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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992763 | Fabrication of structural armor Fabrication techniques for and examples of metallic composite materials with high toughness, high strength, and lightweight for various structural, armor, and structural-armor applications. For example, various advanced materials based on metallic-intermetallic lami... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7654437 | Method for bonding metallic plates and jig for the bonding of the metallic plates A method for bonding metallic plates includes: sandwiching a laminated body, which includes a plurality of metallic plates and is formed with an inner cavity opening on a surface thereof, between a pair of jigs each having a flat abutment surface abutting against re... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7416105 | Superplastically forming of friction welded structural assemblies A method for superplastically forming a preform to manufacture a structural assembly with a contoured configuration is provided. The preform includes first and second structural members in a stacked configuration, with at least one additional peripheral member abutt... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406849 | Preform, hydroforming method, and hydroformed product A preform with edges overlapped and jointed each other and first and second outer members for forming outer surfaces of a hydroformed product, and reinforcement members that are jointed to the first and second outer members to form reinforcement ribs that divide a h... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7353981 | Method of making a composite metal sheet A composite metal sheet for use in making lightweight cookware or as a food warming tray comprising a layer of aluminum roll bonded to a layer of stainless steel defining a food-contacting surface on a first side. The food warming tray embodiment also includes a lay... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347533 | Low cost piezo printhead based on microfluidics in printed circuit board and screen-printed piezoelectrics In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a printhead includes a printed circuit board having at least one base layer, with at least one electrical trace, at least one fluidic passage and at least one fluidic chamber as part of the printed c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339127 | Contact piece made of tungsten provided with a corrosion-resistant layer made of a base metal A contact piece is formed by a tungsten overlay soldered onto a support, wherein at least portions of the solder layer and optionally of the support are covered by a layer of a less noble metal than tungsten. The corrosion resistance of the tungsten overlay is consi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328831 | Method of making a brazed metal article and the article formed thereby A method of making an article that is comprised of a metal foam in contact with a base metal by an intermediate braze composition, in particular, a method of brazing a metal foam to a base metal via a braze composition. In one preferred method, a polymeric foam is c... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325306 | Method of manufacturing a fibre reinforced metal matrix composite article and a cassette for use therein A method of manufacturing a fibre reinforced metal matrix composite article (10) comprises forming an annular groove (32) in the first metal component (30), forming a second metal component (36) and forming a number of fibre preforms (... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7219429 | Method for forming a microelectromechanical fluid ejection device A microelectromechanical fluid ejection device is formed upon a wafer upon which an interconnect layer is disposed. The fluid ejection device includes a number of fluid passageways that are produced by firstly forming a bore through the interconnect layer, from the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210213 | Method for manufacturing a dynamic speaker A speaker collective substrate with component insertion hole sections and electrode sections has a plurality of speaker forming areas. An electrical speaker section, which comprises a magnetic circuit section and a vibration section, is inserted into each of the com... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208231 | Bonded metal components having uniform thermal conductivity characteristics and method of making same Cookware having improved uniform heat transfer over the entire cross section thereof, the cookware formed from a multi-layered composite metal having a layer of stainless steel roll bonded at or near the core of the composite. The stainless layer is roll bonded to l... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7186948 | Continuous metal matrix composite consolidation A method for the fabrication of metal matrix composite structures comprising the continuous joining by brazing, soldering or welding of aluminum matrix tape using a laser to melt the surface of the tape while applying pressure to the tape and simultaneously contacti... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7164096 | Continuous metal matrix composite consolidation A method for the fabrication of large metal matrix composite structures comprising the continuous joining by brazing or welding of aluminum matrix tape using an infrared laser to melt the surface of the tape while applying pressure to the tape and simultaneously con... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7157150 | Brazing titanium to stainless steel using layered particulate A method of bonding a stainless steel part to a titanium part by heating a component assembly comprised of the titanium part, the stainless steel part, and a compact titanium-nickel filler material placed between the two parts and heated at a temperature that is les... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7124496 | Method of manufacturing head suspension for disk drive A head suspension for a disk drive has a base plate (19) to be attached to a carriage of the disk drive and a load beam (21) consisting of a rigid part (27) and a resilient part (29), to apply load onto a slider. The rigid part and resili... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7100259 | Method of metallic sandwiched foam composite forming Disclosed is a method of forming metallic composite structures The method utilizes superplastic and quickplastic formation methodologies in conjunction with the use of appended engineered metallic foams to provide energy absorbing materials. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097915 | Separator plate for manufacturing printed circuit board components A separator plate for the production of printed circuit board components by pressing individual layers, which separator plate includes a metallic core layer and a coating on at least one side of the core layer, wherein the coating on the core layer, which is made of... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083271 | Printhead module with laminated fluid distribution stack A printhead module for a printhead assembly is provided having at least two printhead integrated circuits, each of which has nozzles formed therein for delivering printing fluid onto the surface of print media, a support member supporting the printhead integrated ci... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082868 | Lightweight armor with repeat hit and high energy absorption capabilities A lightweight armor with repeat hit capability includes at least one layer of material that absorbs energy upon being impacted by an object through a reversible phase change and/or an elastic strain deformation of at least 5%. Once the energy of the object has been ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077306 | Ceramic armor and method of making by encapsulation in a hot pressed three layer metal assembly A ceramic armor is disclosed in several embodiments. In a first embodiment, a metal base plate has a metal frame assembled on it having a central opening into which the ceramic material is placed. A cover plate is placed over the frame to enclose the ceramic materia... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7065858 | Method for welding components of a disk drive head suspension A method of affixing head suspension components to one another using an edge weld formed at the edge of one head suspension assembly component positioned in an overlapping fashion relative to another head suspension assembly component, and an apparatus assembled by ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025305 | Aircraft panel An aircraft panel comprising a sandwich construction with an outer skin portion of high strength material, an inner portion of high strength material and an intermediate core material. The core material includes areas with low density core material and a reinforceme... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021523 | Tool and a method for creating a tool A method for forming a tool 10 and a tool 10 which is comprised of several selectively coupled sectional members, such as members 12, 16, which are placed upon a heat resistant surface 20. A sealing material 24, such as copper in a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994917 | Composite material and method for manufacturing the same A plate of an expanded metal and two metal plates are overlaid on one another. The expanded metal plate has a plurality of meshes. The linear expansion coefficient of the expanded metal is equal to or less than 8×10−6/° C., and the thermal conductivit... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6971155 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head One joint member having a melting point different from that of the other joint member is joined to each bonding pad of a slider and further joined to each bonding pad of a suspension through the other joint member. The slider is exfoliated from the suspension in the... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6938815 | Heat-resistant electronic systems and circuit boards Methods of making improved electronic systems and circuits boards, and more specifically to methods of making improved electronic systems and circuits boards using heat-resistant composite materials having superior mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties.... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6928731 | Ultrasonic bonding process for making a microfluid device A piezoelectric ceramic ink-jet print head is made by an inventive ultrasonic bonding process. Specifically, there are several improved features of ink jet print heads, including a more cost-effective bonding process using an ultrasonic bonding technique, an improve... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6916550 | Method of manufacturing a metal matrix composite structure A method for mechanically cutting a continuous circular shaped groove in a foil sheet for use in a metal matrix composite product. In one form the foil sheet is held adjacent a rotating machine tool by vacuum and a cutting tool is moved relative thereto to cut a spi... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915555 | Method for manufacturing speaker A method of manufacturing a loudspeaker comprises: continuously forming diaphragm portions and alignment portions on a band resin film; positioning one of a frame and a protector at an upper die or lower die; aligning other alignment portions formed on the frame, th... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6886236 | Stator for an automotive alternator A stator for an automotive alternator is provided with good installation characteristics for stator coils and which can lower noise. The stator includes a stator core in which a plurality of slots are formed at an inner circumference thereof and stator coils which a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6871398 | Method of manufacturing an article by diffusion bonding A method of diffusion bonding three metal work pieces to form a fan blade, where each workpiece has a flat surface and an excess portion larger than a predetermined size needed to produce a finished fan blade; longitudinally extending slots are provided to interconn... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6857558 | Metal lamination method and structure A method of forge welding laminates of titanium and titanium alloys includes interleaving first and second pluralities of metal pieces in an enclosure, filling the enclosure with an inert gas, heating the enclosure and the first and second pluralities of metal piece... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6852428 | Layered heat-resistant alloy plate and method of producing the same Objects of the present invention are to provide a laminated heat resistant alloy plate has a large area, and to provide a manufacturing method therefor. The laminated heat resistant alloy plate according to the present invention is obtained by brazing a Ni alloy pla... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6840432 | Solder application technique A method of joining an end face of a first electric component to an end face of a second electric component includes applying a first metal layer to the end face of the first electric component to form a first metallized layer and applying a second metal layer to th... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6833526 | Flex to flex soldering by diode laser A method to solder flex circuits by diode laser. First and second flex circuits composed of polymer flex substrate are provided. Each flex circuit has a top and a bottom side and at least one contact trace embedded in its surface. An area of solder is provided on th... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6810572 | Combined superplastic forming and adhesive bonding We combine superplastic forming (SPF) with adhesive bonding (AB) to produce quality multisheet sandwich panel structures, especially those using a superplastic aluminum alloy, such as Al 2004, Al 8090, or Al 1570. We produce the parts with improved energy efficiency... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6786393 | Pinhole disk laminate and a process for producing the same A plurality of pinhole disks are superposed, fixed in position with the pinholes brought into alignment with the aid of a wire, a pin or light, and bonded or welded together to form a pinhole disk laminate. The laminate has an untapered deep enough center through-ho... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6679417 | Tailored solutionizing of aluminum sheets An efficient and effective process for manufacturing of hardened aluminum components is achieved by coordinating the material preparation steps with the forming steps. The resulting product is a hardened aluminum component with desirable strength characte... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6677054 | Device for integrally joining a metal block that can be made up of plates A device for integrally joining a metal block (11') that can consist of a number of plates, by hard-soldering or brazing. The hard-solder provides a connection covering a large surface and with a minimal thickness in solder gaps (17j ; j=1, 2, ... | 01/13/2004 |
