arranged and constructed such tha... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182118 | Pick and place assembly for transporting a film of material The invention provides a pick and place assembly for transferring a film of material. The assembly comprises a collet having a substantially convex contact surface for contacting the film, the collet including a vacuum suction device operative to generate a force to... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179344 | Method and apparatus for testing the quality of crimped seals Crimped seals that are formed in overlapping portions of a packaging material are tested for quality. Initially, the packaging material is installed on first and second clamps. A portion of the packaging material is then extended between first and second crimpers. T... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7146612 | Method and system for receiving a software image from a customer for installation into a computer system A computer system is manufactured by providing a communications network between a customer and a manufacturer, configuring a first computer system to communicate with a second computer system and including a first program and a second program in the second computer ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141340 | Lithographic apparatus, programmable patterning structure, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby Pixel element for a programmable patterning structure (e.g. a spatial light modulator) which can simultaneously modulate both phase and amplitude. Use of such a programmable patterning structure with lithographic projection apparatus is also described. ... | 11/28/2006 |
