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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7358657 | Lamp assembly A lamp assembly includes a reflector body having an integral crimping portion that extends inwardly over a channel formed in the reflector body, a seal feature arranged within the channel, a cathode assembly having an edge feature extending into the channel, and a r... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7285196 | Methods and apparatus for making integrated-circuit wiring from copper, silver, gold, and other metals In recent years, copper wiring has emerged as a promising substitute for the aluminum wiring in integrated circuits, because copper offers lower electrical resistance and better reliability at smaller dimensions than aluminum. However, use of copper typically requir... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7262505 | Selective electroless-plated copper metallization Structures and methods are provided which include a selective electroless copper metallization. The present invention includes a novel methodology for forming copper vias on a substrate, including depositing a thin film seed layer of Palladium (Pd) or Copper (Cu) on... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7201965 | Glass laminate substrate having enhanced impact and static loading resistance A glass laminate substrate for electronic substrates, such as flat panel displays, includes a transparent glass core bounded by transparent glass skin layers, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the core is greater than the coefficient of thermal expansi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168266 | Process for making crystalline structures having interconnected pores and high refractive index contrasts Techniques for producing a glass structure having interconnected macroscopic pores, employing steps of filling polymerizable glass precursors into pores in a polymeric structure having interconnected macroscopic pores; polymerizing the precursors; and decomposing th... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152433 | Method of manufacturing image display apparatus and apparatus for manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus is provided and includes the steps of bringing panel members that constitute a display panel of the image display apparatus into a bake processing chamber, subjecting to bake processing the display panel members, ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7114353 | Devices, systems and methods for use in fabricating doorlites, sidelites, windows, window panes and the like Artistic panes having flat and planar margins with laterally offset central regions and deformations, as well as devices and methods for making the same, are shown and described. Devices and assemblies for manufacturing such artistic panes incorporate support member... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7091143 | Glass funnel for cathode ray tube, and cathode ray tube A glass funnel suitable for a chemical strengthening method of an electric field application type without impairing the safety of a cathode ray tube. A glass funnel for a cathode ray tube, characterized in that glass at a body portion 3 contains at least Na | 08/15/2006 |
| 7021083 | Manufacture of high purity glass tubes A glass tube for use in an optical fiber preform is produced by applying a first soot on an end face of a starting member to form an elongated, porous cylindrical soot core having a first density, and applying a second soot including SiO2 on the periphery... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007510 | Method of producing an optical member An object of the present invention is to provide an improved blank such that an optical member of a high homogeneity can be obtained therefrom, and to provide a vessel and a heat treatment method for heat-treating a highly uniform synthetic quartz blank. In a first ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6974517 | Lid with window hermetically sealed to frame, and a method of making it An apparatus (10) includes a digital micromirror device (16) disposed within a housing (11) that has an opening (13) hermetically sealed by a lid (17). The lid includes a radiation transmissive window (22) with peripheral ed... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972065 | Process for production of a dielectric multi-layered reflecting coating A method of producing a dielectric multilayer mirror coating is characterized with a view to increasing the coefficient of reflection by the following steps: to begin with, at least two dielectric layers of predetermined initial thicknesses are produced. Subsequentl... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6912087 | Ultra-thin glass polarizers and method of making same A method for making a polarizing glass article is provided. The method includes first providing a precursor glass containing metal-halide particles. The precursor glass may be encased in a gas-permeable medium. Then, form at least a first polarizing layer and a non-... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6865909 | Method of preparing CRT funnel glass capable of effectively recycling another glass member A method for producing CRT funnel glass having a glass composition containing MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO as essential components. Further, the total content of MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO and ZnO falls within a range of 5 to 13 mass %. As a glass material of the CRT funnel g... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6857290 | Method of applying barrier coatings to glass panels An index-matching coating is applied directly to a low-emissivity (“lowE”) thin-film coating. Nodules growing from a site in the lowE coating are removed to avoid propagation of defects through the layers of the index-matching coating. A tempering step in an oxy... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6837072 | Rewritable optical recording medium and manufacturing method and apparatus therefor A rewritable optical recording medium includes a segmented groove area in which the groove track is segmented along a rotating direction of the recording medium by groove non-forming portions to form a plurality of groove portions; and a continuous groove area in wh... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6718612 | Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk comprising a glass substrate using a protective layer over a glass workpiece A method for manufacturing a glass substrate for use in magnetic disk manufacturing comprises the steps of a) forming a glass sheet; b) forming a protective sheet over one or both sides of the glass sheet; c) cutting the glass sheet into workpieces; d) cutting the w... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6715316 | Water-removable coatings for LCD glass Removable coatings for protecting glass sheets and, in particular, for protecting LCD glass sheets during cutting, grinding, shipping, and/or storage are provided. The coatings comprise one or more polysaccharides, with the preferred polysaccharides being starches c... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6668586 | Method for producing glass tiles, glass borders, ornamental panels made from glass or the like A method of producing glass tiles, glass borders, ornamental panels made from glass or the like, the rear side of which is structured to form a relief, involves the following steps: trimming the glass slab to the desired size, applying an adhesive laye... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6510707 | Methods for making silica crucibles Silica crucibles containing an inner layer which is substantially pure and substantially bubble-free and methods for making such crucibles. The inner layer is also substantially stable against roughening and spot devitrification. The inner layer is formed... