Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7510109 | Vehicle framing system for plurality of vehicle body styles An apparatus and method for randomly interchanging up to four pairs of side framing gates at a framing station of a vehicle assembly line while maintaining a predetermined build cycle time interval of the assembly line. The system employs first and second carousels ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7195144 | Method for production of a component On production of a component, two primary pieces must often be fixed together to give one piece. In order to achieve the above, it is important that the two primary pieces are oriented in a particular manner during the fixing process, which provides some difficultie... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7051918 | Dual-biasing weld-attaching of end components to an elongate element A method utilizing a stabilizing jig structure for positioning and supporting the assembly of an elongate structural beam and a beam-end mounting component during weld attachment of that mounting component to an end of the beam. This method includes the steps of (a)... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6863210 | Method and clamping frame for joining a number of piece parts to form a complex assembled part In a method for assembling a plurality of component individual parts in stages to form a complex composite component, in order to achieve as high an accuracy as possible of the finished component, the individual parts are positioned relative to one another and fixed... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6829824 | Method for producing a structural member from plates stacked on top of each other and soldered together A method for producing a component out of stacked plates (9, 10) soldered to one another, into at least some of which recesses (11, 12, 13) are made, is proposed, in which at least one solder layer (8) is provided between the plates (9, 10 | 12/14/2004 |
| 6612479 | Apparatus and method for joining layers of materials A method and apparatus for joining multiple layers of materials using an ultrasonic welding apparatus. The ultrasonic welding apparatus utilizes a sonotrode to perform a weld between at least the top and intermediate layer of the multi-layer member. Then,... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6534194 | Method of making reactive multilayer foil and resulting product In accordance with the invention a reactive multilayer foil is fabricated by providing an assembly (stack or multilayer) of reactive layers, inserting the assembly into a jacket, deforming the jacketed assembly to reduce its cross sectional area, flatteni... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6518535 | Device and method for seaming welding This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a member which makes a part of a car body of an automobile or the like by mash-seam welding a plurality of blanks. Standby areas (B) are provided at both right and left sides of an weld... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6467675 | Vehicle body assembly apparatus and assembly method A front floor panel (31) and a first small component such as a second cross member (35) to be assembled to a surface thereof, with the first small component at the bottom side are positioned and set into a locator jig (29) at a part setting station (S), a... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6405918 | Mechanical retention system for braze and solder joints Brazing or soldering of pieces of low wettable materials (1, 3), such as single crystal silicon, is accomplished by sandwiching the brazing material (5) between the pieces and sealing the edges of the brazing material with a tape (11) wrapped about the pe... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6244494 | Apparatus and method for leveling the clamping surface to provide proper heat sink for narrow strips in coil end joiner An apparatus and method for leveling the clamping surface to obtain proper heat sink for narrow strips in a coil end joiner which includes a coil material support table and a retaining plate which is positioned against the upper surface of the coil materi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6193142 | Assembling apparatus assembling body side of automotive vehicle and assembling method thereof An assembling apparatus assembling a body side of an automotive vehicle, comprises: a moving body provided in a transfer line; a clamp member provided on the moving body for fixing and positioning a body side outer in an upright position in such a manner ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6095405 | Method for soldering integrated circuits Any one of at least two holding blocks loaded in a holding block storing portion is picked up and moved to cover an IC on a PCB of a PCB array. A light beam is applied to the whole surface of the PCB. The holding block is moved from the PCB to the holding... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6036080 | Wire bonding method A wire bonding method for bonding a first bonding point and then a second bonding point by bonding wire that passes through a capillary including a reverse operation that moves the capillary in a direction opposite from a second bonding point after the bo... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5992726 | Apparatus and method for setting welding run-off tabs in a coil end joiner Apparatus and method for setting welding run-off tabs in a coil end joiner which includes a support table having a U-channel therein, the U-channel having an opening through a base portion thereof, a left hold down clamp and a right hold down clamp positi... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5871137 | Automated butt splicer for copper-based tapes Method and apparatus for reliable splices to be made in hard-rolled copper and alloy tapes without buckling or overlap and with splices that are stronger than the tape metal, itself. The invention permits an operator to load a second reel of tape in posit... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5848747 | Welding line system and method of welding workpieces A welding line system has a transfer robot dispose closely to and between a workpiece loading line for loading preliminarily welded four-wheeled buggy frames and a workpiece unloading line for unloading fully welded four-wheeled buggy frames. The welding ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5590450 | Method of sizing objects Method and apparatus for the sizing of annular objects by cutting through an arcuate portion of the object to be sized; separating and straightening the cut ends of the object; placing sizing stock coated with solder into temporary adherence with a holder... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5495980 | Protective lining method and apparatus for arcuate container walls A method and apparatus for the lining of rounded arcuate chamber areas is disclosed. One edge of a flexible, rectangular sheet of lining material is attached to the substrate wall of the chamber by welding. The opposite end from the now attached side is c... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5476208 | Superconducting joint for foils used in superconducting magnets Method for forming welded joints on superconducting foils to form long lengths of foil for use in superconducting magnet tapes including fixturing for controlling the accurate positioning of sheared foils and control of the overlap to be welded.... