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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7290738 | Dual jet emerging lift augmentation system for airfoils and hydrofoils Separate upper and lower plenums within an aircraft airfoil or a sea hydrofoil conduct fluid under different pressures to nozzle slots from which jets emerge to augment lift in accordance with different travel conditions. Lift is induced by nozzle slot emergence of ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7238086 | Surface finishing method for aluminum shapes by barrel polishing A surface finishing method for aluminum shapes by barrel polishing, wherein caps are mounted at both open ends of a hollow aluminum shape, and two aluminum shapes each mounted with the caps are set on two right and left holders so as not to interfere with each other... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7177550 | On-axis laser receiver wavelength demultiplexer with integral immersion lensed detectors The present invention is directed to a laser communication receiver for wireless optical communication. A laser communication receiver includes a diffractive optical element to permit detectors at different spatial locations to detect different wavelengths of the op... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7049044 | Nanocomposite negative resists for next generation lithographies The present invention provides new high resolution nanocomposite resists applicable to next generation lithographies, methods of making these novel resists, and methods of using these new resists in lithographic processes to effect state-of-the-art lithographies. Ne... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6887366 | Repair method for textured and/or smooth steel surfaces on endless strips or pressing sheets A method for touching up and/or repairing minor surface damage in a large-format pressing plate or an endless strip 3 made of steel sheet, with a textured surface 4, for surface embossing of wood materials or laminate panels, has the damaged surface su... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6877213 | Feature size reduction in thin film magnetic head using low temperature deposition coating of photolithographically-defined trenches A method for reducing feature size in a thin film magnetic write head includes plating a seed layer over a selected base layer, spinning a photoresist layer onto the seed layer, defining a trench in the photoresist layer, depositing an insulative spacer layer to cov... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6378338 | Method for producing magnetic disk substrates Magnetic disk substrates are produced by subjecting glass substrates to at least steps of degreasing, etching, sensitization with tin chloride, activation and sensitivity-enhancing treatment in that order, then plating the pretreated substrates with a nic... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6238541 | Film-forming method and metal material A method is provided for forming a film having excellent anticorrosion properties on a metal surface without producing sludge, and without using phosphorus or chromium. In this method, the following steps (a)-(c) are performed on a metal material: (a) deg... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6146516 | Method and device for the repair and/or touch-up of small surface flaws in a press plate or an endless band for surface-embossing of plastic-coated wooden or laminated panels A method and a device are described for the repair and/or touch-up of small surface flaws in large press plates or endless bands of sheet metal, especially steel sheet, having a structured metal coating and a hard-chrome plating for surface-embossing plas... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6086741 | Process for sulfurizing treatment of ferrous articles A process for sulfurizing treatment of ferrous articles comprises positioning an electrolysis crucible containing a molten-salt bath of potassium thiocyanate and sodium thiocyanate and a pretreatment crucible containing a molten-salt bath of substantially... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5578175 | Process for manufacturing iridium and palladium oxides-coated titanium electrode and the electrode produced thereby A process for manufacturing an iridium and palladium oxides-coated titanium electrode comprises preparing a titanium substrate having a surface, applying iridium and palladium to be formed on the surface of the titanium substrate, and heat-treating the ir... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5301404 | Method of producing printer head using piezoelectric member A method of producing a printer head wherein a substrate including at least one piezoelectric member polarized in its thickness direction is formed. A plurality of grooves and a plurality of posts are alternately defined in the substrate. A pre-processing... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5290597 | Method of treating halogenated polyimide substrates for increasing adhesion of metal layer thereon Method of producing a polyimide layer having improved adhesion to a metal layer thereon. A halogenated polyamic acid is sprayed, partially cured, degreased and oxidized to form a partially cured polyimide layer, which is then electrolessly plated with a p... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5185185 | Process of pretreatment of metal-plating resin molded articles A process of pretreatment of metal-plating a resin molded article molded from a resin composition containing as main components a polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) resin, a glass-reinforcing agent and optionally one or more other thermoplastic resins comprises ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5166037 | Method of additive circuitization of circuit boards with high adhesion, voidless copper leads Disclosed is a method of fabricating a microelectronic package, especially a microelectronic package having copper circuitization on a dielectric substrate. The method includes the steps of depositing, imaging, developing the photoresist for additive circ... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5013411 | Method for producing a corrosion resistant rare earth-containing magnet Corrosion-resistant rare earth magnets and a method for their manufacture, said magnets containing at least one rare earth element in an amount of 5 to 40 weight %, Fe in an amount of 50 to 90 weight %, Co in an amount of 0 to 15 wt %, B in an amount of 0... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4966659 | Method for molten salt electroplating of steel A method and apparatus for molten salt electroplating a steel member are disclosed, in which the surface of the steel member is activated by anodic treatment and the molten salt electroplating is performed on the activated surface of said steel member.... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4966660 | Process for electrodeposition of aluminum on metal sheet In electroplating aluminum on a metal sheet with use of a molten salt bath comprised of from 40 to 80 mol % of an aluminum halide and from 20 to 60 mol % of an N-alkylpyridinium halide, or a molten salt bath obtained by mixing an organic solvent in said f... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4913784 | Process for metallizing a ceramic substrate An improved process for metallizing a ceramic substrate for the purpose of producing a metal layer having uniformly good adhesion as measured by peel strength. The improvement is a pretreatment process in which the firing skin, i.e., the glass-like surfac... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4873136 | Method for preparing polymer surfaces for subsequent plating thereon, and improved metal-plated plastic articles made therefrom An improved method for pretreating a polyimide surface in preparation for an adhesion promotion treatment and subsequent metallization is disclosed, wherein the pretreatment comprises mild etching of the surface, contact of the surface with a basic soluti... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4775449 | Treatment of a polyimide surface to improve the adhesion of metal deposited thereon A method of improving the adhesion of metal applied on a polyimide surface is disclosed, in which the surface is first treated with an adhesion-promoting compound containing a nitrogen-oxygen moiety prior to plating of the metal thereon.... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4678546 | Process for providing lithium tantalum oxide coated tantalum articles with improved wear resistance A process for coating an article made of tantalum niobium or tantalum-niobium alloy with a film containing polycrystalline lithium metal oxide wherein the metal corresponds to the metal from which the article is made. More particularly, the process improv... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4596636 | Method for the electrodeposition of metal and method of workpiece pretreatment therefor Improved apparatus and method for the electrodeposition of aluminum and its alloys using aprotic, oxygen and water-free organoaluminum electrolytes, involving a method for removing water from pretreated workpieces and locating them in a plating barrel wit... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4502895 | Process for making brass-plated long-size articles An apparatus for making a brass-plated long-size article by a process for making a brass-plated long-size article comprises a bath 3 with molten inorganic salts, wherein the surface of a blank 1 is degreased and etched. Then the surface of the blank 1, af... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4465561 | Electroplating film-forming metals in non-aqueous electrolyte Metals such as lead, silver, copper, calcium, antimony, cadmium, nickel and zinc are electroplated onto a film-forming metal substrate from the group of aluminium, titanium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, tungsten, tantalum and alloys thereof, using an e... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4436594 | Method of treating the surface of a metal container Both the inner and outer surfaces of a metal container are degreased with an organic solvent, and then without being subjected to cleaning, are provided with a surface layer having particular properties by electrolysis, or are electrophoretically treated ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4415411 | Anode coated with ଲ-lead dioxide and method of producing same An anode coated with ଲ-lead dioxide which comprises a titanium substrate, titanium expanded metal welded on at least one side of the titanium substrate, titanium reinforcing bars welded on the peripheries of said expanded metal to both said expanded... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4388159 | Surface preparation of aluminum articles The surfaces of aluminum and aluminum alloy articles, when abraded with a low-density abrasive product in the presence of a lower alcohol such as isopropanol, are readily plated or coated to provide a uniform plating or coating. The process is particularl... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4160704 | In situ reduction of electrode overvoltage A method and apparatus for in situ reduction of cathode overvoltage in electrolytic cells. The method involves introducing low overvoltage or noble metal ions into the catholyte solution and plating those ions on the cathode in situ. The apparatus include... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4101386 | Methods of coating and surface finishing articles made of metals and their alloys Articles made of ferrous, non-ferrous and light metals and alloys thereof, e.g., aluminum, beryllium, magnesium, molybdenum, steel, tantalum, titanium, tungsten, vanadium and zinc and their alloys, are pretreated before coating and surface finishing in an... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4094750 | Cathodic deposition of oxide coatings A process for depositing an oxide layer on a titanium surface in preparation for adhesive bonding, the oxide layer being cathodically deposited in a solution containing isoproponol and a metal salt.... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4066515 | Apparatus and method for the electrodepositing of aluminum Apparatus for electrodepositing aluminum from aprotic, oxygen-free and water-free organo-aluminum electrolytes in which a heatable treatment tank is closed off in an airtight manner and contains a rotatable electroplating drum with a first heatable tank f... | 01/03/1978 |
