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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7878386 | Method and device for heat treatment, especially connection by soldering The present invention relates to a method and device (10) for the temperature treatment of workpieces (19) or components, in particular for producing a solder connection between a solder material and at least one component or workpiece used as a solder... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7377419 | Brazing open cell reticulated copper foam to stainless steel tubing with vacuum furnace brazed gold/indium alloy plating A method of fabricating a heat exchanger includes brush electroplating plated layers for a brazing alloy onto a stainless steel tube in thin layers, over a nickel strike having a 1.3 μm thickness. The resultant Au-18 In composition may be applied as a first layer o... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7347355 | Method for brazing metal components for use in medical equipment, metal assembly produced by the method and endoscope provided with the metal assembly A method for brazing two or more of stainless steel components for use in medical equipment, in which one component is joined to other component using a brazing material containing Au of which amount is 62.5 wt % or higher, the method comprising the steps of: a firs... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347354 | Metallic solder thermal interface material layer and application of the same A method of bonding a thermal interface layer to a heat dissipating member and the resulting device are described. The method may involve plating a bonding surface of the heat dissipating member, and bonding a metallic solder onto the plating under vacuum or inert c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341641 | Bonding device for manufacturing liquid crystal display device A bonding device for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes a bonding chamber for bonding first and second substrates and an ionizing device for introducing ionized gas or air into the bonding chamber. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325715 | Unitary vacuum tube incorporating high voltage isolation A housing for microelectronic devices requiring an internal vacuum for operation, e.g., an image detector, is formed by tape casting and incorporates leads between interior and exterior of said housing where said leads are disposed on a facing surface of green tape ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7306133 | System for fabricating an integrated circuit package on a printed circuit board A system is provided for reflow soldering a part that includes: replacing air around an unsoldered part with a first inert gas; removing the first inert gas to form a vacuum around the unsoldered part; vacuum reflow soldering the unsoldered part to form a reflow-sol... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7159757 | Metal/ceramic bonding article and method for producing same After a metal member of an alloy containing copper and nickel is arranged on at least one side of a ceramic substrate, the metal member and the ceramic substrate are heated in an atmosphere of an inert gas or in vacuo at a temperature between solidus and liquidus li... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7128980 | Composite component for fusion reactors A highly heat-resistant laminated component for a fusion reactor has at least of a plasma-facing area made of tungsten or a tungsten alloy, a heat-dissipating area of copper or a copper alloy with a mean grain size of more than 100 μm, and an interlayer of a refrac... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6994919 | Brazing product and method of manufacturing a brazing product The invention relates to a brazing sheet product including a core sheet, on at least one side of the core sheet a clad layer of an aluminum alloy including silicon in an amount in the range of 4 to 14% by weight, and further including on at least one outersurface of... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6957762 | Vacuum brazing method for aluminum-based material A vacuum brazing method is disclosed for joining aluminum stock materials to each other. The typical cladding material utilized includes aluminum and a melting point lowering agent such as silicon. In addition, the cladding material typically includes magnesium to p... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6796483 | Method and device for producing a soldered joint A method and device is provided for thermal treatment of workpieces or components, in particular for producing a soldered joint between a solder material and at least one component or workpiece which is used as a carrier for said solder material, by melting of the s... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6715662 | Waste energy recovery system for a controlled atmosphere system A continuous controlled atmosphere brazing system includes a dry-off oven for driving off moisture from materials to be brazed, a pre-heat section for pre-heating the material and a brazing furnace for brazing the materials. Heated gas produced in the pre-heat secti... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6702177 | Manufacturing process for a plated product comprising a support part in steel and an anticorrosion metallic coating The aim of the present invention is a process for manufacturing a plated product (1) comprising a support part in steel (2) and an anticorrosion metallic coating (3), characterized in that the anticorrosion coating (3) is fixed on the support part (2) by ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6599645 | Composite metal panel The invention relates to a rigid composite metal panel comprising at least two metal parallel plates and/or sheets secured to the peaks and troughs of a corrugated aluminium stiffener sheet arranged between the parallel plates and/or sheets, wherein the c... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6586831 | Vacuum package fabrication of integrated circuit components A vacuum package for integrated circuit devices includes a sealing ring having multiple control spacers of uniform thickness distributed around the sealing ring. The sealing ring is in a designated area on a substrate, material and surrounds one or more i... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6503640 | Method of manufacturing an assembly of brazed dissimilar metal components Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an assembly of components joined by brazing, comprising the steps of: (i) forming the components of which at least one is made from a multi-layered brazing sheet product, the multi-layered brazing sheet product compr... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6455172 | Laminated ribbon and method and apparatus for producing same A method for producing a laminated metal ribbon comprises the steps of (a) vapor-depositing a third metal layer on at least one welding surface of a first metal ribbon 4 and a second metal ribbon 5 in a vacuum chamber 1, the third metal being the same as ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6391476 | Brazing sheet product and method of manufacturing an assembly using the brazing sheet product A brazing sheet product having a core sheet (1) made of an aluminium alloy, having one or both of the surfaces of the core sheet clad with an aluminium clad layer (2), and a layer (3) comprising nickel on the outersurface of one or both the aluminium clad... