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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7318547 | Method for assembling parts made of materials based on SiC by non-reactive refractory brazing, brazing composition, and joint and assembly obtained by said method Method for assembling at least two pieces of silicon carbide based materials by non reactive refractory brazing, wherein these pieces are put into contact with a non reactive brazing solder composition and the assembly formed by the pieces and the brazing solder com... | 01/15/2008 |
| 6991856 | Methods 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 |
| 6722558 | Method of soldering metallic terminals A system and method of joining together first and second electric terminals includes providing the second terminal with an aperture extending therethrough and a notch therein. The first and second terminals are positioned in overlapping relationship with one another... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6610958 | Apparatus and method for feeding filler wire in a welding operation An apparatus (105) and method are provided for feeding wire (135) to a tip (120) of a torch (115) in a welding system (100). The apparatus (105) includes a drive mechanism (150) attached to the torch (115), and a guide assembly (155) attached to the drive... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6568584 | Nickel-plated brazing sheet product The invention relates to a brazing sheet product comprising a core sheet made of an aluminum alloy, an aluminum clad layer cladding at least one of the surfaces of said core sheet, and a layer comprising nickel on the outersurface of one or both said clad... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6550663 | Desktop soldering dispenser with automatic metering and feeding of soldering wire The present invention describes the precise metering of soldering material realized in a preferred desktop preferably portable device designated for hand-soldering in small and medium volume operations. It combines the fully automated process of precise m... | 04/22/2003 |
| 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 |
| 5553770 | Heat exchanger assemblies-material for use therin, and a method of making the material A self-brazing material 10 for use in a heat exchanger 50 using a corrosive heat exchanger fluid is manufactured by providing a first substrate layer 10 and a second layer 12 metallurgically bonding the two layers together to form a composite material 22.... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5265331 | Method of manufacturing a piston for an axial piston fluid translating device Hydraulic piston pumps and motors are used in various applications to power implements, steering, propel, and auxiliary systems. However, it is important to keep the piston weight and compressible fluid volume low in order to have a smaller more efficient... | 11/30/1993 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4524899 | Method of manufacturing vent element A method of manufacturing a vent element having vent pores extending therethrough in parallel with the axial direction for use in die casting, rubber and plastic molding, metering and supplying of fluids, a ball-point pen and others. The method comprises ... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4491265 | Method of aligning honeycomb cells A continuous strip of brazing foil is partially folded about transverse parallel fold lines in a repetitive pattern. When this strip is positioned between the nodes of honeycomb cells the fold lines will index the cells into proper alignment for assembly.... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4484704 | Solder delivery system A solder delivery system has a continuous element of solder material adjacent to at least one polymeric layer, which is provided with window means to control the flow of solder. The layers, if there are more than one, may be separate pieces, or may be par... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4466567 | Method for braze-joining spirally wound tapes to inner walls of heat exchanger tubes The present invention is directed to a method of fabricating heat exchanger tubes in which twisted tapes are utilized for promoting turbulence and heat transfer. The method of the present invention provides for the brazing of the tapes to the inner walls ... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4453662 | Solder handling Solder wire attached along its length to a base metal by a small quantity of solder melted at the solder-base metal juncture.... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4354629 | Solder delivery system A solder delivery system has a continuous element of solder material disposed between two polymeric layers, one of which is provided with window means to control the flow of solder. The layers may be separate pieces, or may be parts of a folded sheet or a... | 10/19/1982 |
| 4342893 | Composite electrical contact and bonding material To permit direct bonding of a composite electric contact-and-bonding material to a carrier, such as a reed, magnetic strip, or the like, by thermo-electric heating, the side of the contact-and-bonding material is formed with projections, preferably projec... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4232814 | Method and apparatus for fabricating a sealing cover unit for a container for a semiconductor device A cover unit for hermetically sealing a container for a semiconductor device comprises a rectangular metallic cover element such as a cobalt-nickel-iron alloy and a plurality of contiguous turns of wire of a heat-fusible material such as a gold-tin eutect... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4050621 | Method and apparatus for soldering electric terminals to double-sided circuit boards A method and apparatus for soldering terminals to printed circuit boards, and particularly for soldering terminals simultaneously to both sides of a printed circuit board. The apparatus consists of a connected series of preformed cones of solder which are... | 09/27/1977 |
