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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7806311 | Method of manufacturing ceramic/metal composite structure A method of manufacturing a ceramic/metal composite structure includes the steps of: performing a multi-stage pre-oxidizing process on the copper sheet; placing the copper sheet on a ceramic substrate; and heating the copper sheet and the ceramic substrate to a join... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7556189 | Lead-free bonding systems Nano-structured interconnect formation and a reworkable bonding process using solder films. Large area fabrication of nano-structured interconnects is demonstrated at a very fine pitch. This technology can be used for pushing the limits of current flip chip bonding ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7428979 | Process for soldering an electronic component on an electronic card, process for repairing the card and installation for using the process A process for soldering an electronic component onto a support which includes at least one heat drain for the component. The method uses a solder paste which incorporates a stripping flux activated at a first temperature, and a solder alloy melted at a second temper... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7371615 | Heat sink and method for its production A method for producing a heat sink for cooling a semiconductor device including forming plural base members, the base member being each in plate or block-shape, the base member each having paths shaped on one or both sides of surfaces thereof, and the base member ea... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7332225 | Bonded vehicular glass assemblies utilizing two-component urethanes adhesive A bonded vehicular glass assembly utilizes a two-component urethane adhesive to attach an attachment member at a glass panel to form a joint suitable for use on a vehicle. The attachment member may be a hinge, or a latch, or the like. Related methods of forming and ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7296336 | Method to protect a GMR head from electrostatic damage during the manufacturing process A simple method is provided for protecting slider mounted read/write transducers from electrostatic discharge damage during the manufacture of disk drives. The method involves placing a ball of conducting thermoplastic resin, such as a gold or silver epoxy, between ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293441 | Production of versatile channel letter coil A versatile system for producing channel letter coil of superior reflectivity and durability is described that includes providing a readily formable substrate. A first reflective material is disposed upon a first surface of the substrate. A second reflective materia... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7261753 | Bonding structure and bonding method for cemented carbide element and diamond element, cutting tip and cutting element for drilling tool, and drilling tool A cutting tip for a drilling tool includes a cemented carbide cutting base 11, a diamond element 12 supported by the cutting base 11, and a bonding layer formed between the cutting base 11 and the diamond element 12 in order to bon... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7241966 | Wafer level package fabrication method using laser illumination The present invention relates to a WLP fabrication method capable of welding a lid wafer with a device wafer by using laser illumination. The WLP fabrication method can rapidly weld bonding metal strips of device and lid wafers with each other in order to couple the... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235112 | Micro-battery fabrication process including formation of an electrode on a metal strip, cold compression and removal of the metal strip The electrodes are formed by surface coating and cold compression on metal strips. They are then assembled, by hot pressing, with an electrolytic membrane. The metal strips are then removed, preferably by mechanical detachment. Current collectors are then formed on ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222775 | Process for the metallization and/or brazing with a silicon alloy of parts made of an oxide ceramic unable to be wetted by the said alloy The invention relates to a process for the metallization with a silicon alloy melting at a temperature T1 of certain zones of the surface of a part made of an oxide ceramic unable to be wetted by the said alloy, the said process comprising, in succession, a step of ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7195145 | Electrical circuit apparatus and method for assembling same A method for assembling an electrical circuit apparatus that includes; a substrate having a top side, a ground layer, at least one thermal aperture, and at least one solder aperture; a heat sink; and an adhesive layer for mechanically coupling the heat sink to the g... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7161806 | Heat sink and method for its production The present invention provides a liquid-cooling type heat sink which has a high pressure-resistibility and is resistible against the corrosion or erosion-corrosion or electrolytic etching, and a method for its production. The heat sink of the present inventio... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7074253 | Advanced erosion resistant carbide cermets with superior high temperature corrosion resistance Cermets are provided in which a substantially stoichiometric metal carbide ceramic phase along with a reprecipitated metal carbide phase, represented by the formula MxCy, is dispersed in a metal binder phase. In MxCy M is ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061104 | Apparatus for conditioning power and managing thermal energy in an electronic device In one aspect, the present invention is a technique of, and a system for conditioning power for a consuming device. In this regard, a power conditioning module, affixed to an integrated circuit device, conditions power to be applied to the integrated circuit device.... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7036707 | Friction stir welding method, frame members used therein, and product formed thereby Disclosed is a friction stir welding technique which avoids occurrence of a dent, in a joining region, extending to a level beneath the joined surfaces. At end portions of the frame members to be joined, at the joining region, thickened parts which project toward th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032805 | Manufacturing method of structure body and structure body formed This invention provides a configuration of a joint that allows a satisfactory welded joint to be formed with reduced deformation of the joint region when two-face structures (panels) are friction-welded end to end. The panels 31, 32 each have two substantiall... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032804 | Friction stir welding method and structure body This invention provides a configuration of a joint that allows a satisfactory welded joint to be formed with reduced deformation of the joint region when two-face structures (panels) are friction-welded end to end. The panels 31, 32 each have two substantiall... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7005620 | Piston and method of manufacture A piston particularly adapted for heavy-duty diesel engine applications is fabricated from separate parts having circumferentially extending joining surfaces that are heated prior to bonding to an elevated temperature sufficient to enable bonding of the joining surf... