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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373332 | Methods and apparatus for detecting temporal process variation and for managing and predicting performance of automatic classifiers Techniques for detecting temporal process variation and for managing and predicting performance of automatic classifiers applied to such processes using performance estimates based on temporal ordering of the samples are presented. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7253380 | Induction heating of rail welds An apparatus (10) and method for preheating welds uses a centered induction plate (12) having preferably a plurality of induction coils (30, 32) to impart the generation of heat in the materials to be welded (14), being interactively cont... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7199338 | Method and system for applying an isolation layer to a brazed end of a generator armature winding bar A method of forming a brazed joint between an armature bar and a hydraulic header clip including: assembling an end of the armature bar, hydraulic header clip and a substantially phosphorous-free braze material; positioning the assembly of the armature bar, hydrauli... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7161124 | Thermal and high magnetic field treatment of materials and associated apparatus An apparatus and method for altering characteristics, such as can include structural, magnetic, electrical, optical or acoustical characteristics, of an electrically-conductive workpiece utilizes a magnetic field within which the workpiece is positionable and scheme... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161122 | Assembly packaging using induction heating An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to package a device. Heat is localized on a die having bumps on a package substrate using a first induction heater operating at a first frequency. Heat is localized on at least an integrated heat spreader (IHS), ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151062 | Thermal textile A textile made at least in part with conductive yarns for the purpose of generating heat from an electrical power source. The textile has conducting yarns, or “heaters”, with conductivity and spacing tailored to the electrical source to be used and the heat to b... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7127806 | Method for marking coaxial cable jumper assembly including plated outer assembly A jumper coaxial cable assembly includes a jumper coaxial cable and at least one solder-type connector secured thereto. The cable may include an outer conductor, which, in turn, includes aluminum with a tin layer thereon. The tin layer permits an aluminum outer cond... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111271 | Inductive filters and methods of fabrication thereof A series of plated through hole (PTH) vias are interconnected by traces that alternate between a top surface and a bottom surface of a dielectric board. The PTH vias in the series can be positioned to create a collinear inductive filter, a coil-type inductive filter... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7049557 | Regulated flexible heater A flexible body has a conductive resistance pathway which includes conductive resistance flexible strands of material connected in series between two supply bus flexible strands of material, and a temperature dependent variable resistance pathway with temperature de... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7009157 | Procedure for soldering the constituent layers of a multilayer printed circuit and the machine used for same Procedure for soldering the constituent layers of a multilayer printed circuit and machine for performing it. The procedure is applicable to circuits made up of layers containing the circuit image (2, 3, 4, 5,) that have perimetral strips (9) in... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6993394 | System method and apparatus for localized heating of tissue System method and apparatus for accurately carrying out the in situ heating of a targeted tissue. Small implants are employed with the targeted tissue which exhibit an abrupt change of magnetic permeability at an elected Curie temperature. The permeability state of ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6979806 | Regulated flexible heater A flexible body has a conductive resistance pathway which includes conductive resistance flexible strands of material connected in series between two supply bus flexible strands of material, and a temperature dependent variable resistance pathway with temperature de... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6939477 | Temperature-controlled induction heating of polymeric materials The present invention provides new polymer induction bonding technology. Induction heating technologies are utilized to weld, forge, bond or set polymer materials. The invention provides controlled-temperature induction heating of polymeric materials by mixing ferro... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6548790 | Apparatus for manufacturing solid solder deposit PCBs A novel apparatus for manufacturing Solid-Solder-Deposit Printed Circuit Boards (SSD-PCBs) by melting solder powder via induction heating consequently forming relatively thick layers of solid solder over the soldering pads of a bare-PCB 230. Solid Solder ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6365864 | Cleaning device for welding wire and method of cleaning welding wire A wire cleaner for removing impurities from the surface of an elongated welding wire as the wire travels along a given path, the wire cleaner comprises a tunnel with a tube having a central passage surrounding the path with a gap between the tube and the ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6333494 | Method of induction brazing transformer strands to base plate A method of brazing a plurality of copper strands to a buss bar includes: a) cleaning the buss bar and the copper strands; b) positioning a filler shim on the surface of the buss bar; c) placing a copper strand on the filler shim, the filler shim and the ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6304590 | Formation of metal wire An increased diameter wire is formed by drawing a feed wire through a cooled nozzle located in a cooled crucible, and through a liquid metal bath contained within the crucible. Liquid metal freezes onto the feed wire as it passes through the bath, thereby... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6229124 | Inductive self-soldering printed circuit board A new apparatus for inductively soldering surface-mount, straddle-mount and through-hole type electronic components into a self-soldering PCB (printed circuit board) in an automated fashion utilizing localized Electromagnetic Induction Heating (E.I.H.). C... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6226862 | Method for manufacturing printed circuit board assembly Disclosed is a new process for electrically and mechanically joining arrays of conductors on flexible printed circuits and other flexible conductors including collated flat, flexible cables (FFCs). An array of flat copper conductors on a flexible dielectr... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6188052 | Matrix-inductor soldering apparatus and device A new apparatus and process for soldering surface-mount and through-hole type electronic components into a printed circuit board (PCB) in an automated fashion utilizing localized electromagnetic induction heating. Current manufacture technology for packag... