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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8303883 | Forming foam structures with carbon foam substrates The invention provides foams of desired cell sizes formed from metal or ceramic materials that coat the surfaces of carbon foams which are subsequently removed. For example, metal is located over a sol-gel foam monolith. The metal is melted to produce a metal/sol-ge... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8147742 | Lithography processes using phase change compositions A lithography method includes the steps of: A) filling a mold having a patterned surface with a phase change composition at a temperature above the phase change temperature of the phase change composition; B) hardening the phase change composition to form a patterne... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7887735 | Method of forming a void in a mass of concrete using a dowel void former A void former or dowel sleeve adapted to be encapsulated in a hardened mass of concrete, which is collapsible upon the application of a tensile force longitudinally thereof to remove the void former from the concrete and provide a void for a load transferring dowel.... | 02/15/2011 |
| RE41870 | Method for forming hollow fibers A thin walled microtube is formed by providing a continuous elongated member having an outer surface. The member is at least partially formed of a water soluble material. A coating material is provided. The coating material may be a silicone compound that is curable... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7682547 | Integrally formed molded parts and method for making the same A method and device for making integrally formed one-piece molded parts is provided, where the molded parts are to contain a void within their volume. An exemplary such molded part is an arc tube for a discharge lamp. A wax core is first molded onto a core pin wire ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7670532 | Golf club head and method of making the same A golf club head and a method of making a golf club head are disclosed. The method provides for winding a single continuous filament multiple times about a soluble core. The wound core is located in a mold and pressure coated with a pure or non-continuous fiber fill... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7468153 | Degradable blading for tire curing molds A degradable sipe blade for forming sipes in a tire tread, where the degradable material may be removed by exposure to water. A tire curing apparatus is also provided having a plurality of degradable sipe blades affixed to the mold surface within the tread pattern. ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7354545 | Substrate-supported process for manufacturing microfibrous fuel cells The present invention relates to a substrate-supported process for continuous and automated manufacturing of microfibrous fuel cells and other electrochemical cells. Specifically, a removable substrate layer is formed around an inner current collector, followed by s... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351364 | Method of manufacturing a hybrid structure A method of manufacturing a hybrid structure (100) having a layer of CMC material (28) defining an interior passageway (24) and a layer of ceramic insulating material (18) lining the passageway. The method includes the step of casting the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347955 | Heat conducting polymer mold products A mold product comprising liquid crystal composition for conducting heat. The liquid crystal composition contains liquid crystal polymer having an orientation degree α obtained by equation 1 below: Orientation degree α=(180−Δβ)/180 equation 1 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344670 | Lost core plastic molding process for transferring, positioning and molding inserts into a plastic part A method of producing a molded article includes the steps of positioning an insert within a first mold, and filling the first mold with a low melt allow to form a lost core assembly. The lost core assembly includes an external shape corresponding to the desired cavi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334769 | Resin molding machine and member for resin molding machine having film in passive state A member for a resin molding machine wherein it has a face contacting with a molten resin, and at least a part of the face is covered with a film of an oxide of a base material of the face or a component contained in the base material. The use of the member in the m... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329377 | Cyclic shrinkage of a templated 3D network material Methods are provided for producing a shrunken replica or a shrunken inverse replica of a multicontinuous structure. In one embodiment, the method comprises (1) infiltrating a first multicontinuous structure with a first fluid material which can be immobilized and sh... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7284358 | Methods of manufacturing bearing brace apparatus The present invention is directed to a brace apparatus having a core member configured to absorb energy generated by seismic or other forces by undergoing plastic deformation. A buckling restraining assembly is included for maintaining the structural integrity of th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285237 | Post processing three-dimensional objects formed by selective deposition modeling A method for removing supports from a three-dimensional objected formed by selective deposition modeling. The three-dimensional object is formed from a curable phase change material and the supports are formed from a non-curable phase change material. The curable ph... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285233 | Method of manufacturing polishing pad A method of manufacturing a polishing pad is described. A mold having a mold cavity therein is provided. At least a strip is buried in the mold. A polymer foam material is injected into the mold cavity of the mold. The polymer foam material is cured to mold the poly... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7261852 | Transparent electrodes from single wall carbon nanotubes A method of forming optically transparent and electrically conductive SWNT films includes the steps of providing a porous membrane and dispersing a plurality of SWNTs into a solution, the solution including at least one surface stabilizing agent for preventing the S... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255825 | Materials and methods for freeform fabrication of solid three-dimensional objects using fusible, water-containing support materials Materials and methods for freeform fabrication of a solid three-dimensional object are provided. At least one layer of support material and at least one layer of build material are dispensed onto a substrate. The support material includes at least one of water and a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255821 | Layered deposition bridge tooling Disclosed is a method for making a prototype plastic injection molded part from a mold tool (10) built by fused deposition modeling. The mold tool (10) is built by depositing roads of a molten thermoplastic resin in layers in a predetermined pattern de... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7229542 | Methods of and apparatus for molding structures using sacrificial metal patterns Molded structures, methods of and apparatus for producing the molded structures are provided. At least a portion of the surface features for the molds are formed from multilayer electrochemically fabricated structures (e.g. fabricated by the EFAB™ formation proces... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226559 | Method for molding structures A method for molding composite structures whereby a material stack including a core having first and second opposing sides is prepared. The preparing of the material stack includes applying a fibrous support layer on at least one of the first side and the second sid... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7153456 | Method of making molds for making articles and a method of molding articles using such molds A process is described for making gourd molds useful in the production of decorative ceramic and other articles which bear the textures of the gourd interior. Articles produced may also serve as models for use in the manufacture of production molds. Steps in making ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7153464 | Method of making porous ceramic matrix composites A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) structure, and method of forming same, the structure having internal air flow channels and cooling holes created by the process of sewing or stitching a fugitive fiber or thread into plies of ceramic cloth, preferably prior to consol... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138083 | Method of producing arc tube body To form an arc tube body including a main tube portion to be a discharge space and thin tube portions for accommodating electrodes, a core (6) is disposed in a hollow space formed by a pair of arc tube body formation molds (7) and (8) and therea... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132070 | Method of manufacturing polishing pad A method of manufacturing a polishing pad is described. A mold having a mold cavity therein is provided. At least a strip is buried in the mold. A polymer foam material is injected into the mold cavity of the mold. The polymer foam material is cured to mold the poly... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7105111 | Process for producing hollow bodies comprising fibre-reinforced ceramic materials Process for producing hollow bodies comprising fibre-reinforced ceramic materials, where cores whose shape corresponds to that of the hollow spaces are produced in a first step, a green body is produced in a second step by introducing the abovementioned cores and a ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104783 | Mold tooling having cavity stabilizers Mold tooling for molding plastic parts having cavities therethrough includes mold halves together with core pins to define passageways through the molded part. The core pins are locked together to rigidify these connections, and one of the core pins includes a rib t... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7087200 | Controlled local/global and micro/macro-porous 3D plastic, polymer and ceramic/cement composite scaffold fabrication and applications thereof An indirect solid free form scaffold manufacturing technique is provided. More particularly, the present invention provides a set of molds, casting methods, mold removals, and surface modification techniques that are compatible with image-based design methods and wi... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081624 | Scanning probe microscopy probes and methods A method for fabricating scanning probe microscopy (SPM) probes is disclosed. The probes are fabricated by forming a structural layer on a substrate, wherein the substrate forms a cavity. A sacrificial layer is located between the substrate and the structural layer.... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7067080 | Process for the production of composite tubing particularly for air conditioning and tubing thus obtained A process for the production of composite tubing, particularly for air conditioning, from a structure of mineral or organic fibers, natural or artificial. The structure of fibers is impregnated with a suitable resin, and after shaping in or on a mold, the temperatur... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6998082 | Method for manufacturing of water-proof cover for zipper tab A method for manufacturing of water-proof cover for zipper tab includes taking a zipper where holes are provided on the tapes thereof at the position adjacent to one end of the tooth-chains; covering an upper mold provided with a sprue thereon and a lower mold on th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6921503 | Lost foam molding A method is provided for molding an article (10) that includes a polymer (100) such as an epoxy resin, reinforced by fibrous material (102) such as fiberglass which is embedded in the polymer material, especially for a hollow article such as a s... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6899838 | Method of forming a mold and molding a micro-device A method of forming a device including a plurality of micron or sub-micron sized features is provided. A master having a surface contour defining a plurality of features is provided. The surface contour of the master is coated with at least one layer of material to ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6890470 | Method for producing a fiber composite structural component A fiber composite structural component such as a fitting, bracket, mounting or the like is produced by applying fiber material such as fiber threads or fiber yarns in an automatic circular weaving operation to a core that has at least two sections, to form a fiber m... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6878323 | Method of manufacturing a stay-in-place form A stay-in-place method of manufacturing a composite form that is used to provide a strong and durable concrete structure. The form includes a composite shell having an inner wall surface defining an enclosure into which concrete may be poured and allowed to harden. ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6869559 | Material and method for three-dimensional modeling The present invention is a modeling technique wherein a three-dimensional model and its support structure are built by fused deposition modeling, using a thermoplastic blended material containing a polyphenylsulfone (PPSF) polymer and a polycarbonate (PC) polymer to... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866737 | Method for mechanically embossing a surface covering using a recyclable solidified slurry embossing tool Disclosed is both a method and apparatus for mechanically embossing a surface covering. The apparatus includes an embossing tool comprising a slurry. The slurry includes both a filler and binder. The method includes printing a slurry onto a surface covering and comp... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6830718 | Method of manufacturing honeycomb structures A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure, the method comprising the steps of forming staggered cells through the entire thickness of a fiber fabric, causing loosely held pegs to penetrate into respective ones of the cells, each peg having a cross-section of s... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6824636 | Method of manufacturing a composite golf club head A method for manufacture of a hollow complex three-dimensional fiber golf club head having at least one hole. A fluid-removable core is shaped in the general form of the golf club head, placed in a flexible pressurizable bladder around the core, at least one ply of ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6818162 | Method of manufacture of baby-feeding nipple There are provided methods for fabricating baby bottle nipples which mimic the function of the human breast nipple. In the human breast nipple, milk is delivered to the baby through 15-25 fluid-delivery capillaries called lactiferous ducts. These ducts are 2-4 centi... | 11/16/2004 |
