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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7849586 | Method of making a power inductor with reduced DC current saturation A method for making a power inductor comprises providing a first magnetic core comprising a ferrite bead core material, cutting a first cavity and a first air gap in said first magnetic core, and attaching a second magnetic core to said first magnetic core at least ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7584533 | Method of fabricating an inductor structure on an integrated circuit structure A damascene process is utilized to fabricate the segmented magnetic core elements of an integrated circuit inductor structure. The magnetic core is electroplated from a seed layer that is conformal with a permanent dielectric mold that results in sidewall plating de... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7568278 | Method of manufacturing inductor A method for manufacturing an inductor using a system-in-package (SIP) includes forming a first penetration electrode in a silicon substrate; depositing an insulating film on a first surface of the silicon substrate, and patterning the insulating film to form an ind... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7426780 | Method of manufacturing a power module A method of manufacturing a power module on a substrate. In one embodiment, the method includes providing power conversion circuitry including providing a magnetic device having a magnetic core and at least one switch on the substrate. The method also includes placi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7409759 | Method for making a computer hard drive platen using a nano-plate Provided is a method and system for manufacturing a hard drive platen. The method includes depositing two or more types of film around a central core to form a plurality of film layers, each film layer being of a different type than its adjacent layers. Next, the de... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7380328 | Method of forming an inductor The invention includes a stacked open pattern inductor fabricated above a semiconductor substrate. The stacked open pattern inductor includes a plurality of parallel open conducting patterns embedded in a magnetic oxide or in an insulator and a magnetic material. Em... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367773 | Apparatus for combining or separating disk pairs simultaneously Various methods and apparatus are provided for merging and demerging pairs of disks. In one embodiment, pairs of merged disks are first separated and then transferred to separate cassettes such that all of the disks in the separate cassettes are oriented in the same... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369023 | Method for manufacturing a magnet armature A method for manufacturing magnet armatures which are used mainly in brake-pressure modulators of electronically controlled brake systems and which are provided on their entire surface with a plastic coating, for reasons of dimensional stability and sliding properti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7322098 | Method of simultaneous two-disk processing of single-sided magnetic recording disks Various methods and apparatus for simultaneously processing two single-sided hard memory disks is provided. Disks are positioned in pairs, with one surface of one disk positioned adjacent one surface of the second disk, with the disk surfaces touching or with a slig... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318269 | Method of manufacturing coil component The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a coil component uses as a major part of a common mode choke coil or a transformer, and there is provided a method of manufacturing a compact and low height coil component in which deterioration of impedance charact... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7299535 | Methods for making data storage media and the resultant media Methods for forming data storage media and the media formed thereby are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method for forming a data storage media, comprises: injection molding a substrate comprising surface features, wherein said surface features have greater... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293347 | Manufacturing method of head arm assembly A manufacturing method of an HAA includes a step of fixing a first lead conductor member onto a suspension, a step of attaching a second lead conductor member to at least one actuator arm, a step of fixing the suspension onto the at least one actuator arm, a step of... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7264758 | Method for producing an electrical connector An electrical connector and a method for producing the same are described. A metallic wire is provided. The metallic is folded into a predetermined shape by upper and lower formation devices. One of the formation devices is replaced by a mold, and an insulative mate... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7210218 | Method for fabricating electrical core sheet assemblies A method of fabricating electrical core sheet assemblies such as transformer limbs, transformer yokes, and transformer cores, includes the steps of first cutting electrical core sheets, whose main surfaces have been provided with an anti-corrosion layer, into a desi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178220 | Method of making slotted core inductors and transformers Methods for manufacturing slot core inductors and transformers includes using large scale flex circuitry manufacturing methods and machinery for providing two mating halves of a transformer winding. One winding is inserted into the slot of a slot core and one windin... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180709 | Information-storage media with dissimilar outer diameter and/or inner diameter chamfer designs on two sides A single-sided magnetic hard disk 200 is provided that includes opposing first and second sides 300 and 308 having opposing first and second chamfers 408 and 412, respectively. The first chamfer 408 is dissimilar (or differe... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174775 | Solid body surface evaluation method, magnetic disk evaluation method, magnetic disk, and manufacturing method thereof In a method of evaluating surface tension of a solid body surface, selection is made of at least three liquid samples having different surface tensions, and contact angles between the respective liquid samples and the solid body surface are measured. Thereby, a corr... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168153 | Method for manufacturing single-sided hard memory disks Various apparatus and methods are provided for positioning and handling single-sided hard memory disks. A disk carrier is provided with ribs formed on the inside surface of opposing side walls. The ribs form disk receiving grooves or channels. The ribs further compr... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165308 | Dual disk transport mechanism processing two disks tilted toward each other Various apparatus and methods are provided for handling and transporting pairs of gap merge disks. A transfer member is provided in one embodiment which engages the outer perimeter of a pair of disks at three locations. The transfer member is configured to induce an... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155818 | Method of fabricating a connector In an electrically shielded connector, conductive material covers an outer surface of said body and is spaced away from a conductive structure included in the connector to create electrical isolation therebetween. A channel in which the connector is situated is eith... