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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8092627 | Manufacturing method for pneumatic tire Provided is a manufacturing method for a pneumatic tire including the steps of: shaping a cylindrical film formed of a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic elastomer composite in which a thermoplastic resin is blended with an elastomer, folding the film into a she... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8062449 | Method for manufacturing optical surface mounting waveguide substrate A cladding layer 7 is formed on a base body made of a material for an optical waveguide, and a groove is formed in the base body and the cladding layer 7. The base body and the cladding layer are joined to a supporting substrate with the cladding layer... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7410548 | Flexible imaging member belt seam smoothing method Post treatment of an ultrasonically welded seamed flexible imaging member belt includes providing a flexible belt having an outer surface, an inner surface, parallel edges and a welded seam extending from one parallel edge to the other parallel edge, the belt seam i... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7351321 | Method for electrochemical fabrication An electroplating method that includes: a) contacting a first substrate with a first article, which includes a substrate and a conformable mask disposed in a pattern on the substrate; b) electroplating a first metal from a source of metal ions onto the first substra... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341639 | Electroceramic component comprising a plurality of contact surfaces A method produces a component having a ceramic base body and contact surfaces on opposite sides of the ceramic base body. The method includes forming first protective layers on the opposite sides of the ceramic base body in regions not to be covered by the contact s... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7311790 | Hybrid structure using ceramic tiles and method of manufacture A hybrid structure (50) and method of manufacturing the same including a structural ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material (42) coated with a layer of ceramic insulating tiles (24). Individual ceramic tiles are attached to a surface (22)... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309397 | Process for the manufacture of piezoceramic multilayer actuators A block of stacked green films provided with internal electrodes is laminated, at least one actuator is separated from the block, the actuator obtains its shape by means of a machining operation, is then sintered, and the sinter skin produced by the sintering is use... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7303656 | Low permeability textile substrate for a two-sided coated product A laminated substrate or base structure comprising separately formed layers with warp knitted or stitch bonded yarns joining the layers together wherein at least one of the layers is a reinforcing layer and at least one of the layers is for inhibiting resin flow thr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300464 | Intraocular lens A two or three component lens system. The first component is a ring-like supporting component that is implanted in the capsular bag following cataract surgery. The first component is a non-optical component and does not correct for any refractive errors. The first c... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297040 | Method for manufacturing a flexible panel for a flat panel display A method for manufacturing a flexible panel is disclosed, which has the following steps. First, a first substrate having a plurality of functional switches or conducting lines thereon is provided. Then, a second substrate is bonded on the functional switches or cond... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294220 | Methods of stabilizing and/or sealing core material and stabilized and/or sealed core material The present invention relates to methods of stabilizing and/or sealing core and stabilized and/or sealed core for manufacturing molded composite structures. In particular, the present invention relates to methods of stabilizing and/or sealing core and stabilized and... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294404 | Graded photocatalytic coatings The invention provides graded photocatalytic coatings. In one aspect, the invention provides a substrate carrying a photocatalytic coating that includes a first graded film region and a second graded film region. The first graded film region has a substantially cont... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282105 | Support planar and tapered quasi-planar germanium waveguides for infrared evanescent-wave sensing Miniature planar IR waveguides of thickness 30–50 μm, consisting of 12-mm long, 2-mm wide strips of Ge supported on ZnS substrates and tapered quasi-tapered waveguides, tapered from a thickness of 1 mm at the ends to a minimum of 1–100 μm at the center, are di... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278788 | Aeroslide bearing cylinder A composite bearing cylinder includes an inner bearing surface having a resin matrix with fumed silica therein and having a filament material helically embedded in the resin matrix, a layer of the resin matrix being located at the inner bearing surface, the fumed si... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269015 | Heat sink interface insert A heat sink assembly for cooling a heat generating integrated circuit (IC) component is provided. The assembly includes a heat sink base positioned adjacent the IC component and a thermal interface member positioned between the heat sink base and the IC component. T... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7232386 | Hockey stick A composite hockey stick having a tubular hollow rectangular shaft and a blade is disclosed. The shaft comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, each of the inner and outer layers are formed of uni-directional substantially continuous fibers disposed in a hardene... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233445 | Method of manufacturing microlens array A positive resist layer formed on a translucent substrate is subjected to exposure and development to form circular resist patterns disposed near each other at a predetermined distance. The exposure pattern has an opening of a plurality of circular ring shape surrou... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7214548 | Apparatus and method for flattening a warped substrate A method, apparatus, and computer program product for flattening a warped substrate. The substrate is placed on a planar surface of a clamping apparatus in direct mechanical contact with the planar surface. The substrate comprises surface regions S1, S | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210983 | Apparatus and method for grinding workpieces An exemplary method for grinding workpieces is provided. Firstly, a plurality of workpieces (18) are bonded together. The bonded workpieces have a central axis (181). Secondly, a grinding wheel (10) is provided. The grinding wheel has a rotating... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208856 | Electric rotating machine Claw-shaped magnetic poles are alternately disposed along the rotation plane of a rotor of an electric rotating machine, and a permanent magnet is disposed between the claw-shaped magnetic poles. Surface of the permanent magnet is coated with a coating layer. The co... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207268 | Apparatus and method of enhancing printing press cylinders A printing press cylinder and a method of manufacturing the same. The printing press cylinder includes a rigid base member having a reduced radius section and a polymer layer formed about the rigid base member generally within the reduced radius section. The polymer... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195203 | Wing skin and method of manufacture thereof A simplified structure for a wing skin and wing box wherein the internal surface (2) of an aircraft wing skin panel (1) in the wing box includes a multiplicity of strips (3), each strip being associated with a stringer. The strips (3) hav... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187859 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing contact lenses The present invention is directed towards adhering a contact lens button on a fixture for use in shaping, forming and/or otherwise configuring a contact lens. For example, in accordance with one exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a combination of adhesi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7178233 | Process for producing a collapsed filled via hole A process for producing a printed wiring board-forming sheet comprising a resin sheet having a through hole in the thickness direction and a metal chip inserted in the through hole. The sheet is produced by placing a resin sheet and conductive metal sheet in this or... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7166251 | Segmented flexible barrel lay-up mandrel An aircraft barrel lay-up assembly is provided comprising a barrel mandrel assembly having a contiguous outer barrel lay-up surface. A minor barrel outer surface element is movable between a minor barrel engaged position and a minor barrel disengaged position and fo... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157015 | Method of manufacturing a substrate with concave portions, a substrate with concave portions, a substrate with concave portions for microlenses, a microlens substrate, a transmission screen and a rear projector A method of manufacturing a substrate 5 with a plurality of concave portions 3 according to the invention includes the steps of forming a mask 6 on the substrate 5, forming a plurality of initial holes 61 on the mask 6 by me... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7157028 | Method of making ventilative insole A method of making an insole has the steps: a) Prepare a mold with a cavity therein. The mold has a plurality of protrusions at a portion of a sidewall of the cavity. b) Inject a foaming material into the cavity of the mold. c) Strip the mold to get a piece material... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7153379 | Methods of producing a ceramic matrix composite Methods are provided for producing a ceramic matrix composite by slurry infiltration. The methods involve placing a desized ceramic cloth lay-up into a non-ceramic cloth bag, sealing the bag to form a bagged ceramic preform, infiltrating the bagged ceramic preform w... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150674 | Both-side grinding method and both-side grinding machine for thin disc work Detecting the deviation of the grinding wheel position from the amount of work deformation after grinding, and correctly adjusting the grinding wheel position, it provides both-side grinding techniques for making the work excellent in flatness and parallelism. When ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147531 | Method for manufacturing a flexible panel for a flat panel display A method for manufacturing a flexible panel is disclosed, which has the following steps. First, a first substrate having a plurality of functional switches or conducting lines thereon is provided. Then, a second substrate is bonded on the functional switches or cond... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144343 | Hockey stick A hockey stick comprising a blade and a shaft adapted to being joined together. The blade portion having an upper portion and a lower portion and a face. The upper portion being comprised of a defined region having a reduced width dimension in a direction that exten... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141487 | Method for ultra thinning bumped wafers for flip chip In an improved method for bumped wafer thinning, a wafer is provided having a front side and a back side wherein contact pads are formed on the top surface. A dry film is formed on the front side of the wafer and openings are provided in the dry film to the contact ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7140105 | Method of fabricating a notched electrical test probe tip A method of fabricating a notched electrical test probe tip preferably includes the first step of providing an elongate electrically conductive blank having a longitudinal planar axis, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. Preferably, the next step i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135809 | Ultrasound transducer Acoustic imaging systems are provided. A preferred system includes a protective cover configured to mate with a transducer body. The transducer includes a two-dimensional transducer element matrix array formed by a plurality of individually controllable transducer e... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131472 | Method for the production of a three-dimensional, flexibly deformable surface element A method of producing a three-dimensionally, flexibly deformable surface element of wood or wood composite material is provided. A workpiece is used having a thickness at least 5% greater than the thickness of a three-dimensional surface element that is to be prepar... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127991 | Method and printing unit for influencing lateral web spreading in particular in rotary presses A printing unit for influencing lateral web spreading in particular in rotary presses, which makes constant contact conditions possible across the width in the rubber-rubber nip and improves the lateral-register quality and the web run without using concave or conve... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121616 | Vehicle door wedge assembly A vehicle door wedge assembly includes a chassis and a slide moveable within the chassis. A non-metallic, elastomeric biasing element is provided to urge the slide toward one end of the chassis. The vehicle door wedge assembly with the chassis defines a slide path f... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121925 | Method for dicing semiconductor wafer into chips A method for dividing a semiconductor wafer into chips according to the present invention is a method for dividing a semiconductor wafer into a large number of semiconductor chips, the semiconductor wafer having a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate. A first m... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108018 | Reinforced flexible hose A reinforced flexible hose comprising as least a first inner extruded tubular layer and at least a second extruded tubular layer with a tubular reinforcement fabric provided between said first and second hoses. The two tubes are joined so as to form a homogeneous un... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104025 | Compound injection molded high pressure laminate flooring The invention relates to a method for fabricating a decorative laminate panel, wherein the decorative laminate panel includes a decorative laminate layer and a core. The method is achieved by forming a decorative laminate of a predetermined size, placing the decorat... | 09/12/2006 |
