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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152043 | Ultrasonic horn An ultrasonic horn used in, for instance, a wire bonding apparatus and formed with mounting flanges, including a slit and a cross-sectional shape varying portion; the slit being on the central axis in the horn's longitudinal direction and extending fore and aft rela... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8104660 | Transducer and method for mounting the same A transducer is provided that comprises a horn having a longitudinal axis, a bonding tool attached to the horn, and an ultrasonic generator attached to the horn and spaced from the bonding tool along the longitudinal axis of the horn. A flexure is attached to the ho... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087564 | Apparatus for forming a metallic container A method of forming a metallic container by placing body and lid portions together, keeping parts of the body and lid portions in contact with one another, and vibrating the lid with respect to the body, thereby generating frictional heat to form a friction metallic... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8056792 | Scalloped horn An ergonomic horn for use in an ultrasonic welder having a base structure defining a first longitudinal axis, where the base structuring is connectable to the ultrasonic welder, and a tip mounting head defining a second longitudinal axis. The second longitudinal axi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052026 | Ultrasonic horn An ultrasonic horn used in, for instance, a wire bonding apparatus and formed with mounting flanges, including a slit and a cross-sectional shape varying portion; the slit being on the central axis in the horn's longitudinal direction and extending fore and aft rela... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052027 | Apparatus for forming a metallic container An apparatus for attaching the lid and body portions of a metallic container includes a base to support the body, a support assembly to support a flange of the body, and a sonotrode for contacting a flange of the lid, wherein the flanges of the lid and body are held... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042721 | Ultrasonic device having exponential horn sleeve portion An ultrasonic device includes a coupler, a mounting sleeve and an exponential horn form by both the coupler and the mounting sleeve. A flange is located on the mounting sleeve for support at a node of minimum vibratory motion. The mounting sleeve and coupler are for... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028886 | Bonding tool, electronic component mounting apparatus and electronic component mounting method A bonding tool comprises: a horn which transmits an ultrasonic vibration; a ultrasonic transducer which is provided on one end of the horn, and produces the ultrasonic vibration; a heater disposition part, in which a heater is disposed, which is provided between the... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7997470 | Flanged transducer having improved rigidity A transducer is provided that comprises a horn that is configured to transmit vibrations along its length during operation in the form of an oscillatory waveform, such oscillatory waveform having a plurality of vibration nodal points. An ultrasonic generator is coup... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7984839 | Ultrasonic device with longitudinal and torsional sonotrodes An ultrasonic welding device for welding two components has a rod-shaped first sonotrode for the generation of longitudinal waves and is coupled on its first end to a first converter and on its second end opposite the first end to a second converter. A first welding... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980444 | Electronic component mounting head, and apparatus and method for mounting electronic component An electronic component mounting apparatus includes an electronic component mounting head for holding an electronic component and an up/down device for pressing the electronic component against a circuit board, and the electronic component is pressed against the cir... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7971769 | Quick change over tooling for a welder A weld stack includes a horn having a weld end, a polar mount adapted to receive a portion of the horn therein, a first adjustment ring coupled to the polar mount at a pre-determined distance from the weld end of the horn, and a second adjustment ring coupled to the... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7959054 | Device for processing workpieces using ultrasound A device for processing workpieces using ultrasound, comprising an ultrasound sonotrode and an anvil, wherein a workpiece is processed between the ultrasound sonotrode and the anvil, the ultrasound sonotrode having a recess with open edges in the axial direction and... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7878384 | Ultrasonic welding device with opposite welding and lateral surfaces that delimit a compression space, and compression space An ultrasound welding device for welding metallic conductors for producing a junction point includes two welding surfaces, which are located on opposite sides, and two lateral delimiting surfaces, which extend transverse to the working surfaces and which, together, ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7861908 | Component mounting method, component mounting apparatus, and ultrasonic bonding head A component mounting apparatus includes a component feeder that feeds a component with its bump electrodes facing down, a mounting head that mounts the component onto a substrate, a supporting base that secures the substrate, and a positioning device that aligns the... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7828190 | Ultrasonic mounting apparatus In an ultrasonic mounting apparatus, a pressing shaft coupled with a voice coil motor to apply a load on a part to be mounted is placed independently from components including a bonding tool, ultrasonic horn, transducer, and horn support member. The components can m... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7810694 | Tool for an ultrasound welding device comprising a reinforcing element for reducing the deviation of the working surface of the tool A sonotrode for an ultrasound welding device including at least one working surface and a front surface that extends perpendicularly to the working surface. To avoid or reduce a deviation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the sonotrode, the front surface has... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7793815 | Ultrasonic bonding equipment and resulting bonding structure The disclosure is directed to ultrasonic bonding equipment, in which the anvil and horn include protrusions of varying height to grip the material being bonded. The outer protrusions may form smaller or differently shaped indentations in the material to reduce mater... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789284 | Electronic component mounting apparatus and electronic component mounting method There is provided an electronic component mounting apparatus including: a component holder which holds an electronic component; a pressing unit which applies pressure to the held electronic component through the component holder; and an ultrasonic transducer which a... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7780056 | Horn attachment arm A horn attachment arm for a bonding apparatus that performs high speed bonding with high accuracy to a large sized workpiece is provided. The horn attachment arm includes a fixing bracket fixed to a moveable member of a driving motor and a ultrasonic horn attaching ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7775413 | Cantilevered bar gap adjustment for an ultrasonic welding system A system and method for adjusting the gap between a horn and an anvil in an ultrasonic welding system includes the act of positioning a horn proximal to an anvil, so that a gap is established between the horn and the anvil. A force is applied to the horn, so as to u... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7757926 | Transducer assembly for a bonding apparatus A transducer assembly for a bonding apparatus is provided that comprises a horn having first and second base ends and a bonding tool attached to the horn between the first and second base ends. First and second ultrasonic generators are secured to the first and seco... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7748590 | Ultrasonic welding apparatus An ultrasonic welding apparatus having an extractable sonotrode. The sonotrode having a non-threaded outer peripheral surface and a tapered mating surface that meets with a correspondingly tapered aperture formed in the end of the reed of the ultrasonic welding appa... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7690548 | Apparatus of adjusting the position of an ultrasonic welding horn An ultrasonic rotary welding apparatus and methods of using the same are disclosed. The ultrasonic welding device includes an ultrasonic horn and an anvil. The ultrasonic horn is constrained by a mounting system. The mounting system permits the horn to exhibit two d... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7611039 | Ultrasonic transducer comprising a sensor disposed in the mounting The invention relates to an ultrasonic transducer comprising at least one sensor, particularly for use in ultrasonic bonders. At least one sensor (4, 6) is arranged in/on a mounting (2, 3) of the ultrasonic transducer and, in particular, by means of wh... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7600664 | Welding device and method for welding workpieces The invention concerns an ultrasonic welding device, which is more fully integrated by adjacent components of coupling surface. In order to permit a adequately fixed connection between the components, while, at the same time simplifying the mounting, it is suggested... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7578422 | Bond capillary design for ribbon wire bonding A device (100) and method (200) for bonding a ribbon wire (104) to a workpiece (106) comprising feeding the ribbon wire through a passageway (116) of an ultrasonic bond capillary (102) and clamping the ribbon wire against an... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578421 | Horn-holder pivot type bonding apparatus A horn-holder pivot type bonding apparatus including a horn holder for holding an ultrasonic horn, and a motor for driving the horn holder to pivot, with an imaginary pivot point of the horn holder being positionally fixed on a bonding surface. The motor is provided... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7565995 | Roller wire brake for wire bonding machine While fabricating a packaged semiconductor chip, a wire is bonded on a chip contact pad using a wire bonding machine. A bond head of the wire bonding machine is moved relative to the chip contact pad, thereby pulling a first length of the wire out of the wire bondin... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7565994 | Wire bonding apparatus In an bonding apparatus, a piezoelectric element 4 being built into the vicinity of the capillary attachment portion of a bonding arm 1 so that the capillary 3 can be caused to vibrate in the axial direction of the bonding arm 1. The prep... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7537148 | Bonding apparatus comprising improved oscillation amplification device A bonding apparatus such as an ultrasonic transducer is provided that comprises an oscillation amplification device having a longitudinal axis and a substantially triangular cross-sectional area on a plane that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. An ultrasonic d... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537149 | Deep access large ribbon bond head A ribbon bond head capable of deep access bonding is configured to pass the bonding ribbon outside the transducer, e.g., in front of the transducer, instead of through the transducer. A clamping mechanism includes a stationary flat clamp base and a movable clamp arm... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7533791 | Arrangement for welding workpieces by means of an ultrasonic device An arrangement for the welding of cables by means of an ultrasonic welding device with a compression chamber for housing the cables defined by at least sections of a sonotrode transmitting ultrasonic vibrations, a counter electrode and lateral defining elements. In ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7484650 | Sonotrode for carrying out cutting and welding operations on workpieces and method for the operation thereof A sonotrode (33) for machining workpieces and a method for the operation of the sontotode. The sonotrode enables workpieces to be cut (1) and welded (5) simultaneously in a single work process. This results in substantially higher quality machin... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7475801 | Systems for providing controlled power to ultrasonic welding probes An ultrasonic generator comprising an input module for receiving a power signal. An output module for outputting an ultrasonic signal is also included in the generator. A motherboard is coupled to both the input module and the output module. The motherboard includes... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7461768 | Camera-assisted adjustment of bonding head elements The invention relates to a method which is used to carry out adjusting operations on a bond head, wherein a bond head element is positioned in relation to a reference element, especially an ultrasonic tool. According to the invention, at least the surrounding area o... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458495 | Flip chip bonding tool A bonding tool and method for bonding a semiconductor chip to a surface is provided wherein the bonding tool includes a bonding tip comprising a ceramic material, preferably titanium carbide. The bonding tip is operative to hold the chip and a bonding energy generat... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7451905 | Wire bonding wedge This invention is for a wedge for bonding an elongated conductor, such as a wire, to a bond pad on a microelectronic device. A wire passes through an aperture in the wedge into a pocket or an open notch. A sidewall on each side of the pocket or open notch prevents t... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441689 | Orbital friction welding method and device for carrying out said method The invention relates to an orbital friction welding method and a friction welding device for welding workpieces by means of friction welding units, wherein the workpieces are pressed against each other in the contact plane during the application of the oscillation ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438210 | Ultrasonic welder having motor drive assembly integrated with transducer housing An ultrasonic welder includes a housing having an ultrasonic transducer, a horn mounted to one end of the housing, a motor having a shaft, and a mounting assembly having a fastener such as a threaded screw. One screw end is coupled to the motor shaft to rotate as th... | 10/21/2008 |
