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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357839 | SOI wafer and a method of producing the same The present invention provides an SOI wafer having at least an SOI layer, in which a plain orientation of the SOI layer is off-angled from {110} only in a direction to , and an off-angle is from 5 minutes to 2 degrees, and a method of producing an SOI wafer com... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6837075 | Glass fiber fixative and fixing process A glass fixative composition for bonding glass materials to non-glass materials is provided. The fixative composition is selected for its thermal expansion coefficient, its viscosity, its adhesion to glass, melting point, and bond strength. The glass fixative is in ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6815013 | Glass lining application method A new glass lining application method enables stable, uniform glass lining layers to be applied to large glass-lined instruments composed of a stainless base material, the method including forming a thermal spray treatment layer by applying a thermal spray treatment... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6641663 | Silica crucible with inner layer crystallizer and method A silica glass crucible is disclosed comprising a barium-doped inner wall layer. The crucible is made by introducing into a rotating crucible mold bulk silica grain to form a bulky wall. After heating the interior of the mold to fuse the bulk silica grain... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6492585 | Thermoelectric device assembly and method for fabrication of same A thermoelectric device operable at below ambient, ambient or high temperatures and a method of fabricating the same is provided. The thermoelectric device is made of first and second ceramic plates. An array of thermoelectric elements are coupled between... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6474103 | Glass spraying method The method comprises a preheating step to heat a metal base 10 entirely, a pre-spraying step to for a glass pre-coating 13 by pre-spraying a glass material onto the surface of the preheated base, a main-spraying step to form a glass coating 14 by addition... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6321569 | Method for forming back panel for a plasma display device A method for forming a back panel for a plasma display includes preparing a green ceramic tape having a temperature coefficient of expansion (TCE) which matches the TCE of a metal core. Barrier ribs are formed on the back panel by embossing or scribing th... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5954850 | Method for making glass pressure capacitance transducers in batch The present provides a method for making glass pressure sensors in batch. First glass plates of appropriate dimensions are scribed. Then electrodes are sputters onto each of the plates, followed by screen printing a frit layer and crossover tabs. The plat... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5855637 | Method of manufacturing image display apparatus using bonding agents A method of manufacturing an image display apparatus, which has a first substrate on which an electron emission element is arranged, a second substrate on which a phosphor that forms an image upon irradiation of an electron emitted by the electron emissio... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5658364 | Method of making fiber optic-to-metal connection seals The invention is a method of making fiber optic-to-metal connection seals. The optical fiber and a preform made of a sealing material are inserted into a metal cup. The metal is then heated to a temperature which melts the sealing material to form a herme... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5645285 | Electrically insulating locking insert for a seal, corresponding seal, and method of manufacturing such inserts A locking insert 4 for joining the male and female ends of spheroidal-graphite cast-iron pipes conveying fluids under pressure has a generally planar shape, and includes at least two metal parts 4A, 4B fixed to each other by an electrically insulating jun... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5538527 | Method of sealing glass to aluminum, particularly for electrical feed-through connectors An insulating electrical feed-through connector extending through a wall of aluminium is obtained by using a sintered sleeve comprising phosphate glass in which a conductive pin is inserted. The sleeve is raised to a firing temperature in excess of the di... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5407119 | Laser brazing for ceramic-to-metal joining The laser brazing of the present invention offers the unique advantage of producing a high temperature hermetic bond while limiting the heat affected zone to the region of the joint. Laser brazing joins infrared (IR) and radio frequency (RF) ceramic mater... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5336287 | Method for bonding glass and metal A method of bonding a glass and a metal with a low-melting glass frit, in which the low-melting glass frit contains from 1 to 10% by weight of an aluminum borate whisker, and the difference in linear expansion coefficient between the low-melting glass fri... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5151118 | Method for producing a package-type semiconductor assembly In production of a closed package-type semiconductor assembly provided with a built-in semiconductor element and conductive leads for connection to outside devices, a conductive island, the conductive leads and other accessories are united together by one... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5143275 | Method for repairing a glass layer of glass-lined equipment An improved method for repairing a damaged portion of a glass layer of glass-lined equipment. In the method, a metallic fiber-containing sheet made of a metallic fiber-containing web, a metallic woven fabric sheet or a metallic nonwoven fabric sheet is di... