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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065784 | Apparatus for forming an electrical connection on a solar cell Embodiments of the present invention provide a module and process for forming electrical connections on a solar cell substrate in a solar cell production line. The module generally provides a substrate handling system, a substrate positioning system, a cross-buss at... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7950131 | Robotic system for forming features in orthodontic aligners A robotic system for forming features in orthodontic aligners includes a control system, a platen for three-dimensional positioning of the aligner, a heating station for selectively heating a small region of the aligner, and a thermoforming station for manipulating ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7797813 | Information processing system for producing building material, building material production method and production equipment, and building information distribution system An information processing system for producing a building material has a design drawing generator, a list generator and a member production controller. The design drawing generator generates design drawing information of an objective building. The list generator gen... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7735211 | Method and system for handling a stator bar using a pit A stator bar facility including: a stator bar workstation; an in-ground pit below the workstation; a stator bar elevator extending from the workstation pit, and a coupling mechanism attached to the elevator, wherein the coupling mechanism further comprises a rotatio... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7578046 | Small form factor PCBA process carrier A process carrier is capable of supporting printed circuit boards during manufacturing and testing. The process carrier includes a base plate, a first top plate and a second top plate. The base plate has an upper surface including a recessed area sized to receive a ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7469460 | Base framework for a manipulating apparatus and manipulating apparatus A base framework for a manipulating apparatus which can be constructed in a modular manner, in particular for an automation cell which is designed for being combined with at least one machine tool, comprising a front wall, a rear wall and side walls which enclose a ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7367105 | Method and device for galvanizing objects A device and method for thermally galvanizing objects, in particular metal objects, includes pretreating an object for treating. The pretreated object is arranged in a flux bath for fluxing of the object and arranged in a zinc bath in order to have the material of t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357769 | Machine tool Machine tool simplifying maintenance, reducing manufacturing costs, and enabling high precision machining. The machine tool is equipped with: a bed furnished with a rectangular base, right and left sidewalls provided standing either side of the base, and a rear side... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353771 | Method and apparatus of providing power to ignite and sustain a plasma in a reactive gas generator According to a first aspect, a power supply and a method of providing power for igniting a plasma in a reactive gas generator is provided that includes (i) coupling a series resonant circuit that comprises a resonant inductor and a resonant capacitor between a switc... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354227 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing plastic frameworks such as window frames A production line for carrying out machining and cleaning operations on rectangular frameworks, is provided. Elongate plastic frame members are welded together in a welding machine, thereby forming two rectangular frameworks located one above the other. These are mo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346973 | Processing cell of automatic machining system and automatic honing system A processing cell of automatic machining system configured in that it is easy to decide or change the number of steps and to design, and to reduce the installation cost. The control unit of the processing cell comprises an operation data storing means for storing ev... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337088 | Intelligent measurement modular semiconductor parametric test system An intelligent measurement modular semiconductor parametric test system comprises an engine control module. The engine control module is operable to communicate with a user via a user interface, and is further operable to communicate with and to control the state of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334314 | Work treatment installation A work treatment installation comprises several side-by-side machine tools and at least one work supply and discharge device. It further comprises a work transport device which bridges both of them and comprises a displaceable and vertically sliding lifting skid wit... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322083 | Manufacturing system architecture for tools The specification and drawings present a new method and a system for organizing and structuring a tool room manufacturing facility for reducing lead time of manufacturing component tooling. Machine tools are grouped into work cells (also called machining lines) spec... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309197 | Internal gear shaving machine An internal gear shaving machine 1 which brings a shaving cutter 3 and an internal gear held by a workpiece chuck 2 into engagement with a crossed axes angle, and subjects the tooth flanks of the internal gear to final machining while it rotatio... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302983 | Thermoinsulation metal encaustic tile making machine A thermoinsulation metal encaustic tile making machine practical to selectively make thermoinsulation metal encaustic tiles having a thin-layer non-metal top sheet or thermoinsulation metal encaustic tiles having a top metal sheet is disclosed to include a top sheet... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7272882 | Multiple table routing machine with roller hold-down A routing machine including a plurality of worktables for supporting at least a first workpiece and a second workpiece, a hold down assembly, and a toolhead assembly for machining the first workpiece on one of the worktables and then machining the second workpiece o... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7266887 | Substrate transportation apparatus, component mounting apparatus and substrate transportation method in component mounting operation A component-mounted substrate moved to a specified substrate position by a substrate holding-and-moving device is delivered from a top of the substrate holding-and-moving device to a substrate discharge holder, and then while the substrate discharge holder is not mo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261500 | Method and apparatus for machining a blank from all directions in a machine tool or milling machine The corresponding machine tool or milling machine for carrying out the method described has a milling spindle which is displaceable in three spatial directions and with which the workpiece can be machined in a machining region, the machine tool or milling machine ha... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249546 | Die-shaping apparatus and process and product formed thereby A progressive die for shaping a consecutive series of discs from a strip of relatively stiff material, comprising a series of adjacent die stations including a slot cutting station, a plurality of intermediate stations, and a cut off station, the slot cutting statio... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7216416 | Compound processing system for sheet metal processing A complex working system for sheet metal working comprising a sheet metal working line having at least a first step working cell and a subsequent second step working cell, wherein a working schedule for the second step working cell is first determined. A working sch... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210211 | Three ply bolted temporary road mats and apparatus for manufacturing same An apparatus for making temporary road mats characterized by multiple layers of mutually perpendicular elongated timbers having an array of vertical intersections aligned in lateral rows. The apparatus includes a gang drill that moves relative to a roughly assembled... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7210221 | Transfer system for assembling a head gimbal assembly A base plate and load beam for an HG assembly are formed in series, stacked, and transferred by a transfer system in the form of the stacked-layer series to undergo the necessary assembly processes such as layer joining, slider attachment, and electrical connections... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207107 | Method and device for through-hole plating of substrates and printed circuit boards A method and apparatus for through-contacting flexible substrates 1, in particular circuit boards, having electrically conductive contact zones 4, 41 present on two opposing surfaces 1a, 1b of the substrate provides that a c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197810 | Transport system In a transport system for flow line production, especially in the car manufacturing industry, workpieces are movable along at least two first guides between working stations in transportation direction. At least one working station is configured as a screwing and/or... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198694 | Integrated tool with interchangeable wet processing components for processing microfeature workpieces and automated calibration systems An integrated tool and automatic calibration systems that enable wet chemical processing chambers, lift-rotate units and other hardware to be quickly interchanged without having to recalibrate the transport system or other components to the replacement items. These ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194791 | Turn-table type roll stock apparatus and plating factory for process roll for gravure printing There are provided a plating factory for process roll for a gravure printing and a turn-table type roll stock apparatus preferable to the gravure printing plate manufacturing factory where a series of plating steps can be performed against the process roll for the g... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189195 | Corrugated sheet forming unit of a corrugated sheet material making machine A corrugated sheet forming unit used in a corrugated sheet material making machine for processing a metal sheet material into a corrugated sheet is disclosed to include a table vertically movable to fit the elevation of the conveyer and receiving unit of the machine... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185412 | Multi-axis, processor-controlled, toolhead positioner A multi-axis, computerized numerically-controlled (CNC) toolhead positioning device with six degrees of freedom of movement while utilizing only five axes of movement, comprising a rotating workpiece mount assembly (28) and a rotating gantry (64) with ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7171738 | Systems for processing workpieces Systems, including method and apparatus, for processing workpieces driven automatically along a linear path to a plurality of positions disposed substantially along the linear path. In some embodiments, a workpiece may be processed at one or more of the positions us... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159294 | Burr removal apparatus for laser beam machine The invention provides a burr removal apparatus for laser beam machine which removes burrs formed on the top surface of a workpiece. When, for example, pilot holes PH are produced in a workpiece W by a laser machining tool 60, molten particles scatter ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7160174 | Method for processing and measuring rotationally symmetric workpieces as well as grinding and polishing tool A method for processing a rotationally symmetric workpiece, preferably having optically effective surfaces, whose symmetry axis is aligned parallel with the z-axis and which is moveable parallel with the z-axis, using a rotating, rotationally symmetric grinding or p... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7117575 | Method of manufacturing a link plate In manufacturing a link plate for a roller chain, a band of sheet steel is intermittently forwarded along a path past series of dies, including rough punching dies and shaving dies. The punching dies and corresponding shaving dies are located symmetrically on opposi... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114248 | Method of handling an electrical component A method of handling an electrical component is disclosed. The method includes initiating a first engagement between the electrical component and a conveyor, initiating a second engagement between a tool and the electrical component without altering the first engage... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111379 | Eyebrow pencil making machine An eyebrow pencil making machine includes a trough disposed on a table for receiving pen containers, a board having a number of depressions to support the pen containers which may be fed along the board step by step, and two tool devices each having a tool member mo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7112017 | Method and apparatus for machining a blank from all directions In a method of machining a blank from all directions using at least one machine tool, such as a milling machine, production of the ready-to-use, measured component which is controlled and classified with regard to quality, such as a turbine blade, occurs in as few s... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103959 | Conduit for preventing oxidation of a electronic device An apparatus to prevent oxidation of an electronic device, such as a semiconductor substrate during a semiconductor packaging process, comprises a substantially-enclosed conduit having at least one movable support defining a path through which the electronic device ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073241 | Method of managing tool travel in an assembly line operation A method of repositioning the pivot point of the assembly tool and using a tether assembly to limit the tool travel of the assembly tool in provide an assembly tool reduced travel envelope that only overlaps the position of the point-of-use of an in-station work-pie... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065856 | Machine tool method A machine tool apparatus is provided employing a plurality of tool heads which may be sequentially or simultaneously automatically controlled to perform preprogrammed operations on either the same or different workpieces. In one form, a plurality of tool heads are s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063301 | Facilities connection bucket for pre-facilitation of wafer fabrication equipment A facilities connection locator is provided for use with a support apparatus for supporting manufacturing equipment. The facilities connection locator comprises a fluid tight bucket having a bottom surface, a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the botto... | 06/20/2006 |
