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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8176626 | Terminal reel cart A terminal reel cart that supports a reel of terminals and a terminal applicator such that the terminal applicator can be loaded with the strip of terminals and moved into position relative to a wire processing system. The terminal reel cart supports the reel of ter... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8166641 | Holding tray for substrate, substrate alignment system using the same and method thereof Disclosed are a holding tray, a substrate alignment system using the same and a method thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a holding tray for substrate capable of accomplishing high-precision alignment and conducting a stable deposition. A h... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8127436 | Device for installing aerial electrical power lines A device for installing aerial electrical power conductors on utility poles. The device includes a frame having a plurality of anchors. The anchors are arranged to provide a place for securing a plurality of pull ropes during installation of the conductors. The devi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8112878 | Assembly auxiliary jig An assembly auxiliary jig facilitates assembly of an electronic device having a casing, a first fitting, a second fitting, and a wire. The assembly auxiliary jig includes: a base having therein a receiving space for positioning and receiving the casing and an access... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8104169 | Automatic assembly jig An automatic assembly jig adapted for assembling an electronic component and a case is provided. The jig includes a working platform, a carrier, a pressure exerting device and at least a gear. The working platform has a guiding rail. The carrier is disposed on the w... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8082661 | Device for fixing a flat object, in particular a substrate, to a work surface by means of low pressure An apparatus (1) for fixing a planar object, in particular a substrate (2), on a working area (4) by means of vacuum is provided with an at least partly transparent bearing plate (5), one side of which forms the working area and which has... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082662 | Installation device for a gradient coil module in a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus An installation device for a gradient coil module in a magnetic resonance tomography apparatus has a loading cart that moves the gradient coil module away from and to the magnetic resonance tomography apparatus. A bearing girder having a track is fastened to the loa... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7987585 | System for assembling a disk drive using a robotic end effector A robotic tool for assembling a portion of a disk drive includes a movable end effector that includes a first portion and a second portion that is movable relative to the first portion. The first portion may be configured to engage the actuator assembly and the seco... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7913380 | Wafer table preparing electrical components and device for equipping substrates with the components A wafer table for providing electrical components of a wafer includes a rotary disk to receive a wafer. The rotary disk is configured to be displaced parallel to a wafer plane in discrete steps such that the components arrive at a stationary pick-up position. A stat... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7891084 | Extraction device for removing a quick-change tool holder from a base block mounting A device for extracting a tool holder from a base block mounting has a front plate and a pair of rearwardly extending arms contacting the base block mounting. An extraction nut has at least two parallel threaded holes therein. A threaded stud is threaded into one of... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7653987 | Wire-holding device A device for holding electrical wires that supply power to an in-wheel motor. A clamp for restricting movement of the electrical wires only in a longitudinal direction is provided to a front area in which the electrical wires fixed at one ends to the motor are bent ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7640654 | Electronic component transporting method A pickup device comprising a pickup surface to which an electronic component retaining liquid is to be applied and capable of adjusting a wet area of the electronic component retaining liquid on the pickup surface is prepared, and the electronic component retaining ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7421776 | Clamp to attach a stator bar to a clip A clamp for attaching a clip to an end of a stator bar including: an anchor adapted to fit into an open end of the clamp; a bracket having a first leg extending radially from the anchor and a second leg substantially perpendicular to the first leg, wherein the secon... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7406763 | Method of producing multiconductor cable harness A method of producing a multiconductor cable is provided herein. A plurality of wires are arranged in a flat array with a specific pitch at both ends of them having an intermediate portion that are bundled together and a transforming portion. The plurality of wires ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7372162 | Multiple selectable function integrated circuit module An integrated circuit module has a common function known good integrated circuit die with selectable functions. The selectable functions are selected during packaging of the known good integrated circuit die. The known good integrated circuit die is mounted to a sec... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370407 | Disc centering device A disc centering device includes a base plate, a chuck which is installed on the base plate, a hub unit which is detachably engaged to the chuck and receives discs to be stacked, disc pushers which are slidably provided outside the hub unit and include corresponding... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7325292 | Method for refinishing a test electrode A method for reusing a conductive (carbon) core/glass or sapphire cylinder test electrode comprising expelling spent core material from the tip of the electrode and refinishing the electrode tip for use in further tests and refinished test electrodes produced in acc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322623 | Sawtooth terminal blade gripper and method of gripping A gripping apparatus is disclosed. The gripping apparatus includes a first finger including a plurality of first sawteeth along a first longitudinal end and a receiving area being located between adjacent sawteeth and a second finger including a plurality of complem... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7275312 | Apparatus for precise alignment of packaging caps on a substrate The specification discloses an apparatus comprising an alignment plate having a plurality of depressions therein, each depression being sized to receive a packaging cap therein and to prevent its movement, and a force applicator to apply a force to press the packagi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269891 | High density, zero-height, free floating interconnect system A system provides a zero interconnection height in a board-to-board interconnect while maintaining efficient space allocation for multiple axis connections by providing a floating connection in one plane thereby enabling a connection in another plane. A first circui... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257887 | Die holding apparatus for bonding systems A die holding apparatus to form electrical contacts on individual dies is described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device holder is used to hold individual dies for processing and reprocessing. The semiconductor device holder holds each individual die in a sepa... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251879 | Installation, insulation displacement, and terminating tool having piston-cylinder driving assembly An installation, insulation displacement, and terminating power tool, for inserting electrical wires into, and for electrically connecting the electrical wires to electrical contact members disposed within, an electrical connector, comprises a piston-cylinder drivin... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249410 | Electric cable splicing system A system for splicing together heavy duty electric cables, especially underground cables, consisting of a static friction block and a clamping friction block located on ends of cables to be spliced. A block and tackle mechanism is interposed between the friction blo... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243414 | Device for gripping and transferring a ring of electrical conductors which is used to produce a winding and a winding-production system employing one such device The invention relates to a device for gripping and transferring a ring of electrical conductors in the form of pins which are used to produce a winding, such as a pin winding. The gripping device (C) is designed to seize the ring from a first element, such as a ring... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235757 | Device for tightly fastening at least two members A device for clamping at least two components for use in friction stir welding supports the components and holds the components in place using a plurality of channels placed under vacuum for clamping of the components during friction stir welding. Both sides of a we... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213328 | Connector mounting system A system and method are provided for arranging and mounting a plurality of connectors on a substrate in a rectangular or square configuration. The system involves the provision of a rectangular mounting frame having four elongated sides joined at four corners, with ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7197811 | Method for separating stator windings of an electric motor during manufacture A technique for separating the stator leads of an electric motor during the manufacturing process. The technique comprises a system having a lead gathering assembly, a lead separator, and a drive mechanism. The lead gathering assembly is adapted to gather together a... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191513 | Device for installation of a gradient coil unit into a magnetic resonance apparatus A device for installation of a gradient coil unit into a magnetic resonance apparatus has at least one support unit and at least one carrier unit. The carrier unit is fashioned to carry the gradient coil unit, and the at least one support unit is supported thereon s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7188402 | Disc centering device A disc centering device includes a base plate, a chuck which is installed on the base plate, a hub unit which is detachably engaged to the chuck and in which a plurality of discs are stacked, disc pushers which are slidably provided outside the hub unit, and include... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168159 | Wire termination apparatus In a wire termination apparatus, an anvil for placing a terminal thereon is mounted on a base plate, corresponding in position to a crimper of a ram. The terminal is crimped by a crimping portion, which includes the crimper and the anvil. An elongate link piece is m... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165317 | Electrode extension sheet for use in a lapping apparatus The present invention is an object to provide an apparatus or a method making it possible to easily effect connection between additional electrodes, etc. and lead electrodes when performing a processing for achieving a predetermined throat height value or crown proc... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152311 | Enhancements in framed sheet processing A flexible sheet used in manufacture of microelectronic components is held on a frame formed from a rigid material so that the frame maintains the sheet under tension during processing and thereby stabilizes the dimensions of the sheet. The frame may be formed from ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7140083 | Method of manufacturing an ink jet printer head including a plurality of cavity units A nozzle sheet has arrays of nozzles, and additionally has two first positioning holes on opposite sides of the arrays of nozzles, respectively, that are opposite to each other in a lengthwise direction of the nozzle sheet, and two second positioning holes in respec... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134191 | Terminal press-fitting device A press-fitting device in which a terminal of a connector having a staggered arrangement section of the terminal of the connector is press-fitted into an insertion hole is provided. In the press-fitting device, a first terminal restricting member on which a guide se... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131182 | Method for assembling supporting disk of motor rotor An assembly method and fixture for assembling a supporting disk of a motor rotor according to the invention is based on an “adjusting, and fixing” concept. A functional axis fixture and an adjusting axis fixture, which can match with each other for holding the s... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124499 | Apparatus for installing a length of wire The apparatus is used for installing a wire in a crimp, in particular a wire being provided on a wire spool mounted on a spool holder. The wire outputs the apparatus at a wire output guide. The apparatus comprises a crimp punch tool located in front of the wire outp... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7117582 | Method of assembling a hard disk drive having a motor bracket tooling hole for inverted motor-to-base merge process A method of enabling a reliable, motor-to-base merge process is designed for motors that are attached to a base with screws that mount from outside of the base. An assembly fixture receives the motor, which has a tooling hole for circumferentially locating the motor... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107672 | Method of mounting electronic parts on a flexible printed circuit board A plurality of flexible printed circuit boards are held on a transfer carrier, which is formed by a base plate and a resin layer formed on an upper surface of the base plate. Reference pins are positioned at reference pin openings of the carrier base plate and refer... | 09/19/2006 |