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158004 | Integrated circuit inductors The invention relates to an inductor comprising a plurality of interconnected conductive segments interwoven with a substrate. The inductance of the inductor is increased through the use of coatings and films of ferromagnetic materials such as magnetic metals, alloy... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147906 | Data storage medium comprising polyimides In one aspect the present invention provides a storage medium for data, the storage medium comprising: a) a substrate, a physical portion of which comprises at least one polyimide, and b) at least one data layer on the substrate. The substrate comprising a polyimide... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144470 | Process and device for producing electronic anti-theft elements This invention concerns a process and a device for producing strip elements for electronically securing articles and a corresponding produced strip element. The aim of the invention is to present a process, a device, and a strip element which can be economically pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140092 | Methods for manufacturing inductor cores A representative method for manufacturing a highly-laminated magnetic inductor core includes: depositing at least a first layer of a ferromagnetic material; depositing at least a first layer of a sacrificial conductive material; depositing a support structure formed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097495 | System and methods for connecting electrical components The present disclosure is directed to methods and devices that use a contact interface for establishing an electrical connection with an electrical component. In certain exemplary embodiments, the contact interface of a device includes at least one loading fiber and... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094064 | Multiple-contact woven electrical switches The present disclosure is directed to electrical switches that utilize conductors that are woven onto loading fibers and a mating conductor that has a contact mating surface. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The loading fibers are capable of delivering... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083376 | Automated merge nest for pairs of magnetic storage disks Various methods and apparatus for handling a plurality of disks and repositioning them into pairs is provided. In one embodiment, a nest is configured to hold a cassette and includes a nest. The nest includes a curved surface with ribs or teeth extending therefrom w... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083502 | Method for simultaneous two-disk texturing Various methods and apparatus for simultaneously texturing two single-sided hard memory disks is provided. The two disks are placed in a concentric contact merge orientation such that the outwardly facing surface of each disk may be simultaneously subjected to textu... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083427 | Woven multiple-contact connectors A multiple-contact woven connector comprising at least one conductor woven onto a plurality of loading fibers. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The loading fibers are capable of delivering a contact force at the contact points of the conductors. The co... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083871 | Single-sided sputtered magnetic recording disks An information-storage media is provided that includes: (a) a substrate disk 312 having first and second opposing surfaces; (b) a first selected layer 304 on the first surface, the first selected sele... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7078999 | Inductor and method for producing the same A lamination ceramic chip inductor includes at least one pair of insulation layers; and at least one conductive pattern which is interposed between the at least one pair of insulation layers and forming a conductive coil. At least one conductive pattern includes a c... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069639 | Method of making chip type power inductor A method of fabricating a chip type power inductor includes the steps of: preparing green sheets: forming cutting lines on a magnetic layer green sheet and a non-magnetic layer green sheet; forming via holes on the non-magnetic layer green sheet where the cutting li... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062840 | Method for forming permanent magnet targets for position sensors A process for forming magnetic targets for position and speed sensors, and magnetic targets formed according to the process. The targets are formed on a conductor-clad substrate by first applying a layer of photoresist material and then patterning and etching the ph... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051429 | Method for forming a medium having data storage and communication capabilities A method for forming a medium having a substrate is formed have a patterned surface with a channel pattern and a transponder having a memory is provided in the channel pattern. A conductive material is deposited in the channel pattern with the conductive material op... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052739 | Method of lubricating multiple magnetic storage disks in close proximity Various apparatus and methods are provided for lubricating hard memory disks. A mandrel is provided in one embodiment with three rows of teeth and provides a stable, three-point engagement with the inside edge of the disks at the center aperture. When removing disks... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040209 | Tool fixtures for use in rotational processing A fixture for holding tools to be processed in a rotational processing apparatus. The fixture includes at least one mounting rod with a plurality of spacers slidably disposed on the mounting rod. A plurality of tools are disposed about the rod, each tool being space... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032292 | Method of manufacturing high Q on-chip inductor A high Q on-chip inductor includes a primary winding and an auxiliary winding that is coupled to receive a proportionally opposite representation of an input of the primary winding. Further, the auxiliary winding has an admittance that is greater than the admittance... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030725 | Semiconductor device with electrically coupled spiral inductors Multiple coupled inductors are formed in a well in a semiconductor device. The inductors, which preferably are spiral inductors, are strongly coupled with high quality factors. The coupled inductors may be used as efficient signal splitting and combining circuits. | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027246 | Method for servo pattern application on single-side processed disks in a merged state Methods and apparatus are provided for creating servo-tracks on the R-side of single-sided hard memory disks. The method includes placing two single-sided disks in a concentric contact merge orientation with the R-side of each disk facing outwardly. Two independent ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023316 | Semiconductor device with electrically coupled spiral inductors Multiple coupled inductors are formed in a well in a semiconductor device. The inductors, which preferably are spiral inductors, are strongly coupled with high quality factors. The coupled inductors may be used as efficient signal splitting and combining circuits. | 04/04/2006 |
