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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7384522 | Ergonomic loading apparatus for electroplating processes A loading apparatus for use in electroplating processes includes a container designed to sealingly receive a plurality of airfoil blades fitted with gaskets. Each fitted airfoil blade is disposed in contact with a plurality of electrical contact assemblies having a ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 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 |
| 6197171 | Pin contact mechanism for plating pin grid arrays An apparatus and process for electroplating a pin grid array device having a plurality of pins, the pins having a side surface and an extremity. The apparatus comprises a contact plate defining a plane and having a plurality of electrically conductive fle... | 03/06/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6132583 | Shielding method and apparatus for use in electroplating process An electroplating system includes a tank that holds an electrolytic bath solution. An anode within the tank receives a first voltage having a first potential. A substrate cathode, immersible in the solution within the tank, spaced from the anode, receives... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6051119 | Plating structure for a pin grid array package Disclosed is a plating structure including a substrate having a plurality of pins to be plated and a metallic plating screen having a plurality of apertures, wherein each of the apertures has at least two tabs spaced apart from each other, wherein the met... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5807469 | Flexible continuous cathode contact circuit for electrolytic plating of C4, tab microbumps, and ultra large scale interconnects A cathode contact device is provided for providing particle deposition from an anode source onto a target surface of a working piece. The working piece has a first electrically conductive continuous contact surrounding the target surface. The cathode cont... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5580432 | Jig for electroplating lead pins of an integrated circuit package Disclosed is a method of producing an integrated circuit package, wherein portions of the package are electroplated by getting a direct electrical connection with each of lead pins joined to a package substrate. The electrical connection is obtained by fo... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5360527 | Rackless rack for electroplating A rack for electroplating contains a plurality of windows for receiving an article to be electroplated. The rack is rotatably mounted to a frame connected to a cathode of a power supply. A portion of the border of each window is made of a conductive artic... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5022976 | Process and jig for plating pin grid arrays A receiving jig for PGAs comprises a rectangular base-plate made of a corrosion-resistant metal which has at least one hole. The lengths of the edges of the base-plate have at least the dimensions of the PGA housing. Arranged on the metal baseplate are ba... | 06/11/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4734179 | Bullet plating carousel A convenient, easily operated bullet jacketing machine for the ammunition reloader. It is most commonly used to copper plate cast or swaged lead alloy bullet cores. All mechanical and electrical components necessary for the electroplating process (excludi... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4481098 | Frame for supporting and treating spent electrical accumulators in processes for the electrochemical extraction of the metals contained therein In processes for electrochemically extracting the metals contained in spent electrical accumulators, the accumulators are first immersed in activation tanks and then placed in dissolving tanks after connecting their poles to the direct current supply cabl... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4312716 | Supporting an array of elongate articles End portions of a plurality of articles (12) are simultaneously treated in an electrolytic bath. End portions of the articles are inserted into an array of apertures (17) extending between major surfaces of a planar holder (11). Inserting the articles (12... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4069131 | Mounting and holding fixture for electroplating uniform thickness metallic deposits A mounting and holding fixture for electroplating semicylindrical articles especially radial journal bearing halves produced from a synthetic thermoplastic material by the thermoplastic foaming process.... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3994784 | Metal replication of Glass dies by electroforming In a process for metal replication of Glass dies, the cleaned die is secured in a cavity of a fixture, and a thin masking diaphragm is placed over the die and fixture to expose only the die surface to be replicated. A vacuum is applied through passages in... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3972785 | Electroplating rack An electroplating rack has a framework including a pair of interconnected uprights which support two vertically spaced pairs of arms. Removable pairs of inserts extend between the distal ends of the arms. Electrode bars underlie the pairs of inserts and d... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3972798 | Electroplating rack An electroplating rack has a framework including a pair of interconnected uprights which support two vertically spaced grids. The grids have removable partitions for selectively forming different size apertures to receive long parts to be electroplated. E... | 08/03/1976 |
