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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8140179 | Method and apparatus for repairing turbine components The present invention includes an apparatus and method by which the three-dimensional form or configuration of a distorted workpiece, such as a turbine component, is reverse engineered, and then this reverse engineering capability is combined with welding equipment,... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7941241 | Optical fabrication method An optical fabrication method which is capable of adjusting a hardness and a density needed for each optical fabrication area in fabricating a three-dimensional fabricated article through sintering with a light beam, and is excellent in a working efficiency performs... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7809465 | Device, method and program for soldering Soldering can be performed in a state where the temperature in an object zone is stable, regardless of the heat capacity of a soldering object. A soldering device includes: a position calculation unit which calculates the position of a heated object according to ope... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7370784 | Friction stir welding apparatus and robot employing the apparatus A friction stir welding apparatus capable of stably applying a pressure force without enlarging the apparatus, and a robot having thereof are provided. A rotating tool (22) is provided with a rotational shaft (26) and a hollow surrounding shaft (27 | 05/13/2008 |
| 7343285 | Method to integrate user data into uncompressed audio data Methods for encoding user data into an audio file, and for decoding of the same, are provided. Embodiments include preparing user data for encoding into the audio file including writing user data in blocks of data including header and other information in addition t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7322508 | Tool, apparatus, and method for welding workpieces A joining portion of an opposed surface of workpieces is heated by generating an induced current due to a change of a magnetic field as well as by applying a frictional heat to the joining portion, so that productivity and quality of welding can be improved. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313454 | Method and apparatus for classifying manufacturing outputs A method for process monitoring involves acquiring data samples associated with a plurality of manufacturing related variables for a plurality of outputs of a manufacturing process. The distance of each data sample relative to every other data sample is then calcula... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7256785 | Assigning subpath attributes in a drawing Techniques for assigning a subpath attribute to a subpath in a drawing are disclosed. One technique includes editing the drawing to define a current path having a current subpath, matching a previous vertex in a previous path with a current vertex in the current pat... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7225969 | Friction stir processing for surface properties A surface of an article is heated and subjected to pressure by operation of a friction stir tool. The pressure of the face of the tool on the article surface, and the speed of rotation of the tool and of its progression along the surface of the article, are controll... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225968 | Crack repair using friction stir welding on materials including metal matrix composites, ferrous alloys, non-ferrous alloys, and superalloys A system and method of using friction stir welding and friction stir processing to perform crack repair or preventative maintenance of various materials and structures, wherein the structures include pipeline, ships, and nuclear reactor containment vessels, wherein ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216793 | Friction stir welding travel axis load control method and apparatus A friction stir welding (FSW) travel axis load control method and apparatus for controlling a travel axis load applied to a FSW setup during the joining of workpieces by FSW. The method and apparatus recognize that controlling certain attributes of a friction stir w... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7206661 | Persistent naming for sub-paths of intermittent fillet weld beads A computing environment is provided with the ability to at least contribute to the persistent naming of the divided sub-paths, including their edges and vertices, of a continuous path of an intermittent fillet weld bead, including the determination of an invariant w... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200259 | Optical inspection system This invention discloses a method for determining a location of a border in a color image, the image comprising at least two color populations, between a first color region associated with a first one of the two color populations and a second color region associated... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7159753 | Wire body based welding representation A computing environment is provided with the ability to at least contribute to generate a representation for a weld bead to be used to weld a number of components of an article of manufacture together at one or more edges of the components in the manufacturing of th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149343 | Methods for analyzing defect artifacts to precisely locate corresponding defects Described are methods and systems for providing improved defect detection and analysis using infrared thermography. Test vectors heat features of a device under test to produce thermal characteristics useful in identifying defects. The test vectors are timed to enha... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7121451 | Friction stir welding method and friction stir welding device A welding tool is inserted into an object in a rotation-stopped state, and the welding tool is rotated after insertion, thereby the object is stirred by frictional heat. The welding tool is inserted into the object free of whirling. The welding tool can be prevented... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7085408 | Method and system for testing image sensor system-on-chip Methods and systems for testing an image sensor system-on-chip (SOC). For testing an image sensor SOC that integrates a sensor array and an image processing component, defects are being searched separately in the sensor array and the image processing component in or... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079914 | System and method for producing a three-dimensional body comprising bone or tissue-compatible material A system useful in producing a three-dimensional body comprising bone or tissue-compatible material includes a detection and analysis site which identifies and simulates a portion of a body in connection with an implantation situation. A production device produces a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7043330 | System and method for closed-loop control of laser cladding by powder injection A system is disclosed for monitoring and controlling laser cladding process by powder injection in real-time. The invention combines laser cladding technique along with automated direct feedback control to achieve a good quality clad in terms of dimensional and meta... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038640 | Self-emission display device and method for driving the same A self emission display device for controlling a lit-up/non-lit-up state of a light emitting element by controlling a current flowing therethrough comprises: a plurality of light emitting elements arrayed in a matrix; and a plurality of SCRs for controlling a curren... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034244 | Method and apparatus of coordinating operational feedback in a plasma cutter The present invention is directed to a system and method for improved operational feedback from a plasma torch to a plasma-cutting power source. A plasma cutter includes a plasma cutting power source, a plasma torch in communication with the plasma cutting power sou... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6959228 | Method of protecting data stored in a memory of welding controller A method of protecting data stored in a memory of a welding controller provided with an EEPROM as a storage element capable of storing welding control data in a welding controller, thereby enhancing reliable protection of data stored in the EEPROM. The method of pro... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6920371 | Welding system and methodology providing multiplexed cell control interface The present invention provides a welding system and methodology to facilitate communications and control. The system includes a cell controller to control one or more welders over a control network. An interface module associated with the cell controller and the con... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6912447 | System and method for determining weld procedures A system (100), method (200, 400, 600), or computer program product (300, 500, 700) is used to develop a set of weld procedures for welding first and second parts is provided. A desired weld associated with the first and second parts is establis... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6801834 | Data library system having movable robotic librarian operable for accessing statically mounted drives An automated data library system includes a data library housing drive clusters. The drive clusters include drive arrays of disk drives. The drive clusters are statically mounted within the data library and are not powered when not in use. The system includes a robo... | 10/05/2004 |
| RE38570 | Control unit and control method of robot used for arc welding A welding voltage value Vf and a welding current value IF are respectively monitored by a detector during execution of arc welding in accordance with a robot operation program, indexes are calculated which show how far the monitored values Vf and If are deviated fro... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6697701 | Welding system and methodology providing multiplexed cell control interface The present invention provides a welding system and methodology to facilitate communications and control. The system includes a cell controller to control one or more welders over a control network. An interface module associated with the cell controller ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6560514 | Method and apparatus for optimizing control of a part temperature in conveyorized thermal processor A method and apparatus for controlling a part temperature profile by optimizing response characteristics based on control parameters acquires part temperature response characteristics at selected conditions to form an index value and calculates linear rel... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6510357 | Automated welding program for full body-in-white finite element assembly An automated computer modeling system generates a welded finite element model of a vehicle body. The modeling system includes a projection module for projecting predefined weld locations onto a finite element mesh representing surface data for the vehicle... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6470239 | Method for maximizing throughput of a part in a conveyorized thermal processor A method for maximizing throughput for thermal processing of a part searches for the maximum conveyor speed while calculating a Process Window Index that is less than a required value. The best Process Window Index associated with the maximum conveyor spe... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6456899 | Context-based automated defect classification system using multiple morphological masks Automatic detection of defects during the fabrication of semiconductor wafers is largely automated, but the classification of those defects is still performed manually by technicians. This invention includes novel digital image analysis techniques that ge... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6453219 | Method and apparatus for controlling temperature response of a part in a conveyorized thermal processor A method and apparatus for controlling the temperature response profile of a part being exposed to heating and/or cooling conditions in a thermal processor incorporates measured data from the part to adjust the thermal processor control settings by closed... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6421578 | Stir-friction hot working control system A stir-friction hot-working or welding arrangement uses a pin tool having a ligament 22 and a shoulder 224. The force required for incremental penetration increases markedly when the shoulder is reached. A control system for maintaining a set penetration ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6327516 | Operation terminal and remote operation system for a robot Parameters of a robot is displayed on a display device of an operation terminal in a manner that parameters having been changed and parameters having not been changed of all the parameters are displayed in a distinguished manner such that the background c... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323804 | Method and apparatus for GPS time determination A system for rapidly acquiring a time reference for the location determination of a wireless communication device. The system includes a wireless communication device (200), a GPS satellite (202) and a communication satellite (208). The method comprises t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6085122 | End-of-vector laser power control in a selective laser sintering system A selective laser sintering apparatus and method is disclosed, in which the laser power is controlled according to the scan velocity. The scanning system, which includes a pair of galvanometer-controlled mirrors for directing the aim of the laser beam, ge... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6072146 | Resistance welding gun with on-board memory A resistance welding device having a welding current source, a control and/or regulating device for regulating the welding current, and at least one set of interchangeable welding guns on which welding electrodes are mounted in such fashion that they can ... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6004019 | Integrated control system for a work robot An integrated control system for a work robot may be used for controlling multiple work robots as well as multiple work tools connected to the work robots. The integrated control system includes a robot control central processing unit (CPU), at least one ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5877960 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and positioning a beam or jet for operating on a workpiece In a method for monitoring and positioning a beam or jet for operating on a workpiece, a first sensor (eg. in the case of a beam, a seam detecting system) ahead of the beam or jet, and/or a preset value, determines the path to be followed by the beam or j... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5812408 | Control unit and control method for robot used for arc welding A welding voltage value Vf and a welding current value If are respectively monitored by a detector during execution of arc welding in accordance with a robot operation program, indexes are calculated which show how far the monitored values Vf and If are d... | 09/22/1998 |
