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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7902481 | Method of manufacturing sealed electronic component and sealed electronic component A method of manufacturing a sealed electronic component, which can seal a housing in a high-vacuum state while preventing enclosure of a gas within the housing, as well as achieving the improvement in manufacturing efficiency. According to the method, after forming ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7592563 | Method for smoothing and polishing surfaces by treating them with energetic radiation The present invention relates to a method for smoothing and polishing surfaces by treating them with energetic radiation, in particular laser radiation, in which the to-be-smoothed surface is remelted in a first treatment step using said energetic radiation and empl... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7166207 | Non-mechanical method of removing material from the surface of a golf club head A highly accurate, efficient, and non-mechanical method of removing material from the surface of a golf club head using the principles of electrolysis. The process generally includes positioning at least one electrode in close proximity to a portion of a rear surfac... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7128950 | Electron beam physical vapor deposition process An electron beam physical vapor deposition (EBPVD) process performed with a coating apparatus to produce a coating material (e.g., a ceramic thermal barrier coating) on an article. The EBPVD apparatus generally includes a coating chamber operated at an elevated temp... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7002096 | Surface modification process on metal dentures, products produced thereby, and the incorporated system thereof Metal and/or partial metal dentures having a surface modified by a pulsed electron beam system. The system includes an explosive emission cathode, an accelerating gap formed by the cathode and plasma anode, and an electron collector where the metal and/or partial me... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6884964 | Method of weld repairing a component and component repaired thereby The method of repairing a metal alloy component, and the resulting repaired component. The method involves machining the component surface to remove a defect, and then placing in the resulting surface cavity a filler insert whose size and shape are predetermined so ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6883405 | Hand tool, in particular, a screwdriver A process for profiling a workpiece engagement surface of a band tool, and a hand tool produced thereby, in particular a screwing tool, such as a screwdriver or wrench, pliers, a clamping tool or a file, comprising the steps of briefly irradiating the workpiece enga... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6774339 | Hermetic sealing of target/backing plate assemblies using electron beam melted indium or tin The interfacial joint area of a target/backing plate assembly is sealed so as to inhibit the migration of air and/or water vapor that may be present or trapped along the interfacial surfaces. A pool or bead of molten solder is placed along the interfacial joint and ... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6627842 | Micro-protrusion arrays fabricated by e-beam exposure The method of the invention produces protruding features on a glass layer. Initially, a conductive layer is applied to the glass layer and is coupled to a source of reference potential. This conductive layer prevents a build-up of electrons in the glass l... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6436466 | Method for the operation of an electron beam A method is disclosed for the operation of a high-power electron beam for the vaporization of materials in a target. With this method, static and dynamic deflection errors are corrected. First, the static and dynamic deflection errors are ascertained by m... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6214408 | Method for the operation of an electron beam A method is disclosed for the operation of a high-power electron beam for the vaporization of materials in a target. With this method, static and dynamic deflection errors are corrected. First, the static and dynamic deflection errors are ascertained by m... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6198066 | Method and apparatus for radiated beam marking of a golf club part and such part A method for treating the surface of a golf club part having a non-smooth surface such as a part which has been cast. Preferably, in those instances where the part is cast, the part is abraded for example by tumbling or by directing a light sandblast agai... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6035526 | Method of repairing defect and apparatus for repairing defect An apparatus for repairing a defect recognizes a defective portion of a color filter using an image processing mechanism, applies ink to the recognized defective portion of the color filter using a needle for applying ink of an ink application mechanism, ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5788034 | Lockup clutch for a torque converter and method of thermally treating a lockup clutch piston A lockup clutch for torque converter which prevents engaging and disengaging shock when a transmission torque suddenly changes, includes a lockup clutch assembly, a lockup clutch piston operating the lockup clutch assembly, and a damper device disposed be... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5666891 | ARC plasma-melter electro conversion system for waste treatment and resource recovery The present invention provides a relatively compact and highly robust waste-to-energy conversion system and apparatus which has the advantage of complete or substantially complete conversion of a wide range of waste streams into useful gas and a stable, n... | 09/16/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5492572 | Method for thermomagnetic encoding of permanent magnet materials A magnetized or unmagnetized body of a permanent magnet material is heated in a pattern by a laser beam to a temperature sufficient to lower the coercivity of selected heated regions of the pattern and exposed to a magnetic field to magnetize or to remagn... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5461769 | Method of manufacturing electrically conductive elements particularly EDM or ECM electrodes A method of manufacturing electrically conductive elements such as electrodes for EDM, ECM or other electromachining processes comprises the steps of designing a digital representation of the element, making a three-dimensional replica of the element from... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5459297 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a texture drum In the implementation of the method for after-treatment of a texture drum wherein a surface structure is generated in the region of a surface with an electron beam, the texture drum, following a charging occurring within a working interval with an electro... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5411604 | Method of producing low iron loss, low-noise grain-oriented silicon steel sheet, and low-noise stacked transformer A grain oriented silicon steel sheet which exhibits reduced iron loss and which contributes excellent noise characteristics when used as a material of a stacked transformer. The sheet is produced by applying electron beam irradiation a finish-annealed gra... