Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8016114 | Reduction of electric-field-induced damage in field-sensitive articles A continuously electrically-conductive container contains an electrically-insulating support for holding an electric-field-sensitive article, such as a reticle, so that the article is shielded from external electric fields and is not in electrical contact with a con... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7789241 | Ergonomic substrate container A substrate transport container is provided. Substrate transport container includes a container and a cover. The container includes an open top portion and a closed bottom portion, each having a perimeter greater than the middle portion of the container. The cover f... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7789242 | Protective packaging for an LED module A protective packaging for protecting an LED module from being damaged during transportation, includes a housing containing the LED module therein and a cover slidably fixed in the housing to cover a top opening of the housing. The housing defines a room to receive ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7358295 | Hybrid polymer composition, and article therefrom An anti-static polymer composition comprises a thermoformable, moldable, hybrid urethane-vinyl polymer composition which exhibits relatively low surface and volume resistivities and good toughness. The hybrid polymer composition can be made without volatile organic ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354287 | Shorting connector An electrical connector includes a housing that may form a first contact channel and a second contact channel. A first contact having a longitudinal axis may be disposed within the first contact channel, and a second contact may be disposed within the second contact... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342184 | Three-dimensional configurations providing electromagnetic interference shielding for electronics enclosures The present invention provides a configuration of a computer-chassis containment or other electromagnetic device method for manufacture in which a “one-hit” solution may be implemented to provide adequate electromagnetic interference shielding (EMC shielding) an... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7232328 | Insert and electronic component handling apparatus provided with the same To provide a guide core capable of being detachably attached to an insert body and an insert body to which the guide core can be detachably attached, the present invention provides a guide core able to be attached in a detachable way to an insert body, comprising a ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7180721 | Plastic barrel and method for manufacturing the barrel A plastic barrel, embodied as a bung barrel or a lid barrel, is manufactured as a single-layer container or multi-layer container by extrusion blow molding. The plastic barrel has a barrel body having an inner surface and an outer surface. The barrel body has sectio... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168224 | Method of making a packaged radiation sensitive resist film-coated workpiece The present invention includes a packaged coated workpiece. The packaged coated workpiece has: (1) a workpiece coated with a resist film sensitive to optical radiation, particulates or chemical contaminants; (2) an inner barrier sealed to enclose the coated workpiec... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165711 | Substrate alignment method and apparatus A substrate that is not lying flat on its substrate tray can present significant process problems when a vacuum pickup attempts to pick up the substrate and fails due to the lack of a proper bond forming between the pickup and the substrate. The substrate left behin... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7151657 | Transport and storage container for liquids A transport and storage container for liquids has a pallet-shaped support frame made of metal or an electrically conducting plastic material and an exchangeable inner container made of plastic material, supported on the support frame and being of a multi-layer or si... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7135703 | Test tray with carrier modules for a semiconductor device handler A carrier module for a semiconductor device handler, in which grooves for flow of cooling fluid are formed in a seating surface of the carrier module for the semiconductor device. The grooves improve cooling efficiency by forcing the cooling fluid sprayed from a tes... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7112305 | Automation-optimized microarray package A method and system for economically packaging microarrays into sealed reaction chambers and storage vessels. A pocket strip is manufactured as a linear sequence of pockets, or wells, into which microarrays are positioned. A cover strip is then heat sealed to the up... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104748 | Methods for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems A stack processing tray for use with tray-based integrated circuit device handling systems. The stack processing tray has a plurality of cells, each cell being configured to receive at least two integrated circuit devices in a vertically superimposed, stacked relati... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7097900 | Sheet and electronic component packaging container In order to prevent static electricity impairment of an electronic component, a layer at the surface of a container to be in contact with an electronic component is one having a relatively high surface resistivity, a layer having a higher electrical conductivity tha... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7042695 | Plastic container with electric dissipation capability The invention relates to a multi-layer plastic container (10) for the storage and transport of materials in particular with an explosion risk, comprising at least two layers of plastic, whereby the inner layer (14) is not electrically conducting and th... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7029749 | Moldable article, method of making and composition for making moldable articles A moldable article that can be custom-fitted to a particular user. Such an article comprises a thermoplastic material such as ethylene vinyl acetate modified by an antistatic agent selected from the group consisting of polyol amines such as ethoxylated amines, ethox... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6972213 | High-power double throw lever zip socket A system for providing electrical contacts between a die and an electrical device includes a package having a first major surface, a second major surface, a first scalloped edge, a second scalloped edge, and a solid end adapted for insertion into a slot. The solid e... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6970360 | Tamper-proof enclosure for a circuit card A tamper-proof enclosure for an electrical card, such as a high speed communications card, includes an enclosure in which the card is mounted. The enclosure has a wall with an opening, and a cup member is attached to the wall at the opening. A bus that is connected ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6962279 | Apparatus and method for glass separation for flat panel displays A method and apparatus for separating glass panels that minimizes process failures and improves separation process consistency by utilizing a separation handle which applies the minimal pressure necessary to remove the edge portion from the glass panel. The glass pa... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6948619 | Reticle pod and reticle with cut areas A pod for transporting reticles is made with a reticle support that has a Π-shape and is provided with pins, whose arrangement matches the location of chrome-free areas on a reticle base. Due to that, the pins, when supporting the reticle, come into contact with th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6946357 | Conductive container structures having a dielectric cap Container structures for use in integrated circuits and methods of their manufacture. The container structures have a dielectric cap on the top of a conductive container to reduce the risk of container-to-container shorting by insulating against bridging of conducti... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6927339 | Cover for electronic components and method of using same during component assembly A cover connectable to an electric component is provided for assisting a tool in assembling the electrical component to another structure. The cover includes a body section configured to form a vacuum seal with a tool and a component retention member connected to th... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6900384 | Cover for an electronic device The invention relates to a cover (200,300,400,500,600) for an electronic device (100), which electronic device comprises a substrate (110) and at least two electronic components (120,130), one of which generates an electromagnetic field a... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6826828 | Electrostatic discharge-free container comprising a cavity surrounded by surfaces of PMMA-poly covered metal-PMMA A ESD-free container is provided. A compound material is used for the creation of the container, the compound material comprising a metallic material that is wedged between layer of polymide material. The compound material is surrounded by layers of PMMA, resulting ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6827218 | Packaging container for electronic components A packaging container for electronic components, particularly integrated circuits, which includes a tray into which the integrated circuits can be secured, a tray cover which is secured onto the tray, wherein the tray cover is composed of a plastic material, a desic... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6787695 | Ergonomic shield for assembly to and disassembly from a substrate A shield (100) having an outer surface (104) and a plurality of sidewalls (106) is disclosed. The plurality of sidewalls (106) extends from the outer surface (104). At least a portion of the plurality of sidewalls (106) are ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6730401 | Multilayered packaging materials for electrostatic applications A multi-layer structure comprises at least one electrostatic dissipative outer layer and a conductive core layer. The outer layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of an inherently dissipative polymer, an inherently dissipative polymer blended ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6554137 | Device and method for protecting electronic component A ring-shaped device is provided for protecting an electrostatic discharge sensitive electronic component. The protective device has a thin film support structure, adhesive material for securing the support structure to the leads of the electronic compone... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6493241 | EMI protective spring plate for motherboard An EMI protective spring plate having an oblique supporting portion diagonally connected between a flat top contact portion and a flat bottom soldering portion, a front sliding portion obliquely downwardly extended from one end of the flat top contact por... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6421113 | Photolithography system including a SMIF pod and reticle library cassette designed for ESD protection A lithography system including a reticle carrier and reticle library cassette designed for electro-static discharge (ESD) protection. A reticle carrier, such as a SMIF (Standard Mechanical Interface) pod, and reticle library cassette are fabricated largel... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6356459 | Method and apparatus for EMI shielding of electrical components An EMI shielded enclosure for shielding an electrical component from electromagnetic radiation includes a first cover, a second cover, a top member having a first end, a second end, a first side face and a second side face, a bottom member having a first ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6347043 | Power supply including circuit board with a conductive bracket for electrical ground A system (e.g., a power supply) is presented which allows a user to electrically couple a common ground electrical potential of a circuit (e.g., a power supply circuit return) to, or electrically isolate the common ground electrical potential from, an ear... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6345718 | Method and apparatus for immobilizing solder spheres A containing device and method to hold and immobilize solder spheres during storage and transport including a container portion having an open top terminal end and an opposing closed bottom terminal end with at least one side wall connecting each terminal... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6339535 | Device for fastening a protective coverplate A device for fastening a shielding cover to a printed circuit board. A tension pin having end regions and a leaf spring in engagement with the tension pin act to press the shielding cover onto the printed circuit board wherein the end regions of the tensi... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6324074 | Electronic device having a shield member and a shield gasket A portable device comprising a housing (105, 110); a circuit board (125) located within the housing; and a tubular shield member (130) mounted at a first end (132) on the circuit board (125) so as to surround electronic components (14) on the circuit boar... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6314000 | Enclosure for an RF assembly An enclosure having two walls an attenuation distance apart from each other perpendicular to the plate of the enclosure. At least one of the walls is orbitally riveted or soldered to the plate of the enclosure. Having two walls an attenuation distance fro... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6297967 | Self-securing RF screened housing An RF screened housing (1;13) according to the invention contains a screening plate (2;15) and having at least two mutually opposite side walls (3;16), which project from said screening plate (2;15) and are designed to engage behind rims of a printed circ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6271464 | Electronic magnetic interference and radio frequency interference protection of airborne missile electronics using conductive plastics A detector assembly which includes an electrically conductive, two-piece, molded plastic housing including a relatively rigid bulkhead portion having a groove and a second dome portion having a sidewall extending over an adjacent bulkhead portion. The dom... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6246566 | Electrostatic discharge protection package and method A package includes a substrate mechanically supporting circuitry. A conductive cover (e.g., a metal sheet) is over the circuitry so that the circuitry is exposed below an opening in the conductive cover. A bent down corner of the conductive cover is inser... | 06/12/2001 |
