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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357217 | Faceplate cover The present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for manufacturing communication devices. A cover is attached to a surface of a faceplate that includes at least one opening, to provide enhanced device protection and sound quality. In one embodiment of... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354232 | Individual bookbinding device, system, and associated methods A stack of pages can be bound along a binding edge to form a book by positioning a first side of an elongated conductive metal foil strip in contact with the binding edge. The strip has opposed ends, opposed side edges extending between the ends, and an adhesive wit... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7338085 | Fusion-bonded processed product of resin member, method for producing same and method for fusion-bonding resin members When resin members (3, 4) are fusion-bonded to each other by electric-conduction heating, a net-form or pattern-form metal wire (2) as a resistance heating element is disposed at a joint portion of the resin members (3, 4), and a metal wire (... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7245227 | Method and apparatus for preparing media Work tools such as a printhead, platen, and/or cutting head are spaced normally with respect to a media path based on a location of one or more objects carried by the media, and the position of the media with respect to the work tool. Additionally or alternatively t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7180173 | Heat spreader ball grid array (HSBGA) design for low-k integrated circuits (IC) A method of forming a heat spreader ball grid array package, and the resultant heat spreader ball grid array package, comprising the following steps. A semiconductor chip affixed to a ball grid substrate is provided. The semiconductor chip over the ball grid substra... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176707 | Back side component placement and bonding Where double sided circuit boards are utilized, having components on both sides, cooling is easily achieved by utilizing an appropriate thermal bonding agent which is both thermally conductive and electrically insulating. The thermal bonding agent is coupled to the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7083436 | Particle distribution interposer and method of manufacture thereof An interposer comprising a non-conductive carrier sheet with a pre-arranged pattern of conductive interconnect members positioned therethrough and formed from an elastomeric thermoplastic with suspended spherical and non-spherical conductive particles. The non-spher... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7061101 | Carrier module Carrier module including a carrier module body for seating a semiconductor device on an underside thereof, having a pass through hole from an upper part to the underside the semiconductor device is seated thereon, a housing over the carrier module body, a supplement... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7005320 | Method for manufacturing flip chip package devices with a heat spreader A method for manufacturing a flip chip package includes preparing an IC chip that includes an active surface on which electrode pads are formed, attaching a heat dissipater to a backside of the IC chip with a thermal interface material (TIM), providing a flux filler... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6939421 | Device for setting and bonding fasteners onto support surfaces The present invention is used for setting and bonding fasteners to support surfaces. The fasteners are provided with connecting surfaces which are coated with a dry hot-melt-type adhesive on the bare side thereof. The adhesive can be reactivated by means of heat tre... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6887342 | Field-assisted fusion bonding A method of field-assisted fusion bonding produces multiple-layer devices. Contacts (301, 303, 305, 307, 309) are placed at various points along different surfaces of a combination of two or more wafers (201, 203, 205, 501, 503, 505, 801, 803). An elec... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6764576 | Method and an apparatus for forming and thermosealing packaging containers The disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for forming and thermosealing one end of a packaging container which is manufactured from thermosealing material. The packaging container is placed in a conveyor which brings it into contact with mechanical forming... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6668894 | Film layer separation device for multi-layer disks A film layer separation device for multilayer disks is disclosed. With the help of a stamper made of magnetic materials, the film layer separation is achieved through the attractive force imposed on the stamper by electromagnetic tearing. The device conta... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6530412 | Surface mount technology with masked cure A method for temporarily attaching an electrical component to a pad, testing the component, removing and replacing the component if necessary, and making a final attachment of the component to the pad. The method provides for attachment and removal of com... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6203306 | Apparatus for manufacturing a rubber-metal plate composite An apparatus for heating a rubber-metal plate composite formed of a plurality of unvulcanized rubber layers and metal plates, each being overlaid alternately, by induction heating, includes an induction coil for applying a magnetic field to the composite ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6109903 | Apparatus for manufacturing a rubber-metal plate composite A vulcanized rubber-metal plate composite is obtained by overlaying a plurality of unvulcanized rubber layers and metal plates alternately and heating thereof by magnetic induction heating. The vulcanized rubber-metal plate composite is obtained by placin... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6066227 | System and method for forming a thermoplastic carpet seam A system for forming a carpet seam including source and take-up carpet roller assemblies and a seaming support having a work surface upon which two carpet sections can be aligned. The seaming support includes a roller and an electric current source for pr... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6056845 | Bonding of electric coils High speed bonding of wound electric components, and particularly armatures, having coils wound from bondable wire is obtained by providing a component support table having equally-spaced component-receiving stations and repeatedly indexing the table in a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6054679 | Deposition method of product molded with thermoplastic resin, and a depositing electrode to be used for this deposition method A molded product is thermally bonded mutually with another molded product by disposing the resistance heating element (20) to the bonding face of product molded with the thermoplastic resin, making the bonding electrode (10) contact the resistance heating... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6010592 | Method and apparatus for increasing the flow rate of a liquid through an orifice An apparatus and a method for increasing the flow rate of a pressurized liquid through an orifice by applying ultrasonic energy to a portion of the pressurized liquid. The apparatus includes a die housing which defines a chamber adapted to receive a press... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6006805 | Apparatus for assembling and curing golf clubs An apparatus and method for first reliably and accurately aligning the shafts of golf clubs in consistent orientation relative to corresponding club heads during assembly thereof, and second for performing inductive curing on the aligned golf club. A golf... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5888340 | Method and apparatus for aligning discontinuous fibers A method and apparatus for aligning discontinuous fibers (F 101, 212) is described. A feeder apparatus (20, 120, 220, 220A) is used to align the fibers in a horizontal plane for feeding to the aligning apparatus (40, 140, 240, 240A) providing an electrica... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5865940 | Reversible attachment using dielectric heating The present invention relates to a method of removably adhering a non-conductive member to a conductive member comprising the steps of placing an electrode on the non-conductive member. The electrode overlies matting surfaces of the conductive and non-con... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5833799 | Articulated welding skate An apparatus for thermoplastic welding together by fusion bonding an assembly of composite parts, each having a resin-rich thermoplastic surface layer, along bond lines containing a conductive susceptor includes a weld skate that can be moved along guidin... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5810959 | Thermocompressing bonding method and thermocompressing bonding apparatus A tape carrier package is stacked on an array substrate while interposing a thermosetting type anisotropic conductive adhesive between a plurality of first conductors formed on the end portion of the array substrate and a plurality of second conductors fo... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5785799 | Apparatus for attaching heat sinks directly to chip carrier modules using flexible epoxy An aluminum or copper heat sink is attached to a ceramic cap or exposed semiconductor chip using flexible-epoxy to provide improved thermal performance. The aluminum may be coated by anodizing or chromate conversion or the copper may be coated with nickel... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5670012 | Electrically weldable plastic fitting A fitting formed as a welding sleeve has, preferably, two heating elements and is provided in the region of the plug contacts with a plate which can be inserted into a recess. On the plate is arranged a resistor and the connections for measuring the ohmic... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5647940 | Process for automatically connecting a source of electric current and a pile of packages to make plastic laminates with endothermic heating Process for automatic connection, at the moment of pressing, between a source (26) of electric current and the metal parts (35), connected in series, of the piles (30) of packages (31) for making plastic laminates to permit electric endothermic heating, t... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5637376 | Automatic machine for assembling piles of packages, including copper laminae, to make plastic laminates from bands arranged serpentinewise Automatic machine (110) for assembly of piles (45) of packages for plastic laminates comprising a feed unit with two carriages (60, 80) each carrying two reels of bands respectively of copper (20, 22) and of insulating material (21, 23), and a hoisting un... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5637174 | Apparatus for automated one-up printing and production of an identification card A system for the automated production of an identification card includes a two-part security media and apparatus for printing, laminating and die-cutting the security media to form discrete identification cards. The two-part security media includes a cont... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5620625 | Method of butt-welding two plastic parts with an identifying code, using an automatically controlled electro-welding machine The invention is concerned with a method of butt-welding two plastic parts each equipped with an identifying code, using an automatically controlled electro-welding machine. A device for performing a welding program is associated with said machine, said p... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5620552 | Method of producing a slip-resistant substrate by depositing raised bead-like configurations of a compatible material at select locations thereon, and a substrate including same An article having a slip-resistant surface and method of producing the same includes metallurgically bonding raised bead-like configurations of a compatible material at select locations on the article surface. The method includes injecting, substantially ... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5571435 | Welding rod having parallel electrical pathways An improved welding rod for joining plastic materials is provided. The welding rod includes a core of electrically resistive fiber, and a winding of electrically resistive fiber separated by a plastic barrier layer. Also provided is a method for joining p... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5534097 | Method of bonding a seat trim cover to a foam cushion utilizing magnetic induction bonding The method includes using a contoured mold (22) with copper tubing (40) coiled and embedded beneath the contoured surface. The fabric or trim cover (14) and an adhesive film (16) is placed on the mold (22) and drawn by a vacuum in to contour with the mold... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5458718 | Heat sealing method for making a luggage case A method of joining a beading to a luggage case is provided in which the beading has a conductive material, for example a length of wire embedded within it and in which the beading and the luggage case are positioned together and the conductive material m... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5421943 | Pulsed current resistive heating for bonding temperature critical components Controlled current pulses applied to a shaped resistive heating element formed on the bonding surface of a base or substrate component provide sufficient heat to the bonding interface formed between a chip and the base bonding surface to produce a high bo... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5407520 | Welding rod An improved welding rod having a solid homogeneous core of thermoplastic material and a resistance element comprised of a plurality of wires is presented with a method and apparatus for forming the welding rod. The welding rod is positioned between member... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5389184 | Heating means for thermoplastic bonding A heating element for providing localized heating during the thermoplastic bonding of thermoset composite structures is disclosed. Various construction details are developed which disclose an apparatus and method for uniformly heating a bond line. In one ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5378879 | Induction heating of loaded materials A system for employing induction heating to heat a non-magnetic, electrically non-conductive material in situ quickly, uniformly, selectively and in a controlled fashion. Particles which are essential to the improved use of induction heating for this type... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5368673 | Joining method for joining electrically ceramic bodies and a joining apparatus and joining agent for use in the joining method The present invention relates to a joining method, a joining apparatus and a joining agent capable of joining two bodies to be jointed in a large size or in a complicated shape in a good joining condition. Specially, the present invention is to provide an... | 11/29/1994 |
