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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931065 | Printed circuit board manufacturing equipment In a printed circuit board manufacturing equipment, a pressing die includes a first pressing part, a second pressing part, and a frame part. A buffer member is disposed between a first surface of a laminated body and the first pressing part. The second pressing part... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7857028 | Mounting device for electrical component A mounting device for an electric component includes a thermocompression bonding head with a pressure bonding member made of a predetermined elastomer, the pressure bonding member provided in a head main body, and a pressing force adjusting mechanism for adjusting a... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7779884 | Multi-level laminating press A multi-layer laminating press including hot plates arranged over top of and movable in reference to each other, conveyers revolving around the hot plates, sealing elements that assist in forming vacuum chambers between each of a first hot plate and a respectively a... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7465371 | Hot pressing apparatus with a pressure plate and at least one resilient lining A pressing apparatus having a pressure plate (6) for the hot pressing of materials (5) of the following group: laminates, wood materials, wood-plastic materials, chip and flake boards, wood, paper, film and pulp combinations for floors, walls and ceili... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7418991 | Substrate bonding apparatus for manufacturing liquid crystal display device A substrate bonding apparatus for manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes stages, wherein the degree to which the stages are bent is minimized by the presence of elastic members. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7357166 | Flexible mandrel for highly contoured composite stringer An aircraft stringer lay-up assembly is provided comprising a contoured curing block and a first mandrel element positioned thereon. The first mandrel assembly includes a first bar assembly having a plurality of rigidity reducing first slots formed along a first man... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7290580 | Reinforcement combining apparatus and method of combining reinforcement The reinforcement combining apparatus includes: a stage having a pressing surface; and a tool having a pressing surface opposite to the pressing surface of the stage, wherein the stage and the tool sandwich and press a flexible wiring substrate and a reinforcement, ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7153382 | Pressure element for an edge gluing machine and gluing method The pressure element (7) is designed for gluing a bandlike covering (4) by means of an adhesive onto a narrow face (3) (edge) of straight or curved (profiled) cross section of a board element (2) or for gluing a film onto a profile bar ha... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7052567 | Inflatable heating device for in-situ repair of conduit and method for repairing conduit The apparatus of the present invention is generally characterized by a heating/inflation module having pressurizable interior and an attached heat curable pre-preg. In particular, an elastomeric, seamless composite is provided that includes a heating element dispose... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021358 | Rechargeable composite ply applicator An apparatus for the application of aerospace composite laminates 10 is provided, including a non-contaminating outer layer 24 and an insulated base 12. The present invention further includes a constant temperature heating element 22 posi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6973951 | Obstruction avoidance continuous seam welding system An apparatus for seaming roofing membranes to one another, wherein one of the membranes is secured to an underlying support structure by at least one protruding fastener is provided. The apparatus includes a wheeled carriage having an upwardly extending push/pull ba... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972072 | Laminating device and method A device embodying the invention comprises a pair of members presenting a lower base surface and a member presenting an upper parallel surface when in an operative position. A platen pad material, which converts microwave energy to heat, is provided on one of the su... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6971429 | Conveyorized vacuum applicator and method of applying a dry film resist to a printed circuit board An improved method of and apparatus that is continuously automatically operative in an in-line system is described for applying under vacuum, heat and mechanical pressure a dry film photoresist-forming layer to printed circuit boards (200) that already have b... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6953514 | Method and device for assembling substrates A method and apparatus for joining at least two substrates together, especially to form an optical data carrier, are provided. Substrates are disposed in a spaced-apart manner between two plates that are disposed opposite from, and are movable relative to, one anoth... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951593 | Laminating device and laminating method A laminating device 10 includes a vacuum grid 19 for holding a glass substrate 12, a curved pad 20, facing the glass substrate 12, for holding a laminated element 16 of a wafer 13 and an adhesive tape 15, and a... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6935466 | Lift pin alignment and operation methods and apparatus A lifting mechanism includes a plurality of lift pins which may be driven separately and independently upward to engage an alignment surface of the chamber using ambient atmospheric pressure as the chamber is evacuated by a pump. In the illustrated embodiment, each ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6913057 | IC-card manufacturing apparatus An IC-card manufacturing apparatus manufactures an IC card from a laminated substrate including an electronic component and laminate materials which sandwich the electronic component. The IC-card manufacturing apparatus includes a laminated-substrate sandwiching uni... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6902643 | Thermal transfer overcoat tag reduction A thermal transfer overcoating technology for reducing overcoat tags. Skewing the interface between a carrier ribbon to coated document at the peeling of the carrier from the coated document concentrates the forces at the interface to a smaller region of the documen... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6780280 | Pressing cushion A pressing cushion (1) for use in laminating presses has a textile support (2) with threads (3, 4, 5), at least some of which constitute thermally conductive threads (3, 4, 5) that bring about, either directly or by contact with other the... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6752901 | Coating press for sheet-like work-pieces A coating press contains a press frame, press cylinders supported by the press frame, an upper press platen connected to the press cylinders, a lower press platen supported by the press frame, at least one pressure plate, and at least one pressure compensating cushi... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6645347 | Process and device for manufacturing laminated plastic cards The invention concerns a process and a press for manufacturing laminated plastic cards, such as check guarantee cards, credit cards and the like of several films to be pressed together with each other. Moreover, operations are conducted with two compressi... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6579409 | Segmented compliant platen for film sealing on ink jet cartridges A segmented platen for heat-sealing a film material to a non-planar surface of an ink jet printer cartridge includes a heat-transferring housing having sidewalls defining an internal cavity and a first aperture. Heat-transferring segments, which partially... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6565706 | Support-frame bonding apparatus A support-frame bonding apparatus has an upper pressing member to which a semiconductor device is supplied and a lower pressing member to which a support frame is supplied. An elastic member is provided to the lower surface of a pressing tool in the upper... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6554046 | Substrate cleaving tool and method A cleaving tool provides pressurized gas to the edge of a substrate to cleave the substrate at a selected interface. A substrate, such as a bonded substrate, is loaded into the cleaving tool, and two halves of the tool are brought together to apply a sele... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6484776 | System for constructing a laminate In one form of the present invention, a system for constructing a laminate (122) is disclosed. The system comprises a ply feeder (101) that sequentially stacks one or more plies (100) to form a ply stack (102). A computer (106) directs a laser (104) to cu... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481482 | Laminating apparatus for manufacturing photovoltaic module The present invention provides a laminating method and a laminating apparatus for a manufacture of photovoltaic modules capable of preventing or suppressing an occurrence of warp or cracks in a multilayer material to be processed and capable of improving ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6478926 | Apparatus and method for forming structural preforms Apparatus and process to form structural preforms from an electromagnetic energy activated binder and reinforcing material using low cost tooling. The apparatus includes one or more lay-up stations and forming stations.... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6470942 | Pneumatic clamping apparatus and method thereof The present invention is designed to effectively band ornamental trims onto panel edges, such as those of furniture tops. The present invention utilizes pneumatic forces to hold the ornamental trims against the panel edges instead of traditional clamps, r... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6383335 | Heat bonding apparatus for manufacturing an ink-jet printhead A heat bonding apparatus for manufacturing an ink-jet printhead, whereby a flexible circuit tape is heat-bonded on the an IC chip of an ink-jet printhead so that a signal from the printing apparatus can be transmitted to the IC chip of the ink-jet printhe... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6367530 | Conveyor apparatus for laminator The present invention is a conveyor apparatus for conveying a multilayer material to be processed, used in a laminator having an upper chamber and a lower chamber partitioned by a diaphragm with or without a heating device disposed in the lower chamber, w... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6309505 | Substrate processing apparatus and method One wafer is placed on a wafer support table with its frontside facing upward, and the other wafer is chucked by a wafer chuck portion with its frontside facing upward. The wafer chuck portion is pivoted about a shaft through about 180° to make the two w... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6250217 | Diaphragm presses The invention provides a multi-funtion diaphragm press having upper and lower platen assemblies separated by a flexible membrane. One of the platen assemblies is movable between a first position whereby it does not contact the flexible membrane and a seco... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241839 | Continuous vacuum lamination treatment system and vacuum lamination apparatus The present invention relates to a vacuum lamination apparatus suitable for vacuum-laminating a stacked body. The vacuum lamination apparatus includes a mounting table including a metal plate having a front surface on which the stacked body is to be posit... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6237483 | Global planarization method and apparatus An apparatus for performing a global planarization of a surface of a deformable layer of a wafer on a production scale. The apparatus includes a chamber having a pressing surface and containing a rigid plate and a flexible pressing member or "puck" dispos... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6230774 | Transfer press apparatus A transfer press apparatus is provided which includes, among other features, a frame, a cuff assembly supported on the frame and including a support formed of a heat-conductive material with radially opposed inner and outer surfaces and a heating element ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6227270 | Vacuum laminating apparatus and method A vacuum laminating apparatus includes a laminating space formed by a base member, a tube having deaeration holes, and a flexible lid member.... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6217700 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing thermoset webs of thermoplastic polymer material particles A method and an apparatus for manufacturing thermoset webs of thermoplastic polymer material which is comminuted into particles, such as flakes, granulated material or the like or is ground into powder. The thermoplastic polymer material particles are dis... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6199613 | Apparatus for applying padding, especially acoustically active padding An apparatus for applying a pad to a component has a flexible diaphragm held in a continuous frame for holding the pad. On its front side which faces the component when the apparatus is in use, the frame has a circumferential, resilient gasket. Through a ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6132666 | Method for making formed fabric treatments A molded fabric treatment includes an integral undercut or inturned peripheral flange for affixing the treatment to the structure to be treated. The treatments have a conventional, decorative, woven polyester fabric (of the type currently used in conventi... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6126771 | Corrugated cardboard manufacturing process The invention relates to a process for manufacturing corrugated board in which the corrugated board is produced by gluing at least three individual constituent webs (3, 5, 7) respectively on two sides oriented toward each other, wherein in a single work c... | 10/03/2000 |