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6393868 | Process for the production of sequences of interface layers The present invention relates to a novel process for the production of sequences of interference layers composed of layers i of prescribed thicknesses d(i) and refractive indices n(i). In this process a stack of at least two layers i of glasses having ref... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6128927 | Method of making ferrule connectors for optical fibers A method for controlling a bore diameter of an optical fiber ferrule is disclosed. The diameter of the bore is controlled by collapsing the ferrule around a rod inserted in an over-sized bore formed therein. The diameter of the rod is selected to match th... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6016668 | Method for dissolving a hardened glass solder, method for separating components joined by a glass solder, method for disassembling a fuel cell A method for dissolving a hardened glass solder, a method for separating components joined by a glass solder, a method for disassembling a fuel cell, and an apparatus for disassembling a fuel cell, include heating the hardened glass solder in a melt of a ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5987920 | Method of producing a patterned surfacial marking on a transparent body A method of producing a surfacial marking (11) on a surface (1b) of a body (1) of transmissive material, whereby use is made of a laser beam (5) having a wavelength λ to which the material is substantially transparent, which method comprises the followin... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5851251 | Manufacturing methods of optical disc and blank master A blank master for manufacturing an optical disc is produced by the method including steps of grinding a glass disc, cleansing the glass disc, drying the glass disc, coating a binding agent on the glass disc, coating a photo resist on the glass disc withi... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5720791 | Method of producing an optical lens element An optical lens element is produced by the following steps of: preparing a glass pre-form; forming a metal thin layer or a powder layer, said metal thin layer including gold, platinum, rhodium, nickel, or palladium; and pressing the glass pre-form with the metal th... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5676720 | Method of forming a porous glass substrate A glass material is formed from SiO2, CaO, Na2 O and P2 O5 and the porous, non-crystalline structure is most preferably created by melting the constituents, cooling and pulverizing the resulting glass, and then ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5551968 | Method of forming a microlens at the tip of a fiber by jerking apart two fused fibers A low-cost, high performance 1×N fiber optic coupler where N>16 is presented. The coupler has a GRIN lens having an first optic fiber aligned with the optical axis of the lens at one end of the lens. The first optic fiber ends in a microlens. At the othe... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5536292 | Method of preparing thermal insulation for high temperature microwave sintering operations Superior microwave transparent thermal insulations for high temperature microwave sintering operations were prepared. One embodiment of the thermal insulation comprises granules of boron nitride coated with a very thin layer of glassy carbon made by prepa... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5376197 | Formation of a removable surface area on a substrate Process for the formation of a removable surface area of a specific depth on a substrate with all coatings seated on the surface of the substrate, wherein a layer of a material, thin as related to the substrate, with a thermal expansion coefficient strong... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5352142 | Method of reprocessing picture tubes Picture tubes are reprocessed by heating the picture tube to at least the fusing temperature of the solder at the joint and separating the screen and the cone under the influence of gravity. This method effects a clean separation of the screen and the con... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5342426 | Making glass sheet with defect-free surfaces and alkali metal-free soluble glasses therefor This invention is directed to a method for preparing glass sheet having surfaces which are essentially defect-free and equivalent in smoothness to polished glass surfaces which comprises the steps of: Two different batches of alkali-metal-free batches are... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5294237 | Process for producing flakes of glass A process for producing flakes of glass. The process is started by applying a solution containing an organic metal compound to a substrate. The solution is dried and peeled from the substrate. The resultant film is sintered. There is also disclosed an app... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5231036 | Method of using a contamination shield during the manufacture of EPROM semiconductor package windows A protective shield is provided on the UV transparent window of a ceramic lid for a EPROM integrated circuit package so as to prevent accumulation of foreign particulate matter thereon during the manufacture of the package.... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5221306 | Method and apparatus for modifying the transverse cross section of a body The transverse cross section of a body is modified by the steps of: a) determining the extent to which the body has material in excess of a desired shape at a plurality of points, b) exposing the body to a local heat source having a temperature sufficient... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5100452 | Making glass articles with defect-free surfaces The present invention relates to a method for making a glass article having at least one surface which is essentially defect-free and is at least equivalent in smoothness to a polished surface. The method includes the steps of: (a) bringing into contact w... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5073180 | Method for forming sealed co-fired glass ceramic structures A method for forming a co-fired glass ceramic structure including the steps of: forming at least one green sheet of a first crystallizable glass in a thermally decomposable binder; metallizing the green sheet with a pattern of conductive paste including c... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5022956 | Producing viaholes in plastic sheets and application of the method Viaholes are dry-etched into glass fiber reinforced plastic sheets according to a predetermined hole pattern, leaving the glass fiber meshing practically unaffected. The method is used, for instance, to fabricate plastic sheets with unilaterally or bilate... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5009744 | Method of manufacturing laminated ceramic electronic component A metal film (12) for providing internal electrodes (22) is formed on a back film (11) made of a material such as polyethylene terephthalate by a thin film forming method such as vapor deposition or sputtering. A ceramic green sheet (14) is prepared. Then... | 04/23/1991 |
| 5000771 | Method for manufacturing an article comprising a refractory dielectric body To attain high strength optical glass fibers, the glass preforms, from which the fibers are drawn, must generally be free of surface imperfections such as bubbles, and air lines. It has been discovered that these imperfections can be removed quickly and c... | 03/19/1991 |
