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Class 228/178 - Plural joints


Subclass of Class 228 - Metal fusion bonding
Definition: Process which includes securing together a plurality of
No. of patents: 106
Last issue date: 09/20/2011


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8020749Dissimilar metal joining method
According to a metal joining method of the present invention, first and second dissimilar metals are joined together by interposing between the first and second metal materials a third metal material dissimilar to the first and second metal materials and causing eut...
09/20/2011
8016180Thermode cleaning method
A method for cleaning a thermode tip including applying an energy pulse to the thermode tip. The energy pulse involves raising the temperature of the thermode tip higher than the working temperature of the thermode tip. A method for cleaning a thermode tip may inclu...
09/13/2011
7984840Dissimilar metal joining method
According to a metal joining method of the present invention, first and second dissimilar metals are joined together by interposing between the first and second metal materials a third metal material dissimilar to the first and second metal materials and causing eut...
07/26/2011
7784669Method and process for reducing undercooling in a lead-free tin-rich solder alloy
Briefly, a novel material process is disclosed wherein one or more nucleation modifiers are added, in trace amounts, to a lead-free tin-rich solder alloy to produce a solder composition with reduce or suppressed undercooling temperature characteristics. The modifier...
08/31/2010
7703661Method and process for reducing undercooling in a lead-free tin-rich solder alloy
Briefly, a novel material process is disclosed wherein one or more nucleation modifiers are added, in trace amounts, to a lead-free tin-rich solder alloy to produce a solder composition with reduced or suppressed undercooling temperature characteristics. The modifie...
04/27/2010
7410578Underdrain apparatus and method of manufacturing same
A filter underdrain apparatus and a method for manufacturing such apparatus. The apparatus includes a cover member, a water orifice member and a bottom member, each being individual pieces. The cover is placed over the water orifice member and connected thereto by w...
08/12/2008
7372481Vector waveform correction device
A vector waveform correction device corrects a vector waveform displayed on a vector scope. A first color difference signal and a second color difference signal demodulated from a chrominance signal of a composite video signal are input as x and y, and a vector (x, ...
05/13/2008
7278365Mechanically 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
7258264Methods for manufacturing optical modules using lead frame connectors
Methods of manufacturing optical transceiver modules using lead frame connectors that connect optical sub-assemblies to printed circuit boards are disclosed. The lead frame connector includes an electrically insulating case having a first part separated from a secon...
08/21/2007
7210908Hydraulic machine rotor
Rotor blades of a hydraulic machine rotor are shaped such that the inlet edge and outlet edge of two adjacent rotor blades have varying profiles in different sections. ...
05/01/2007
7198470Francis turbine
A Francis turbine with an improved shape of blades, which can reduce cavitations generated on the surface of the blades or reduce the secondary flow around the blades, is provided. A Francis turbine comprises a rotating shaft, a crown, a plurality of blades, and a b...
04/03/2007
7159370Modular fiberglass reinforced polymer structural pole system
This invention is a modular pole assembly comprised of corner pieces and panel members. Panel members are slidably engaged to the corner pieces and are retained in a direction normal to the engagement direction by a track in each slot that nests within a groove in e...
01/09/2007
7128534Francis turbine
A Francis turbine with a improved shape of blades to reduce the secondary flow around the blades and improve the hydraulic efficiency is provided. A Francis turbine comprises a rotating shaft, a crown, a plurality of blades and a band. The band is coaxially coupled ...
10/31/2006
7111745Boom for a load handling machine
A boom for a load handling machine, the boom has a mounting by which the boom is mounted on a body of the machine, and at least first and second telescoped sections. In use, the boom carries a load handling implement at or towards its outermost end. The first boom s...
09/26/2006
6991856Methods of making and using freestanding reactive multilayer foils
Reactive foils and their uses are provided as localized heat sources useful, for example, in ignition, joining and propulsion. An improved reactive foil is preferably a freestanding multilayered foil structure made up of alternating layers selected from materials th...
01/31/2006
6918531Metal foil connection, honeycomb body, metal foil brazing medium particle fraction for metal foils and method for manufacturing a metal foil connection
A metal foil connection of first and second metal foils having a thickness of less than 0.05 mm includes a connecting point in which the metal foils are brazed to one another. The connecting point forms a wedge which is filled with brazing medium. A mass of the braz...
07/19/2005
6905062Automated soldering system with multiple feed lines
An automated soldering system includes a robotic soldering machine and a plurality of feed lines for delivering workpieces to be soldered by the soldering machine. Each of the feed lines transports workpieces such as LCD modules from an input end to a soldering area...
06/14/2005
6892926Toughness-optimized weld joints and methods for producing said weld joints
Methods for producing toughness-optimized weld joints are provided. A welding procedure that will provide adequate toughness for the center-weld of the weld-joint is developed and used, and a welding procedure that will provide adequate toughness for the surface-wel...
05/17/2005
6845900Methods for producing weld joints having thermally enhanced heat-affected-zones with excellent fracture toughness
Methods of welding two pieces of metal to produce a weld joint having excellent fracture toughness are provided. Two pieces of metal are positioned for welding so as to form a narrow weld groove having two sidewalls with bevel angles of less than about 10°. Two or ...
01/25/2005
6708871Method for forming solder connections on a circuitized substrate
A method of forming solder connections on a circuitized substrate having connection pads is provided. A laser ablatable solder mask material, preferably an epoxy, is degassed and then dispensed as a liquid onto the substrate over the circuitization. The surface of t...
