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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7525064 | Method of forming a flux layer on an aluminum plate member The purpose of the present invention is provide a method of forming a flux layer on an aluminum plate member, wherein a heating step for drying after a spray-coating of a flux composition can be omitted. The invention relates to a flux layer 2 composed... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7414226 | Movable heating method and system having fixed heating source for brazing stator bars A method to heat a stator bar and clip assembly in a brazing chamber including: placing the stator bar and clip assembly in the brazing chamber, wherein the assembly is seated in a heating coil; positioning a conductive mass between a press and the stator bar and cl... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7337941 | Flux coated brazing sheet A brazing flux mixture comprised of brazing flux, a polyvinyl butyral resin binder, and an organic solvent which can be applied over an entire aluminum alloy brazing sheet, or can be applied on the brazing sheet only where metallurgical bonds or joints are required,... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7293689 | Two tier brazing for joining copper tubes to manifolds A brazing process for joining copper and copper alloy tubes to a fitting which includes first forming a layer of a high melting temperature noble metal on one end of a copper or copper alloy tube. The plated end is then brazed to a metal ferrule to form a copper all... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7189274 | Exhaust gas filter with at least one filter layer and method for producing a filter layer An exhaust gas filter for cleaning an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes at least one strip-shaped filter layer made of a material through which a fluid can at least partly flow. The filter layer has a length in a longitudinal direction and a widt... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7060929 | Sheet-to-tube resistance spot welding using servo gun A method of spot welding a sheet overlapped to a tube with a servomotor-driven electrode applying a clamping force to the sheet. Over a first clamping time interval, the clamping force is increased to a first force level, at which point a welding current is applied ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6967307 | Method and process of contact to a heat softened solder ball array A method for enhancing temporary solder ball connection comprises the application of thermal energy to the solder balls, heating them to a submelting “softening” temperature, whereby the compression force required to connect all balls in a BGA is achieved at muc... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6957686 | Heated blades for wax melting A knife for heating the wax on the surface of a wax runner. The knife as a surface which is recessed in the center of the surface to permit melted wax to flow up into the recessed area and not flow away from the knife. Alternately, conformal heating surface which me... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6912447 | System and method for determining weld procedures A system (100), method (200, 400, 600), or computer program product (300, 500, 700) is used to develop a set of weld procedures for welding first and second parts is provided. A desired weld associated with the first and second parts is establis... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6614003 | Method and process of contact to a heat softened solder ball array A method for enhancing temporary solder ball connection comprises the application of thermal energy to the solder balls, heating them to a submelting "softening" temperature, whereby the compression force required to connect all balls in a BGA is achieved... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6544623 | Honeycomb cell structure and method of manufacture A honeycomb cell structure has a plurality of first strips each formed into a generally zig-zag configuration and placed side by side to form a plurality of rows of cells in a generally honeycomb configuration with nodes between adjacent cells in each row... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6492626 | Method and system for regulating a temperature of coupling formations A method for regulating a coupling formation includes sensing a temperature of a coupling with a non-contact sensor and sending the temperature to a control unit that regulates the temperature of the coupling formation. In addition, a system for regulatin... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6459064 | Assembling electroconductive parts by electric current heating The invention concerns a method for assembling electroconductive pass by electric current heating. Said method is characterised in that it consists in moving forward electrodes (10, 20) with different polanties, towards the parts (30, 40) to be assembled,... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6420681 | Method and process of contact to a heat softened solder ball array A method for enhancing temporary solder ball connection comprises the application of thermal energy to the solder balls, heating them to a submelting "softening" temperature, whereby the compression force required to connect all balls in a BGA is achieved... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6358630 | Soldering member for printed wiring boards This invention relates to a solder member for external connection joined to a connection terminal formed on a surface of a printed wiring board corresponding to a conductor pattern and having an electroless Ni/Au plated layer, wherein the solder member is... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6329637 | Method and process of contract to a heat softened solder ball array A method for enhancing temporary solder ball connection comprises the application of thermal energy to the solder balls, heating them to a submelting "softening" temperature, whereby the compression force required to connect all balls in a BGA is achieved... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6234378 | Solid liquid inter-diffusion bonding for ring laser gyroscopes A method for bonding a gyroscope component to a gyroscope body using the solid liquid Inter Diffusion (SLID) process. The resulting bond structure has a larger operating range than the bonding-materials used to create to bond. Mating material layers may b... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6147326 | Soldering device with a plurality of spaced soldering tips and method of use A soldering device includes an elongated hot bar and a plurality of spaced soldering tips supported along the hot bar for soldering multiple connections. A method of using the soldering device is also described.... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6127657 | Clamping soldering device An air-operated soldering device includes a pair of air cylinders which are operable to clamp a workpiece between the cylinders and a base. A clip holder is then advanced against the workpiece by a clip holder air cylinder. A pair of electrodes are then a... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6121576 | Method and process of contact to a heat softened solder ball array A method for enhancing temporary solder ball connection comprises the application of thermal energy to the solder balls, heating them to a submelting "softening" temperature, whereby the compression force required to connect all balls in a BGA is achieved... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5884651 | Valve and associated soldering method A valve, which has heat-sensitive parts, has at least one connecting tube to which a pipe is arranged to be soldered using local heating. The connecting tube consists of a material of such low thermal conductivity that the heat-sensitive parts remain belo... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5694411 | Ultraviolet range laser and method for manufacturing the same An ultraviolet range laser comprising a vacuum vessel having an open end portion hermetically sealed with an output mirror glass substrate, which is featured in that the output mirror glass substrate is formed of a glass material which is capable of allow... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5560841 | Stator vane extraction A method in which the interface at which two components are bonded together, by a bonding material that has a lower melting temperature than the material from which the components are made, is heated to the melting temperature of the bonding material, all... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5504296 | Method of hot brazing aluminum articles In a method of hot brazing aluminum articles, the steps of: interposing an amount of a flux-containing brazing agent (12) between portions of aluminum articles (11, 11) which are to be adjoined one to another; gripping the portions with a pair of heaters ... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5504305 | Temperature control device for soldering and unsoldering equipment In a temperature regulator for soldering and unsoldering equipment having a heating device fed by a controllable electric source of heating current, the heating output of which is transmitted to a spot to be soldered by a heating output transmission devic... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5484974 | Making electric-resistance-soldered multilayer tubing Tubing is made by advancing a flat metal strip in a travel direction along a path through a forming station and then through a soldering station and then through a cooling station. The strip is shaped in the forming station into a multilayer tubular shape... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5409543 | Dry soldering with hot filament produced atomic hydrogen A system for chemically transforming metal surface oxides to metal that is especially, but not exclusively, suitable for preparing metal surfaces for dry soldering and solder reflow processes. The system employs one or more hot, refractory metal filaments... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5345056 | Plasma based soldering by indirect heating A method of soldering without the use of flux, wherein a plurality of solder bumps are deposited on a first surface and a plurality of solder pad locations are prepared on a second surface. The first and second surfaces are placed immediately adjacent to ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5260548 | Soldering system controlled power supply apparatus and method of using same An apparatus which provides selectively either constant power, constant current or constant voltage to the heating elements of the thermods. The soldering system power supply apparatus includes devices for monitoring and controlling individual temperature... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5252800 | Apparatus for preparing superconducting joints An apparatus for forming a superconductive joint in tape or wire has features which include a closeable vessel with gas inlets for depositing a superconducting layer by chemical vapor deposition, and a form in combination with current clamps and conductiv... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5220147 | Electronic component heater A contact heater for soldering and desoldering electronic components that is heated by hot air supplied into a cavity of the contact heater. A thermally conductive heating blade is used to contact an area to be heated, while a heat shield protects adjacen... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5113052 | Process for the oven brazing of two pieces in rarified or controlled atmosphere The brazing process consists in inserting between two pieces to be brazed on the one hand, a plaque or strip of refractory metal such as molybdenum, tantalum, hafnium, zirconium, niobium, tungsten or an alloy including at least one of these elements, and,... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5107095 | Clam shell heater employing high permeability material A connector which acts upon itself contains a fusible bonding material the connector forming a part of a temperature autoregulating electrical heater whereby upon application of a generally constant a.c. current to the heater, the temperature of the heate... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5088639 | Soldering process A soldering process uses a plurality of individual heating elements (204) to solder a plurality of solder locations. The process consists of the steps of substantially simultaneously picking up a plurality of solder preforms (202); placing the plurality o... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5061827 | Termination of a small coaxial cable A small ferrule having inwardly projecting lances is clenched about a small coaxial cable. The tips of the lances pierce the outer plastic covering of the cable and mechanically engage the underlying metal shield layer. Each lance includes an opening adja... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5010233 | Self regulating temperature heater as an integral part of a printed circuit board A heater (20,40,50,70,80) is secured to or embedded in a circuit board (10,30,75,86) and is selectively energizable by current to melt solder in a connection or disconnection operation. The heater is spaced from circuit board contact pads (13,34) by circu... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4990736 | Generating electromagnetic fields in a self regulating temperature heater by positioning of a current return bus A self-redulanting heater includes an electrically-conductive substrate (11), having a magnetic surface layer (13) of one skin depth, folded 180 degrees to define two heater sections joined by a fold section. The magnetic material has a considerably highe... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4933530 | Method for repairing a refrigeration sealed system A method and apparatus for bonding two tubes in a refrigeration sealed system by soldering. The apparatus includes a pair of jaws which are spring biased in the closed position and a pair of handles for opening the jaws against the spring bias force. The ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4914267 | Connector containing fusible material and having intrinsic temperature control A connector (33) which acts upon itself contains a fusible bonding material (35,37) the connector (33) forming a part of a temperature autoregulating electrical heater whereby upon application of a generally constant a.c. current to the heater, the temper... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4847465 | Reflow soldering apparatus A reflow soldering apparatus for soldering parts which are temporarily fixed on a substrate by using cream solder. The apparatus includes a hot gas blower provided with a number of holes for blowing hot gas through the holes. The apparatus also includes a... | 07/11/1989 |