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5129933 | Method of joining flat-plate electrodes A method and apparatus for joining flat-plate electrodes wherein a spacer, to which a joining material such as a low-melting-point crystallized glass containing a crystallization promoting agent is applied, is interposed between the electrodes to be joine... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5120340 | Bioreactive material for a prosthesis or composite implants A method is disclosed for preparing an improved bioreactive material of the glass or partially crystallized glass type for bone prostheses or dental implants, which can be welded to bone tissue by chemical bonding. The material consisting essentially of, ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5006143 | Method of producing a joined article through bonding with low melting point glass A method of joining a number of articles using a low-melting point glass whereby recesses in the layer of low-melting point glass initially formed before joining reduces the entrapment of bubbles within the glass layer. Preferably, the recesses are formed... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4934975 | Method for making mask support structure for a tension mask color cathode ray tube A method of making a CRT mask support structure with a faceplate mounted metal alloy rail filled with solder glass, including the step of coating the interior of the rail with a surfactant prior to filling to promote wetting of the rail by the solder past... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4917958 | Metal coated ceramic composition This invention provides a glass composition for joining ceramic articles to ceramic or metallic articles, the composition comprising: (i) about 100 parts by weight of at least one of TiN, TiB2, AlN, AlB2, BN, B4 C, SiC and Si | 04/17/1990 |
| 4840654 | Method for making multi-layer and pin grid arrays The process of constructing a multi-layer glass-ceramic circuit is disclosed. One or more glass-ceramic substrates is formed from a slurry or molten glass particles and ceramic which was formed at a temperature wherein the glass particles are molten and t... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4746346 | Method for producing air-tight, heat-resistant plate A method for producing an air-tight, heat-resistant plate for a particular use in manufacturing bulbous fluorescent lamp, which comprises: preparing a shaping material by mixing an inorganic filler composed of alumina powder and silica powder in a specifi... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4676817 | Method and apparatus for forming a hermetic seal between glass and metal A rugged scintillation detector uses a hermetically sealed window assembly welded or otherwise bonded to the detector housing. A method and apparatus useful in forming a reproducible hermetic seal between the glass and an annular metal retaining ring is d... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4589899 | Sealing glass A crystallizable sealing glass composition in powered form that is a blend of a Pbo/ZnO/B2 O3 /SiO2 /BaO glass in the vitreous state and a small effective amount of finely divided zinc zirconium silicate as a nucleating ag... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4478626 | Method of hot isostatic pressing treatment A method of hot isostatic pressing in which a shaped work immersed in molten glass is subjected to a hot isostatic pressing treatment, the method basically including embedding a shaped item to be worked on in glass powder filled in a crucible; loading the... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4476156 | Low temperature process for obtaining thin glass films A method for coating a substrate with a glass-like film comprises, applying to the substrate an aqueous alcoholic solution containing a polymeric network of partially hydrolyzed metal alkoxide into which network there is incorporated finely powdered glass, whe... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4445920 | Method of making glass-to-metal seal (header) A metal-to-glass-to-metal seal that includes a chemical bond between the ss and metal as well as a mechanical seal is obtained by using an oxide layer which joins the glass and metal. A glass tube or glass powder with a coefficient of expansion which app... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4421947 | Polycrystalline insulating material seals between spaced members such as a terminal pin and a ferrule A material hermetically seals two members. One member may be titanium or a titanium alloy and the other member may be a noble metal such as platinum. The seal is resistant to acids and alkalis and is substantially impervious to shocks resulting from mecha... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4411680 | Ceramic seal between spaced members such as a terminal pin and a ferrule Acid and alkali oxides are smelted for an extended period of time at a first elevated temperature above their melting temperatures. The smelted mixture is then quenched in water and fritted. The fritted mixture is then disposed between a pair of members w... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4352951 | Ceramic seals between spaced members such as a terminal pin and a ferrule Acid and alkali oxides are smelted for an extended period of time at a first elevated temperature above their melting temperatures. The smelted mixture is then quenched in water and fritted. The fritted mixture is then disposed between a pair of members w... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4347074 | Sealing technique for semiconductor devices A sealing technique is disclosed by which the firing voltage of atmospheric discharge is increased by a pressurizing procedure such that the internal pressure of a sealing chamber is held at room temperature above half (0.5) of the atmospheric pressure ev... | 08/31/1982 |