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5415331 | Method of placing a semiconductor with die collet having cavity wall recess The invention provides a method and apparatus for picking a separated semiconductor die 128 from a wafer and placing it on a die attach pad 144 for bonding thereto. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises a die collet having a body 124 with a p... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5282566 | Lift arm assembly process A process for the manufacture of a lift arm assembly for a work vehicle includes a plurality of closely controlled process steps. The lift arm assembly is a large fabrication which, when assembled to the vehicle, interconnects with several other component... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5257715 | Method of making brake bands The metallic portion of a multiple wrap brake band for use in automatic transmissions of motor vehicles is obtained by deforming a circular metallic blank at right angles to its plane into a cup-shaped preform. The bottom wall of the preform is separated ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5234155 | Wire bonding method and apparatus In a wire bonding method and apparatus for connecting first and second bonding points by a wire, a wire clamper, that is made up of an immovable member and a movable member which is driven by a linear motor, is used. The linear motor is actuated so that t... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5167362 | Butt-splicing method To splice two metal tapes by means of a solder wire that is thicker than the tapes themselves, their terminal edges are positioned upon one electrode, a spacing shim is inserted upon one of the tapes, another electrode is lowered onto the shim, the wire i... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5147085 | Cold pressure welding method and machine The machine is provided with a set of two pairs of die halves 60, 62 (FIG. 7) mounted in a framework on hydraulically actuated piston and cylinder assemblies. The die halves 60 and 62 of each pair are relatively radially reciprocable to grip or release a ... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5125559 | Apparatus and method for butt-splicing metal tapes Means and method are presented for butt-splicing two metal tapes by confining molten solder between two carbon electrodes while the tape edges are moved together.... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5071057 | Method of making, and welding fixture for, water-steam cooled cyclone roof assembly Method and apparatus for making a roof of a water-steam cooled cyclonic separator. The fixture locates, supports, and restrains portions of the roof during welding operations. By continuing that restraint through a stress relief step, the method and appar... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5002219 | Method and apparatus for clamping large assemblies for diffusion bonding and superplastic forming A clamping method and apparatus for applying the necessary pressure to an sembly of metal parts during diffusion bonding and/or superplastic forming of the parts. Basically, the apparatus comprises a pair of opposed generally L-shaped frames having a cavi... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4955108 | Protected hinge assembly for mechanical accelerometer The invention is a hinge assembly made of two parts, specifically for an accelerometer. The first part is adapted to be attached, either directly or through a bracket, to an inertial acceleration sensor. The second part is adapted to be rigidly attached t... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4944448 | Composite electron beam target for use in X-ray imaging system and method of making same Disclosed is a composite metal structure of a desired configuration and a method of fabricating the composite metal structure by preshaping at least one metal layer prior to assembly of the metal layers in a die of a second preshape configuration. Followi... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4844326 | Method of and system for assembling vehicle bodies A system for assembling a vehicle body has a panel handling device provided with a panel holding tool for holding a body panel and a first welding gun for welding the body panel to a vehicle body. A robot has a connecting mechanism to which the panel hand... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4821945 | Single lead automatic clamping and bonding system A system of single lead clamping and bonding in the assembly of integrated circuit devices. A capillary bonder has a clamp member rotatably mounted around the capillary for movement with the bond head. The clamp is moveable vertically to contact and clamp... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4815648 | Hand-held cold pressure weld device A hand-held welding device utilizes a multiple upset cold pressure welding technique to join abutting end surfaces of a pair of wire members. The welding device includes a pair of spaced-apart, parallel tie rods for supporting a stationary V-block in spac... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4798321 | Panelizing machine and method for use A panelizing machine assembly for clamping elongated structures such as tubes at spaced intervals and then welding the structures. The machine includes an elongated main frame having connecting cross members, and provided with at least two bed plates each... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4770336 | Well screen centralizer and method for constructing centralizer and for joining of well screens A well screen centralizer with a longitudinal flow passage therethrough which has a well screen insert that increases the producing area of the well screen by reducing the amount of blank non-producing tubing length usually used to accommodate non-well sc... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4762267 | Wire bonding method This wire bonding method is preferably applied to wire bonding for an elongated semiconductor chip. This method includes a first step of chucking a semiconductor chip by a chuck table to conduct bonding between the bonding pads and electrodes within a bon... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4735354 | Method of soldering component on printed circuit board A method of soldering a component on a printed circuit board which has the steps of sucking the components supplied in an irregularly aligned disposition by a feeding sucking nozzle tube, then holding the components by a pair of holding arms of a solderin... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4606494 | Method of welding discs to a split hub assembly A disc separator includes discs welded to a hub. Each disc has an extruded collar disposed around a central aperture through which the hub extends. The collar provides bending rigidity to the disc and is interposed between the disc and hub to insulate the... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4531271 | Method for manufacturing a rotationally symmetrical construction part An apparatus and method for fixedly positioning a rotationally symmetrical constructional part having an irregular longitudinal peripheral wall consisting of a plurality of spirally wound juxtaposed tubes. The apparatus comprises a rotatable core having a... | 07/30/1985 |