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6379818 | Brazing sheet product and method of its manufacture A brazing sheet product and a method of manufacturing a brazing sheet product in which a layer comprising nickel is plated onto a surface of a clad layer made of an aluminium-silicon alloy containing silicon in the range of 2 to 18 weight %, wherein the s... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6359267 | Induction heating system An induction heating system that can be used to braze metals and that overcomes many of the disadvantages of conventional brazing systems. The induction heating system improves quality and lowers production cost for many brazing requirements. The system i... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6199259 | Autoclave bonding of sputtering target assembly Fabrication techniques for an integrated sputtering target assembly include pressure assisted bonding of soldered layers of material, in particular, soldering of the target material to its backing plate; pressure assisted curing of structural adhesives us... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6176418 | Composite bonding material of beryllium, copper alloy and stainless steel and composite bonding method According to the present invention, an insert material is laid between metal beryllium and copper alloy, wherein the insert material has the minimum, solidus temperature of not lower than 870° C. to the metal beryllium and copper alloy, respectively, and... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6119927 | Method and apparatus for placing and attaching solder balls to substrates A method and apparatus for placing and attaching solder balls to a substrate having conductive pads in a predetermined pattern is disclosed. The substrate is placed on a carrier plate. An alignment plate having holes corresponding to the predetermined pat... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6085965 | Pressure bonding and densification process for manufacturing low density core metal parts A novel method of forming low density core metal parts by pressure bonding face sheets to a porous foam metal core and simultaneously densifying the core is disclosed. In particular, low density core aluminum and aluminum alloy parts can be formed accordi... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6079612 | Big scale (500cc) golf club head fabrication method A big scale (500 cc) golf club head fabrication method includes the step of preparing molds for making a top cover panel, a bottom cover panel and a face panel, the step of preparing metal alloy plate materials and then cutting the metal alloy plate mater... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6068175 | System for replacing a first area array component connected to an interconnect board Apparatus for connecting a first area array component to a substrate with a joining material. The apparatus has a nozzle directing heat toward both the first area array component and the portion of the substrate beneath the first area array component to m... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5921461 | Vacuum package having vacuum-deposited local getter and its preparation A vacuum package (20) is fabricated by providing a package base (22) with a device (32) affixed to the interior of the package base (22), and a package lid (42). An activatable getter material (54) is deposited onto a preselected region of either the inte... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5862588 | Method for restraining circuit board warp during area array rework A method for producing interconnect structures and circuit boards including placing an area array component having connection bumps on the corresponding metal contacts on a substrate disposed on a backing plate, providing heat curable joining material in ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5799860 | Preparation and bonding of workpieces to form sputtering targets and other assemblies A sputtering target assembly is fabricated by diffusion bonding a target material plate to a backing plate. The plates are cleaned in a vacuum environment, and an interlayer is formed on one or more of the plates. The plates are then joined under heat and... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5786295 | Method for producing metallic catalyst carrier This invention relates to a method for producing a metallic catalyst carrier used for a catalytic convertor for an automobile, for example, and calcines a metallic catalyst carrier element obtained by alternately winding or laminating metallic plates in v... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5782402 | Method for producing a metal structure and apparatus for metallic joining of sheet-metal layers of a metal structure A method for producing a metal structure, in particular a honeycomb body, especially for a catalytic converter, from at least partly structured, wound, intertwined or stacked sheet-metal layers, includes cleaning the structure in a vacuum in a cleaning ch... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5573532 | Cryogenic surgical instrument and method of manufacturing the same A cryogenic surgical instrument and method of manufacturing the same are described. The instrument is a cryosurgical probe having concentrically arranged cryogenic fluid supply and return tubes extending through a concentric handle portion into a closed e... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5520321 | Aluminum-lithium filler alloy for brazing An aluminum brazing alloy composite sheet is provided which can be utilized in both the vacuum brazing process and the controlled atmosphere brazing process for the brazing of aluminum parts. The brazing alloy composite sheet consists of an aluminum core ... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5492265 | Method for soldering printed-circuit boards under low pressure The invention relates to a method for soldering electronic components to printed circuit boards or other elements to be connected by soldering, as well as suitable continuous soldering systems. The use of electronic modules, designed in the form of printe... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5476209 | Process of preparing composite wire Disclosed is a process of preparing a composite wire which comprises sealing one end of a pipe to be employed as a jacket, inserting a bar to be employed as a core into the pipe and conducting a hot processing of the pipe while vacuum-sucking the pipe fro... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5454507 | Method for vacuum brazing aluminum members A vacuum furnace for brazing aluminum with brazing metal containing magnesium in which evaporated magnesium in the furnace is oxidized before aluminum members having been brazed are taken out, and/or the temperatures of a movable wall serving to control t... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5445312 | Heat activated closure A desired environment is entrapped inside a hollow workpiece by placing a meltable filler adjacent a plurality of capillaries in the wall of the workpiece. The workpiece is then placed in the desired controlled environment (e.g. a vacuum). The workpiece i... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5330098 | Silver-copper-aluminum-titanium brazing alloy An alloy for brazing ceramics has the following composition, in weight percent: 0.5 to 3% titanium; 0.25 to 2% aluminum, silicon or tin; 2 to 6% copper; balance silver.... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5318213 | Explosive bonding A process is disclosed of explosive bonding two or more components together by forming the components into a stack, placing the stack into an envelope made of a deformable material, sealing the envelope except for an evacuation port, evacuating the interi... | 06/07/1994 |
