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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104667 | Method for connecting a component with a substrate An apparatus for connecting a component with a substrate by means of diffusion soldering in a closed evacuated chamber, wherein the component and the substrate to be connected are displaceable separate from one another in the chamber, and the chamber comprises a com... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087567 | Process for the low-deformation diffusion welding of ceramic components A process for joining ceramic components, wherein the components which are to be joined consist of sintered nonoxide ceramic, and the components are brought into contact with one another in a diffusion-welding process in the presence of a shielding gas atmosphere an... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8028889 | Welding together low and high carbon steels A weld joins a thin overlay of low carbon steel to a base that contains high carbon steel, at least at its surface along which the weld is formed. The weld may be effected by fusion (melting) or by solid-state diffusion. With either it creates a heat affected zone (... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020750 | Method of attaching components to fluid delivery systems using diffusion bonding A space-conserving integrated fluid delivery system which is particularly useful for gas distribution in semiconductor processing equipment. The invention also includes an integrated fluid flow network architecture, which may include, in addition to a layered substr... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7850061 | Method for making a component including fluid flow channels A method for making a component including fluid flow channels formed by making a plurality of grooves (12), in at least one face (21) of a base plate (10); having opposite ends so that the grooves have open top sides; scalably blocking the open ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7832619 | Method of making sputtering target A method of making a large Mo billet or bar for a sputtering target wherein two or more bodies comprising Mo are placed adjacent one another (e.g. stacked one on the other) with Mo powder metal present at gaps or joints between the adjacent bodies. The adjacent bodi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7798388 | Method of diffusion bonding a fluid flow apparatus The present invention relates to a method of diffusion bonding of steel and steel alloys, to fabricate a fluid delivery system of the kind which would be useful in semiconductor processing and in other applications which require high purity fluid handling. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793819 | Apparatus and method for connecting a component with a substrate An apparatus for connecting a component with a substrate by means of diffusion soldering in a closed evacuated chamber is disclosed. The component and the substrate to be connected are displaceable separate from one another in the chamber, and the chamber comprises ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7757931 | Formed core sandwich structure and method and system for making same A method and apparatus for producing a metal core sandwich structure that is lightweight and many times stiffer than regular sheet metal, and which is easily formable into curved structures as well as structures having compound curves. In one embodiment, a formed me... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753254 | Formed core sandwich structure and method and system for making same A method and apparatus for producing a sandwich structure that is lightweight and many times stiffer than regular sheet metal, and which is easily formable into curved structures as well as structures having compound curves. In one embodiment, a formed core includes... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7648058 | Formed metal core sandwich structure and method and system for making same A method and apparatus for producing a metal core sandwich structure that is lightweight and many times stiffer than regular sheet metal, and which is easily formable into curved structures as well as structures having compound curves. In one embodiment, a formed me... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7581669 | Tool for diffusion bonding of multi sheet metal, method of manufacturing structural part using the same, and structural part manufactured using the method A method of manufacturing a structural part through diffusion bonding in solid state without secondary materials after stacking multi-sheet metal and a tool thereof are disclosed. The tool for diffusion boding of multi-sheet metal includes a top tool having a top ga... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7537151 | Method of making high performance heat sinks A method of heat sink manufacture in which the crests of a conductive fin are nested down into close fitting grooves in a flat, conductive base plate, with small interface gaps G. A compressive material is set inside the fin crests and the grooves, viscous enough to... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7484651 | Method to join or repair superalloy hot section turbine components using hot isostatic processing Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for joining metallic members, which can be used to join component sub-assemblies. Further, the present invention provides a method for repairing a component by replacing a damaged portion and re-inserting a replac... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7441691 | Method for the production of parts by means of diffusion bonding and superplastic forming, and mold for carrying out said method A method for producing parts including at least one internal cavity. In the method at least two metal sheets are diffusion bonded; then the bonded metal sheets are bent; and then each of internal cavities is inflated by superplastic forming. The method is carried ou... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438523 | Blade for a turbine engine and method for production of said blade A blade for a turbine engine is described, having a base body, made from a titanium alloy, with a first and a second component piece, which are connected in the connection region by means of a bonding process. A groove with a groove wall runs through the connection ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431197 | Method of fabricating a hollow mechanical part by diffusion welding and superplastic forming A method of fabricating a hollow mechanical part includes a step of depositing an anti-diffusion substance in a predefined pattern on at least one face of primary parts to be assembled together. The depositing step is performed by applying a layer of anti-diffusion ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424967 | Method for manufacture of truss core sandwich structures and related structures thereof An embodiment provides a method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising: providing at least one truss layer comprised of at least one truss unit, at least one of the truss units being comprised of truss members; providing at least one pa... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7392927 | Combinatorial production of material compositions from a single sample A combinatorial process for production of material libraries from a single sample, comprising forming a diffusion multiple in the single sample, wherein the diffusion multiple comprises a plurality of interdiffusion regions at interfacial locations of dissimilar met... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390735 | High temperature, stable SiC device interconnects and packages having low thermal resistance A method of forming packages containing SiC or other semiconductor devices bonded to other components or conductive surfaces utilizing transient liquid phase (TLP) bonding to create high temperature melting point bonds using in situ formed ternary or quaternary mixt... