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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7828945 | Plating barrel, barrel plating apparatus and drain equipment The present invention can provide 1 which barrel plating apparatus where a plating barrel has permeable holes and slits in a size of order of micrometers on the wall thereof. The plating barrel is fabricated with porous plastic materials which have permeable ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7288327 | Plated structures or components Various structures or components can include plated surfaces or other parts. For example, an article can include a base and a plated part with a limit artifact that results from plating adjacent a non-plateable surface; the limit artifact can be disposed away from t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 6966976 | Electroplating panel with plating thickness-compensation structures An electroplating panel having a strip of components to be electroplated. The components are spaced apart from one another along an edge of the strip. The panel includes a main buss and a plating thickness-compensation structure electrically connecting the main buss... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6673218 | Cathode cartridge for electropating tester A cathode cartridge (N) for an electroplating tester includes a cathode conductor (10) that conducts electricity to a surface (Wa) to be plated of a silicon wafer (W) as an object to be plated, a first insulator (20) that covers a front side of the silico... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6569299 | Membrane partition system for plating of wafers An anode includes an anode cup, a membrane and ion source material, the anode cup and membrane forming an enclosure in which the ion source material is located. The anode cup includes a base section having a central aperture and the membrane also has a ce... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565983 | Electrical contact element and use of the contact element An electrical contact element for electrically connecting an electric device and providing current transmission in an electric device wherein the electrical contact element comprises a metallic body, and wherein at least one contact surface, present on th... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6156169 | Electroplating anode titanium basket An electroplating anode titanium basket including a fixing section, a resolution section and a surrounding section. The surrounding section can effectively increase the area of the insoluble anode and enhance the load ability of the anode. The increased a... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6077405 | Method and apparatus for making electrical contact to a substrate during electroplating A method and apparatus for electroplating a film onto a substrate. Electrical power is supplied to the plating surface through electrical contact made to contact pads on the underside of the substrate. Contact to the contact pads is made within a liquid-t... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5938899 | Anode basket for continuous electroplating An anode containment basket for holding soluble anodes in a horizontal plane within the plating bath of a continuous electroplating line. The basket includes a nonconductive conduit having a continuous sidewall, an interior space and open ends. One open e... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5817220 | Electroplating apparatus An electroplating apparatus comprises a rotating cage with a shaft therethrough and connecting seats, each of the connecting seats being tangent to the shaft, and a plurality of containers which are respectively received in each of the connecting seats. E... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5766430 | Conductive anode basket with submerged electrical connection An anode basket according to the present invention for use in electroplating operations includes a container for suspending anode metal in plating solution. The container has mesh walls formed of conductive, corrosion resistant material and is connected t... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5750014 | Apparatus for selectively coating metal parts An apparatus for simultaneously anodizing the heads of several aluminum pistons includes a plating tank with an array of apertures extending through one side wall, one aperture for each piston; a fixture on the wall providing a cylindrical bore aligned wi... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5744013 | Anode basket for controlling plating thickness distribution An anode basket containing anode particles used for electroplating a work piece. The anode basket includes baffles positioned inside the basket at selected locations. Hinges secure the baffles to opposing sidewalls of the basket and allow the baffles to p... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5607561 | Apparatus for abrasive tipping of integrally bladed rotors The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming abrasive surfaces on the tips of a plurality of workpieces such as the tips of gas turbine airfoil blades. The method broadly comprises the steps of providing a mechanical masking device ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5234562 | Electroplating apparatus for coating a dielectric resonator A resonator of dielectric ceramic includes a cylindrical body (40) having a bore (50) extending axially through the body, wherein the outside surface of the body (40) and the inside surface of the bore (50) covered with a deposited electrode (80), thereby... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5098542 | Controlled plating apparatus and method for irregularly-shaped objects An electroplating shield for providing controlled electroplating of an article having an irregular surface of crests and valleys. The shield, being made of a nonconductive material such as chlorinated polyvinylchloride, includes at least one aperture that... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5054418 | Cage boat having removable slats A cage boat having easily replaceable parts utilizes removable spacer rails for holding semiconductor wafers contained within a cage formed from slats removably attached to end pieces perpendicular to the slats.... | 10/08/1991 |
| 4936973 | Overflow assembly for platable plastic substrates A platable plastic product substrate assembly comprises at least one overflow assembly having a primary support, at least one secondary support extending from the primary support and at least one clip for engaging the framework of a plating rack. A produc... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4906346 | Electroplating apparatus for producing humps on chip components The present invention provides an improved electroplating apparatus having an electroplating cell equipped with an anode, cathode and diaphragm ring. The electroplating cell is suspended in an electrolytic bath. The cell is composed of a plastic tube whos... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4879007 | Shield for plating bath A floating shield is provided for use in an electrolytic plating bath. The shield comprises an elongated trough in which substrates are loaded for plating. The substrates are held in the trough with the lower edge of each substrate below the plane of the ... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4714535 | Molded framework for electroless and electrolytic plating racks A platable plastic product substrate assembly is disclosed. The product substrate assembly comprises a runner system having at least one runner and at least one clip for engaging the framework of a plating rack. A plurality of product substrates are remov... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4569744 | Anodic assembly for electroplating An anodic assembly immersible in a fluoborate electrolytic bath in an electroplating process for plating tin and similar metals. The assembly is constituted by a cylindrical basket containing a replenishable pile of solid pieces of the plating metal, the ... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4288298 | Method and apparatus for electroplating or electroforming metal objects The invention relates primary to the field of dentistry, particularly to the formation of dental crowns, and provides an apparatus for use in electrodeposition of a metal onto a plurality of substrates, which comprises a retainer for an electrolyte, a fir... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4065378 | Mounting magazine for a galvanic fixture for electroplating semicylindrical articles A magazine for containing a stacked column of semicylindrical articles during electroplating comprising a body of electrically insulating material of generally half cylindrical cross-section formed with a multiplicity of through holes for electrolyte flow... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4062751 | Electroplating drum for relatively large fasteners and the like Relatively large parts, such as large fasteners and the like, are mass electroplated in a plating drum rotatable in a plating solution, without damaging contact of the parts with one another, by confining the parts in separate plating cells of the drum co... | 12/13/1977 |