03/23/2004
6709769Component for multilayer printed circuit board, method of production thereof and associated multilayer printed circuit board
A method is described for the manufacture of a Copper-Aluminium-Copper component (C-A-C “sandwich”) which can be used in the production of multilayer printed circuit boards, obtained by means of joining two external sheets of copper to one internal sheet of alum...
03/23/2004
6644535Truss core sandwich panels and methods for making same
A structural material includes a plurality of discrete, interwoven wires disposed between and fastened to two solid face sheets. Each of the plurality of wires further includes at least two points of contact with each of the two face sheets. Methods for f...
11/11/2003
6641156Device for connecting suspension system components for axle housing
An axle connection device designed to be welded to an axle housing to permit a vehicle suspension system to be connected to the axle housing is disclosed. The device includes a generally flat baseplate having curvilinear ends separated by a relatively lon...
11/04/2003
6638640Multi-layered metal plate with excellent damping capacity
A multi-layered metal plate with excellent damping capacity and particularly, to a multi-layered metal plate with excellent damping capacity and a method for manufacturing it, is less costly since the plate can be simply manufactured by simply attaching a...
10/28/2003
6609650Process for manufacturing of brazed multi-channeled structures
A process is disclosed for brazing plate/plate and plate/fin multi-channeled structures using an amorphous brazing foil as a brazing filler metal between the parts in order to form uniform joints having optimal dimensions, shape and strength. The parts ar...
08/26/2003
6564468Process for producing an arrangement for determining the relative position of two bodies that are movable in relation to each other
In an arrangement for determining the relative position of two bodies (3, 7) that are movable relative to each other, a separate measuring tape (29) is attached to a first (3) of the two bodies (3, 7). The measuring tape includes at least one track of mea...
05/20/2003
6561410Low cost and high speed 3 load printed wiring board bus topology
A multi layer printed circuit board with a 3-load topology is disclosed. First, second, and third integrated circuit (IC) printed wiring board packages having first, second, and third sets of terminals respectively are mounted on opposite sides of the boa...
05/13/2003
6547123Method and apparatus for producing full face vehicle wheel
This invention relates to a method for producing a full face vehicle wheel and comprises the steps of: (a) providing a rim including an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, a well portion, an outboard tire bead seat, the inb...
04/15/2003
6543673Dissolving shunt connection system for ESD sensitive components
A method and system are disclosed for protecting an electrical component from electrostatic discharge prior to its electrical connection to an additional component. Specifically, a flex on suspension circuit of a disc drive that is electrically connected ...
04/08/2003
6513701Method of making electrically conductive contacts on substrates
A method of making an electrically conductive contact on a substrate by applying a layer of solder paste to a circuitized feature on a substrate and selectively heating and melting the solder paste over the feature to form a solder bump. The excess solder...
02/04/2003
6484925Method for soldering pipes
A method for soldering pipes configures the pipes being soldered such that water running through the pipes is not permitted to pool in the pipes. The method also configures the pipes to facilitate sealing of the pipes after the soldering is completed....
11/26/2002
6471114Multiple flame torch tip and method
Torch tip for a torch, the tip adapted to be in fluid communication with a fuel gas and oxygen source for generating a flame, the torch tip including a tubular or substantially tubular body having a plurality of flame emitting spaced orifices, wherein the...
10/29/2002
6443354Process for the production of a composite component that can resist high thermal stress
The invention provides a process for the production of a composite structural part which can withstand high thermal stress, consisting of at least one graphite part and at least one metal part made of a hardenable copper alloy. In accordance with the inve...
09/03/2002
6403399Method of rapid wafer bumping
A method for wafer bumping includes the steps of spreading a layer of an electrically conductive paste on a surface having a plurality of electrical contacts and exposing a beam-paste interaction volume to a beam of energy to bond a portion of the layer o...
06/11/2002
6284996Method for mounting integrated circuits on printed circuit boards
An improved method for mounting tape carrier package type integrated circuits on printed circuit boards. In the method, some of leads of the integrated circuit are preliminarily soldered with corresponding lead pattern on the printed circuit board after t...
09/04/2001
6279814Soldering apparatus for providing a fixed quantity of solder piece onto target plate
A punching pin of a soldering apparatus cuts out a solder piece from a solder plate onto a feeder pin, and the feeder pin presses the solder piece against a predetermined junction of a conductive wiring pattern incorporated in a printed circuit board; the...
08/28/2001
6260754Method of making a vacuum-tight continuous cable feedthrough device
A vacuum-tight cable feedthrough device includes a metallic first flange that is penetrated by a slot. Passing through the slot is a flat stripline cable that includes a plurality of conductive signal channels encompassed by a dielectric material on whose...
07/17/2001
6257481Metal bonding
A method of bonding two pieces of metal having a foil or layer of another metal, either of lower melting point or such that it forms a liquid layer at or near to the bonding temperature, disposed therebetween. The method comprises the steps of: bringing t...
07/10/2001
6206273Structures and processes to create a desired probetip contact geometry on a wafer test probe
The present invention is directed to a high density test probe which provides a means for testing a high density and high performance integrated circuits in wafer form or as discrete chips. The test probe is formed from a dense array of elongated electric...
03/27/2001
6199749Method for manufacturing a brazed metallic honeycomb body
For the manufacture of a metallic honeycomb body which is wound, layered or looped from at least partially structured sheet metal layers, it is proposed to provide at least the structured sheet metal layers with a layer of rolling oil, to the extent that ...
03/13/2001
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