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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7358169 | Laser-assisted deposition A method is provided for depositing a patterning material onto an optically transparent substrate by the use of a laser beam. A solid layer of a patterning material is placed adjacent to a receiving surface of the substrate. A laser beam is directed at an incident a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7178227 | Workpiece presenter for a flexible manufacturing system A workpiece presenter for fixturing a workpiece of a vehicle assembly is provided, including a platform 50, and a tooling plate 7 removably connected to the platform, the tooling plate including a planar body 10 for supporting fixture tools 3... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7084832 | Plasma production device and method and RF driver circuit with adjustable duty cycle An RF driver circuit and an orthogonal antenna assembly/configuration, are disclosed as part of a method and system for generating high density plasma. The antenna assembly is an orthogonal antenna system that may be driven by any RF generator/circuitry with suitabl... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6483069 | Joining of structural members by welding A method of manufacturing a structural assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of providing first and second structural members having preselected shapes and dimensions. The first structural member defines a first raised por... | 11/19/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6110318 | System for selective electron beam irradiation Provided is the ability to selectively irradiate a designated irradiation target portion of a target material with a beam of electrons. Target material is moved at a substantially constant velocity in one direction along a path that is intersected by an e... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6052424 | Method of welding for fabricating double-wall structures A double-wall structure consisting of an inner wall, an outer wall surrounding said inner wall and reinforcing ribs that connect said outer and inner walls is produced by a piercing welding method in which an electron beam is externally applied at right a... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5648188 | Real time alignment system for a projection electron beam lithographic system A system for aligning an electron beam relative to a workpiece employs an alignment fixture immediately above the workpiece fixture through which the electron beam passes. Lateral laser alignment beams in two axes reflect off the alignment fixture to dete... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5245546 | Welding arc length control system The present invention is a welding arc length control system. The system includes, in its broadest aspects, a power source for providing welding current, a power amplification system, a motorized welding torch assembly connected to the power amplification... | 09/14/1993 |
| 4974736 | Multi-electron-beam pattern drawing apparatus A multi-electron-beam pattern drawing apparatus having a plurality of electron beam sources and a plurality of electron beam sensors, provided on a common base member, is disclosed. The electron beam sources can be selectively driven for different uses, s... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4794259 | Charged particle collection A charged particle collector assembly, particularly for use with an electron beam gun, is described. The assembly comprises a reflection member onto which electrons impinge in use, the reflection member being adapted substantially to absorb particles of o... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4654506 | Method and apparatus for detecting and regulating position of welding electron beam A method and apparatus for detecting and regulating a focused condition of an electron beam emitted from an electron gun of an electron beam welding apparatus. An electron beam of a low intensity is first directed onto the workpiece. The coil current of a... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4560854 | Electron beam welder control A control for an electron beam welder for maintaining the point of impact of an electron beam 16 on the intended weld line 6 between two weldments 2 and 4 and for monitoring or controlling the beam area wherein there is provided a strip of 8 and 10 materi... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4546232 | Method for the topically precise subsequent engraving of printing cylinders A method for the topically precise subsequent-engraving of printing cylinders wherein special marks are engraved in the cylinder and evaluated. The marks are engraved in the form of cups forming a cup track. The cups serve as reference marks for an axial ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4546260 | Alignment technique An alignment system for registration of a scanning beam in a mask inspection tool. Minimum scan widths (W) in the registration process are attained thereby increasing registration sensitivity. This technique allows initial placement of the E-Beam to be ou... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4468568 | Generating power from the ocean utilizing the thermal properties of magnetic material A power generation system is taught utilizing a ferromagnetic material contained in a tape and rotatably disposed in a triangular configuration around a series of pulleys. The entire system is under water in the ocean so as to utilize the temperature diff... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4467170 | Electron beam drilling apparatus An electron beam drilling apparatus for drilling a number of holes in a substrate by an electron beam is disclosed. The holes are drilled at a high speed by scanning the electron beam along a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the wor... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4423305 | Method and apparatus for controlling alignment of an electron beam of a variable shape An electron beam, which is applied along an axis from a source to a target, is aligned along the axis by deflecting the beam off the axis to a reference location. At the reference location, the source image of the electron beam is centered on a sensing pl... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4400609 | Device for detecting seam between abutting workpieces by electron beam A device, for tracking a seam between abutting workpieces by a scanning electron beam, includes a scanning electron beam generating source, a power supply source of the scanning electron beam generating source, at least one secondary emission detector acc... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4376886 | Method for electron beam welding This invention concerns a process of welding by an electron beam. The process is one in which the beam is rapidly deflected from point to point of a predetermined matrix of spots over which the beam rests for predetermined lengths of time in order to prod... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4363953 | Electron beam scribing method A plurality of band-shaped regions on a specimen are successively scanned by an electron beam having a ribbon-shaped rectangular cross-section. This scanning is effected by deflecting the electron beam electrostatically in the direction of the shorter sid... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4348576 | Position regulation of a charge carrier beam In a charge carrier beam machine, as an electron beam welding machine, a system for establishing the relative position of a beam impingement spot on a workpiece surface and a machine reference position, as a beam gun axis, comprises an X-ray sensor defini... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4338508 | Inscribing apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods for inscribing workpieces for the fabrication of masks and direct fabrication of microcircuits are described. The invention is primarily concerned with correcting for positional errors and to this end two coaxial beams (20,32) are di... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4334139 | Apparatus for writing patterns in a layer on a substrate by means of a beam of electrically charged particles An apparatus is described for writing patterns in a layer on a substrate by using a beam of electrically-charged particles. The apparatus is provided with an optical height-measuring system for determining a deviation between the desired and the actual po... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4317981 | Method and apparatus for controlling a movable energy source when it is operated to heat the surface of an object A method of controlling a movable energy source includes controlling the velocity and the power of the energy source moved along the predetermined path in accordance with a difference between the predetermined and the measured temperature at different are... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4314134 | Beam position control for electron beam welder An electron beam position control for maintaining the position of a beam of charged particles that strikes a workpiece at an impact spot includes an adjustable aperture through which X-rays emanating from the impact spot pass, a rotating cylinder having a... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4278866 | Automatic electron beam deflecting circuit Apparatus for use in conjunction with a work piece positioned on a work table and having an interface spaced from the work table which is provided for controlling the impingement of the beam from an electron beam welder upon the interface. A search unit c... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4272665 | Energy beam welding a gap of varying width A method of energy beam welding, as electron beam welding is disclosed, wherein the supply rate of filler material is continuously varied in accordance with the width of a gap between two workpiece parts to be welded together. Further, the specific energy... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4223200 | Charged particle beam processing with magnetic field compensation A device for compensating for spurious magnetic fields in an energy beam device includes first and second pairs of electromagnetic poles arranged along the particle path and providing magnetic fields to compensate for spurious magnetic fields which might ... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4164640 | Method and apparatus for positioning a charged particle beam A method and apparatus for seam welding by means of a charged particle beam is disclosed, wherein any misalignment of the beam with respect to the gap between opposed surfaces of two workpiece parts to be joined is compensated for by a double deflection o... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4152599 | Method for positioning a workpiece relative to a scanning field or a mask in a charged-particle beam apparatus An improved method for positioning a workpiece having at least one marking in a charged-particle beam apparatus relative to either a scanning field or a mask and in which a scanning beam linearly scans the workpiece and a signal is generated by the scanni... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4145597 | Electron beam lithographic system An electron beam lithographic system which exposes a desired area of an electron beam resist so as to form a desired pattern to be used for manufacturing large scale integrated circuits. This electron beam lithographic system provides a first and a second... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4127762 | Method for controlling and stabilizing fusion depth in electron-beam welding and device for effecting same In the course of welding measurements are taken of the concentration of metallic vapor in the cloud of vapor over the welding zone, the diameter of the hot spot on the article being welded being kept constant. Said concentration serves as an indication of... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4112137 | Process for coating insulating substrates by reactive ion plating An insulating substrate, such as a glass windscreen, is coated with a conductive coating of an oxide of at least one metal by a process in which the substrate is subjected, in a rarefied oxygen atmosphere, to metal ions and oxygen ions arising from bombar... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4012620 | Electron beam seam finding device This invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the relative position between the point of impingement of an electron beam on a work surface and the seam between parts to be welded. The seam is scanned by oscillating a low power electron ... | 03/15/1977 |
| 4008402 | Method and apparatus for electron beam alignment with a member by detecting X-rays A method and apparatus are provided for alignment of an electron beam with precisely located areas of a major surface of a member. Marks of predetermined shape are formed of X-ray producing material and are positioned adjacent the major surface of the mem... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3993889 | Seam tracking method improvement This invention is for a method for controlling the motion of an electron beam gun with respect to a workpiece so that the electron beam will follow the path along the seam between the two parts which are to be welded. The electron beam scans the seam in a... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3988567 | Method of detecting the state of fusion of the workpiece in welding In welding a workpiece from its one side by arc or electron beam welding, a method of detecting the state of fusion of the workpiece which comprises superposing on the arc or electron beam current a signal current selected from the group consisting of pos... | 10/26/1976 |