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6960738 | Metal-ceramic bond A method of connecting a metal (1) with a ceramic material (2) comprises the steps of providing a through-hole (3) in the ceramic material and positioning the metal (1) to be connected to the ceramic material (2) proximate to the c... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6936332 | Extruded frame member for use in friction stir welding The friction stir welding technique disclosed avoids occurrence of a dent in adjoining region extending to a level beneath the joined surfaces. At end portions of the frame members to be joined, thickened parts, which project toward the rotary body joining tool, are... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6908026 | Method and apparatus for making a lid with an optically transmissive window A metal plate (126) has a plurality of openings (127) extending through it, and is cleaned using a wet hydrogen process (157). Glass windows (106) are then placed in the openings, and are each fused to the metal plate by heat (231)... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6885104 | Semiconductor copper bond pad surface protection Electronic packages with uninsulated portions of copper circuits protected with coating layers having thicknesses that are suitable for soldering without fluxing and are sufficiently frangible when being joined to another metal surface to obtain metal-to-metal conta... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6866730 | Metallic-based adhesion materials A material and method for adhering at least two materials that includes the step of interposing at least one intermediate layer between the two materials and associated adhesion material. The materials to be adhered exhibit at least one characteristic dissimilarity ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6858050 | Reducing metals as a brazing flux The present invention comprises a method of manufacturing a brazed body. The method comprises forming a multi-layer assembly comprising: a first material capable of forming a first oxide and having a melting temperature higher than 660° C.; a first reducing metal a... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6758386 | Method of joining ceramic matrix composites and metals A method of joining a ceramic matrix composite rocket nozzle to a metal manifold is provided, wherein a silicon nitride insert is disposed inside the ceramic matrix composite rocket nozzle and the metal manifold to provide a joint therebetween. The silicon nitride i... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6648208 | Method of manufacturing a joint between metal and a ceramic substrate for a high temperature sensor A method of manufacturing a joint between metal and a ceramic substrate for a high temperature sensor. First, a predetermined hole is formed in the ceramic substrate to serve as a joint portion. A bonding layer is preferably disposed on the ceramic substr... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6410081 | Paste for welding ceramics to metals and method for producing a welded joint The invention proposes a paste for welding ceramic materials to metallic contact surfaces or metals, which contains a noble metal, an aluminum compound, a silicon compound, and a compound selected from the group of the barium compounds, calcium compounds,... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6390354 | Adhesive composition for bonding different kinds of members A composite material is produced by a method where an adhesive composition which comprises a particulate material that reduces thermal stress and a brazing material containing a noble metal element as a base, wherein the adhesive composition can bond two ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6382502 | Method of manufacturing a heat sink made of aluminum A heat sink made of aluminum having both high strength and heat dissipation performance together is manufactured. In a method of manufacturing a heat sink made of aluminum by brazing a plurality of fins 13 on a heat dissipating substrate 11, the fin 13 co... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6317913 | Method of depositing flux or flux and metal onto a metal brazing substrate The present invention is directed to a means for the surface preparation of a metal or metal alloy substrate. In the process of the present invention, a stream of a mixture of flux particles and metal particles is hurled at the substrate at velocities eff... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6247221 | Method for sealing and/or joining an end of a ceramic filter A process for sealing a ceramic filter by infiltrating a metal into an end of the filter. The process includes the steps of contacting the end of a porous ceramic filter with a molten metal, whereby the metal enters into the ceramic matrix to substantiall... | 06/19/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6227433 | Friction welded fastener process A process for joining two or more overlapping metal workpieces includes providing a fastener which is made of metal having a melting point temperature at least as great as that of the workpieces. The fastener is rotated about its central axis and is axial... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6170734 | Method of joining silicon nitride to carbon steel This invention relates to a method of joining silicon nitride having on its surface a thin layer of active silicon metal to carbon steel, wherein the active silicon layer is formed through the thermal dissociation of silicon nitride(Si3 N4... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6142358 | Wafer-to-wafer transfer of microstructures using break-away tethers Break-away tethers to secure electronic, mechanical, optical, or other microstructures, during release from one substrate and transfer to another. Microstructures are fabricated with integrated tethers attaching them to a first substrate. The structures a... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6129260 | Solderable structures Solderable structures, and related methods for making them, can provide thermal conductivity and/or electrical isolation for electronic devices soldered to the structures. Each of the structures includes a solderable material bonded to a heat sink by a th... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6123252 | Process for fixing a graphite-rich material onto a metallic body A process for fixing a graphite-rich material onto a metallic body by mixing graphite powder with a plastic material to obtain a graphite-rich material, pressing the graphite-rich material onto a layer of a metal-rich material, in a single step, forming t... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6000117 | Method of manufacturing curved wear surfaces for skid shoes A wear surface for helicopter shoes is constructed by forming a railed enclosure on a curved base plate, placing a mosaic of smooth-surfaced tungsten carbide blocks on the base plate within the enclosure, brazing the blocks to the plate and rails, and gri... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5985464 | Composite structure, and method of making same A composite structure includes a first nonmetallic component and a second mponent of metal or nonmetal, with the first and second components being joined together by a bonding material which is so introduced by way of a casting process as to permeate to a... | 11/16/1999 |
