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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431197 | Method of fabricating a hollow mechanical part by diffusion welding and superplastic forming A method of fabricating a hollow mechanical part includes a step of depositing an anti-diffusion substance in a predefined pattern on at least one face of primary parts to be assembled together. The depositing step is performed by applying a layer of anti-diffusion ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7350450 | Armor structures An armor structure includes first and second layers individually containing a plurality of i-beams. Individual i-beams have a pair of longitudinal flanges interconnected by a longitudinal crosspiece and defining opposing longitudinal channels between the pair of fla... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7325307 | Installation for shaping a hollow blade A hollow blade is shaped by superplastic inflation of a blank made up of welded-together sheets. A die comprising two hollow shapes clamping the outline of the blank is placed inside an autoclave-forming enclosure in order to subject the blank to superplastic inflat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7305850 | Distillation process using microchannel technology The disclosed invention relates to a process for distilling a fluid mixture in a microchannel distillation unit, the microchannel distillation unit comprising a plurality of microchannel distillation sections, the fluid mixture comprising a more volatile component a... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303641 | Method for fabricating cellular structural panels An apparatus for manufacturing cellular laminate structural panels includes one or more supply stations of a flexible strip material including folding rollers for sequentially folding the strip material into cellular structures and feeding the cellular structures in... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299967 | Method for manufacturing plate stacks, particularly coolers or cooler elements made up of plate stacks The invention relates to an innovative method for manufacturing plate stacks, particularly for manufacturing coolers or cooler elements or heat sinks at least one plate stack, with at least two plate-shaped elements made of metal, for example copper, and provided wi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294734 | Process for converting a hydrocarbon to an oxygenate or a nitrile This invention relates to a process for converting a hydrocarbon reactant to a product comprising an oxygenate or a nitrile, the process comprising: (A) flowing a reactant composition comprising the hydrocarbon reactant, and oxygen or a source of oxygen, and optiona... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7258263 | Bipolar plate fabrication A method for making a current collector plate includes providing a first sheet of material having a first bonding face and a first outer face. A second sheet of material is provided having a second bonding face and a second outer face. A work area is defined on at l... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255260 | Assembly for the manufacture of a hollow mechanical part by diffusion bonding and superplastic forming, use of such an assembly and process for manufacturing such a mechanical part A method for manufacturing an assembly including a stack of at least two primary parts, the primary parts being joined together around their periphery with the exception of a place forming a passage so as to define between the two of them a cavity, and the primary p... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255845 | Process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel This invention relates to a process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel. A process for conducting a water shift reaction is disclosed. A multichannel reactor with cross flow heat exchange is disclosed. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252218 | Bipolar plate fabrication by roll bonding An anti-bonding material is placed in a desired pattern onto a first sheet of conductive material. A second sheet of conductive material is roll bonded with the first sheet of material. Fluid is injected between the bonded first and second sheets of material to expa... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7226516 | Method for making integrated circuit aluminium panels The invention relates to an aluminium OSF integrated circuit panel production method comprising surface preparation of two aluminium alloy sheets, deposition on one of the sheets of a weld-proof ink in reserved areas corresponding to the design of the circuit, conne... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226574 | Oxidation process using microchannel technology and novel catalyst useful in same A process is disclosed for converting a hydrocarbon reactant to a product comprising CO and H2. The process comprises: (A) flowing a reactant composition comprising the hydrocarbon reactant and oxygen or a source of oxygen through a microchannel reactor i... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220390 | Microchannel with internal fin support for catalyst or sorption medium This invention relates to an apparatus, comprising: at least one process microchannel having a height, width and length, the height being up to about 10 mm, the process microchannel having a base wall extending in one direction along the width of the process microch... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204461 | Wire cloth A wire cloth includes metallic warp wires and metallic weft wires interwoven with one another, wherein the weft wires have each a diameter which is equal or smaller than a clear distance between two neighboring warp wires, and wherein the weft wires are constricted ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7155797 | Continuous manufacturing system for composite aluminum panels A continuous manufacturing system for composite aluminum panels comprises a continuous expanding device for expanding a raw material of a core and a main body of a continuous manufacturing system of composite aluminum panels. The continuous expanding device consists... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7105218 | Cover plate for household devices A cover plate for household devices comprises a decorative part and a reinforcer with integrated molded functional elements, where the reinforcer has the structure of a sheet or box or crate and has a closed lower side. The decorative part used is preferably compose... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100259 | Method of metallic sandwiched foam composite forming Disclosed is a method of forming metallic composite structures The method utilizes superplastic and quickplastic formation methodologies in conjunction with the use of appended engineered metallic foams to provide energy absorbing materials. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7084180 | Fischer-tropsch synthesis using microchannel technology and novel catalyst and microchannel reactor The disclosed invention relates to a process for converting a reactant composition comprising H2 and CO to a product comprising at least one aliphatic hydrocarbon having at least about 5 carbon atoms, the process comprising: flowing the reactant compositi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7029647 | Process for producing hydrogen peroxide using microchannel technology This invention relates to a process for making hydrogen peroxide in a microchannel reactor. The process comprises flowing a process feed stream and a staged addition feed stream in a process microchannel in contact with each other to form a reactant mixture comprisi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7000427 | Process for cooling a product in a heat exchanger employing microchannels This invention relates to a process for cooling or liquefying a fluid product (e.g., natural gas) in a heat exchanger, the process comprising: flowing a fluid refrigerant through a set of refrigerant microchannels in the heat exchanger; and flowing the product throu... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6969505 | Process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel This invention relates to a process for conducting an equilibrium limited chemical reaction in a single stage process channel. A process for conducting a water shift reaction is disclosed. A multichannel reactor with cross flow heat exchange is disclosed. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966380 | Valves for use in wells A valve assembly to control the intake of fluid. The valve assembly has a valve body and a valve choke disposed therein. The valve choke has a choke bore through the interior of the valve choke. The valve choke has a plurality of orifices to the choke bore spaced at... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6673466 | Housing with a passivation layer, catalyst carrier body with a housing and method for producing a catalyst carrier body with such a housing A housing for a honeycomb body includes a jacket tube with an inner wall surface. The jacket tube has a passivation layer in at least one section of the inner wall surface in order to deliberately modify a connection to the honeycomb body by joining. A me... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6626351 | Method and apparatus for the manufacturing of structural members By utilizing a roll bonding process and appropriately forming steps, a load bearing structure is created which is capable of handling and appropriately transferring loads. One preferred method includes the combination of roll bonding and hydroforming to e... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626350 | Method of repairing metallic components A method is available for repairing metallic components such as gas turbines, which have mechanically weight-carrying grooves, where the longitudinal edges of the grooves which exist on the component surface are largely in a plane and their actual contour... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6286750 | Method of manufacturing beryllium-copper alloy hot isostatic press (HIP) bonded body and hip-bonded body A HIP-bonded body of a beryllium member and copper alloy member. Before subjecting the members to HIP processing, a diffusion inhibiting layer is deposited on the outer surface of the copper alloy member. A bond promoting layer of aluminum or aluminum all... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6264091 | Method of manufacturing an article by diffusion bonding A method of diffusion bonding at least two metal workpieces (12, 14, 16) comprises assembling the workpieces (12, 14, 16) into a stack (10) relative to each other so that the surfaces (18, 20, 22, 24) are in mating contact. The edges of the workpieces (12... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6247635 | High density connector having a ball type of contact surface A connector for use with a circuit substrate having a plurality of elongated conductors. A solder ball is fused to the end of the conductors for connection of the connector to a circuit substrate. Method for attaching the solder ball to the end of the con... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6220497 | Method for soldering microstructured sheet metal In method for soldering metal microstructured plates, stacks of plates and solder layers are prepared by placing the solder layers between each adjacent plate. The thickness of the solder layers range from 3 to 25 μm. The stack is then soldered by heatin... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6168068 | Method for preventing a gold plate connector on a PCB from being contaminated Disclosed is a method of preventing a gold plate connector of a printed circuit board (PCB) from being contaminated during a soldering process. The disclosed method prevents the gold plate connector coupled with the printed circuit board from being contam... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6129256 | Reflow furnace for an electronic assembly The invention provides a reflow furnace for an electronic assembly. The electronic assembly comprises a printed circuit board and a device on the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has solder at a first area near the device and a metallic su... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6106644 | Application of stop-off material, particularly for use in diffusion bonding and superplastic forming A method of applying a pattern of stop-off material to a sheet is described, the pattern being stored in a computer memory; the method comprises: (a) placing the sheet (22) on a table (12) that is traversable by a printing head (14) capable of applying je... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6095397 | Solder deposit support Solder deposit carrier for the selective soldering of terminal areas of a substrate, comprising on an electrically conductive, non-wettable or wetting-inhibiting coating (12) a transfer mask (13) of an electrically isolating, non-solderable material which... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6089442 | Electrode connection method A method of connecting first electrodes formed on a first substrate to second electrodes formed on a second substrate and partially coated with a resist pattern so as to substantially expose an opening thereof at a surface of the second electrodes include... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6079612 | Big scale (500cc) golf club head fabrication method A big scale (500 cc) golf club head fabrication method includes the step of preparing molds for making a top cover panel, a bottom cover panel and a face panel, the step of preparing metal alloy plate materials and then cutting the metal alloy plate mater... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6076727 | Heat exchanger and method of assembly for automotive vehicles A heat exchanger assembly includes at least one tube having an internal surface and an external surface, a composition cladding having at least lithium and magnesium applied to either one of the internal surface and external surface of the tube, and at le... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6053397 | Method for the manufacture of micro solder bumps on copper pads Method for the manufacture of micro solder bumps, in which holes are structured by means of laser ablation in a mask, in order to produce solder bumps higher than the mask thickness. Through the additional use of a wobble plate in the production of trough... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6045030 | Sealing electronic packages containing bumped hybrids A method of packaging hybrid wafers or die that are interconnected using soft metal bumps, such as indium, in a sealed ceramic package. The present invention passivates the hybrid die that are to be interconnected by way of the bumps, so that the metal in... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6022631 | Nickelled steel sheet proofed against tight adhesion during annealing and process for production thereof Adhesion of nickel plated steel sheets with each other, which is apt to occur during producing a steel sheet in which nickel is diffused by heat treatment of a nickel plated steel sheet in an annealing furnace, is prevented. A nickel plated steel sheet ha... | 02/08/2000 |