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5317661 | Laser removal of altered index of refraction layer on glass fibers Disclosed is a method of treating light waveguide ends in which the light waveguide is mechanically polished and thereafter the reflectance of the light waveguide is reduced by vaporizing at least some glass at the light waveguide end by the use of a lase... | 05/31/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5287622 | Method for preparation of a substrate for a heat-generating device, method for preparation of a heat-generating substrate, and method for preparation of an ink jet recording head Method for preparing a substrate for a heat generating device, such a heat generating substrate and an ink jet recording head having such substrate, includes the steps of irradiating a high density energy stream on the surface of a base material on which ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5263044 | Remelting method for recognition and recovery of noble metals and rare metals Method for recognition of noble metals otherwise not recognizable in base material clusters includes using an electron beam furnace in which base material clusters are vaporized by means of an electron beam gun, and the vaporized materials are condensed a... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5252803 | Vehicle suspension member and method for making A vehicle suspension member such as leaf spring (50) is provided having at least one plate (3) having an irradiation exposed region (R) therein that is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis ("L/A") extending between opposite ends of plate (3) and oper... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5248130 | Vehicle leaf spring with irradiated center for crack diversion A vehicle suspension member such as leaf spring (50) is provided having at least one plate (3) having an irradiation exposed region (R) therein that is generally parallel to a longitudinal axis ("L/A") extending between opposite ends of plate (3) and oper... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5230756 | Method of forming weld bead of pure copper on ferroalloy base material In forming a weld bead of pure copper on a ferroalloy base material by laying a powder of copper and melting the powder by a high density energy source such as laser beams, TIG arc or electron beams, the powder of copper is beforehand mixed with a powder ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5226101 | Method of laser polishing fiber optic connectors Disclosed is an improved method for polishing fiber optic connectors. After a light waveguide distal end is mechanically ground and/or polished, the distal end is slightly melted in order to reduce reflectance. Melting may be induced by a laser, microtorc... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5178725 | Method for working ceramic material A process is provided for working a base material which essentially consists of a ceramic material. The process includes an irradiation process of irradiating a laser beam or an electron beam to the base material in order to form an affected portion havin... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5100463 | Method of operating an electron beam furnace In the representative embodiment described in the specification, an electron beam furnace has an evacuation system which maintains the interior of the furnace at a pressure in the range from about 50 microns Hg to 300 microns Hg. The relatively high press... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5091021 | Magnetically coded device and method of manufacture Nonmagnetized permanent magnet material is heated in a pattern by a laser beam to a localized temperature above the Curie point or a temperature sufficient to reduce the coercivity sufficiently for an external field to magnetize the pattern in the directi... | 02/25/1992 |
| 5089060 | Thermomagnetically patterned magnets and method of making same A permanent magnet is heated in a pattern by a laser beam to a localized temperature above the Curie point or a temperature sufficient to reduce the magnet coercivity sufficiently for the field of the magnet or an external field to remagnetize the pattern... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5074929 | Method of making a permanent magnet sensor element with a soft magnetic layer A speed sensor is made by assembling a permanent magnet, a soft magnetic layer on the magnet, a magnetoresistive sensor element of the soft magnetic layer, and a toothed ferritic member mounted for movement past the sensor element. The permanent magnet is... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5039836 | Radiation manufacturing apparatus and method An apparatus and method for reacting on articles of manufacture with radiation such as generated by an electron gun, laser or other means directed against a substrate wherein controlled movement of the substrate and/or the radiation is effected under the ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5021084 | Process for improving high-temperature alloys This invention is the electron beam evaporation and deposition(EBED) process which produces high purity and ultrafine grain size in high-temperature and reactive metal alloys. These properties are important in metals used in aircraft gas turbine component... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5003151 | Method and control arrangement for the evaporation rate of an electron beam The average evaporation rate over a predetermined area to be evaporated is controlled by moving an electron beam over said area wherein one characteristic of the electron beam is controlled in order to influence the evaporation rate. The electron beam is ... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4988844 | Process for controlling the strike positions of a plurality of electron beams on a melting bath The invention pertains to a process for the control of the strike positions of a plurality of electron beams on a melting bath. In this case, the light beams issuing from the surface of the melting bath are sent to a radiation splitter, the separated beam... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4973818 | Device and method for the control and monitoring of an electron beam for metal working A device and a method for the control and monitoring of a deflectable electron beam is provided for the working of metal wherein the electron beam is not permitted to go beyond an allowed working area. With this device with the aid of a Teach-In method th... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4905538 | Camshaft A camshaft of a valve operating system for an internal combustion engine, is formed of iron-based alloy casting and has cam sections, each of which is in slidable contact with a heat resistant tip of a rocker arm. The cam section is formed at its surface ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4895678 | Method for thermal decomposition treatment of radioactive waste A method for thermal decomposition treatment of a radioactive waste uses an apparatus comprising a container for holding molten matter of a radioactive waste containing a sodium compound, a pair of electrodes contacting the molten matter, and a power sour... | 01/23/1990 |
