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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357291 | Solder metal, soldering flux and solder paste Solder metal consists essentially of 8.8 to 5.0 mass % of Zn, 0.05 to 0 mass % of Bi and the balance of Sn and unavoidable impurities. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7341641 | Bonding device for manufacturing liquid crystal display device A bonding device for manufacturing a liquid crystal display device includes a bonding chamber for bonding first and second substrates and an ionizing device for introducing ionized gas or air into the bonding chamber. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7293348 | Method of forming a suspension for use in a disk drive having a media disk A suspension for use in a disk drive is disclosed. The suspension has a hinge and load beam which are separately formed and subsequently joined together. The load beam is formed from a material which has improved damping characteristics. The load beam additionally h... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7234627 | Method of joining coiled sucker rod in the field A method of joining coiled sucker rod in the field. In its most basic form, the method includes a first step of placing abutting ends of sucker rod in face to face relation. A second step involves positioning a gas burner in proximity to the abutting ends of sucker ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232053 | Seam-welded air hardenable steel constructions The present invention provides seam-welded, air hardenable steel tubes, methods of manufacturing seam-welded air hardenable steel tubes, tube mills for practicing such methods and applications for using seam-welded, air hardenable steel tubing of the present inventi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7205032 | Controlled thermal expansion of welds to enhance toughness A method is provided for forming a metallic overlay having enhanced toughness. The metallic overlay may be a weld, a metallic coating, or similar application. The method includes applying a glass forming metallic alloy to a substrate while the alloy is in a molten o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203033 | Head gimbal assembly with an integrated mechanical and electrical attachment and a stiff plate A low cost, flex head gimbal assembly has a substrate with an attachment region, a flexure region and an integrated gimbal. The flex head gimbal assembly is electrically and mechanically connected to an actuator arm via solder bumps in the attachment region. A stiff... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194795 | Method for manufacturing a head suspension A head suspension or head suspension component for supporting a head slider over a rigid disk in a dynamic storage device and a method of manufacturing. The head suspension includes a head suspension component and a compliant locating feature formed within the head ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7170073 | Stainless steel product containing B and method for production thereof A stainless steel slab containing B, wherein a protecting material is joined onto at least two faces across the bloom from each other in a stainless steel bloom containing B of 0.3–2.5 mass %, being integrated into one-piece by forming a weld metal comprising a st... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7151049 | Electroplating compositions and methods Disclosed are electrolyte compositions for depositing a tin alloy on a substrate. The electrolyte compositions include tin ions, ions of one or more alloying metals, an acid, a thiourea derivative, and an additive selected from alkanol amines, polyethylene imines, a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7127799 | Head gimbal assembly method The present invention provides a method for assembling a head gimbal assembly useful in a hard disk drive and for testing such an assembly. In a method in accord with the present invention a head/slider is mounted to a circuited gimbal in an automated assembly machi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7118807 | Use of MoOas corrosion inhibitor, and coating composition containing such an inhibitor The subject of the invention is the use of MoO3 as a corrosion inhibitor, and an anti-corrosion coating composition for metal parts, characterized in that it comprises:—at least one particulate metal;—an organic solvent;—a thickener;—a silane-base... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7103956 | Method of fabricating a spherical cavitation chamber A method of fabricating a spherical cavitation chamber. Depending upon the chamber's composition and wall thickness, chambers fabricated with the disclosed techniques can be used with either low or high pressure systems. During chamber fabrication, initially two sph... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7081157 | Use of MoOas corrosion inhibitor, and coating composition containing such an inhibitor The subject matter of the invention is the use of MoO3 as a corrosion coating composition for metal parts, characterized in that it comprises: a least one particulate metal; an organic solvent; a thickener; a silane-based binder, preferably carrying epoxy... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7066375 | Aluminum coating for the corrosion protection of welds A method for coating and an associated assembly including such a coating are provided. The assembly includes a workpiece defining a weld portion, such as a friction weld joint and a heat affected zone. A coating is disposed on the weld portion to at least partially ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7032800 | Apparatus and method for friction stir welding of high strength materials, and articles made therefrom An apparatus for friction stir welding, a weld tool for friction stir welding, and a method for making a weld tool for friction stir welding are presented. The weld tool comprises a tungsten-based refractory material. A method for manufacturing an article, where the... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6935618 | Valve component with multiple surface layers A sliding component, particularly a disk valve plate. The sliding component includes a multi-layer surface structure comprising a strengthening layer harder than the substrate material, and an amorphous diamond top layer. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6916387 | Weld repair of superalloy castings A method of repairing a void on a nickel or cobalt base superalloy investment casting by vibrating the casting for a time before repairing the void, vibrating the casting while filling the void wherein the void is filled by repeatedly making incremental weld deposit... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6905060 | Method and sealant for weld joints A sealant for a weld joint and an associated weld joint and method are provided. The sealant includes aluminum and germanium and is characterized by a melting temperature that is lower than the melting temperature of the structural member that is joined. The sealant... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6805276 | Deposit metal welding method To prevent decreases in fatigue strength of a base material by relieving the residual stress of a weld. A method for welding a deposit metal to a base material with reduced residual stress, comprising a step of welding a deposit metal to a base material; and a step ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6749104 | Heat exchanger manufacturing methods and brazing filler metal compositions useful therein, characterized by low nickel leaching rates Methods for the manufacture of assemblies which included brazed components and in which nickel/chromium-based filler metals are used wherein the manufactured assemblies are characterized by low leaching rates of nickel in water and water-based fluids, are disclosed.... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6726085 | Method and apparatus for producing a refined grain structure The apparatus for operating on a workpiece includes a die defining first and second apertures and an interior therebetween. The first aperture and the interior of the die are structured to receive the workpiece. The interior of the die can be structured to shape the... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6708403 | Angled flying lead wire bonding process A method is described having the steps of providing a surface having a plurality of wire bondable locations; wire bonding a wire to each of the wire bondable locations using a wire capillary tool; controlling the position of the capillary tool with respect to the su... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6695201 | Stress relieved lower shell for sealed compressors A lower shell for a sealed compressor includes a shape with a plurality of intricate bends. In particular, u-shaped sections are stamped into a plainer sheet of material to form the lower shell. This stamping process can cause brittleness in the lower she... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6666369 | Semiconductor device manufacturing method, electronic parts mounting method and heating/melting process equipment There is provided a semiconductor device manufacturing method which comprising the steps of forming solder bumps on an underlying metal film of a semiconductor device, and placing the semiconductor device and the solder layer in a reduced pressure atmosph... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6651322 | Method of reworking a multilayer printed circuit board assembly An improved rework method and rework wiring structure for repairing and reworking multilayer printed circuit boards utilizing ball grid array (BGA) solder pads are described. The repair method includes the steps of locating a solder pad to be rewired, rem... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6526655 | Angled flying lead wire bonding process A method is described having the steps of providing a surface having a plurality of wire bondable locations; wire bonding a wire to each of the wire bondable locations using a wire capillary tool; controlling the position of the capillary tool with respec... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6477768 | Method and contact point for establishing an electrical connection A method for establishing an electrical connection between a first contact surface and a second contact surface, with a wire-bonding tool being used to provide a contact wire between the contact surfaces by bonding the contact wire to the first contact su... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6442831 | Method for shaping spring elements Interconnection elements for electronic components, exhibiting desirable mechanical characteristics (such as resiliency, for making pressure contacts) are formed by using a shaping tool (512) to shape an elongate core element (502) of a soft material (suc... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6425516 | Semiconductor device and method of production of the same A semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate on which metal bumps having narrowed base portions are bonded and coated on its top surface with a resin covering the base portions of the metal bumps, improving reliability of the bump bonds. Al... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6422451 | Interconnection of aluminum components A method of interconnecting components (10, 16) of aluminium having a purity of at least 95%, the method comprising brazing the components (10, 16) together and then surface treating the assembled componetns (10, 16) by subjecting them to a Bohmitting pro... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422449 | Method of mending a friction stir welding portion A welding bead 50 is formed along to a jointing potion 40 using friction stir welding on a first frame member 20 and a second frame member 30, each of which is a hollow extruded molded base member made of an aluminum alloy A6N01 material. When a defect ex... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6419806 | Insert target assembly and method of making same Method of forming a two-piece hollow cathode sputter target assembly and the assembly formed thereby. The sputter target assembly includes an outer shell having a substantially cylindrical side wall and is composed of a relatively low purity metallic mate... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6357112 | Method of making connection component A connection component for use in making microelectronic element assemblies, has peelable leads that are formed on a dielectric support structure. One end of each lead is permanently connected to the support structure and the opposite end of the lead is r... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6336269 | Method of fabricating an interconnection element Contact structures formed on an electronic component are useful for connecting the component to other electronic components. A contact tip structure can be formed on a sacrificial substrate, then combined with an interconnection element. A preferred conta... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6295729 | Angled flying lead wire bonding process A method is described having the steps of providing a surface having a plurality of wire bondable locations; wire bonding a wire to each of the wire bondable locations using a wire capillary tool; controlling the position of the capillary tool with respec... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6223974 | Trailing edge stress relief process (TESR) for welds A process, termed Trailing Edge Stress Relief (TESR) is described which can be used to produce a weld joint with reduced residual stress level with least defects. In this process, cyclic stresses are applied to the trailing edge of the weld (TEW) during w... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6220500 | Welding method for fluorine-passivated member for welding, fluorine-passivation method after being weld, and welded parts A welding method for materials to be welded which are subjected to fluoride passivation treatment, and a fluoride passivation retreatment method, wherein, when fluoride passivation retreatment is conducted after welding, there is no generation of particle... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6161751 | Method of joining metal strip ends together using a consumable insert A method of joining the ends of metal strip material together by positioning a consumable insert of weld filler material between the full thickness of the strip ends and below the lower surface of the strip ends a predetermined depth to establish a predet... | 12/19/2000 |
