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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7357295 | Solder ball supplying method and supplying device After introducing a solder ball from a hopper into a receiving hole of a ball separator, the ball separator is slid between blocks, and the solder ball is sent out to a portion outside of the blocks. By suctioning the solder ball from within a projected region on a ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7186191 | Method of making a golf club head having a brazed striking plate A method of making a golf club head is disclosed. A striking plate is attached to a front open end of a metal casing to cover an opening. The striking plate is placed over the front open end by contacting a rear surface of the striking plate with the front open end,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7073700 | Process and apparatus for applying brazing material to a metallic structure through the use of vibration A process and an apparatus for applying a brazing material to a metallic structure, especially a honeycomb body, include bringing the metallic structure into contact with a pulverulent brazing material in such a way that the brazing material at least partially adher... | 07/11/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6908028 | Method of manufacturing honeycomb body The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a honeycomb body (1) formed by winding a flat metal foil (3) and a corrugated metal foil (4) in layers and brazing them, capable of reducing the equipment cost of honeycomb body manufactur... | 06/21/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6598292 | Method of manufacturing a circuit board using a porous sheet composed of cellulose A manufacturing method of a circuit board comprises the steps of: (a) feeding a printing stage having a porous member comprising a porous plate and a porous sheet, the porous sheet is composed of 90 wt % to 98 wt % of cellulose; (b) placing a plate for th... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6592287 | Self-fixtured joint assembly and its preparation An assembly of parts is prepared by providing a female part having a recess and a male part having an inserted surface received within the recess. A relief pattern such as knurling is formed on the inserted surface. The inserted surface of the male part i... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6574864 | Method for manufacturing a contact arrangement for a vacuum switching tube A method for manufacturing a contract arrangement for a vacuum switching tube having a contact carrier and a contact piece joined to the contact carrier in a vacuum using soldering material. The contact carrier is made of electrically highly conductive ma... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6572008 | Fastening an attaching eye to the base of a dashpot Fastening an attaching eye to the base of a dashpot by welding. The object is to simplify tooling and position the parts more accurately. The eye (3) is fabricated from strip, preferably by rolling or bending, prior to welding and is provided with an outw... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6296174 | Method and circuit board for assembling electronic devices A method for assembling electronic devices including a plurality of soldering pads for soldering contacts of electronic devices, and at least an insulated zone neighboring at least one of the soldering pads, from which soldering paste is extendible to at ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6270001 | Method of manufacturing a pulley with integral bearing A method is disclosed of manufacturing a pulley with integral bearing comprising a sheet metal pulley mounted on the outer race of a bearing. The pulley is a close sliding fit on the outer race. The interstice between the pulley and the race is at least p... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6070788 | Method of soldering terminal faces, as well as a method of manufacturing a solder alloy A method of applying molten solder to connection surfaces on a substrate. The substrate, which has a surface which can be wetted with solder or at least one area which can be wetted while the rest cannot, is immersed in an organic liquid medium whose boil... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5816868 | Capillary action promoting surface mount connectors One and two piece surface mount pin constructions include excess solder receiving channels. In the one piece construction an elongate channel is provided through a tubular pin which is flared or swaged at the lower end to form a base. In the two piece con... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5631806 | Lead with slits for reducing solder overflow and eliminating air gaps in the execution of solder joints The portion of the lead which is soldered between electrical components in a circuit module includes one or more radially extending slits. Once heated, the fluid solder is drawn into the slits by capillary action. Trapped air escapes, eliminating air pock... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5507528 | Method of braze joint fastening for male to female receptacles A joint for brazing includes a male member having an external surface and a female receptacle having an internal surface. The external surface is positionable in face-to-face relationship with the internal surface when the male member is inserted within t... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5449110 | Method of soldering lead terminal to substrate A method of preparing a substrate (1) having terminal electrodes (2, 3) which are provided on its both surfaces and a through hole (4), having a conductive film (5) formed on its inner peripheral surface, provided between the terminal electrodes (2, 3), m... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5440800 | Method of pre-applying soldering material to a motor commutator A method of adhering in advance a soldering material to a location on each of a plurality of claw-shaped portions of a commutator at which a winding for the armature of an electric motor is to be electrically connected thereto, for ensuring a strong and r... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5400951 | Method of brazing a joint portion of an intake manifold with preplaced brazing In brazing a first metal piece having a tubular joint portion of predetermined length at an end thereof and a second metal piece having a bore for inserting the extremity of the joint portion thereinto by replaced brazing with the extremity of the joint p... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5361973 | Method of soldering A solder is disposed outside a joint area without putting a solder foil in an area to be joined or performing preparatory soldering, and soldering is performed by making the melted solder permeate the joint area by a capillary phenomenon. Further, one mem... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5301862 | Solder coating apparatus A solder coating apparatus for coating lead sections of a lead frame, including a liquid solder bath and a coating block having a first slit-like passage therethrough for permitting a lead frame to pass through the block and a second passage of enlarged c... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5283082 | Method for applying solder to a braided shield of a cable A method for applying solder to a braided shield of a cable, particularly of a coaxial cable. A cable end portion is dipped into a solder bath a defined depth and for a defined time period prior to the removal of the jacket of the cable.... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5251714 | Method for soldering pipe end and counter member A method for soldering in a furnace the end of a small diameter metallic pipe to a mating member. The soldered product is generally used as an oil or air supply means for automobiles and other various kinds of machines and devices. According to the method... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5215246 | Method and apparatus for brazing Method and apparatus for holding the ends of two metal rods which are to be joined, cutting a face on each of the two metal rods, maintaining alignment of the two cut faces, and providing proper compressive force on the two rods while they are joined by a... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5180097 | Method of mounting an electronic part onto a printed circuit board In a method of mounting an electronic component onto a printed circuit board by reflow mounting, the electronic component having a plurality of connection leads protruding from the component, a plurality of strips of solder are applied on a group of pads ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5172852 | Soldering method An electronic component (14) is soldered to a circuit carrying substrate (11) by a method that allows the component to remain in better contact with the flat solder pads of the substrate. The circuit carrying substrate (11) has a plurality of solder pads ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5153979 | Method of manufacturing a commutator A plate-like material is rounded in the form of a cylinder so as to form a main body of a commutator to which an end of a winding for an armature coil of an electric motor is electrically connected, and both ends of the plate-like material are opposed to ... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5127572 | Soldering method and tool The method of the invention comprises the steps of locating the integrated circuit so that the projecting ends of the pins thereon are in juxtaposition with the corresponding connector pads on the printed circuit board; and applying solder to the connecto... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5082167 | Method of soldering honeycomb body When soldering a honeycomb body formed by alternately piling flat foils (plates) and corrugated foils (plates), a binder liquid is sucked up from the end face of the honeycomb body to form a binder streak in a space defined by contacting portions of the f... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5050790 | Process for the fabrication of metal-made carrier body for exhaust gas cleaning catalyst A metal-made carrier body is fabricated for an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst. At least one sheet-like metal band and at least one corrugated metal band, each of said bands being made of a thin metal sheet, are superposed one over the other so as to establ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5026611 | Metal-made carrier body for exhaust gas cleaning catalyst and production of the carrier body A metal-made carrier body, for carrying thereon an exhaust gas cleaning catalyst, comprises a metal casing, and a multi-layered composite structure or honeycomb core structure composed of a sheet-like metal band and a corrugated metal band and enclosed in... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5005757 | Bonded segmented cylindrical magnet assembly A number of rare earth-cobalt permanent magnet segments are temporarily secured together by means of a tool. Before securement the segment surfaces at each interface are pre-tinned. A solder pre-form in the shape of a "wagon wheel" rests on one transverse... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4972989 | Through the lead soldering A method of joining surface mount components includes screen printing a single layer of solder paste or other adhesive onto a substrate, positioning a component with a planar lead with a hole through the planar lead over the solder and mounting a second c... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4841101 | Hermetically sealed feedthroughs and methods of making same In the sealed feedthrough construction disclosed herein, a maximally compliant solder joint is provided between the low expansion ferrule of a glass insulted feedthrough connector and a bore in an enclosure bulkhead of a high expansion metal. The desired ... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4816621 | Ceramic-metal feedthrough lead assembly and method for making same A ceramic-metal lead assembly, of the type suitable for use in nerve or heart pacemakers, has a disk of high-purity ceramic with at least one lead extending therethrough, the disk being soldered vacuum-tight to a flange ring via a solder gap. The flange r... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4527819 | Frost-free metal hose construction A braided hose which has a frost-free socket joint made by placing a ring of brazing material above the joint and heating the joint below the ring. This way, the brazing material flows into the joint so that its external and exposed edge of the joint is c... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4493143 | Method for making a semiconductor device by using capillary action to transport solder between different layers to be soldered A semiconductor member is attached to a base by placing a wafer of solder material on the base, placing a carrier member having a through capillary hole on the solder wafer, placing the semiconductor member on the carrier member and heating the arrangemen... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4477012 | Foil insert honeycomb sandwich brazing process and resulting structure A method of brazing the nodes of honeycomb core material and the top and bottom panels to the honeycomb core material to form a sandwich structure. The method comprises the insertion in selected cells of the core, a coil or loop formed of normally flat re... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4385720 | T-Shape joint and preparation thereof A T-shape joint includes a slant gap formed between joint faces of a vertical base metal and a horizontal base metal and the slant gap is filled perfectly with a brazing alloy without remaining any defect. The slant gap can be saw tooth shape gaps. The slant g... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4373260 | Electrical circuit wiring arrangement and its soldering method A method of manufacturing an electrical circuit wiring assembly comprises the steps of preparing a first sub-assembly having a metal board chassis and a first circuit element provided with hard stiff leads, preparing a second sub-assembly having a second ... | 02/15/1983 |
