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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386937 | Method of making a biosensor A method of making a biosensor is provided. The method includes providing an electrically conductive material on a base and partially removing the conductive material using laser ablation from the base so that less than 90% of the conductive material remains on the ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7332736 | Article comprising gated field emission structures with centralized nanowires and method for making the same This invention provides novel methods of fabricating novel gated field emission structures that include aligned nanowire electron emitters (individually or in small groups) localized in central regions within gate apertures. It also provides novel devices using nano... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7237334 | Method of providing a printed circuit board using laser assisted metallization and patterning of a microelectronic substrate A method of providing a printed circuit board, a printed circuit board formed according to the method, and a system comprising the printed circuit board. The method comprises: providing a microelectronic substrate; providing a via-defining substrate by providing via... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7012266 | MEMS-based two-dimensional e-beam nano lithography device and method for making the same In accordance with the present invention, apparatus for performing electron beam lithography on selected portions of a substrate having a resist covered surface comprises a plurality of nanoscale electron emitters for emitting directional beams of electrons and, for... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6933508 | Method of surface texturizing A method and system for providing a texture to a surface of a workpiece is provided. The method comprises providing a workpiece to a texturizing chamber and scanning a beam of electromagnetic energy across the surface of the workpiece to form a plurality of features... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6909065 | Altering method of circuit pattern of printed-circuit board, cutting method of circuit pattern of printed-circuit board and printed-circuit board having altered circuit pattern A method for altering a circuit pattern of a printed-circuit board includes the steps of removing a portion of the printed-circuit board so that the circuit pattern inside the printed-circuit board is exposed, and connecting an exposed portion of the circuit pattern... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6880742 | Separating seam welding device Shown is a device and a process for the simultaneous separating and welding of foils or foil tubes (5) where the device comprises at least one welding terminal (2) and an opposing terminal (3), | 04/19/2005 |
| 6687968 | Friction generating device and method of making the same A friction lining for use in the clutch plate of a friction clutch or a multiple wrap brake band for use in an automatic transmission is obtained by adhesively securing one side of a friction generating second layer to one side of a metallic first layer. ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6670571 | Surface modification A method of operating on a workpiece comprises causing relative movement between the workpiece and a power beam in a traverse direction so as to expose a series of locations on the workpiece to the power beam. At each location the power beam is caused to ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6660959 | Processes for nanomachining using carbon nanotubes Novel methods and devices for nanomachining a desired pattern on a surface of a conductive workpiece are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises using an electron beam emitted from one or more nanotubes to evaporate nanoscale quantities of material... | 12/09/2003 |
| 5862845 | Use of ultrafast intense laser for processing lignocellulosic material A method of processing lignocellulosic material comprises the steps of (a) generating a pulsed laser beam consisting of a train of laser pulses, each laser pulse having a duration less than 1×10-9 sec. and a peak intensity of at least 1×10 | 01/26/1999 |
| 5787566 | Method and apparatus for cutting flat stock A method and apparatus are provided for cutting through flat stock with at least one cutting tool, such as a torch, drill, or the like. The stock is supported in a plane defined by X and Y axes of a mutually orthogonal X, Y, and Z-axis coordinate system. ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5288960 | Process and apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces Process and apparatus for thermal cutting of workpieces, such as plate, made of materials which can be melted or decomposed thermally by means of a stream of liquid heated to a temperature above the melting or decomposition temperature of the workpiece to... | 02/22/1994 |
