Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8123107 | Method for forming sputter target assemblies The method forms a sputter target assembly by attaching a sputter target to an insert and applying a bond metal layer between the insert and a backing plate. Then pressing the insert and backing plate together forms a solid state bond with the bond metal layer, atta... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7367099 | Method for assembling two parts having accurate dimensions and use for brazing of a linac RFQ accelerator A method of assembling two parts of which the dimensions of one of the parts or the final assembly are to be adhered to with precision. In the part whose dimensions are to be adhered to with the highest level of precision, a groove is machined to have a depth greate... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364513 | Golf club head with inserts for impact face A striking face for golf clubs, such as a driver, iron or putter comprising a plurality of bars retained in the club head body and forming the striking surface. The bars which comprise the striking face according to the invention may be designed and arranged to prov... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7314067 | Design and manufacturing method for multi-material tube structures The present invention provides an improved tubular structure which uses the properties of different materials, such as stiffness, strength, and density are exploited in a manner which combines the most attractive characteristics of existing metal and composite tubes... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7278365 | Mechanically welded structure with stress-relieving slit and liquefied gas transport ship equipped with such a structure A mechanically welded structure comprising a first flat and thin metallic structural element extending in a plane and delimited by a straight edge on one side, and a second metallic structural element welded to the straight edge of the first structural element, or w... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7257874 | Process for manufacturing ring-type metal joints for high pressure ducts Improved process for manufacturing ring-type metal joints for high pressure ducts, characterized because it presents the following steps: a) oval bar manufacturing and b) ring-type metal joints manufacturing, wherein the oval bar manufacturing comprises the followin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7207354 | Design and manufacturing method for multi-material tube structures The present invention provides an improved tubular structure which uses the properties of different materials, such as stiffness, strength, and density are exploited in a manner which combines the most attractive characteristics of existing metal and composite tubes... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7144334 | Golf club head A golf club head having a matrix layer composed of an interconnected reinforcement structure and a polymer material is disclosed herein. The matrix layer provides the golf club head with a greater coefficient of restitution during impact with a golf ball. The matrix... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7132173 | Self-centering braze assembly Braze and electrode wire assemblies, e.g., used with an implantable microstimulator, include a wire welded in the through-hole of an electrode, which electrode is brazed to a ceramic case that is brazed to a metal ring that is welded to a metal can. The braze joints... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7115048 | Iron head for a golf club An iron head for a golf club having a metallic head body provided with a hosel part and a plate-like face body welded to the head body and made of a metallic material different from the metal of the head body so as to define a cavity between the back portion of the ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7034402 | Device with segmented ball limiting metallurgy The present invention discloses a novel layout and process for a device with segmented BLM for the I/Os. In a first embodiment, each BLM is split into two segments. The segments are close to each other and connected to the same overlying bump. In a second embodiment... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025693 | Golf club head A golf club head including a face member forming at least a part of the club face for hitting a golf ball, and a main body to which the face member is attached in the form of a junction, in which the joint surface of the face member and the joint surface of the main... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6966188 | Plate-like body connecting method, connected body, tail pipe for gas turbine combustor, and gas turbine combustor The present invention provides a plate-like body connecting method in which functions such that cooling capability is not reduced. There is provided a plate-like body connecting method for connecting at least two plate-like bodies each having passages that extend al... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951125 | System and method for aligning an integrated circuit die on an integrated circuit substrate A system and method is disclosed for aligning an integrated circuit die on an integrated circuit substrate. A plurality of deposits of deformable material are placed on the substrate where the integrated circuit die is to be aligned. In one advantageous embodiment a... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6949032 | Golf club head having a striking face with improved impact efficiency A compliant golf club head permits a more efficient impact between a golf ball and the golf club head. Material and geometry constraints of a striking plate of the golf club head can reduce energy losses caused by large strain and strain rate values of the golf ball... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6754945 | Method of forming a stress isolating joint on a dump body A method of forming a stress isolating joint on a dump body of on an off-highway rubber-tired haulage vehicle includes providing a first plate having an elongated edge, a top side, and a face, and providing a second plate including an elongated edge. Overlapping the... | 06/29/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6712259 | Method for assembling sheet metals and rigid structure obtained by said method A method for assembling a rigid industrial food-cooking container is disclosed wherein metal sheets respective recesses and projecting elements are first assembled and then shaped to a specific predetermined geometry for receiving the industrial food and the sheets ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6708870 | Method for forming sputter target assemblies The method forms a sputter target assembly by attaching a sputter target to an insert and applying a bond metal layer between the insert and a backing plate. Then pressing the insert and backing plate together forms a solid state bond with the bond metal layer, atta... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6685082 | Process for continuous production of longitudinally welded metal tubing In a process for continuous production of longitudinally welded metal tubing, in which a metal strip is withdrawn from a strip supply, gradually shaped into a tubing with an open longitudinal slit, and the longitudinal slit is sealed by soldering or weldi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6641029 | Guide assembly for cutting torch A holder secured to the tip of a cutting torch supports a guide about which a hole is to be cut in a steel pipe or sheet. A fixture, magnetically attached to the pipe or sheet supports a magnetically retained fitting to be tack welded to the cut hole at t... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6636313 | Method of measuring photoresist and bump misalignment A method including the acts of providing a semiconductor device having a plurality of misalignment ruler markers formed therein for measuring removable layer opening misalignment in the X and Y directions, a bond pad and the passivation layer with an open... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6589671 | Method for joining a cast part and a case-hardened steel part and component manufactured according to said method A method for joining a first part to a second part wherein the first part comprises machine cast iron and the second part comprises case-hardened steel comprises abrading a surface on each of the parts which are to be welded together with a groove, fittin... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6579431 | Diffusion bonding of high purity metals and metal alloys to aluminum backing plates using nickel or nickel alloy interlayers An improved method for joining mating surfaces of a metallic sputter target and a backing plate of aluminum, aluminum alloy or aluminum matrix composite material to form a sputter target/backing plate assembly comprises the steps of roughening the mating ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6557747 | Highly gas tight chamber and method of manufacturing same A method of manufacturing a hermetically sealed chamber, including preparing two aluminum or aluminum alloy material members which face each other, forming a first extending convex portion on a surface to be metal-bonded of one of the two aluminum or alum... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6537892 | Glass frit wafer bonding process and packages formed thereby A method of glass frit bonding wafers to form a package, in which the width of the glass bond line between the wafers is minimized to reduce package size. The method entails the use of a glass frit material containing a particulate filler material that es... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6521108 | Diffusion bonded sputter target assembly and method of making same Low temperature diffusion bonding methods and target/backing plate assemblies bonded by the methods are disclosed. In accordance with the methods, copper and/or cobalt targets are bonded to backing plate members via the use of an interlayer selected from ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6406345 | Spark plug shell having a bimetallic ground electrode, spark plug incorporating the shell, and method of making same A spark plug includes a metal shell, an insulator coaxially disposed within the metal shell, and a center electrode coaxially disposed in the insulator. The metal shell has a substantially cylindrical base portion, and the base portion has a lower surface... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6402009 | Apparatus and method for shaping lead frame for semiconductor device and lead frame for semiconductor device In apparatus and method for shaping a lead frame for a semiconductor device, there are provided a lower die having a concave shape for forming a step portion on the lower surface of the lead frame through a slope shape, an upper die having a convex shape ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6390352 | Method for bonding a tubular part in coaxial relationship with a part having a bore therein A tubular part is brazed into coaxial relationship with the bore in a metal body part having a counterbore for receiving the tubular part. In a first embodiment a tubular sleeve is fitted within the bores of the metal body and the tubular part. The parts ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6286751 | Method of making an injection molding melt dividing bushing Multi-layer injection molding apparatus having integral multi-layer melt dividing bushings seated in the melt distribution manifold for dividing a first melt passage extending to annular melt channels in heated nozzles. Matching melt channels machined in ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6264092 | Method for sealing vacuum structure The present invention is a method of sealing a metal vacuum structure (vacuum bottle) for evacuating a space S closed by component members (an inner shell 2 and an outer shell 3) through an evacuation port and then sealing the evacuation port. Forming a b... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6260271 | Tubular body having integral branch tubes and method for producing the same A tubular body having integral branch tubes for use in a distribution tank of a car air conditioner and a method for producing such tubular body. The tubular body is produced almost solely by a deformation process. The process for forming the tubular body... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6250535 | Method for bonding a tubular part in coaxial relationship with a part having a bore therein A tubular part is brazed into coaxial relationship with the bore of a second part having a counter bore for receiving the tubular part by providing a tubular sleeve within the bores of the two parts prior to brazing. After the braze material has cooled th... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6223972 | Method and apparatus for forming metal foil and solder assembled objects A method and apparatus for constructing a metal foil and solder assembled object (10), is described. The apparatus includes a final mold (400) having a recessed final pattern (408). The sides (408A) of the final pattern form an obtuse angle with the floor... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6221507 | High temperature laminated structural panels and method of producing the same A laminated structural panel is formed of top, bottom, and one or more intermediate layers of material having low strength at high temperature and with perforated high temperature, high strength materials interleaved between the top, bottom and intermedia... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6206271 | Method for sealing a vacuum double wall container made of metal and associated sealed thereof In a method for sealing a vacuum double wall container made of metal which the vacuum double wall container made of metal having a space portion is formed by joining the inner container and the outer container made of metal at respective mouths, an exhaus... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6179200 | Method for forming solder bumps of improved height and devices formed A method for forming solder balls that have improved height on an electronic substrate such as a silicon wafer and devices formed are disclosed. In the method, after solder bumps are deposited by a conventional method such as evaporation, electroplating, ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177173 | Damped laminates having welded through holes and/or edges with decreased spring back and improved fastener force retention and, a method of making The present invention relates to vibration damped laminate articles having improved force (torque and/or pressure and/or stress) retention and decreased or eliminated spring back. An area defining a through hole and/or the periphery of the article is weld... | 01/23/2001 |
