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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142628 | Sealing jig and sealing method for cylinder block plating apparatus A cylinder block plating apparatus preplates or plates a cylinder bore of each cylinder in a cylinder block of a multi-cylinder engine using a process liquid introduced into the cylinder bore in a condition of sealing an end of the cylinder bore when a communication... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7416648 | Image sensor system for monitoring condition of electrode for electrochemical process tools A system for use in manufacturing semiconductor devices, is provided. The system includes an electrochemical processing tool and an image sensor. The electrochemical processing tool includes an electrode located at a central region of a platen. The electrode is adap... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7294243 | Contact assemblies for electrochemical processing of microelectronic workpieces and method of making thereof Contact assemblies for electrochemical processing of microelectronic workpieces. The contact assembly (400) can comprise a support member (410) that includes an inner wall (412) which defines an opening (414) configured to receive the wor... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7214297 | Substrate support element for an electrochemical plating cell A contact ring for an electrochemical plating system is provided. The contact ring includes an annular substrate supporting member, a plurality of radially positioned conductive substrate contact pins extending from the substrate supporting member, an annular conduc... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211178 | Fixture for electro-chemical machining On a fixture for electro-chemical machining for the production of long, curved cavities (11) in a component (12), the working electrode (3) of the electro-chemical machining tool (1) is connected to a guide body (1a) which m... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208070 | Stent manufacture The present invention provides improvements in methods for the manufacture of stents. Specifically, the invention provides methods wherein stents are placed on jigs of various designs which facilitate manufacture, stents carried by the jigs are immersed in liquid ba... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7172184 | Substrate carrier for electroplating solar cells A carrier for use in processing of a plurality of wafers or other substrates includes a support frame on which the wafers are mounted and in one embodiment at least one auxiliary frame for holding the substrates on the support frame. A plurality of clips extend from... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7097749 | Plating rack with rotatable insert A processing rack, such as for electroplating, which minimizes shelf areas of an article during processing of the article and during removal of the article from a processing bath and which allows easy mounting of articles on the rack and demounting of articles from ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7067045 | Method and apparatus for sealing electrical contacts during an electrochemical deposition process An apparatus for securing a substrate in an electrochemical deposition system is provided. The apparatus generally includes a substrate support member adapted to receive the substrate and a thrust plate assembly adapted to exert a downward force on the substrate. Fo... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7021476 | Jig and a method and apparatus of applying a surface treatment to a member on the jig A jig (10) is provided for holding an elongate member (56) to be surface treated. The jig (10) comprises a beam (12) and a plurality of hangers 14 spaced apart along the beam (12). The hangers (14) have supports (9... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6962649 | Contact assemblies, methods for making contact assemblies, and machines with contact assemblies for electrochemical processing of microelectronic workpieces Contact assemblies for electrochemical processing of microelectronic workpieces. The contact assemblies can comprise a support member that includes an inner wall which defines an opening configured to receive the workpiece and a plurality of contacts. The individual... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6939448 | Contact assemblies, methods for making contact assemblies, and plating machines with contact assemblies for plating microelectronic workpieces Contact assemblies, electroplating machines with contact assemblies, and methods for making contact assemblies that are used in the fabrication of microelectronic workpieces. The contact assemblies can be wet-contact assemblies or dry-contact assemblies. A contact a... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6911127 | Contact assemblies, methods for making contact assemblies, and plating machines with contact assemblies for plating microelectronic workpieces Contact assemblies, electroplating machines with contact assemblies, and methods for making contact assemblies that are used in the fabrication of microelectronic workpieces. The contact assemblies can be wet-contact assemblies or dry-contact assemblies. A contact a... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6673219 | Transverse conveyor for electrodes The invention relates to a transverse conveyor for electrodes used in the production of metals. This transverse conveyor consists of a transfer device, located below the electrodes to be transferred and which device moves back and forth on a horizontal pl... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6635159 | Device for removing deposit created in electrolytic refining or electrowinning The invention relates to a device for at least partly removing a deposit created in the electrolytic refining or electrowinning of metal from the surface of the mother plate used as an electrode in the refining or electrowinning process, said device compr... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6582570 | Electroplating apparatus for wheel disk An electroplating apparatus for wheel disk comprises an electrolytic cell containing electrolytic bath, a cathode plate, an auxiliary anode, at least one anode plate and a driving mechanism. Part of the auxiliary anode is provided with an insulating shiel... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6569302 | Substrate carrier The invention relates to a substrate carrier for holding substrates, especially semiconductor wafers. Good sealing of the wafer surface and electrical contact are made possible in that the substrate carrier has a first and a second part having a central o... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565983 | Electrical contact element and use of the contact element An electrical contact element for electrically connecting an electric device and providing current transmission in an electric device wherein the electrical contact element comprises a metallic body, and wherein at least one contact surface, present on th... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6565722 | Installation and method for multilayered immersion coating A method for multilayered coating, whereby hurdles for the item that is to be treated are guided for galvanic dip coating (2) through in a separate circuit. Downstream from the tank, the hurdles are changed over (12) and the item that is to be treated is ... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6521103 | Plating clamp assembly A plating clamp assembly for use with a plating system including a plating bath and an article transport assembly to selectively engage an article to be plated as the article is moved through the plating bath by the article transport assembly to coat at l... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6355148 | Diaphragm workholding device for ECM A workholder for an ECM process comprises a set of jaws which define an interior workpiece holding region are mounted on the surface of a diaphragm which is movable under air pressure from a flat to a more generally spheroid shape with the injection of pr... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6342137 | Lift and rotate assembly for use in a workpiece processing station and a method of attaching the same A lift and rotate assembly for use in a workpiece processing station. The lift and rotate assembly includes a body having a slim profile and pins located on opposite sides for mounting the assembly onto a tool frame. The lift and rotating assembly further... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6325903 | Parallel action holding clamp for electroplating articles A holding clamp device, for releasably holding a thick planar article over ground, comprising: an elongated main arm member, defining first and second opposite end portions; a pair of first and second tubular bar members, each defining an outer end portio... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6322677 | Lift and rotate assembly for use in a workpiece processing station and a method of attaching the same A lift and rotate assembly for use in a workpiece processing station. The lift and rotate assembly includes a body having a slim profile and pins located on opposite sides for mounting the assembly onto a tool frame. The lift and rotating assembly further... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6322678 | Electroplating reactor including back-side electrical contact apparatus An apparatus for electroplating a workpiece is disclosed in which the apparatus includes a workpiece holding structure. The workpiece holding structure includes a workpiece support having at least one surface that is disposed to engage a front side of the... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6299745 | Flexible substrate plating rack A rack suitable for holding a flexible substrate panel, the rack having a plurality of clamps for providing current to a panel clamped to the rack, the clamps being positioned to uniformly distribute current to the substrate. Seven clamps are used to hold... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6267856 | Parallel action holding clamp for electroplating articles A holding clamp device, for releasably holding a thick planar article over ground, comprising: an elongated main arm member, defining first and second opposite end portions; a pair of first and second tubular bar members, each defining an outer end portio... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6254744 | Holder for a mother plate The invention relates to a holder to be used during the stripping of a metal deposit produced on the surface of a mother plate in electrolytic refining, which mother plate has a supporting bar (12) fixed at one edge of the plate for supporting the mother ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6251692 | Semiconductor processing workpiece support with sensory subsystem for detection of wafers or other semiconductor workpieces A semiconductor processing workpiece support which includes a detection subsystem that detects whether a wafer or other workpiece is present. The preferred arrangement uses an optical beam emitter and an optical beam detector mounted along the back side o... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5871629 | Method and apparatus for fixturing substrate assemblies for electrolytic plating A fixture for securing a pin grid array (PGA) and grounding all circuits or pins in the PGA for electrolytic plating provides a series of parallel wires that are inserted between every other gap between the PGA pin rows. The cross section of each wire is ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5788829 | Method and apparatus for controlling plating thickness of a workpiece A method and apparatus for electroplating a workpiece to achieve a uniform plating thickness includes a cathode rack having a hook from which the workpiece is suspended and spaced apart from a consumable anode. The rack includes a plurality of plates made... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5738769 | Anode holder A crank-pin anode holder (1) for the electro-plating industry follows the movement of a crank-pin to be plated which is rotating horizontally. During operation, non-metallic shoes (12) of a jaw plate (4) centralize themselves and sit on the crank-pin insi... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5607069 | Painting fixture with modular crossbars The invention includes a rack assembly for use in supporting articles for processing, cleaning, painting and paint stripping, the rack assembly being comprised of modular components which can be conveniently assembled. The modular components can be assemb... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5589051 | Clamp for use with electroplating apparatus and method of using the same A clamp for use in an electrolytic plating bath is disclosed. The clamp comprises two levers pivotally attached to each other at a fulcrum wherein the clamp, when floating on top of a liquid, is in an open position but when submerged is caused, by virtue ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5527435 | Device for clamping a part and application to the machining of a turbine engine blade by electrochemistry The clamping system makes it possible to hold a free portion of a part during operations performed thereon. The device includes a plurality of blocks, each integral either with a pin or with a tube equipped with a small operating lever. The assembly is mo... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5524774 | Hanging rack with cantilevered support hooks A rack for transporting workpieces through electrostatic coating operations. The rack includes a pair of vertically extending, rectangularly cylindrical hollow tubes having apertures formed in their front sides. A support hook has a workpiece engaging por... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5401370 | Device for masking field lines in an electroplating plant The invention builds on an arrangement for the masking of field lines in an electroplating plant for the treatment of essentially plate-shaped workpieces, which are loaded into the bath suspended from a workpiece holder, wherein a mask is provided which i... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5098542 | Controlled plating apparatus and method for irregularly-shaped objects An electroplating shield for providing controlled electroplating of an article having an irregular surface of crests and valleys. The shield, being made of a nonconductive material such as chlorinated polyvinylchloride, includes at least one aperture that... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5076903 | Anodizing rack and clamps A metallic rack for holding workpieces to be anodized. The rack has a pair of opposed spaced apart parallel elongated clamp-supporting rack members and connecting cross-members. It is characterized by a longitudinal channel in each of the clamp-supporting... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4964964 | Electroplating apparatus An electroplating rack is constructed of corrosion resistant stainless steel, with oppposed side frames milled with vertical channels to accommodate opposite side edge portions of a printed circuit board for plating. Mechanical and electrical connections ... | 10/23/1990 |
