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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7774935 | Method of manufacturing an electrically conductive element The electrically-conductive element, in particular for a rotary collector, for transferring electrical current between two parts (2, 24) that are movable relative to each other is covered in one or more layers of electrically-insulating enamel (42), wi... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7748116 | Mobile binding in an electronic connection A method of creating an electrical contact involves locating a barrier material at a location for an electrical connection, providing an electrically conductive bonding metal on the barrier material, the electrically conductive bonding metal having a diffusive mobil... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7412767 | Microprobe tips and methods for making Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the formation of microprobe tips elements having a variety of configurations. In some embodiments tips are formed from the same building material as the probes themselves, while in other embodiments the tips may b... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7360679 | Method for the production of a soldered connection A method for the production of a soldered joint between at least two contact partners (22, 23) of a bonding arrangement (21), with a formed piece of solder material (27) being arranged at a distance to the bonding arrangement. The formed piece o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7353597 | Method of forming a conductive gasket material A method of forming a conductive gasket material by layering at least one conductive web layer having a blended mixture of conductive fibers and low melting point nonconductive fibers onto a foam core, and needlepunching the conductive web layer and the foam core fo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351369 | Molded twist-on wire connector A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325303 | Three-dimensional flexible interposer A generally planar interposer having a plurality of interposer contact pads to contact a plurality of first contacts of a first electronic device on one side of the interposer, and a plurality of electrical connections between the interposer contact pads and a plura... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7273802 | Methods for consolidating previously unconsolidated conductive material to form conductive structures or contact pads or secure conductive structures to contact pads Methods for fabricating conductive structures on contact pads of semiconductor device components or other electronic components and for securing conductive structures to contact pads include directing consolidating energy toward unconsolidated conductive material. A... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7240429 | Manufacturing method for a printed circuit board A conductor pattern is formed on a resin film which is made of a thermoplastic resin. Each single-sided conductor pattern film has via-holes filled with an electrically conductive paste. A printed conductor pattern and a printed resistor are formed on a ceramic subs... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238919 | Heating element movement bonding method for semiconductor components According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bonding method, comprising disposing on a first body a second body with a bump interposed therebetween; and electrically and mechanically bonding the first body and the second body with the bump by... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7222412 | System for locating conductive sphere utilizing screen and hopper of solder balls System for placing conductive spheres on prefluxed bond pads of a substrate using a stencil plate with a pattern of through-holes positioned over the bond pads. Conductive spheres are placed in the through-holes by a moving feed mechanism and the spheres drop throug... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7188414 | Method of assembling a flat electrical cable A flat electrical cable and a modular rotary anvil for assembling a flat electrical cable wherein the flat cable includes an upper and lower layer. The upper layer has ribs protruding along its length that are substantially parallel to one another, and continuous su... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188408 | Method of making a straddle mount connector A method of making an electrical connector includes the steps of: providing a connector body (2) having an insert (5) defining a recessed area (54a) at one side and a number of channels (54b) at an opposite side; assembling ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175489 | Joint terminal, a joint connector and a production method therefor Joint terminals (20c) and a housing (10) are united by a press-in operation instead of being united by insert molding. Thus, there is no likelihood that an injection pressure will deform the joint terminals (20c). The joint termina... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174223 | Virtual wire assembly having hermetic feedthroughs A virtual wire assembly is disclosed. The assembly comprises a substantially electrically-nonconductive substrate; and a plurality of hermetic feedthroughs each comprising a conductive region extending transversely through the substrate to form a conductive pathway ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172472 | Joint connector, a joint terminal, and a production method for joint terminal A joint terminal (20c) has a coupling (41) that initially is substantially parallel with a carrier (51). The coupling (41) has an intermediate portion (45) joined to the carrier (51) by an extension (52) and is... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7150098 | Method for forming an electrical connector with voltage detection point insulation shield In a method for forming an electrical cable connector having a voltage detection test point, an insulative shield is first molded from a thermoplastic and a conductive voltage detection test point terminal is inserted within the plastic insulative shield. After the ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7116523 | Interconnect module for use in a suspension assembly A lead routing module for interconnecting two devices in a suspension assembly. The suspension assembly including at least a suspension, a slider/head assembly, and a lead routing module. The suspension assembly may also include a microactuator. The lead routing mod... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111816 | Mold for integrated mold and casting structures The mold that is intended to be used integrally with casting material that is contemplated by this invention is formed with a surface that exerts pressure on and retains set casting material in the mold by providing a pin in the mold that has an upper region that is... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7096582 | Sliding contact and method for producing the same The object is to provide a method of manufacturing a sliding contact which has a high yield of manufacturing sliding contacts and can positively make smooth the tip portion surface of a finger of a brush of a sliding contact. According to the invention, in a method ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095594 | Active read/write head circuit with interface circuit A method and apparatus for collocating an interface circuit with a disk drive read/write head is described. In one embodiment the interface circuit is attached to the load arm on one side and the miniflex interconnect on the other. The read/write head is mounted on ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086149 | Method of making a contact structure with a distinctly formed tip structure A probe card assembly includes a probe card, a space transformer having resilient contact structures (probe elements) mounted directly to (i.e., without the need for additional connecting wires or the like) and extending from terminals on a surface thereof, and an i... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083311 | Conductor of flexible material, component comprising such flexible conductor, and method of manufacturing such conductor A conductor of flexible material on which electronic or electric components are arranged is embedded at least partially in at least one shape-stable component made of plastic material. The electric or electronic component can be an illuminating device and the shape ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080451 | Method for manufacturing an electronic component A method of manufacturing an electronic component with a contact having a terminal section for brazing and a contact section includes steps that construct a contact base member of a material that is poorly wettable, forms a primer plating layer of a material that is... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7003868 | Coated stainless-steel/copper weld for electroplating cathode A copper welding rod is used in an arc-welding operation to form a bead that joins a copper starter sheet and a stainless steel hanger bar. The amperage level of the arc-welding equipment is set to generate heat at the weld site which is above the melting point of c... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978542 | Method of reforming reformable members of an electronic package and the resultant electronic package An electronic package includes a substrate having a contact pad thereon, a reformable member such as a solder ball positioned on the contact pad, and an elastic member positioned around the reformable member. The elastic member exerts a girdling force on the reforma... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6920689 | Method for making a socket to perform testing on integrated circuits A interconnect structure is inexpensively manufactured and easily insertable into a socket. The interconnect structure is manufactured by forming a sacrificial substrate with cavities that is covered by a masking material having openings corresponding to the cavitie... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6898839 | Multi-layered brush of rotary electric machine and method of manufacturing the same A brush of a rotary electric machine includes a brush element and a pigtail. The brush element includes a high-conduction member extending in the longitudinal direction and a low-conduction member bonded to a side of the high-conduction member. The low-conduction me... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6857184 | Connecting method of pins and tin balls of an electric connector A connecting method for pins and tin balls of an electric connector. Pins of the electric connector elastically resist against tin balls so as to position the pins. The lower ends of the pins store elastic energy due to the elastically resisting contact. During weld... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6836962 | Method and apparatus for shaping spring elements Interconnection elements for electronic components, exhibiting desirable mechanical characteristic (such as resiliency, for making pressure contacts) are formed by using a shaping tool (512) to shape an elongate core element (502) of a soft material (s... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6779266 | 2nd anode button for cathode ray tube A connecting pin (10) for an anode contact (11) (shown more completely in FIG. 2). The pin (10) has a body (12) with a longitudinal axis (14). A contact head (16) is formed at a proximal portion of the body (12... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6769924 | Electrical connector having a releasable cover An electrical connector (1) having a cover (5) mounted thereon is disclosed in accordance with the present invention. The connector includes a connector body (2) defining a passageway (20) in a mounting surface (202) with a contact... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6763585 | Method for producing micro bump A resist pattern in accordance with a predetermined pattern is formed on a substrate. Next, a bump resist mixed with a micro metallic powder is made thicker than the resist pattern and formed on the substrate formed with the resist pattern. Continuously, the bump re... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6712650 | Clamping structure for continuous terminal A clamping structure for continuous terminals is easy for assembling and has alignment effect so that not only the cost for processing such as electroplating is reduced but the terminals during automatic assembling process is well protected and aligned. The quality ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6678949 | Process for forming a multi-level thin-film electronic packaging structure A structure for mounting electronic devices. The structure uses a non-conductive, compliant spacer interposed between an underlying carrier and an overlying thin film. The spacer includes a pattern of through-vias which matches opposing interconnects on o... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6647621 | Electrical resistance reduction method for thermosetting conductive epoxy contacts in integrated lead suspensions A method for efficiently producing low resistance electrical contacts between stainless steel and conductive layers in integrated lead suspensions and components. The method includes applying an amount of current for a period of time which is effective to... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6637106 | Method for manufacturing linkage terminal A method for manufacturing a linkage terminal mounted in a housing of a joint connector is disclosed. The method comprises a step of providing first and second terminal elements. Each terminal element includes a strip-shaped carrier and terminals integral... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6604281 | Circuit board packaging process for preventing electromagnetic interference A packaging process of a circuit board involves a first step in which the circuit board is provided with a predetermined number of pins and is then arranged in the lower mold of a first molding tool. The upper mold of the first molding tool is joined with... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6592783 | Anisotropic conductive adhesive film An anisotropic conductive adhesive film contains a first insulating adhesive layer, a second insulating adhesive layer whose modulus of elasticity after curing is less than the modulus of elasticity of the cured first insulating adhesive layer, and electr... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6574864 | Method for manufacturing a contact arrangement for a vacuum switching tube A method for manufacturing a contract arrangement for a vacuum switching tube having a contact carrier and a contact piece joined to the contact carrier in a vacuum using soldering material. The contact carrier is made of electrically highly conductive ma... | 06/10/2003 |