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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183499 | Laser piercing method and processing apparatus A processing apparatus is provided in which a laser beam L2 is irradiated onto a processing portion of a workpiece W, and at the same time as the laser irradiation, an assist gas G is injected toward the processing portion from a nozzle 3 arranged conc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8173933 | Method and apparatus for forming hole In a method of forming a hole on a work piece, a laser beam is directed from a laser head to a predetermined portion of the work piece to form a pilot hole having a first surface condition, and then the predetermined portion of the work piece is punched using a die ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8158904 | Method and apparatus for forming a feature in a workpiece by laser ablation with a laser beam having an adjustable intensity profile to redistribute the energy density impinging on the workpiece A method and apparatus is provided for removing material from an outer surface of a workpiece such as a catheter or other medical device. The method begins by generating a laser beam having an intensity profile and directing the laser beam onto the outer surface of ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8119949 | Laser cutting shaped holes by trepanning on the fly A method of forming a plurality of shaped holes on a workpiece. The method may include rotating the workpiece about multiple axes relative to a laser beam, and positioning the laser at a first predetermined angle relative to the workpiece. The laser beam is pulsed t... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8101884 | Method for production of a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet A pressure sensitive adhesive sheet 1 includes a base material 11 and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer 12. A plurality of through holes 2 pass through one face of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet 1 to the other face. The ho... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8071911 | Method and apparatus for machining using a beam and a beam trap A combustor component with cooling apertures has the apertures formed by laser drilling. The machining apparatus comprises a beam generator for generating a beam for directing at the combustor component and a beam trap. The component is translated relative to the be... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8049136 | Method for producing metal mask for screen printing A method for producing a metal mask for screen printing is provided, in which dross that is deposited at the time a boring operation is conducted via a laser beam is removed, without causing warpage or bending. The method for producing a metal mask for screen printi... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8013273 | Method for manufacturing absorption pad Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for manufacturing an absorption pad used for picking up a package or a strip during a semiconductor manufacturing process. The apparatus includes a workpiece transfer device on which a workpiece is mounted, a laser generator i... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7985942 | Method of providing consistent quality of target material removal by lasers having different output performance characteristics Laser pulse energy adjustments are motivated by an understanding of the effect of laser pulse width variations among different lasers on satisfying a quality metric associated with a laser-processed target. In a preferred embodiment, the adjustments normalize this e... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7977603 | Method of manufacturing an eyeless suture needle A method for manufacturing an eyeless needle by which a satisfactory hole can be formed in the end surface of a fine suture needle having a needle diameter less than 150 micrometers is proposed. In a method for manufacturing an eyeless needle by forming a hol... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7968820 | Method of producing a panel having an area with light transmissivity A method for producing an area of light transmissivity in a generally opaque panel comprises forming an area of reduced thickness in the panel, laser drilling an array of microscopic holes in the area and thereafter filling the holes with a light transmissive materi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7952050 | Drilling method and laser machining apparatus A drilling method and a laser machining apparatus which can shorten the measuring time of workpiece surface height and improve the machining efficiency in spite of irregularities of about 10-30 μm high in the surface of a table. Surface heights of the table is meas... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7935910 | Method of laser drilling vias A method of forming a via hole reaching a bonding pad in a wafer having a plurality of devices on the front surface of a substrate and bonding pads formed on each of the devices by applying a pulse laser beam from the rear surface side of the substrate, wherein when... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7919725 | Via hole forming method A method of forming a via hole reaching a bonding pad in a wafer having a plurality of devices on the front surface of a substrate and bonding pads on each of the devices, by applying a laser beam from the rear surface side of the substrate, comprising the steps of ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915565 | Apparatus and method for calibrating a laser deposition system A method of calibrating a high energy beam with a material source, the method comprising the steps of: using the high energy beam to provide an aperture, depositing material from the material source towards the aperture for a selected length of time and colle... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7829818 | Ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing method, ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing apparatus, ink jet head nozzle plate, ink jet head, and ink jet recording apparatus In an ink jet head nozzle plate manufacturing method, a laser beam is generated using a laser beam source. A direction of the laser beam is changed using a mirror that reflects the laser beam. The laser beam reflected by the mirror is condensed using micro-lenses ar... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7816625 | Method for the production of a hole and device Previous methods for the production of a hole in a component are very time-consuming and expensive, as special lasers having ultra short laser pulse lengths are used. The inventive method varies laser pulse lengths and ultra short laser pulse lengths are used exclus... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812282 | Methods of forming fan-shaped effusion holes in combustors Methods are provided of forming a plurality of fan-shaped effusion holes on a combustor having a surface, each hole having an outlet on the combustor surface. The method may include rotating the combustor relative to a laser beam, and positioning the combustor to a ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807944 | Laser processing device, processing method, and method of producing circuit substrate using the method A laser processing apparatus for performing processing such as perforation on a ceramic green sheet etc. using a laser beam efficiently. The laser processing apparatus is provided with a plurality of optical path systems disposed between a laser oscillator and an ir... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7767930 | Method and system for LASER machining The invention provides a method of rapidly machining multiple, often similar or nearly identical, features using a LASER machining system. During LASER machining, light of a wavelength and intensity that will modify the workpiece to be machined is directed at the wo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7671297 | Method and apparatus for laser drilling workpieces A method and apparatus for laser drilling a vibrating workpiece. A laser is mounted to a stationary frame. A separate machine having a separate machine frame has a spherical lens mounted to the top of the machine frame in proximity to a workpiece engaged by the mach... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7649155 | Piercing method for laser beam machine A method for performing piercing preferentially on a laser beam machine by taking advantage of a capability to change laser machining tools automatically. A laser beam machine is equipped with a device for changing a torch and nozzle automatically. The laser beam ma... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7638733 | Method for checking a bore hole Pulsed laser drilling is used to produce bore holes having a small diameter, for example, in hollow workpieces. Turbine blades, e.g., have a multitude of fine cooling air bore holes, which are able to be produced by this method, e.g., with high positional accuracy a... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7605343 | Micromachining with short-pulsed, solid-state UV laser In some embodiments, laser output including at least one laser pulse having a wavelength shorter than 400 microns and having a pulsewidth shorter than 1,000 picoseconds permits the number of pulses used to clean a bottom surface of a via or the surface of a solder p... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7586060 | Protective sheet for laser processing and manufacturing method of laser processed parts A laser processing protection sheet (2) capable of effectively preventing contamination on the surface of an article to be processed by decomposition products when the article to be processed (1) is processed by the UV absorption ablation of a laser be... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7538296 | High speed laser drilling machine and method A method of laser drillings a series of holes at spaced-apart hole locations in a workpiece comprising continually delivering laser pulses to the workpiece, and positioning the workpiece relative to the laser head from one hole location to a next hole location withi... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7521651 | Multiple beam micro-machining system and method A system for delivering energy to a substrate including a dynamically directable source of radiant energy providing a plurality of beams of radiation, each propagating in a dynamically selectable direction. Independently positionable beam steering elements in a plur... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7462802 | Laser machining apparatus, and apparatus and method for manufacturing a multilayered printed wiring board There is provided a laser processing apparatus, a multilayer printed wiring board manufacturing apparatus, and a manufacturing method to form via holes of ultra-fine diameter. The laser beam from the CO2 laser oscillator (60) is converted to the sh... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7418780 | Method for forming stacked via-holes in a multilayer printed circuit board An exemplary method for forming stacked via-holes in a multilayer printed circuit board includes the steps of: providing a base circuit board; attaching a first copper-coated-substrate having a first substrate and a first copper layer thereon and a second copper-coa... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411150 | Method of producing a composite component A composite component (1), such as a turbine airfoil, includes a conductive portion (2), and a non-conductive portion (5), such as a thermal barrier coating or a wear protection coating, or both. In machining the component, a laser machining ste... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402772 | Laser processing method and processing device Embodiments of the invention provide a laser processing apparatus and method. The laser processing apparatus includes a holder that holds a processing target, a first laser source that emits pulsed laser beam, and a second laser source that emits continuous-wave las... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7387739 | Mask and method of manufacturing the same, electroluminescent device and method of manufacturing the same, and electronic instrument A plurality of penetrating holes are formed in a substrate, each of the penetrating holes connecting a first opening and a second opening larger than the first opening. An etching resistant film is formed on a first surface of the substrate avoiding areas in which t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7371659 | Substrate laser marking A method for forming a feature in a substrate, where residue within the feature can be easily removed. An upper sidewall portion of the feature is formed, where the upper sidewall portion forms a void in the substrate. The upper sidewall portion has an upper sidewal... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369916 | Drill press A power tool control system connected with a drill press provides a system for determining operational settings for the drill press and/or structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the drill press. For instance, the power tool control system may estab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367931 | Laser cutoff stacker assembly The present invention contemplates a machine and method for performing the laser sealing and laser cutting of flexible material into segments, such as a polymeric web in which the segments will ultimately be individual bags. The machine includes a generally cylindri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367113 | Method for fabricating a transformer integrated with a semiconductor structure A substrate is provided and a top interconnection metal layer and a primary winding layer are formed thereon. Then a passivation layer having a plurality of via exposed parts of the top interconnection metal layer is formed on the substrate. A secondary winding laye... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7356923 | Rigid flex interconnect via A rigid-flexible printed wire assembly which employs a blind via for interconnection is disclosed. Preferably, the assembly includes a rigid section having a through hole formed therethrough and a flexible section having an inner metal layer. Laser ablation is prefe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357486 | Method of laser machining a fluid slot A method of laser machining a fluid slot includes directing a UV laser beam towards a substrate with microelectronics to form a slot through the substrate. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359762 | Measurement and alignment device including a display system A graphical user interface communicatively coupled with a non-contact measurement and alignment device enables user control over and display of the readings from the non-contact measurement and alignment device. In operation with a power tool, the graphical user int... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356240 | Processing method of polymer crystal, processing system of polymer crystal, and observation system of polymer crystal The ultraviolet short-pulse laser light emitted from the ultraviolet short-pulse laser light source 1 is focused on and caused to irradiate a macromolecular crystal 8 contained in a sample container 6 via a shutter 2, intensity adjusting ... | 04/08/2008 |
