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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7716800 | Single-piece part for making a cable anchoring jaw and method for making such a jaw The invention concerns a single-piece part for producing a cable anchoring jaw. The single-piece part includes several angular portions arranged about a generally cylindrical duct, assembled by clamps adjacent to the duct. Each clamp is located at the bottom of one ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7657986 | Method of making a folded condenser tube A method of fabricating a condenser tube having a pre-determined tube length and multiple channels including the steps of forming an aperture in a flat strip of metal; moving the flat strip through a plurality of forming operations to fold into an enclosed tube cont... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7358152 | Wafer bonding of thinned electronic materials and circuits to high performance substrate A method of bonding a wafer to a substrate comprising the steps of: providing a wafer having a front surface and a back surface; attaching the front surface of the wafer to a support; thinning the wafer from the back surface; bonding the back surface of the wafer to... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7350885 | Drawer A drawer has a drawer side wall on each side, a rear wall, a front terminating wall, a drawer base plate and transverse dividers. A horizontal rail is arranged on the inside of each drawer side wall, extending from the drawer rear wall to the front terminating wall.... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7322090 | Explosive tube removal device A explosive device is disclosed for collapsing an expansion-fit metal tube from within a hole of a metal plate of a boiler or the like. The device includes a connecting rod inserted into the tube and extending outwardly from top and bottom ends of the tube. The port... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293820 | Weather strip for motor vehicle A weather strip for a motor vehicle, which is capable of being attached to a flange provided in an opening portion of a vehicle body or a closing member for closing the opening portion irrespective of a configuration of the flange. The weather strip includes a base ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291301 | Method of manufacturing an airbag assembly and vehicle trim component A method of manufacturing an airbag assembly and a trim component for vehicle including the step of providing a first mold structure having a first surface formed therein, a second mold structure having a second surface formed therein and a third mold structure havi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279403 | Plate-like workpiece dividing apparatus Disclosed herein is a dividing apparatus for dividing a plate-like workpiece, which is put on the top surface of a protective tape affixed to an annular frame and which has reduced strength along dividing lines. The apparatus includes a frame holder for holding the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7254890 | Method of making a microfluid ejection head structure A method of making a micro-fluid ejection head structure for a micro-fluid ejection device. The method includes applying a removable mandrel material to a semiconductor substrate wafer containing fluid ejection actuators on a device surface thereof. The mandrel mate... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250070 | Fractured powder metal connecting rod and a method of manufacturing the same A method of forming a powder metal fractured bearing component, such as a connecting rod, includes the step of forming a component blank having a bearing aperture for separation of the component blank into a main body and a bearing cap, wherein the component has a h... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246547 | Assembly of a nut body in a profiled-section element An assembly tool (20) for a securing system. (1) The securing system comprises an elongate profiled-section element (2) having a longitudinal slot (6), which is delimited by two flanges, and an elongate nut body (3). The nut body i... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228927 | Vehicle protection against the effect of a land mine A vehicle with protection against the effects of an exploding land mine is provided, in which a military wheeled vehicle is provided with wheel axels and drives built into front and/or rear building blocks. The vehicle is divided into multiple building blocks, altho... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219392 | Breakaway track system for an overhead door An overhead garage door (10) includes a plurality of panels (11) each carrying rollers (12) which ride in a track assembly (15). The track assembly (15) includes a generally vertically positionable component (16), a generall... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7171882 | Knife-like cutting die A knife-like die for cutting a thermoformed plastic article from a sheet of thermoformable plastic. The die includes a die build up plate that is mounted to a first platen and a striker plate that is mounted to a second platen. The die further includes a die board h... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168731 | Airbag apparatus for automobile An airbag apparatus uses an interior panel of an automobile. The interior panel is formed of a multi-layer sheet including a surface layer, an intermediate foam layer, and a base layer. The interior panel has front and rear hinge grooves and left and right fracture ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165782 | Airbag apparatus for automobile An airbag apparatus utilizes an interior panel of a vehicle. The interior panel has a rectangular fracture-opening section defined by at least one hinge groove and one fracture groove formed on an inside surface of the interior panel through irradiation with laser p... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163118 | Receptacle partitioning structure A receptacle partitioning structure disposed in a receptacle defining an interior rectangular solid space and having an upper opening. The receptacle partitioning structure includes: a pair of first assembling bodies oppositely disposed on inner edges of the recepta... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162794 | Manufacturing method for multilayer ceramic elements A multilayer integrated substrate includes breaking grooves arranged in a grid pattern so as to section the main surface of the substrate into a plurality of blocks, and also includes fracture-preventing conductor films arranged so as to cross the breaking grooves. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7107682 | Method for manufacturing tubes and profiles The invention relates to a method for manufacturing tubes and profiles with variable wall thickness over the length. The method comprises the steps of flexible rolling of continuous material strip with variable thickness in the longitudinal direction of the strip ma... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107674 | Method for manufacturing a chip carrier A method of manufacturing an integrated circuit carrier includes providing a substrate. At least one receiving zone for an integrated circuit is demarcated on the substrate. A plurality of island-defining portions is arranged about each of the receiving zones. Rigid... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104590 | Vehicle trim panel with integral nibbed armrest A door trim panel for a door frame of a motor vehicle. The door trim panel includes a main body portion adapted to be removably secured to the door frame and a bolster removably secured to the main body portion. The bolster covers an access opening defined in the ma... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093850 | Instrument panel with integral hidden door cover and method of manufacture thereof An instrument panel and method of making an instrument panel for use in a vehicle having a passenger side airbag module is disclosed. The instrument panel comprising: a first outer layer having a show surface and an inner surface; an intermediary layer disposed on t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086153 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing heat exchanger tube Distortion of the cross-sectional shape of a tube when producing a heat exchanger tube by cutting a continuous tube is prevented by forming cutting grooves in a strip material in advance by an upper and bottom cutter. The two side edges of the strip shaped member wh... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059807 | Elongated structural members for use in forming barrier walls Briefly described, the present invention relates to a wale for use in forming a driven wall structure including a plurality of elongated structural panels. The wale includes a base wall, a top wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The base wall and the to... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055234 | Method of manufacturing blow-molded cup dispenser A cup dispenser includes a blow-molded plastic storage tube and a blow-molded plastic cup pushing member or follower positioned within the tube. The pushing member is optionally spring-biased toward an open first end of the tube away from a closed, second end of the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7056066 | Apparatus and method for inserting sheet piles into a soil formation Yet another embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a sheet pile installation apparatus for inserting a sheet pile vertically into a soil formation, the installation apparatus including an elongated body configured to releasably receive the sheet pile, the b... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7044525 | Automotive extrusion-molded product and manufacturing method therefor An automotive extrusion-molded product includes a core material (2) having a U-shaped cross section which is made of a hard synthetic resin. The core material has cut portions (7, 8) with various shapes extending in the lengthwise direction. A coating ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042072 | Semiconductor package and method of manufacturing the same which reduces warpage A semiconductor package and method of producing the same has a semiconductor die having a first face and a second face. A coating material is coupled to the second face of the semiconductor die. A substrate having a cavity is provided wherein the semiconductor die i... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025539 | Sheet pile for forming barrier walls A series of duplicate structural panels form a substantially flat sea wall, barrier wall, and the like, fabricated of synthetic resin material for driving into soils. The structural panel is elongated and of constant size and shape along its length, and is character... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7014208 | Interior vehicle trim panel An overmolded interior vehicle trim panel includes a substrate having a front face and an under face. The under face has a tear seam integrally molded therein to allow an airbag to exit the substrate when the airbag is deployed. The tear seam defines an airbag door.... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007497 | Modular freeze branding device A disclosed modular freeze branding device includes a frame and a number of character assemblies that are configured to be supported by the frame. Each assembly includes a substrate and a section of refrigerant conduit that is coupled to the substrate. The section o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6979593 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device A semiconductor device is manufactured by covering a main surface of a wafer with protective tape, grinding a back side of the wafer to form an extremely thin wafer and affixing it to a dicing tape, dicing to form extremely thin semiconductor chips, picking up the c... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976701 | Airbag door and method for making same An airbag door system is provided comprising a substrate, an outer shell and a foam where all three layers possess a line of mechanical weakness with each line of mechanical weakness at least partially separating each layer into an airbag door portion and a trim mem... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6961993 | Method of transferring and mounting elements A device mounting method capable of efficiently, accurately arraying micro-devices on a circuit board is provided. The method includes a device separating step of separating a plurality of LED chips, which have been arrayed with a specific period on a wafer, into in... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6961997 | Fracture split method for connecting rod A connecting rod is formed using a method that includes providing a connecting rod blank. The connecting rod blank has a rod section disposed between a big end and a small end. The big end has a first hole generally sized to receive a crankpin of a crankshaft and at... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6928711 | Compact space organizational system Organizational system for compact spaces. A sheet version has pre-perforations formed thereon, for allowing different sized walls and/or floors to be separated therefrom. The sheet can have side indentations along its edges. Corner connectors can be originally suppl... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921105 | Integrally molded passenger airbag cover An instrument panel cover arrangement used for covering an airbag module mounted beneath an instrument panel cover in a vehicle and method of making the same is disclosed. The arrangement includes a rigid substrate forming the instrument panel cover and having inner... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6918609 | Airbag products with nonlinear tear seams A novel cover for a safety restraint device is disclosed. The cover is well-adapted for use in vehicles with modular airbag components. The novel cover configuration of the present invention effectively hides any evidence of the seam through which the airbag deploys... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6766128 | Precision partially cylindrical web guide member and improved manufacturing process for making the same A precision partially cylindrical web guide member for use as a backer bar in electrophotographic printers or as a similar web guide in an apparatus with moving webs. In a novel process of the invention, multiple web guide members may be manufactured from arc segmen... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6756288 | Method of subdividing a wafer In a method of dicing a wafer, which comprises a plurality of individual circuit structures, a trench is first defined between at least two circuit structures on one face of the wafer. Subsequently, the trench is deepened down to a defined depth. Following this, one... | 06/29/2004 |
