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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171621 | Methods of fabrication of a simulation lead In one embodiment, a method of fabrication of a stimulation lead comprising a plurality of segmented electrodes for stimulation of tissue of a patient, the method comprises: providing an elongated, substantially cylindrical substrate, the substrate comprising a plur... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8127437 | Method for fabricating electroactive polymer transducer Electroactive polymer transducers for sensory feedback applications are disclosed. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8082663 | Method for hermetic electrical connections A method of providing a hermetic, electrical connection between two electrical components by mating at least one metal pin in a glass-ceramic to metal seal connector to two electrical components, wherein the glass-ceramic to metal seal connector incorporates at leas... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079139 | Method for producing electro-thermal separation type light emitting diode support structure A method for producing an electro-thermal separation type light emitting diode support structure is provided. One of the embodiments for the support structure has at least two heat dissipation bases and at least two conductive supports which are coupled by a heat di... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8046909 | Method of fabricating stimulation lead In one embodiment, a process, for fabricating a medical lead comprises: providing a splicing tube having a plurality of angularly spaced longitudinal grooves; placing a first plurality of conductors within the plurality of angularly spaced grooves defined on an exte... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8042264 | Method of fabricating an electroactive polymer transducer The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042263 | Process for manufacturing circuit board According to the present invention, there is provided a process for manufacturing a circuit board wherein a first substrate having a conductor post and a second substrate having a conductor pad for receiving the conductor post are laminated through an interlayer adh... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8006375 | Apparatus for equalizing voltage across an electrical lighting system An apparatus for equalizing voltage across an electrical lighting system, particularly in low voltage landscape lighting systems. The apparatus consists of a plastic cylinder having open ends and containing two or more connectors for connecting a homerun wire from a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7975375 | Method for producing a portable electronic object A method for producing a portable electronic object having contact pads arranged on a plane with a thickness which differs from the thickness of a standard smartcard. The object is electrically connected to data transfer station connectors, by delivering a data tran... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7975376 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device The invention aims to provide substrate treatment equipment that can automatically collect a substrate in a normal condition without needing manual operation. The equipment includes a substrate holder 26 for holding substrates 12 in a multistage manner... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7934311 | Methods of manufacturing electrical cables A method of forming at least a portion of a cable comprises providing at least one conductor, extruding at least an inner layer of polymeric insulation over the at least one conductor to form a cable conductor core, embedding a plurality of conductors into the inner... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7908742 | Method of forming a protective covering for a wire harness A system and method for forming a wire harness covering having a predetermined three-dimensional geometry is provided. The system and method make use of a mold and a post-molding fixture. In a first phase, the mold is used during an injection molding process to form... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7891085 | Electrode array assembly and method of making same A lead assembly and a method of making a lead are provided. The method of making a multi-contact lead assembly comprises providing conductive contacts located at an end of a lead body, disposing conductive wires in conductor lumens formed in the lead body, and conne... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891086 | Method of stringing a first elongate element into a second elongate element A method for stringing a first elongate element through a second elongate element is provided by placing the first elongate element in a channel and injecting compressed gas into the channel to propel the first elongate element therethrough. The channel has a first ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886428 | Method of producing multilayer printed wiring board and photosensitive dry film used therefor A method of producing a multilayer printed wiring board by attaching a photosensitive dry film onto an interlaminar resin insulating layer having a thin-film conductor layer and conducting a light exposure and development to form a plating resist and then forming a ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877865 | Method of forming a wiring having carbon nanotube In a method of forming a wiring having a carbon nanotube, a lower wiring is formed on a substrate, and a catalyst layer is formed on the lower wiring. An insulating interlayer is formed on the substrate to cover the catalyst layer, and an opening is formed through t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7845069 | Methods for forming armored cable assembly A method for forming an armored cable assembly includes: forming an armor sheath using an armor sheath forming apparatus, the armor sheath defining a sheath passage; forcibly feeding a transmission cable into the sheath passage upstream of an exit capstan to provide... | 12/07/2010 |
| RE41944 | Method for manufacturing noble metal electric discharge chips for spark plugs In a wire drawing process for forming a wire rod containing iridium as a main component and which further contains nickel and at least one of platinum, rhodium and ruthenium, and having a cross-sectional area of not smaller than 0.05 mm2 and not larger th... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832088 | Method of using grounding system A method for using a segmented grounding system, including a bit including a coupling portion at a first end, and a generally tapered second end, a shaft with a first end configured to couple to the coupling portion of the bit, and a second end comprising a receivin... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7832090 | Method of making a planar electrode Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of thin film materials using a slurry including a surfactant chemical operative to polish high portions of the film being planarized while preventing the polishing of low portions of the film is disclosed. The low portions can be ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7832089 | Method for making an insulated microwire Insulated electrically conductive fibers or microwires of sizes on the order of 1 mil (25 microns) diameter, so as to be suitable for processing into yarns or multi-microwire bundles, for example, for incorporation into conformable fabric products or for use as wear... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7818876 | Method for fabrication of hermetic electrical conductor feedthroughs A method is disclosed for the fabrication of feedthrough devices that can transmit a single or plurality of electrical signal(s) to or from within a leak-tight (hermetic) chamber from or to the outside of said leak-tight (hermetic) chamber. The invention allows mate... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7793409 | Methods of manufacturing electrical cables A method forming at least a portion of a cable comprises providing at least one cable conductor core, extruding at least an inner layer of a polymeric insulation material over the at least one conductor core, providing a plurality of strength members having a coatin... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7779537 | Method of manufacturing RF ablation probe with unibody electrode element An ablation probe and method of manufacturing the ablation probe are provided. The probe comprises a probe shaft and a unibody electrode element. The unibody electrode element comprises a common electrode base located at the distal end of the shaft, and a plurality ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7774929 | Method of self-assembly on a surface A method of self-assembly of components on a surface of a substrate includes obtaining a first component and a second component. The first component type is assembled onto the substrate by programming the surface. The second component type is assembled by reprogramm... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7761980 | Method of manufacturing a wiring substrate for ejection head The method manufactures a wiring substrate. The method comprises: a recess section forming step of forming recess sections corresponding to a prescribed wiring pattern, on a substrate; a filling step of filling a conductive paste containing thinner, into the recess ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761981 | Methods for fabricating an electroactive polymer device The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7752745 | Method of making wired circuit board holding sheet A wired circuit board holding sheet that can permit easy judgment on whether a cutting notch formed has a predetermined depth, and a production method of the wired circuit board holding sheet that can produce the wired circuit board holding sheet simply and easily. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7694413 | Method of making a bottomless via A method for forming a copper interconnect is described. An opening in a dielectric layer disposed on a substrate is formed. A barrier layer is formed on the opening. A seed layer is formed on the barrier layer. The seed layer includes a noble metal copper alloy, th... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7681305 | Method of making ignition wire with grafted coating An ignition wire includes a conductive core, an insulation layer surrounding the core, an insulating jacket surrounding the insulation layer and a coating layer which is grafted and bonded to at least a portion of an exterior surface of the insulating jacket. The co... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7676911 | Method to reduce module inductance A DC bus for use in a power module has a positive DC conductor bus plate parallel with a negative DC conductor bus plate. One or more positive leads are connected to the positive bus and are connectable to a positive terminal of a power source. One or more negative ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676910 | Flexible elongate member having one or more electrical contacts A flexible elongate member such as a pressure guide wire (1000) includes an electrical device such as a pressure sensor (1002). The pressure sensor (1002) is electrically connected to conductive bands (304), (306) and (308) ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7665205 | Method of manufacturing a laminated leadframe Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a laminated lead frame and a laminated lead frame manufactured thereby, wherein lead frame single plates to be laminated one on top of the other can be reliably bonded together with a relatively light load. Under the method f... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7653988 | Method for order receipt production of electric wire and its order receipt production system A method and a system of manufacturing electric wires by ordering, possible to save the cost and materials, is provided. A system includes an order-receiving section, a manufacturing section and a coloring/cutting section. The order-receiving section receives orders... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7614141 | Fabricating substrates having low inductance via arrangements A low inductance via arrangement for multilayer ceramic (MLC) substrates is provided. With the MLC substrate and via arrangement of the illustrative embodiments, the via-field inductance for a given contact pad array is reduced. This reduction is achieved by the int... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7607220 | Method for establishing electrical connections in a hybrid electro-mechanical transmission A method for establishing electrical communication between a control module and a motor/generator in a hybrid electromechanical transmission includes providing a preassembled terminal subassembly including a first plurality of wire terminals sufficiently interconnec... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7559137 | Method for providing electrically conductive paths in polymer tubing A method for forming electrically conductive patterns to provide an electrically conductive path on a polymer tube is provided. The method includes the steps of establishing a polymer tube and mounting such in a displaceable and rotatable mounting that is adapted to... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7552528 | Wafer expanding device, component feeder, and expanding method for wafer sheet In slack removal processing for removing slack generated on a wafer sheet by heating blow, a wafer feeding plate is positioned at a height position between a first height position and a second height position. This makes it possible to decrease a gap between an uppe... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7543372 | Method of electrically connecting conductive railroad attachment Disclosed is a method for forming electrical interconnections between railroad track components and signal conductors/lines. In one arrangement, an electrically conductive adhesive is utilized to electrically interconnect a signal conductor to a railroad track compo... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7540078 | Method for recycling wastes of an electrical appliance A recycling method of wastes of an electrical appliance containing an article having a circuit soldered with parts soldered with a lead free solder. The method includes discriminating a first article having a circuit soldered with lead free parts from a second artic... | 06/02/2009 |
