Quotables
"Man will not fly for 50 years."
Wilbur Wright ; 1901
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7935908 | Joining method, joining machine, and joint structure of dissimilar material A method of joining dissimilar materials of the present invention has a step of lapping a high melting point material on a low melting point material with a third material interposed therebetween. The third material is different from the high and low melting point m... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7386937 | Method of making a biosensor A method of making a biosensor is provided. The method includes providing an electrically conductive material on a base and partially removing the conductive material using laser ablation from the base so that less than 90% of the conductive material remains on the ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7285247 | Apparatus and method for operating a fuel reformer so as to purge soot therefrom A method of operating a fuel reformer includes advancing a first air/fuel mixture having a first air-to-fuel ratio into the fuel reformer. The method further includes determining if a soot purge is to be performed and generating a purge-soot signal in response there... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283885 | Electron beam lithography system, method of electron beam lithography, program and method for manufacturing a semiconductor device with direct writing An electron beam lithography system includes: a lithography tool writing patterns onto substrates, which are classified into lots, respectively, using sequentially apertures through which electron beams, based on a specific processing procedures; an aperture manager... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270735 | System and method for holding and releasing a workpiece for electrochemical machining A system and method are described for holding and releasing a workpiece for electrochemical machining. In one embodiment, a workpiece holder has a workpiece surface that couples to the workpiece when negative pressure is applied to provide a seal between the workpie... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262385 | Material processing device A device for material processing, such as welding, joining, cutting, inspecting and the like, includes an energy beam source and one or more energy beam transfer devices. The one or more transfer devices may direct an energy beam at one or more predetermined locatio... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244281 | Method and apparatus for trapping and purging soot from a fuel reformer A plasma fuel reformer assembly for producing reformate gas includes a fuel reformer having an air/fuel input assembly, an electrode assembly, and a soot trap positioned downstream of the electrode assembly. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode and a se... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7189979 | Electron gun An electron gun includes a cathode portion which emits electrons, an anode portion which accelerates the emission electrons, a bias portion which is arranged between the cathode portion and the anode portion and controls trajectories of the emission electrons, a shi... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168935 | Solid freeform fabrication apparatus and methods An apparatus for formation of a three dimensional object comprising a sealed container; an electron beam subsystem capable of directing energy within said container; a positioning subsystem contained within said container; a wire feed subsystem contained within said... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7114938 | Lithographic apparatus for molding ultrafine features An apparatus for performing imprint lithography especially useful in creating patterns with ultrafine features on a substrate. The apparatus comprises a substrate having moldable surface carried on a first block, a mold having a molding surface carried on a second b... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105841 | Photolithographic techniques for producing angled lines The present subject matter allows non-orthogonal lines to be formed at the same thickness as the orthogonal lines so as to promote compact designs, to be formed with even line edges, and to be formed efficiently. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7079994 | Method and system for producing semiconductor devices A user is requested to input specifications of a semiconductor device. Based on the specifications, a plurality of circuit patterns are generated by a CP method, and a design parameter is calculated for each of the circuit patterns. The user is provided with informa... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075092 | Charged particle beam microscope with minicolumn One embodiment of the present invention is an electron microscope that includes: (a) a main vacuum chamber housing a stage therein and connected to a vacuum pump; (b) a load lock for loading a specimen into said main vacuum chamber; (c) a minicolumn non-translatably... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7001709 | Method of drawing a pattern on a base material by scanning a beam A method of drawing a pattern on a base material by scanning a beam, comprising: drawing a pattern including ring-shaped zones on a first pattern-drawn field on a base material by scanning a beam on a first pattern-drawn field; shifting at least one of the beam sour... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6989536 | Electron-beam writing device and electron-beam writing method The present invention aims at providing a device and method for writing a line with a high degree of precision at high speed. Distance calculation means 311 calculates the start-to-end point distance L of a writing pattern (S502), and number-of-scan-cl... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6957624 | Apparatus and a method for forming an alloy layer over a substrate One embodiment of the invention involves introducing at least two metals into a chamber for forming an alloy layer over a substrate. This is accomplished by a variety of methods. In one embodiment, at least two metals are mixed and introduced into a chamber in which... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6949756 | Shaped and low density focused ion beams A method and apparatus for providing a shaped ion beam having low current density and sharp edges. The low current density and sharp edges eliminate the problem of overmilling, while permitting rapid ion beam processing. One method of producing the shaped beam is by... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6914373 | Electron lens and structure for a cold cathode of a cathode ray tube A cathode ray tube according to the present invention include a cold cathode electron gun, the cold cathode electron gun including a cold cathode array for emitting electrons through field emission, a gate electrode for controlling the field emission, a first select... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6804288 | Electron beam exposure apparatus and electron beam deflection apparatus An electron beam exposure apparatus for exposing a pattern to a wafer by a plurality of electron beams, comprising an electron beam generating section for generating a plurality of electron beams, a deflecting section having a plurality of deflectors for deflecting ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6781300 | Laser based electron beam gun This invention relates to electron guns, each comprising of an indirectly heated cathode, a gate electrode and an anode, for generating electron beams of various shapes and power that are preferably used to machine workpieces. Thus cathodes can be used with various ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6761851 | Apparatus and method for hardening metal by varying the engagement between irradiation and metal The present invention provides an apparatus for hardening a metal article, comprising a holding device, an energy beam generator pointed at the holding device for directing energy beams at the holding device, and a movement system supporting the holding device, wher... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6730370 | Method and apparatus for processing materials by applying a controlled succession of thermal spikes or shockwaves through a growth medium A method and apparatus for locally raising the temperature of a material in order to facilitate chemical reactions or processes related to growth or removal of the material utilizes an electrode to apply, in the presence of a growth or removal medium, a controlled s... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6725522 | Method of assembling target and backing plates A low temperature target and backing plate bonding process and assemblies made thereby. A plurality of male projections (8) are formed in one member (2) of the assembly with a plurality of corresponding female recesses (9) formed in the other me... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6670570 | Methods and apparatus for localized heating of metallic and non-metallic surfaces A method of treating an object containing a material of metal, oxidized metal, non-metal, and the like and combinations thereof. The method includes (a) exposing an object to a controlled gas atmosphere, and (b) during at least a portion of time during su... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6380506 | Use of hot carrier effects to trim analog transistor pair In this invention hot carrier stress of a transistor allows trimming of an offset voltage of an integrated circuit by producing permanent damage to the transistor by means of interface state generation. The hot carrier stress is applied to the integrated ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6365866 | Method for beam welding of hardenable steels by means of short-time heat treatment The invention concerns a method for beam welding of hardenable steels using a short-time heat treatment. A preferred area of application of the invention is motor vehicle and mechanical engineering. In the method according to the invention, the short-time... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6252339 | Removable bombardment filament-module for electron beam projection systems This method and apparatus permit installing and removing an electron beam generating element comprising a filament or a cathode in a rapidly replaceable module. The apparatus is an electron gun system having an electron gun enclosure, a feed-through eleme... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6145470 | Apparatus for electron beam physical vapor deposition An apparatus for depositing a ceramic coating by electron beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD). Ceramic coatings of more uniform thickness over a larger surface area are deposited by increasing the size of a pool of molten ceramic from which the ceramic... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6036076 | Continuous section pipe and pipelike structures A system of machined and welded pipe with no connectors or scarfed welds and method to provide a continuous section for pipe and pipe-like structures; displaying electron beam welding for constructing continuous pipe.... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5986233 | Susceptor heating device for electron beam brazing A brazing device and method are provided which locally apply a controlled amount of heat to a selected area, within a vacuum. The device brazes two components together with a brazing metal. A susceptor plate is placed in thermal contact with one of the co... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5897794 | Method and apparatus for ablative bonding using a pulsed electron A method and apparatus for bonding a layer of coating or cladding material onto a substrate with minimal bulk heating of the substrate. A pulsed electron beam generator is used to produce high energy electrons at the beginning of the pulse and a larger nu... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5869801 | Device for manual electron beam processing of materials in space A device for electron beam processing of materials in space designed for the performance of the technical operations of welding, cutting, heating, filler welding, tube welding, brazing, coating deposition by the method of thermal evaporation of materials ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5611883 | Joining ceramics and attaching fasteners to ceramics by gas phase selective beam deposition A process for joining solid compositions, comprising placing a first solid composition having a first joining zone and a second solid composition having a second joining zone in a chamber; positioning a first gas phase, which comprises a substance that de... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5552675 | High temperature reaction apparatus A high temperature reaction apparatus for reacting on solid, liquid and gaseous materials to change their state and/or chemical compositions. High temperatures are generated within a reaction chamber by means of electrical energy applied to electrodes or ... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5514847 | Electron beam radiator with cold cathode integral with focusing grid member and process of fabrication thereof A first laminated sub-structure having a semiconductor substrate, a lower insulating layer on the semiconductor substrate, emitter electrodes formed in micro-apertures in the lower insulating layer and a gate electrode on the upper surface of the lower in... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5504302 | Method and device for the production of optical lenses or the like A method for the production of optically operating structures, particularly of lenses and lens arrays and prisms, with which in at least one masking step (MS) a base structure (10) that is optically operating in steps is formed on the surface of a substra... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5459296 | Method for the low-maintenance operation of an apparatus for producing a surface structure, and apparatus An apparatus for producing surface structures on a drum with an electron beam, comprising beam equipment having a beam generator that generates the electron beam, a focal length adjustment as well as a focusing adjustment, and a vacuum chamber which accep... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5418348 | Electron beam source assembly An electron beam source assembly includes a water cooled crucible positioned substantially flush with the top of the block. A magnet is attached to each long sides of the rectangular block to establish parallel opposed pole magnets with the crucible there... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5393953 | Electron-beam heating apparatus and heating method thereof An electron-beam heating apparatus in which an electron-beam of a stable intensity can be obtained. The apparatus is provided with a heating unit having two electrodes comprising a cathode and an anode. A heating of a material is performed by using an ele... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5296051 | Method of producing low iron loss grain-oriented silicon steel sheet having low-noise and superior shape characteristics A method of producing a low iron loss grain oriented silicon steel sheet which generates improved magnetostrictive characteristics when used as a stacked iron core and low noise when used in a stacked transformer, as well as superior shape characteristics... | 03/22/1994 |
