Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7841072 | Apparatus and method of application and development Disclosed herein is a development apparatus having a plurality of coating units and a development process unit stacked on each other in a layered direction in a process block which is connected at the rear side of the carrier block. A first transportation unit, whic... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7624498 | Apparatus for detaching a semiconductor chip from a tape An apparatus for and a method of detaching a semiconductor chip from a tape minimize the likelihood that the semiconductor chip will crack. The apparatus includes a holder, a first ejector having an upper end, and a second ejector whose upper end is disposed central... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7617595 | Apparatus for producing capacitor element member The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a comb-like capacitor element member including a guide member and a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded to the guide member, comprising an automatic feed mechanism for feeding tape-like metal ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7513033 | Apparatus for workpiece assembly An apparatus for workpiece assembly is disclosed. In the illustrated embodiment, the apparatus includes a carousel which rotates between a plurality of assembly stations for assembly. Workpieces are loaded onto or unloaded from the carousel at a load/unload station ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7437818 | Component mounting method A component mounting apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of components on a board. The aparatus is provided with a board holding device for holding the board at a board holding position, a first mounting head for holding and taking out a component fed from... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7430798 | Electronic component attaching tool An electronic component attaching tool suitable for an external shape of a semiconductor device is prepared. The electronic component attaching tool has a function of aligning a position of the semiconductor device to an IC socket. The electronic component attaching... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7398593 | Apparatus for producing capacitor element member The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing a comb-like capacitor element member including a guide member and a plurality of rectangular metal foil pieces bonded to the guide member, comprising an automatic feed mechanism for feeding tape-like foil b... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7392583 | Securing solid-matrix panels for cutting using a tooling fixture Tooling fixtures and methods are described for securing a solid-matrix panel for cutting. In one embodiment, a tooling fixture includes a first clamping system and a second clamping system. The first clamping system receives a solid-matrix panel of PCBs and secures ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7373718 | Test device for a heat dissipating fan A test device for a heat dissipating fan, which is suitable for testing if the fan wheel is secured to the housing firmly, includes a support post, a transverse slide unit, which is disposed at the top of the support post and provides a transverse slide seat, a vert... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7367115 | Component mounting apparatus A component mounting apparatus having a work conveyor-positioner unit is arranged on a supporting base to convey and position a substrate in an X direction. Supporting frames extend vertically from ends of the supporting base and face each other in a Y direction. Th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363702 | Working system for circuit substrate A working system for a circuit substrate enabling a control of stopping the substrate without inconvenience. A PWB detector 308 held by a Y-axis slide 252 of an XY robot 266 moving a component mounting head, has reflection type photoelectric sen... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363693 | Wire-processing device A wire-processing device has a belt-drive that feeds a wire to a swivel-arm with a gripper. Drives operate the swivel-arm in a swiveling motion and/or in a linear motion. The swivel-arm has a neutral position on a longitudinal axis of the wire and on the axis is a p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353596 | Component mounting method In component mounting process for a plurality of components to be mounted onto a board, a plurality of bump electrode portions formed on mounting-side surfaces of the components to be mounted onto the board are brought into contact with a bonding-assistant agent so ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353589 | Component mounting apparatus A component mounting apparatus includes one head unit which has a component holding member capable of holding a component and which is selected from among a plurality of types of head units according to a type of the fed component, a head moving unit which has a hea... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350289 | Component feeding head apparatus, for holding a component arrayed In component feeding head apparatus, a head unit having a holding unit for releasably holding a component and a rotating unit for rotating the holding unit around its center of axis is set as an object of an up-and-down operation and an inverting operation, and a he... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341478 | Electric power supply device for slide structure The electric power supply device for a slide structure includes: a casing which receives a wiring harness folded in a U-shape; a slider which holds a movable end of the wiring harness and slidably engages with the casing; and a harness supporting member which slidab... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325298 | Pressure apparatus and chip mounter A contact member is supported on the support shaft. A force sensor is coupled to the support shaft. A movable member is coupled to the force sensor. The pressure apparatus allows the movable member to cause the axial movement of the support shaft. A first guide serv... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316060 | System for populating a circuit board with semiconductor chips A system for populating a three dimensional array of semiconductor chips is disclosed. The system facilitates the surface mounting of semiconductor chips with chip carriers to achieve the three dimensional array of chips. The system includes a chip carrier pallet th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308757 | Intermediate product manufacturing apparatus, and intermediate product manufacturing method An intermediate product manufacturing apparatus for carrying intermediate products and processing the intermediate products with a plurality of processing apparatuses is provided, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of carrying means for carrying the intermediate ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302755 | Head assembly for a component mounter Provided is a component mounter having a plurality of revolving nozzle spindles, which can simultaneously pick up and mount two or more electronic components. A head assembly for the component mounter includes: a base frame; a rotary housing rotatably mounted on the... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287315 | Apparatus for measuring slider mounting position in magnetic head, and magnetic head manufacturing system using the measurement apparatus The present invention provides a measurement apparatus for obtaining a suitable position on a suspension where a more miniature magnetic head slider is to be mounted to the suspension, the apparatus including a front camera having a photographing optical axis within... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7266877 | Tooling for manufacturing large-section rigid harnesses The invention relates to tooling for preparing a large-section harness comprising at least one cable. The tooling includes an output module (19) for receiving the terminal end of the cable. The output module (19) comprises three tools mounted on an out... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252541 | Structure for receiving and supporting a folded wiring harness The electric power supply device for a slide structure includes: a casing which receives a wiring harness folded in a U-shape; a slider which holds a movable end of the wiring harness and slidably engages with the casing; and a harness supporting member which slidab... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243416 | Apparatus for press-contacting electric wire, method of press-contacting the same and wire harness manufactured by the method A structure of a press-contacting holding part is not complicated so that press-contacting operation of press-contacting an electric wire to the press-contacting terminal is easily and precisely performed. According to the invention, an apparatus of press-contacting... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225051 | Closed-loop feedback for maximizing Cpk in progressive forming operations A method and system for maximizing process capability in a progressive forming operation. The method compensates for deviations introduced by unformed components, and uses closed loop feedback to compensate for deviations introduced by forming tools. Fiducial featur... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210221 | Transfer system for assembling a head gimbal assembly A base plate and load beam for an HG assembly are formed in series, stacked, and transferred by a transfer system in the form of the stacked-layer series to undergo the necessary assembly processes such as layer joining, slider attachment, and electrical connections... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191512 | Tray system for holding and positioning components The present invention provides a tray for holding components having first and second sides, wherein the first side has at least one first component receptacle for engaging said component; and the second side has at least one component engaging member, and further wh... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188410 | Insertion of electrical component within a via of a printed circuit board A printed circuit board and method for reducing the impedance within the reference path and/or saving space within the printed circuit board. In one embodiment of the present invention, a printed circuit board comprises a plurality of conductive layers. The printed ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7165318 | Components placing apparatus A substantial apparatus width along a board carrying direction of an electronic component placing apparatus for placing electronic components on a board having a length L along the board carrying direction is a total dimension 4L+SL. Specifically, 4L d... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7159306 | Modular rotary anvil A modular rotary anvil for mounting on an ultrasonic welding machine. The modular rotary anvil includes a first end segment configured to attach to the ultrasonic welding machine, a second end segment configured to attach to the ultrasonic welding machine, and at le... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7155813 | Programmer systems A micro device using assembly system for feeding, programming, and placing micro devices on circuit boards includes a robotic handling system capable of picking up and placing the micro devices on the circuit boards on a conveyor system. A control system controls th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137195 | Method for mounting electronic parts onto a board Provided is an electronic parts mount apparatus for taking out semiconductor chips from a semiconductor wafer held on a wafer hold section by a transfer head comprising a plurality of suction nozzles and transporting and mounting the semiconductor chips to and on a ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7120996 | Component mounting apparatus having component supply tables provided on opposite sides of a component transfer path There is provided a plurality of component mounting apparatuses for sucking a plurality of components by a mounting head section and successively mounting the components onto a board located at a board positioning section. The component mounting apparatuses are arra... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7100278 | Component mounting apparatus and method A component mounting apparatus have a pair of component supply sections, and first and second mounting head sections. Each of the first and second head sections has a rotary member driven about a horizontal axis, component suction nozzles attached to the rotary memb... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096914 | Apparatus for bonding a chip using an insulating adhesive tape In an embodiment of the invention an apparatus is configured to stack a plurality of semiconductor chips having the same or similar size. The apparatus includes a tape providing unit for providing an insulating adhesive tape, a tape attaching device for attaching th... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096571 | Method for transferring component tape information to a component mounting machine and means therefore A method of transferring component tape information to a component mounting machine, a tape guide for guiding a component tape in a component mounting machine, and a tape magazine for receiving the tape guide. The tape guide is arranged for quick and ready attachmen... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089655 | System for operating and resetting PCB holding device A system for performing an operation to a printed wiring board (PWB) having an apparatus for automatically resetting a PWB supporting device including a supporting table, supporting members which are set on a surface of the supporting table to support the PWB, a sup... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080450 | Apparatus for terminating wire assemblies A machine for terminating wire assemblies comprising: a means for holding a wire assembly; a linear movement means for moving said means for holding between a first area and a second area; an insertion head; and, a means for dislodging; wherein, after a wire assembl... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7069647 | Method for populating a substrate with electronic components A novel method and placement system are configured for populating a substrate with an electronic component. The placement system has a substrate holding device for receiving the substrate, a wafer holding device above the substrate holding device serving for receivi... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7062841 | Method of manufacturing a formable laminated stack in a progressive die assembly having a choke A method of manufacturing a stack of interlocked laminations in a progressive die assembly having a choke. A strip of sheet stock material is provided and a plurality of laminations are stamped therein. Each of the laminations include at least one interlock feature ... | 06/20/2006 |
