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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7128621 | Connecting structure and its connecting method, and rotating machinery and alternating current A connecting structure in which the electric cable having an insulated coating and the electrically conductive member with non-insulated coating are connected through a connecting terminal having a junction support member by applying an electric current, heating and... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7034247 | Apparatus for handling sheet metal workpieces to be welded An apparatus for handling a pair of sheet metal workpieces to be welded is provided that includes a first workpiece holder, a second workpiece holder, at least one backing element, and at least one squeeze roller. The first and second workpiece holders are positione... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6953145 | Soldering method for mounting electric components A method is proposed for fastening at least one electrical component to a substrate using solder, in which elevations are produced in the solder substrate, the elevations being at least as high as the thickness of a solder layer to be produced. In another step, the ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6902095 | Two part cold formed battery terminal A method of cold forming a two-part battery terminal and a two-part cold formed battery terminal comprising a cold formed lead or lead alloy slug having a male fastener protruding from a one side of the cold formed slug with a head portion of the fastener rotational... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6805277 | Process for soldering electric connector onto circuit board In a process of soldering an electric connector on a circuit board, the connector has an insulator and a plurality of leads mounted inside the insulator. Each lead has a first end extending into a soldering terminal to a bonding surface of the insulator. A soft sold... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6711803 | Method of joining steel products, method of processing junction surfaces of steel products, and reinforcing member The present invention enables to firmly assemble a steel-frame structure. To form a steel-frame structure or to join two steel members being reinforcing members thereof, a slip-proof surface having one or plural concentric higher parts and grooves is formed on the j... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6296171 | Utilize ultrasonic energy to reduce the initial contact forces in known-good-die or permanent contact systems A machine and method for bonding puncture-type conductive contact members of an interconnect to the bond pads of a bare semiconductor die includes the use of one or two ultrasonic vibrators mounted to vibrate one or both of the die and interconnect. A sho... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5704537 | Method for sheathing a plastic tube with a metal sheathing In a method for sheathing a plastic tube with a metal sheathing, a metallic band (20) is laid around a plastic tube (14), the metallic band (20) comprising longitudinal edges (32) bent to a common side thereof, which are, when the metallic band (20) is la... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5611944 | Hollow component manufacture In a method of manufacturing a hollow component metallic sheets are diffusion bonded together except where a stop off pattern is applied to the surfaces of the sheets. A gas channel is accommodated in the thickness of the sheets for the entry of pressuris... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5547122 | Joints in bonding of electrical wires A method is disclosed for improving the metallurgical bond between the end of an armature wire of an electric motor and the connector riser or tine on the motor armature. The armature wire has a titanium oxide-containing insulation coating. The titanium o... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5494209 | Method for the manufacture of an internally enhanced welded tubing A metallic strip having at least one surface enhanced with a texture pattern is formed into a welded tube. A fin insert shapes the edges of the metallic strip prior to welding and minimizes the formation of a protruding weld bead. The longitudinally runni... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5397229 | Electroformed tooling with heat transfer fins and method for making same A mold assembly for molding thermoplastic material into a solid thin shell includes a metal mold with an outer surface exposed to a heat source and an inner surface on which thermoplastic material is cast and fused to form a thin layer thermoplastic shell... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5371825 | Fiber optic cable with surround kingwire and method of making same A high-strength, waterproof cable capable of transmitting large quantities of information over great distances in a reliable and durable fashion and a method of making the cable is provided. The cable includes a first central core portion having a pair of... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5348213 | Method for the manufacture of internally enhanced welded tubing There is provided a method for the manufacture of a welded tube having an enhanced inner wall. A fin insert shapes the edges of a metallic strip prior to welding and minimizes the formation of a weld bead inside the tube. The portion of the edge of the me... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5322206 | Golf club head and a process for producing the same A method for producing a golf club head made of joined component pieces in which a mold black is split into separate first molds. Each of the first molds have a cavity patterned after one of the joined component pieces. In one embodiment, superplastic all... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5217155 | Method of continuously hot-rolling sheet bars A method of continuously hot-rolling sheet bars in which a roughly rolled leading sheet bar and a trailing sheet bar are abutted prior to a hot finish rolling step. Plastic deformation of either or both of the cut rear and front end portions of the leadin... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5167361 | Method and apparatus for two sided solder cladded surface mounted printed circuit boards A method of forming flat solder bumps (16 and 18) on contact areas (12 and 14) of a first side and second side of a printed circuit board (12, 14 and 10) comprises the steps of applying solder paste in a predetermined pattern and a predetermined thickness... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5163604 | Method for forge welding or the like A method for forge welding or the like of a first and a second metal part, wherein at least one joint is established between opposed bounding surfaces on the two parts to be joined, and wherein preferably a reducing gas is passed through the joint or join... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5163602 | Multi-walled steel pipe, a method of making the same and a metal strip for use in making the same A multi-walled steel pipe comprises a metal strip plated with copper and including a brazing layer thereon. At least one surface of the metal strip is roughened and braze welded to the other, overlapping surface when the metal strip is rolled. The roughen... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5031823 | Method of obtaining effective faying surface contact in vacuum brazing A method of obtaining effective faying in joining parts includes forming a first and second member into predetermined complementing shapes. The members are then placed together and sealed along a peripheral track to form a chamber between the members. The... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4991765 | Push rod manufacturing method A push rod is manufactured by projection-welding a bottom surface of an end element to a tapered annular end surface of a pipe. To prevent some inclination from arising between the bottom surface of the end element and the annular end surface of the pipe ... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4883937 | Butt welding method by means of laser beam Two thin plate members preferably made of metallic sheets are prepared and one end surface of at least one of the members is formed so as to have an inwardly curved recess which constitutes a gap when the end surfaces of the members are linearly butted to... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4824744 | Method of making cell anode A method of making an anode, for an electrochemical cell, comprising an anode active ductile metal foil such as lithium and a metal foil substrate. To achieve proper adhesion between the metal foil substrate and the active metal foil the metal foil substr... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4777708 | Method for manufacturing an exhaust manifold A process is provided for manufacturing an exhaust manifold. The manifold comprises at least one stamp formed inlet flange, a stamp formed sheet metal inner shell and a stamp formed sheet metal outer shell. The inner shell and outer shell are configured t... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4769894 | Ironing board An adjustable ironing table (10) includes a top board (12) and collapsible legs (22,24). A housing (46) has a vertical wall (48) extending perpendicularly relative to the top board (12) and a horizontal wall (50). The vertical wall (48) includes an openin... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4724745 | Hydraulic servo drum for friction clutch Described herein is a hydraulic servo drum which is compact in construction and defines an appropriate area for a piston, the servo drum including: an annular plate member having a press-formed cylindrical portion around the outer periphery thereof; an in... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4700879 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor power modules with an insulated contruction A method for manufacturing insulated semiconductor power modules includes: presoldering a plurality of semiconductor sandwiches and a carrier unit including a metal base plate, ceramic insulating discs and connecting tabs with a high-melting solder in a f... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4660754 | Process of forming welded tubing An improvement in a continuous rolling mill for forming flat steel strip into tubing. The improvement is a strip preparation station including upper and lower composite roller systems. Each system has end rollers which define a pass path for the strip. Th... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4627665 | Cold-headed and roll-formed pick type cutter body with carbide insert A pick type bit is disclosed with an improved socket for a carbide insert. The cutter body of the bit is cold-headed from a steel blank to provide a cylindrical shank and a conical head with a socket in the forward end. The cylindrical shank is roll-forme... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4593550 | Strip preparation rollers An improvement in a continuous rolling mill for forming flat steel strip into tubing. The improvement is a strip preparation station including upper and lower composite roller systems. Each system has end rollers which define a pass path for the strip. Th... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4576326 | Method of bonding semiconductor devices to heatsinks A method for matching the bonding pad surfaces of a device and heatsinks to be bonded, which method maximizes the uniformity of pressure applied during thermocompression bonding, is disclosed. The method comprises using the collet of a die bonding machine... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4551745 | Package for semiconductor device A package for a semiconductor device including a sealing frame with first and second opposing sides, the second side having a projected edge portion comprising a flash or a burr produced by blanking presswork of the sealing frame. A package substrate is f... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4516103 | Plug-in arrangement and process for tin plating contacts of a plug-in arrangement The present invention relates to a plug-in arrangement for circuit boards and a process for tin plating contact pins of the arrangement. The present invention improves the tinning of winding end portions of a winding about nonmetallic contact pins on coil... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4273282 | Glass-or ceramic-to-metal seals A method for making a glass-or ceramic-to-metal seal, and the seal itself. A layer of gold is deposited onto the metal. A thin layer of indium is placed over the gold, and the structure is heated above the melting point of indium to create a gold-indium a... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4245769 | Laminate bonding method A method for manufacturing a composite sheet of material having a controlled porous characteristic and made up of two or more metal lamina bonded together, including the steps of forming first and second sheets of porous material with a first and second a... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4220277 | Axle bodies An axle body is made by extruding a blank for forward extruding a neck portion and backward extruding a hollow shell portion, a transition zone is also produced by forward extrusion; the resulting shell portion is rolled into a nonround cross section, of,... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4116149 | Centrifugal blade for a turbine - rotor method for making the same A T-root, centrifugal turbine rotor blade which is manufactured from sheet stock. The T-root is produced by shaping the rim of the sheet stock under pressure. The sheet stock is given a rim contour which is geometrically similar to the final contour of th... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4046303 | Method of making needle guide devices for mosaic printers A method of making guide devices for mosaic printer needles by stamping or embossing guide grooves in members of rolled or drawn material, assembling the members with the guide grooves in complementary cooperating matching relation, and securing the membe... | 09/06/1977 |