| 4782208 | Method and apparatus for slitting metal strips A non-contact cutting system and method cuts a strip of metal into narrow strands having varying width defining successive, longitudinally spaced portions from which end product pieces can be removed. An array of cutting heads is arranged to project cutti... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4670636 | Heat assisted parting of amorphous alloys A bundle of articles having at least one small dimension are cut in succession. Tension is developed on the top article of the bundle. Heat is applied rapidly to a seam of the top article to be cut. The separated parts of a top article are withdrawn from ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4508952 | Electron beam cutting A method for the cutting of holes 20 Angstroms in diameter, or lines 20 Angstroms wide in a material having positive ionic conduction by the use of a focused electron probe is described. The holes and lines are stable under ambient conditions.... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4504726 | Pattern generator A pattern generator in which a workpiece to be machined into a desired pattern shape is held in vacuum and is irradiated with a laser beam condensed to be fine, while scanning the laser beam so as to depict the desired pattern shape, whereby the workpiece... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4467170 | Electron beam drilling apparatus An electron beam drilling apparatus for drilling a number of holes in a substrate by an electron beam is disclosed. The holes are drilled at a high speed by scanning the electron beam along a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the wor... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4386257 | Alkali metal oxide free backers for energy beam drilling To prevent corrosion in subsequent high temperature exposure, backers for electron beam hole drilling of nickel base superalloys contain glass particulates of the borosilicate and aluminosilicate types, having an alkali metal oxide content of less than 1 ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4378481 | Backers having glass particulates for electron beam hole drilling Backers for electron beam hole drilling contain glass particulates with a binder. For nickel base alloys, the glass particulates have at least 7 weight percent low temperature constituent, with a melting point less than 1500° C., and a balance of high te... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4356377 | Cutting thin metal sheet with an electron beam Amorphous metal ribbon and thin conventional magnetic material is fully cut through by an electron beam and has no or minimal bead on the edge. The ribbon is bent around a roller while under the electron beam and centrifugal force removes molten metal fro... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4328411 | Cutting amorphous metal by crystallization with a laser or electron beam A rapid method of cutting thin amorphous metal sheet material is to use a focused heat source such as a laser beam or electron beam to heat local regions of the material above the crystallization temperature and form brittle crystalline lines along which ... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4324973 | Energy beam drilling apparatus having optical fiber link position sensor Disclosed is an electron beam drilling system wherein an optical fiber link is used to prevent deviant drilling. The position of fixtures within a vacuum chamber is monitored by alignable fiber segments. The junctions of the segments form couples which tr... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4317022 | Electron beam welding machine An electron beam welding machine comprises an electron gun including a first beam adjusting means, a second beam adjusting means disposed spaced from the first beam adjusting means so as to be movable in the direction of an electron beam path, and positio... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4239954 | Backer for electron beam hole drilling Disclosed is an electron beam hole drilling process in which the workpiece surface where the hole exits is covered with a backer comprising particulate bonded to itself and the exit surface by a binding agent. The backer enables a hole having substantial ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4131782 | Method of and apparatus for machining large numbers of holes of precisely controlled size by coherent radiation A method of and apparatus for machining an object wherein a source of coherent radiation is pulse modulated in accordance with the desired machining and the radiation is directed to a deflecting device and deflected to the object which is moving at a cont... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4121595 | Apparatus for increasing the permeability of wrapping material for rod-shaped smokers products Webs which are to be converted into wrappers for filter rod sections, cigars, cigarillos or cigarettes, or the wrappers of such articles, are perforated by one or more laser beams in the machine wherein the articles are produced. The permeability of wrapp... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4050507 | Method for customizing nucleate boiling heat transfer from electronic units immersed in dielectric coolant A method is provided for customizing the heat transfer from the walls of an electronic unit such as a semi-conductor chip or wafer by determining the required heat transfer characteristics of the units; drilling holes of a predetermined size and location ... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4038513 | Process for energy beam perforation, especially electron beam perforation, of multi-layered artificial leather A process for the energy beam perforation of multi-layered artificial leather, which has an essentially impervious top layer and a support layer which is pervious to gas, wherein perforation is carried out with the support layer turned towards the beam.... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4020317 | Method of mining rock with an electron beam A method of mining rock utilizes a high-intensity electron beam to break the rock. The electron beam is directed onto the surface of the rock, and has sufficient energy either to ablate the rock at the zone of beam impingement and generate an ablation pre... | 04/26/1977 |
| 4013261 | Device for producing work pieces perforated by means of electron beams A device for producing work-pieces, in particular foil blanks perforated by means of electron beams, for example for shoe upper parts, with an electron beam work chamber which can be evacuated, input and output appliances placed outside the work chamber f... | 03/22/1977 |
