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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418783 | Clamping mechanism for tool holder For a spring sliding on the drawbar, the coil spring is used; the removal work for keeping the inner diameters of the coil springs aligned is performed such that the clearance between the outer diameter of the drawbar and the inner diameter of the coil spring become... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7359129 | Clutched jig A clutched jig includes a housing and a clutching mechanism. The housing has a hollow hole formed along the axis of the housing, a conical hole formed in the end of the hollow hole. The clutching mechanism is received in the hollow hole of the housing. Each of clutc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7342346 | Microfabricated vertical comb actuator using plastic deformation A microfabricated actuator of the vertical comb-drive (AVC) type or staggered vertical comb-drive type for torsional or linear applications includes torsion springs which permit self-aligned deformation of the device (micromirror) structure of the actuator through t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7334238 | Optical disc device having fixing parts for directly fixing a frame of the optical disk device to an electronic device The present invention includes a frame, an optical pick-up module fixed to the frame and a circuit board forming a control circuit fixed to the frame. The frame has fixing parts to other members. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322944 | Guide wire A guide wire which includes: (a) a core wire formed with a mounting portion at the distal end portion; and (b) a plurality of coil wires being fitted onto the mounting portion substantially in tandem, and having different mechanical properties, the adjacent coil wir... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322995 | Method and apparatus for vascular and visceral clipping Devices and methods for achieving hemostasis and leakage control in hollow body vessels such as the small and large intestines, arteries and veins as well as ducts leading to the gall bladder and other organs. The devices and methods disclosed herein are especially ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313863 | Method to form a cavity having inner walls of varying slope An improved mold, for use in the formation of a perpendicular magnetic write head, is described, together with a process for its manufacture. Conventional alumina is replaced by tantalum in the yoke portion of the mold. When both the tantalum and the alumina areas a... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293347 | Manufacturing method of head arm assembly A manufacturing method of an HAA includes a step of fixing a first lead conductor member onto a suspension, a step of attaching a second lead conductor member to at least one actuator arm, a step of fixing the suspension onto the at least one actuator arm, a step of... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7232117 | Pneumatic spring pot and method for producing same A pneumatic spring pot has a pot wall and a bottom connected to the pot wall and also an annular flange connected, opposite the bottom, to the pot wall and intended for the fastening of, for example, a pneumatic spring concertina, the annular flange having a smaller... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222424 | Method for producing a tubular spring and an actuator unit comprising one such tubular spring A method for producing a tubular spring (12) in the form of a cylindrical hollow body, especially for pre-tensioning a piezoelectric actuator element (2) of an actuator unit (1) of a fuel injector comprises the step of providing a thin-walled, s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210190 | Wiping device A wiping device particularly for motor vehicles includes a wiper blade formed of a wiper rubber with two longitudinal grooves arranged opposite each other and a supporting element in the form of two elongated elastic rails arranged in the longitudinal grooves. An ad... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7192015 | Plate spring with improved settlement behavior A plate spring of a substantially circular-ring-shaped form having a substantially externally conical upper side (12) and a substantially internally conical underside (13) between which there are positioned an outer annular edge (14) and an inne... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186223 | Guide wire A guide wire, which has excellent follow-up characteristics, sufficients contrasting characteristics and flexibility at a distal end portion thereof and high elasticity at a proximal end portion thereof, includes a core wire, and a coil wire provided on the distal e... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7165521 | Variable valve timing control device A variable valve timing control device includes a rotational shaft, a rotation transmitting member assembled around the rotational shaft, and a vane assembled to one of the rotational shaft and the rotation transmitting member. The variable valve timing control devi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158316 | Suspension apparatus for auto-focus lens device and a method for fabricating the same A suspension apparatus comprises a lens holder, a suspension spring and a supporting base. The supporting base is formed with an opening for accommodating the lens holder. The lens holder is for positioning a lens unit. The suspension spring is manufactured by stamp... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7146731 | Snapping and hinging arrangements, watches and associated methods A magnet assembly connectable to a metal assembly in an engaging fashion, a metal assembly connectable with the magnet assembly in an engaging fashion and a snapping mechanism comprising the magnet assembly and the metal assembly are disclosed, to be used with a str... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136261 | Aerodynamically shaped load beam having reduced windage and reduced off-track PES A suspension for supporting a head slider over a media surface. The suspension includes a load beam, a base plate interface region, and a base plate. The load beam has a proximal end, a distal end and longitudinal centerline. A localized stiffening portion is raised... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7114359 | Method for producing bent spring rails from an endless spring band The invention relates to a method for producing bent spring rails from an endless spring band. The method is characterized by the following steps: continuous bending of a section of spring band; cutting the bent section of spring band into a spring rail; discontinuo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097564 | Flexible coupling with radially offset beams formed by asymmetric slot pairs A flexible coupling for flexibly joining two shafts includes a unitary solid cylindrical body having a first end, a second end, and therebetween having one or more longitudinally spaced circular disks spaced by asymmetric slot pairs; a radially offset beam formed be... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096577 | Explosively actuated tools A firing mechanism of an explosively actuated tool for driving a fastener into a substrate includes a cocking rod and sear for entraining the firing pin with the firing pin being releasable on cocking by rotation of the sear. The cocking rod and sear form a structur... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089666 | Microfabricated vertical comb actuator using plastic deformation A microfabricated actuator of the vertical comb-drive (AVC) type or staggered vertical comb-drive type for torsional or linear applications includes torsion springs which permit self-aligned deformation of the device (micromirror) structure of the actuator through t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7055244 | Method of manufacturing flat wire coil springs to improve fatigue life and avoid blue brittleness The present invention relates to a method of forming a coil of spring wire by winding a wire into a coil spring formed of a plurality of rings of the wire wherein each of the rings has a substantially constant strain rate. The forming speed of the wire being wound i... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037295 | Co-extruded taper shaft An apparatus and method for providing a co-extruded, tapered multi-layer shaft. A co-extruded, tapered multi-layer shaft may be fabricated by selecting a first material for the inner layer of the shaft and a second material for the outer layer of the shaft. The firs... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6986203 | Manufacturing method for a composite coil spring A manufacturing method for a composite coil spring includes the following steps: preparing a mold, winding a coil former around a mandrel of the mold, winding composite material pre-preg, compressing and heating, opening the mold and detaching the mandrel and the co... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6965501 | Integrated lead suspension for high density drive The integrated lead suspension assembly comprises several improvements. An oversized terminating pad for the electrical traces and a smaller adjacent insulation layer on the flexure assembly enable laser solder ball bonding of the pads to the read/write terminal con... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948350 | Wave-processing method and wave-processing die for core metal of wet friction material A ring-shaped core metal is pressed and compressed by a main punch and a counter punch so as to have a wave shape. Moreover, each group of three micro-protrusions provided on each of top points of the wave shape are cut in the core metal. Then, three notches are cut... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943980 | Electrostatic track following using patterned media A transducing head positioning system for use with patterned media. The patterned media comprises a plurality of data tracks and grooves. The grooved tracks can be used in connection with electrodes on a slider to create an electrostatic motor for microactuation of ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6926487 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing marked articles to be included in cans In a method and apparatus for manufacturing articles (e.g., opening tabs) to be included in cans, a metal strip is fed into an article forming unit in which the metal strip is punched and stamped to form the articles. Before the article forming operation, the strip ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926456 | Guiding device for a marking arrangement A device for guiding a continuous strip past a marking unit, which is arranged to non-mechanically provide markings on at least one strip surface, includes a longitudinal channel for receiving the strip. The channel is at least partly defined by guiding elements tha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6854182 | Method of spring rate adjustment A method of controlling the spring rate of a spring region of an unassembled or partially or fully assembled load beam for a disk drive head suspension by providing the spring region with a number of bridges which may then selectively opened to achieve a target spri... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6836964 | Method and apparatus for producing a helical spring A method for producing a helical spring by coiling an element wire while feeding the wire, and performing an after-treatment includes at least a warm setting process. The method includes (1) providing a plurality of parameters for defining a desired configuration of... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6694585 | Apparatus and method for securing end turns of coil springs to a border wire The apparatus has an indexable carriage adapted to move the coil springs and the border wire along a path. A wire cutter disposed adjacent the path has an inner member with an axial hole adapted to receive the wire and a tubular outer member receiving the... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6668454 | Method for manufacturing a liquid-discharging recording head A method for manufacturing a liquid-discharging recording head can prevent deviation in the dimensions and the pitch of grooves, serving as liquid channels, and holes, serving as discharging ports, and generation of burrs around discharging ports while ma... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6651339 | Method for producing a wiper-strip support element for motor vehicle windshield wipers The invention relates to a method for producing a bandlike-elongated, spring-elastic element (12) for supporting a rubber-elastic wiper strip (22) of a windshield wiper for vehicles, which element has two spring rails (26, 28), located with a spacing (24)... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6594902 | Active spring rate adjust A method of controlling the spring rate of a spring region of an unassembled load beam for a disk drive head suspension by partially etching the spring region and providing the partially etched spring region with a number of bridges which may then selecti... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6594903 | Apparatus and method for making a shaped-spring assembly for use in a magnetic head-to-media backer device A method and apparatus for making a shaped-spring assembly. The method and apparatus utilizes a spring forming apparatus which facilitates the forming of shaped springs without adversely effecting the characteristics of the spring, and a magazine arrangem... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6550301 | Method for producing an inclined helical spring The present invention is directed to an inclined helical spring having a plurality of coils along an inclined coil axis. Each coil constituting a part or the whole length of the helical compression spring is increased and decreased in diameter along the l... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6538214 | Method for manufacturing raised electrical contact pattern of controlled geometry An interposer includes a substrate having opposing surfaces. Conductive terminals are disposed on both surfaces, and conductive terminals on one surface are electrically connected to conductive terminals on the opposing surface. Elongate, springable, cond... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6533950 | Non-homogeneous laminate material for suspension with flexure motion limiter An integrated lead suspension is formed from a laminate of three materials in a variety of configurations having from three to five layers. The materials are stainless steel, polyimide and copper. Each layer is essentially homogeneous, but may be formed w... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6470572 | Apparatus and method for making a shaped-spring assembly for use in a magnetic head-to-media backer device A method and apparatus for making a shaped-spring assembly. The method and apparatus utilizes a spring forming apparatus which facilitates the forming of shaped springs without adversely effecting the characteristics of the spring, and a magazine arrangem... | 10/29/2002 |