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7353982 | Diffusion bonding for metallic membrane joining with metallic module This invention relates to a method of bonding a metallic membrane with metallic part involving pressing a smooth surface of the metallic membrane against the smooth surface of the metallic part, and heating the metallic membrane and metallic part to a temperature ab... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347353 | Method for connecting magnetic substance target to backing plate, and magnetic substance target A method for connecting a magnetic substance target to a backing plate with less variation in plate thickness, characterized in having the steps of connecting the magnetic substance target to an aluminum plate beforehand while maintaining the flatness, connecting th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325307 | Installation for shaping a hollow blade A hollow blade is shaped by superplastic inflation of a blank made up of welded-together sheets. A die comprising two hollow shapes clamping the outline of the blank is placed inside an autoclave-forming enclosure in order to subject the blank to superplastic inflat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310878 | Automotive lower body component method of manufacture A method for manufacturing a lower body component for a vehicle is provided including forming a one-piece floor pan at least partially defining a vehicle passenger compartment and substantially extending longitudinally at least the entire length thereof, and forming... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302982 | Label applicator and system A label applicator including a support surface having a central area and curving downwardly from the central area. A post assembly extends up from the central area such that a label having a label through-hole can be positioned in a support position generally on the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299967 | Method for manufacturing plate stacks, particularly coolers or cooler elements made up of plate stacks The invention relates to an innovative method for manufacturing plate stacks, particularly for manufacturing coolers or cooler elements or heat sinks at least one plate stack, with at least two plate-shaped elements made of metal, for example copper, and provided wi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301770 | Cooling apparatus, cooled electronic module, and methods of fabrication thereof employing thermally conductive, wire-bonded pin fins A cooling apparatus and method of fabrication are provided for facilitating removal of heat from a heat generating electronic device. The cooling apparatus includes a thermally conductive base having a substantially planar main surface, and a plurality of thermally ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7288435 | Method for producing a cover, method for producing a packaged device In a method for producing a cover for a region of a substrate, first a frame structure is produced in the region of the substrate, and then a cap structure is attached to the frame structure so that the region under the cap structure is covered. Thus, sensitive devi... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273288 | Ribbed telescope mirrors with thermal gradient control Ribbed mirrors allowing heat to be conducted past the glass during optical polish and application of coatings and methods of fabricating same. The method comprises placing a bridge of thermally conductive material in thermal contact with the mirror plate and the sup... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7255260 | Assembly for the manufacture of a hollow mechanical part by diffusion bonding and superplastic forming, use of such an assembly and process for manufacturing such a mechanical part A method for manufacturing an assembly including a stack of at least two primary parts, the primary parts being joined together around their periphery with the exception of a place forming a passage so as to define between the two of them a cavity, and the primary p... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242012 | Lithography device for semiconductor circuit pattern generator General purpose methods for the fabrication of integrated circuits from flexible membranes formed of very thin low stress dielectric materials, such as silicon dioxide or silicon nitride, and semiconductor layers. Semiconductor devices are formed in a semiconductor ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237709 | Method of manufacturing an article by diffusion bonding and superplastic forming Two metal blocks (50, 52) are welded to respective metal sheets (30, 32) to form sealed assemblies. The sealed assemblies are then diffusion bonded together to form two metal preforms (54, 56). The thick ends (36) and (40) of the m... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7225868 | Steel pipe for embedding-expanding, and method of embedding-expanding oil well steel pipe (1) A steel pipe that is expanded radially in a state wherein it was inserted in a well such as an oil well, characterized in that the non-uniform wall thickness ratio E0 (%) before expanding satisfies the following expression {circle around (1)}. E... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223696 | Methods for maskless lithography General purpose methods for the fabrication of integrated circuits from flexible membranes formed of very thin low stress dielectric materials, such as silicon dioxide or silicon nitride, and semiconductor layers. Semiconductor devices are formed in a semiconductor ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223939 | Electrical connector for a window pane of a vehicle A window pane has a substrate formed from glass and includes an electrical device. The electrical device includes an electrical conductor. An electrical connector is operatively connected to and in electrical communication with the conductor for transferring electri... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7208392 | Creation of an electrically conducting bonding between two semi-conductor elements A method of creating an electrically conducting bonding between a face of a first semiconductor element and a face of a second semiconductor element using heat treatment. The method applies the faces one against the other with the placing between them of at least on... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7193239 | Three dimensional structure integrated circuit A Three-Dimensional Structure (3DS) Memory allows for physical separation of the memory circuits and the control logic circuit onto different layers such that each layer may be separately optimized. One control logic circuit suffices for several memory circuits, red... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7192501 | Method for improving crack resistance in fiber-metal-laminate structures A method is provided for altering residual stresses in a fiber-metal-laminate structure. At least a first fiber laminate substrate layer having first and second surfaces is provided. At least a first outer metallic laminate layer having third and fourth surfaces is ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176545 | Apparatus and methods for maskless pattern generation General purpose methods for the fabrication of integrated circuits from flexible membranes formed of very thin low stress dielectric materials, such as silicon dioxide or silicon nitride, and semiconductor layers. Semiconductor devices are formed in a semiconductor ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168605 | Microtubes for therapeutic delivery A medical implant that delivers therapeutic via microtubes and a method of making the same is provided. In one embodiment a biologically implantable structure adapted to fit within the body of a patient is provided. This structure may have a plurality of individual ... | 01/30/2007 |
