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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5538176 | Method of forming a ball end for a solder wire A method is provided for forming a ball at a lower end of a material solder wire which is arranged generally vertically. The method comprises the steps of: forming an upward stream of an oxygen-free gas surrounding the solder wire; bringing a lateral flam... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5431329 | Method of forming a ball end for a solder wire A method is provided for forming a ball at a lower end of a material solder wire which is arranged generally vertically. The method comprises the steps of: forming an upward stream of an oxygen-free gas surrounding the solder wire; bringing a lateral flam... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5427305 | Process for brazing a metal in a continuous manner In a process for brazing a metal in a continuous manner, a work consisting of a base metal and a part to be brazed thereto is disposed in a box-shaped heat retaining container which is opened at its upper portion to surround lower and side surfaces of the... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5421504 | Soldering device and solder dispenser A soldering device includes a tube (1) for delivering a source of heating energy such as gas which is slidingly mounted in a chamber (52) such as a piston cylinder so that only the tube needs to be moved in order to move the heat source up and down with r... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5397232 | Metal-brazing pulse burner In a metal-brazing pulse burner, a gas/air mixing pipe being comprised of a pipe member having a diameter larger than those of a combustion air supply pipe and a mixed gas supply pipe, and an air injection nozzle connected to the combustion air supply pip... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5358169 | Method of soldering leads to electrical components A method of soldering leads to electrical elements, such as resistors, in which a ribbon of solder, having a coating of flux, is sandwiched between a plurality of electrical elements and a plurality of leads. Hydrogen flames then cut the ribbon at points ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5308797 | Leads for semiconductor chip assembly and method A semiconductor device is formed without using a leadframe. A semiconductor device is formed in one area of a semiconductor chip and a second area includes conductors to which lead wires are bonded. The lead wires are used for mounting the semiconductor d... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5222654 | Hot pressure welding of hot steel stock A method of carrying out hot pressure welding of hot steel stock is disclosed, which is effective for achieving a continuous hot rolling line. The hot steel stock to be joined is subjected to butt joining or lap joining in a reducing atmosphere under pres... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5121873 | Method of and apparatus for joining hot materials to be rolled to each other as well as continuous hot rolling method and system In a continuous hot rolling system, at least one melt-cut torch is set in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to a trailing end of a preceding hot material and a leading end of an adjacent succeeding hot material. An injected flow of cutt... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5018661 | Heat-resistant exhaust manifold and method of preparing same A method of lining an exhaust manifold is disclosed, comprising the steps of applying a thin layer of a heat-resistant compound to the interior of an exhaust manifold and bonding the compound to the manifold. The manifold may be in two or more sections wh... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5014903 | Heat-retaining exhaust components and method of preparing same A method lining a component of a vehicle which may contact exhaust gases is disclosed, including the steps of applying a thin layer of a heat-resistant compound to an inner surface of the component to form a liner therein and bonding the liner to the surf... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4860938 | Automated method of brazing An automated method of brazing to join two metal parts together at a joint with a braze alloy. The two parts are moved to a brazing station and maintained in a fixed position. The two metal parts are heated at the joint at a high heat rate to a predetermi... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4844322 | Method for replacing a section of tubing A method for replacing a damaged or defective section of a length of original piping or tubing located within a structrue such as the turbine of a jet engine wherein access to the tubing is limited, and replacing such damaged section with a new section of... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4724995 | Pin joining method and apparatus In a method and apparatus for the automatic joining of pins to the surfaces of articles, especially of ear pins to associated pieces of jewelry, the joining step utilizes flame soldering in the automatic joining process in order to reduce costs for small ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4013212 | Soldering method An improved method and apparatus for forming an electrical connection between electrical conductors by soldering. A lead wire with a coating of insulating material has a selected portion of the coating removed by a flame from a torch. The bared portion of... | 03/22/1977 |
