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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204119 | Hollow metallic ring seal for press A press and tooling apparatus for forming a preheated blank includes a heated upper tool and an opposing heated lower tool mounted within the press for relative closing movement to press the preheated blank there between. A binder ring assembly surrounds the lower t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7094310 | Method for joining high-pressure composite pipes A high-pressure composite pipe includes a pipe-shaped inner layer made of a synthetic resin, and a reinforcing layer made of a stretched polyolefin resin sheet and wound on an external circumferential surface of the inner layer, with a winding direction of the reinf... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083077 | Method and contact point for establishing an electrical connection A method for establishing an electrical connection between a first contact surface and a second contact surface, with a wire-bonding tool being used to provide a contact wire between the contact surfaces by bonding the contact wire to the first contact surface and s... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7032311 | Stabilized wire bonded electrical connections and method of making same A new and improved electrical connector is provided for Ball Grid Array (BGA) devices and Direct Chip Attach (DCA) devices that solves the prior art problems of mismatch in the coefficient of thermal between a semiconductor die and its substrate, PC board or carrier... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6955283 | Adaptable mandrel for spin forming There is provided a mandrel for spin forming that has a backing plate with removably attached mandrel portions and mandrel spacers, such that the mandrel is adaptable to numerous configurations. The various configurations of the mandrel are used to provide different... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6814274 | Bonding tool capable of bonding inner leads of tab tapes to electrode pads in high quality and high productivity and bonding method When viewed in a first direction, a cross section of a pressing surface of the bonding tool for pressing the inner leads is flat and extends uniformly over a range longer than the interval between every two electrode pads. When viewed in a second direction orthogona... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6715418 | Apparatus for producing a sleeve-like printing form Apparatus includes a housing, a feed table outside the housing for receiving a plate-like blank, a round shaping device in the housing for shaping the blank into a sleeve-like printing form, a welding system, and a transport device for fixing, transporting and depos... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6708864 | “S” shaped cast in wire A weld wire for storage on a spool of weld wire. The weld wire has a substantially linear cast in the form of an undulating curve that generally lies in a single plane. The undulating curve is a succession of generally semi-circular sections having a generally fixed... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6454153 | Apparatuses for forming wire bonds from circuitry on a substrate to a semiconductor chip, and methods of forming semiconductor chip assemblies The invention encompasses a method of forming a semiconductor chip assembly. A substrate is provided. Such substrate has a pair of opposing surfaces and circuitry formed on one of the opposing surfaces. A semiconductor chip is joined to the substrate. The... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6405919 | Process for the continuous production of longitudinally seam-welded and corrugated metal tubes In a process for the continuous production of longitudinally seam-welded and corrugated metal tubes (46), a metal band drawn off from a supply reel is formed into an open-seam tube, welded at its longitudinal edges, and the welded smooth tube (45) corruga... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6164517 | Seamless, ring-shaped brazing material and method for producing same The seamless, ring-shaped brazing material comprises a brazing metal and a flux uniformly dispersed in the brazing metal for brazing nonferrous metal members and has a relative density of 0.90 or more. The seamless, ring-shaped brazing material is produce... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6056184 | Apparatus for shaping liquid portions of solder in soft soldering semiconductor chips The apparatus, in preparation of soft soldering semiconductor chips to a substrate (6), is for the shaping of spherically domed liquid portions of solder (8) into flat solder applications (8"), as evenly distributed as possible and correctly positioned on... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5992727 | Apparatus for producing a sleeve-type printing form Disclosed is an apparatus for producing a sleeve-type printing form from a plate-shaped blank. The apparatus has a fixing device for fixing the uppermost plate-shaped blank of a stack of blanks as a flat raw form, a curving device for curving the flat raw... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5884832 | Method of bonding metal plates, apparatus therefor and hot strip mill A bonding apparatus for bonding metal plates, includes an overlapping mechanism for overlapping end portions of the metal plates, at least two supports for supporting the overlapped portion of the metal plates at one side of the metal plates, and a sheari... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5722868 | System and method for manufacturing x-ray tubes having glass envelopes utilizing a metal disk Systems and methods are disclosed for exhausting and combined exhausting and seasoning of x-ray tubes having glass envelopes for high performance x-ray system having a rotating anode therein. The system and methods include providing a glass tubulation hav... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5722870 | System and method for manufacturing x-ray tubes having glass envelopes Improved systems and methods are disclosed for exhausting and combined exhausting and seasoning of x-ray tubes having glass envelopes for high performance x-ray system having a rotating anode therein. The systems and methods include using a metal tubulati... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5722869 | System and method for manufacturing x-ray tubes having metal envelopes utilizing a metal disk Improved systems and methods are disclosed for exhausting and combined exhausting and seasoning of x-ray tubes having metal envelopes for high performance x-ray systems having a rotating anode therein. The methods and systems for sealing a metal tubulatio... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5460315 | Making a cell for a motor-vehicle latent-heat storage unit A motor-vehicle latent-heat storage unit is made by first positioning an elongated rectangular sheet-metal blank over a longitudinally extending slot formed in a die and then pressing an elongated anvil bar forming one of a pair of ultrasonic welding tool... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5312025 | Method of and device for manufacturing bands of steel A device for manufacturing loops of steel employed in continuous-operation presses to manufacture single-layer or multiple-layer webs of material. To equalize the tension in the ends of a strip before they are welded together to form a loop and to increas... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5228613 | Machine for the automatic and continuous production of wire winding spools This invention concerns a machine for the automatic and continuous production of wire winding spools, and in particular metal welding wire for welding machines. The machine in question consists of three successive operating stations through which two para... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5096111 | Method for contracting a cylindrical body A method of diametrically contracting a cylindrical body, includes the steps of grasping the cylindrical body with a plurality of elongated grasping members, preparing a cylindrical drawing die having an opening at one end and a tapered inside peripheral ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5020714 | Method and press apparatus for manufacturing A method and apparatus for applying variable pressure to selected areas of a bonding assembly jig to shape a face plate to conform to the contours of contoured heads and hold the face plate in place for welding comprises two inverted U-shaped support fram... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5018658 | Bonding wedge A bonding wedge (1) for an ultrasonic bonder, in particular an aluminium thick wire bonder, with a wire guide in the form of a through-passage (3) extending in the wire direction obliquely from above to the pressing face (2). A plastics sleeve (11) throug... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4915286 | Method for the soldering of external connection wires to an electronic component According to the disclosed method for the soldering of wires of components, at least one wire is stamped to make it lose its symmetry of revolution. The result thereof is one or more impressions. A solder strip is crimped by deformation around the wire to... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4889276 | Method and apparatus for forming and bonding metal assemblies A method and apparatus for forming and bonding metal assemblies using an internally heated chamber. The parts can be both superplastic formed and diffusion bonded to other parts. A closable chamber contains a heating element near the chamber center. A cer... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4877174 | Tab device excise and lead form apparatus Apparatus is described for excising and forming tape mounted electronic devices in an automated fashion so that as the tape bearing the components is fed past a punch and die set, each frame bearing an electronic component is precisely aligned and the ele... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4865243 | Sizing tool for a machine for the longitudinal seam welding of rounded can bodies A frame-like roller carrier (40) which defines a sizing plane (C) normal to the longitudinal axis (A) of the can bodies is arranged in relation to awelding device (24) in such a manner that the sizing plane (C) coincides at least approximately with a weld... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4854493 | Method and apparatus for cutting welding steel strips An apparatus, for butt-welding steel strips using a laser beam are disclosed, in which opposite ends of preceding and succeeding steel strips fed continuously are cut and the cut end edges thus formed are welded by butt welding using a laser. The cutting ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4832246 | Automatic soldering machines An automatic spot soldering machine incorporates apparatus for automatically sequencing through operations for forming soldered joints at a predetermined position. The sequence includes preforming a quantity of solder from a length of solder wire and posi... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4826068 | Outer lead bonding device utilizing tape carriers A bonding device for effecting outer lead bonding is disclosed which comprises a bonding stage, a pair of bonding tools, and lead supporting means. The lead supporting means may take the form of a pair of projections formed on the upper surface of the bon... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4739918 | Method for stabilization of header plate flange and end tank wall When the free marginal portions 42 are telescoped within the confines of the peripheral flange 36 preparatory to the soldering operation, inward pressure on the end tank 38 usually is maintained during the soldering operation. Of course, the soldering ope... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4710608 | Fixture for welding long workpieces A welding fixture for holding a plurality of long component members that are welded along their lengths into an elongate product, having at least three stationary clamps disposed in spaced-apart relation with each other along the long component members, a... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4700439 | Driveshaft fabricating apparatus A driveshaft fabricating apparatus is disclosed which achieves the functions of straightening, welding, straightening and balancing of a driveshaft workpiece without necessitating workpiece removal, reloading or otherwise disturbing the original set-up of... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4635461 | Veritcal press An improved insulated forming press for forming structures at elevated temperatures and pressures is disclosed. Vertical rams move vertical heated platens, vertical ram insulation blocks, and vertically oriented forming dies, to close about a workpiece. T... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4594873 | Method and apparatus for preparing pipe sections for welding A method and apparatus is disclosed for preparing the ends of large diameter metal pipe, such as that employed in cross-country pipelines, for welding of two pipe sections in end-to-end relationship with each other. Apparatus is provided for performing th... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4586646 | Beam fabricating device An I-beam fabrication device that positions and aligns two distinct T-shaped beam portions together in a predetermined longitudinally curved configuration and automatically welds the beam portions into a single integral prestressed I-beam capable of incre... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4586645 | Winding machine for coil bobbins A winding machine for coil bobbins in which a one-piece or divided index carriage is reciprocally movable in its axial direction and reversibly rotatable about the axis. A plurality of slide plates are supported on the carriage for reciprocally slidable m... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4429824 | Delta-Alpha bond/superplastic forming method of fabricating titanium structures and the structures resulting therefrom Method of manufacturing structures from sheets of material having superplasticity as well as diffusion bonding capabilities wherein a combination of diffusion bonding and superplastic forming is performed concurrently with the use of low pressures and a s... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4411149 | Machine for bending conductors of a semiconductor chip device The invention relates to an automatic machine for bending the extending conductors of an integrated circuit chip to form contacts for mounting the chip to a substrate. This machine comprises a bending base (20), movable bending pieces (18, 19) situated op... | 10/25/1983 |
| 4288021 | Tooling for superplastic forming diffusion bonding processes Tooling for use in an autoclave or a hot press for the superplastic forming and diffusion bonding of metals which tooling includes upper and lower portions with a labyrinth seal therebetween having inert counterflowing gas introduced thereto to prevent co... | 09/08/1981 |
