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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7985368 | Method for manufacturing a push button switch member To separate resin molded parts that are used for a push button switch member with less light leakage from the side faces and less trouble in key operation, easily, a resin molded body comprises one or more resin molded parts for a push button switch member, a frame ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7807092 | Ceramic nanocomposite powders reinforced with carbon nanotubes and their fabrication process The invention relates to methods for fabricating ceramic nanocomposite powders, comprising a ceramic matrix and carbon nanotubes homogeneously dispersed in the ceramic matrix. The ceramic nanocomposite powders of the invention can prevent property deterioration due ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7687008 | Method for producing ceramic honeycomb filter A method for producing a ceramic honeycomb filter having large numbers of flow paths partitioned by cell walls, the flow paths having plugs at positions separate from an end surface of the honeycomb filter, comprising the steps of introducing a base-forming material... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7347966 | Method for manufacturing ceramic heater A method for manufacturing a ceramic heater includes mixing a conductive ceramic powder, an insulating ceramic powder, a sintering aid powder, and a solvent so as to obtain a slurry, drying the slurry so as to obtain a heating-element material powder, forming a gree... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7329379 | Method for solid freeform fabrication of a three-dimensional object A method for creating a three-dimensional solid freeform fabrication object with phase-change material includes depositing a bulk amount of phase-change material in a defined region, selectively ink-jetting an ultraviolet initiator onto a predetermined area of the p... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7309461 | Ultrasonic crimping of a varied diameter vascular graft A method of crimping a varied diameter graft is includes the steps of (i) providing a flat-woven tubular graft having an enlarged woven bulbous portion disposed between flat-woven tubular ends, wherein the flat-woven diameter of the bulbous section is greater than t... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299662 | Ultrasonic cleaning system for cleaning a plurality of parallel extending, strand like products, such as example wire, profiles and pipes The invention concerns an arrangement for ultrasound cleaning of several strandlike articles (4) traveling next to each other, such as, e.g., wires, profiles and pipes, by means of a liquid excited by ultrasound in a borehole (3), which is only slightl... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7275290 | Touch fasteners Molded male touch fastener components, and methods of making such components are disclosed. Components include multiple, discrete features that extend laterally from a common side of an upper end of a formation, for engagement of loops. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7236166 | High-resolution rapid manufacturing The present invention is a method for forming an object, the method comprising jetting a first material to form a plurality of layers that define a support structure increment, and extruding a second material to form a layer of the object. The layer of the object su... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7199515 | Organic light emitting element and light emitting device using the element An organic light emitting element which can employ non-sublimable (non-volatile) or insoluble materials while keeping the same level of light emission as prior art is provided. Dispersive particles (202a) of an insoluble organic material that is disper... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7128868 | Balloon wing forming apparatus and method An apparatus and method for shaping at least a portion of a medical balloon comprise a balloon shaping device capable of applying a radial inward force to at least a portion of the medical balloon and at least one vibratory device capable of applying vibratory energ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127309 | Modeling apparatus with tray substrate A modeling apparatus includes a platform and a substrate, which are adapted to be releasably locked together to provide a surface for building up models in an additive-process three-dimensional modeling machine. The substrate comprises a substantially rigid, non-dus... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125512 | Rapid prototype injection molding Disclosed is a method and apparatus for making a prototype injection molded part. An extruder of the type used for fused deposition modeling injects production thermoplastic material into a heated nonconductive plastic mold tool slowly at low pressure in an isotherm... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104773 | Three-dimensional laminating molding device A three-dimensional laminating molding device includes ejection heads that eject support material for a support, and an ejection head that ejects mold material for a mold. The support material is sold at room temperature. An inner temperature of the laminating moldi... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105117 | Manufacturing method for increasing thermal and electrical conductivities of polymers A method of manufacturing to increase the thermal and electrical conductivity of polymers includes layering a filled polymer with an unfilled polymer to produce a multi-layered system of alternating filled and unfilled polymer layers. The filler material comprises t... | 09/12/2006 |
| RE39191 | Sonic treatment to selectively reduce the void volume of sintered polymers The present invention provides a method of sonic treatment to selectively reduce the void volume of a sintered polymer such as porous high density polyethylene (HDPE). The invention also provides a method and an article of manufacture for receiving a liquid sample, ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074484 | Materials having shape-memory The present invention relates to shape deformable materials, which are capable of (1) being deformed, (2) storing an amount of shape deformation, and (3) recovering at least a portion of the shape deformation when exposed to electromagnetic radiation (EMR) energy. T... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7052638 | Hook and loop fastener Forming a fastener component having heads constructed to engage loops formed e.g. of fibers of a mating component, comprises forming, from a thermoformable material, a preform product having a sheet-form base and an array of preform stems integrally molded with and ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047859 | Optical recording medium-manufacturing apparatus An optical recording medium-manufacturing apparatus which is capable of reducing wear of a cut-forming blade section used for forming a cut in a resin layer, without increasing the component costs of the apparatus. An ultrasonic horn includes a hollow-cylindrical cu... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6989196 | Microencapsulation of magnetic material using heat stabilization Microencapsulation methods and products are provided. The method includes forming, at a first temperature, a emulsion which comprises aqueous microdroplets, including the agent (e.g., a magnetic material or drug) and a cross-linkable matrix material (e.g., a protein... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6960314 | Molding of fastening hooks and other devices Methods of forming mold cavities suitable for hook and loop fastening are disclosed, along with effective hook construction and hook and loop fastener products that have an ultrathin cross-section. Photochemical techniques are employed to form plates that define hoo... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6916441 | Post processing three-dimensional objects formed by solid freeform fabrication A method for removing supports from a three-dimensional object formed by solid freeform fabrication. The three-dimensional object and support structure both contain a phase change component in order to achieve the desired phase change characteristics needed for disp... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6872352 | Process of making web or fiberfill from polytrimethylene terephthalate staple fibers The invention relates to webs or batts including polytrimethylene terephthalate crimped staple fibers and fiberfill products comprising such webs and batts, as well as the processes of making the staple fibers, webs, batts and fiberfill products. According to the pr... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6852266 | Ultrasonic assisted deposition of anti-stick films on metal oxides A method and apparatus for ultrasonic assisted deposition of a release agent onto a workpiece is disclosed. The release agent can be any fluorinated or non-fluorinated phosphorous-containing organic acid. The workpiece can be any workpiece desired to be coated with ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6835346 | Method and apparatus for processing a linear groove to an air bag portion of a skin for a vehicle In the invention, an oscillating horn of an ultrasonic processing apparatus is moved along a planned process line and along the side of a rear face of a resin skin which is fixedly held so that the front face is closely in contact with a flat face of a surface table... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6827896 | Vibration assisted processing of viscous thermoplastics Cure and consolidation of a viscous thermoplastic resin, especially one that softens and melts at a high temperature, is improved by assisting autoclave pressurized momentum transport for compaction of the composite using high frequency, low amplitude acoustic vibra... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6790403 | Soluble material and process for three-dimensional modeling A process for three-dimensional modeling in which an alkali-soluble thermoplastic material is used in an additive deposition process to form a soluble support structure (28) for a three-dimensional object (26) under construction. The alkali-soluble the... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6773250 | Method and apparatus for degating molded parts from a runner A system for removing from a molding tool a runner assembly having a plurality of molded parts that are connected to a runner via gates and subsequently degating the plurality of molded parts from the runner is provided. The system includes a source of ultrasonic en... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6708734 | Vibrational removal of excess particulate matter An assembly and method enhances particulate matter retention during the filling of a moving cavity. The assembly further reduces the tendency of particulate matter to come to rest at a point other than in the moving cavity. The assembly for enhancing particulate mat... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6660208 | Detoxification of solid freeform fabrication materials A detoxification process for rendering three-dimensional objects formed by solid freeform fabrication techniques biocompatible for use in long-term dermal contact applications. The process nullifies cytotoxins normally present in objects formed by solid f... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6652781 | Method for manufacture of optical element In a method for manufacture of an optical element, a thin film is formed on a surface, such as a grating surface, an aspherical surface or a spherical surface, formed on a mold. Then, a substrate is bonded to the thin film. Subsequently, the thin film and... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6592799 | Vibration assisted processing of viscous thermoplastics Cure and consolidation of a viscous thermoplastic resin, especially one that softens and melts at a high temperature, is improved by assisting autoclave pressurized momentum transport for compaction of the composite using high frequency, low amplitude aco... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6586073 | Films having a microfibrillated surface and method of making Fibers and microfibrillated articles are provided by imparting fluid energy to at least one surface of a highly oriented, voided, melt-processed polymeric film. The fibers and microfibrillated articles are useful as tape backings, filters, thermal and aco... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6558593 | Method for pressing ceramic powders In a method for pressing ceramic powders comprising a powder compaction stage within a mold, after exerting the powder compacting pressure the powder is subjected to close-together pressure pulses while maintaining the compacting pressure applied.... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6533987 | Methods of making materials having shape-memory The present invention relates to shape deformable materials, which are capable of (1) being deformed, (2) storing an amount of shape deformation, and (3) recovering at least a portion of the shape deformation when exposed to electromagnetic radiation (EMR... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6454986 | Method of making a fibrous electret web using a nonaqueous polar liquid A method of charging fibrous webs with nonaqueous polar liquids. A web 20 that contains nonconductive fibers is wetted with a nonaqueous polar liquid 14. The web 20 is then substantially dried 22 to provide a fibrous electret web. The fibrous electret web... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6416705 | Method for devulcanization of cross-linked elastomers A method and apparatus for devulcanizing cured or cross-linked elastomers. The method includes subdividing elastomeric raw material into small particle form, confining the particles of elastomer under high force, as in a screw extruder or the like and, as... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6395216 | Method and apparatus for ultrasonically assisted melt extrusion of fibers An apparatus and a method for the melt extrusion of a molten thermoplastic polymer, e.g., as fibers and nonwoven webs, which apparatus and method utilize ultrasonic energy to assist in the melt-extrusion process. The apparatus includes a die housing which... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6387295 | Alkali metal-containing niobate-based piezoelectric material composition and a method for producing the same An alkali metal-containing niobate-based piezoelectric material composition comprises a solid solution represented by a composition formula (ANbO3) (A: alkali metal), and at least one additive selected from Cu, Li and Ta.... | 05/14/2002 |