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6031216 | Wire bonding methods and apparatus for heat sensitive metallization using a thermally insulated support portion A wire bonding apparatus has a first support arrangement for supporting a first integrated circuit package component. A second support arrangement is configured to supporting a second integrated circuit package component. The second support arrangement in... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5747779 | Method of fusing and programming fuse frame A method of fusing and programming a fuse frame for use in a semiconductor package is disclosed. A fuse frame includes an external lead arranged for electrically connecting to a first internal element of the semiconductor package and to extend externally ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5673480 | SCSI cable with termination circuit and method of making An SCSI cable assembly (30) with a termination circuit included within one of the connector housings (44) is disclosed. The termination circuit is on a circuit board (52) that is retained within a cavity (68) between two solder nest halves (50). The solde... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5579575 | Method and apparatus for forming an electrical connection A method and apparatus of forming a solder connection between a plurality of elongate bodies, comprises: (i) forming an initial connection between the elongate bodies by inserting them into an induction heatable connecting element of a connector, the conn... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5558795 | Module encapsulation by induction heating An induction heating module encapsulation apparatus and method for its use is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substantially airtight chamber which is composed of ceramic or some other high temperature insulating material in which a cap and a ceramic ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5519192 | Method and apparatus for inductively soldering electrical connector elements Electrical connector components, for example, a pin terminal constructed from a solid wire pin and a formed metal body, are attached to a web carrier and fed through an inductive heating station, thereby bonding the components together. The components are... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5357084 | Device for electrically interconnecting contact arrays The jumper cable assembly 10 in accordance with the invention includes at least a first layer 12 of insulating film, an array of electrical conductors 20, each having first and second connecting portions 22,24 at opposed ends thereof and a fusible electri... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5300750 | Thermal induction heater A heater employs a ferromagnetic or like material heated by a varying magnetic field to heat the ferromagnetic material wherein the ferromagnetic material has a large cross-section comprised of many members of small cross-section insulated from one anothe... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5227596 | Self regulating connecting device containing fusible material In accordance with the present invention, a heater element which includes a layer of ferromagnetic material is included in a connecting device along with a fusible material such as a solder preform. The connecting device includes, for example, a hollow sl... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5210928 | Method of manufacturing an electric motor A method of connecting an end portion of an enameled wire forming a winding of an electric motor to one end of a conductor of a lead includes the steps of heating an enamel coating on the end portion of the enameled wire by a high-frequency current to sep... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5064978 | Assembly with self-regulating temperature heater perform for terminating conductors and insulating the termination A heater preform comprised of a layer of magnetic material on a layer of nonmagnetic conductive metal comprises a self-regulating heater, and the heater preform is wrapped around or against a solder preform within a length of heat recoverable tubing. A co... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4795870 | Conductive member having integrated self-regulating heaters A self-heating and self-soldering bus bar for use in many applications. The pins of the bus bar are quickly and directly heated to a predetermined autoregulated temperature without significantly raising the temperature of the body of the bus. Thusly a bus... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4789767 | Autoregulating multi contact induction heater Contacts of a multipin connector may be soldered to leads of a board of the like by forming coatings of magnetic materials on each contact and locating the contacts between poles defined by an air gap of the magnetic core, each pole having a separate pair... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4617449 | Heating device for utilizing the skin effect of alternating current An improved power cable for a heating system that utilizes the skin effect of alternating current, and a method and apparatus for joining lengths of the improved cable. In one embodiment, the cable includes a stranded copper conductor (20) surrounded by a... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4436565 | Method of making a heating device for utilizing the skin effect of alternating current An improved power cable for a heating system that utilizes the skin effect of alternating current, and a method and apparatus for joining lengths of the improved cable. Lengths of the improved cable are joined by first removing predetermined portions of t... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4431891 | Arrangement for making contact between the conductor tracks of printed circuit boards with contact pins The arrangement comprises a support at which there is mounted an induction loop through which flows a high-frequency alternating current. By displacing the support or the circuit board possessing the contact pins which are to be soldered, a multiplicity o... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4327265 | Method for producing one or more contact connections between a lacquer-insulated wire and one or more contact parts of an electric component A method is disclosed for producing one or more contact connections at solder locations between a lacquer-insulated wire and corresponding contact member of an electrical component by use of soft solder. The solder location is heated to a temperature suff... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4313777 | One-step dual purpose joining technique This fastener used in induction heating is a wire screen basically of an eddy-current carrying material such as carbon steel. Selected wires in the screen are copper, sheathed in an insulating material. The screen is placed between two sheets of thermopla... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4186041 | Method and device for insulating covering of cables The proposed method for insulating the covering of cables resides in high-frequency heating of the cable conductor wrapped with tapes from polymer materials, such as polyimidepolytetrafluoroethylene films, in a transverse magnetic field over a period of t... | 01/29/1980 |
| 4084307 | Method of joining two cables with an insulation of cross-linked polyethylene or another cross linked linear polymer For joining two cables which have an insulation of a cross-linked linear polymer such as polyethylene, the insulation on each of the two ends to be connected is tapered, the ends of the conductors are then secured to each other, and the joint is wrapped w... | 04/18/1978 |
