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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8052923 | Method of producing products of amorphous metal A method of producing three-dimensional bodies which wholly or for selected parts consist of amorphous metal. A metal powder layer (4) is applied to a heat-conducting base (1, 13), and a limited area of the layer is melted by a radiation gun (5)... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7829012 | Enhancement of thermal stability of porous bodies comprised of stainless steel or an alloy A method for treating a porous item constructed of metal powder, such as a powder made of Series 400 stainless steel, involves a step of preheating the porous item to a temperature of between about 700 and 900° C. degrees in an oxidizing atmosphere and then sinteri... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7722802 | Coated powder particles for producing three-dimensional bodies by means of a layer constituting method The invention relates a powder material consisting of coated particles for a powder-based rapid generative prototyping methods, in particular by compressing a 3D binder. Said powder material consists of individual plastic, metal and/or ceramic particles and/or granu... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7378052 | Method and apparatus for producing free-form products A method and apparatus for producing products from a powered base material, by means of so-called free form fabrication, wherein the powder granules are bound together into a solid product. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7332689 | Tacking method and apparatus An apparatus for tacking a multi-lumen tubular assembly together comprises a laser, an optical member and a placement tray for retaining the tubular assembly. A portion of the optical member defines a window that is substantially transparent to laser energy emitted ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311873 | Process of direct powder rolling of blended titanium alloys, titanium matrix composites, and titanium aluminides The invention relates to manufacturing of fully dense strips, plates, sheets, and foils from titanium alloys, titanium metal matrix composites, titanium aluminides, and flat multilayer composites of said materials by direct powder rolling of blended powders followed... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7282710 | Scanning probe microscopy tips composed of nanoparticles and methods to form same A structure and method for improving the spatial resolution of a scanning probe microscope (SPM) tip, which has been coated with a layer of chemically-synthesized nanoparticles. The nanoparticles are either single-species or heterogeneous, such that the single-speci... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279228 | Wear-resistant sintered contact material, wear-resistant sintered composite contact component and method of producing the same A wear-resistant iron-based sintered contact material is provided which is sintered by powder sintering so as to have high density, high seizure resistance and wear resistance. A wear-resistant iron-based sintered composite contact component composed of the wear-res... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275925 | Apparatus for stereolithographic processing of components and assemblies An apparatus for providing gross location, planarization, and mechanical restraint to one or more electronic components such as semiconductor dice to be subjected to stereolithographic processing. A double platen assembly including a first platen and a second platen... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7256467 | Materials and methods for forming hybrid organic-inorganic anti-stiction materials for micro-electromechanical systems A micro-electromechanical device is formed on a substrate. The device has sliding, abrading or impacting surfaces. At least one of these surfaces is covered with an anti-stiction material. The anti-stiction material is provided from a slicon compound precursor (e.g.... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241415 | Metallic parts fabrication using selective inhibition of sintering (SIS) A selective inhibition of sintering (SIS) technique may be used to fabricate a three-dimensional (3-D) dense metal object from a binderless metal powder. Layers of metal powder are provided on a build tank. For each layer, regions of the layer are sinter-inhibited, ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7205230 | Process for manufacturing a wiring board having a via A process for manufacturing a wiring board comprising a substrate made of an insulation material and having first and second surfaces, first and second conductor patterns formed on the first and second surfaces, respectively, and a via conductor penetrating the subs... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7159487 | Method for making a polycrystalline diamond insert drill bit body A method for forming a drill bit body is disclosed which comprises infiltrating powdered tungsten carbide with a binder alloy in a mold. The mold has therein at least one displacement adapted to form a mounting pad for a cutting element. The displacement comprises a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7141207 | Aluminum/magnesium 3D-Printing rapid prototyping A 3D Printing Rapid Prototyping process using Al/Mg particles coated with a metal (i.e. copper, nickel, zinc, or tin) that (1) prevents oxidation of the Al/Mg particles, and (2) either alone, or when alloyed with the aluminum or magnesium core metal, melts below the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7128551 | Surface smoothing of stereolithographically formed 3-D objects A stereolithographic method and apparatus for forming polymeric structures comprising a plurality of overlying layers, each layer formed by polymerizing a thin layer of liquid photopolymer on a prior layer. Crevices formed at the layer interfaces are filled by a ste... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125748 | Methods of encapsulating selected locations of a semiconductor die assembly using a thick solder mask A solder mask includes an opening through which intermediate conductive elements may be positioned to connect bond pads of a semiconductor die exposed through an aligned opening in a carrier substrate to which the solder mask is secured with corresponding contact ar... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120520 | Energy management device An energy management device is provided in a first energy related system and manages transfer of energy between the first energy related system and a second energy related system remote from the first energy related system, each of the first and second energy relate... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7108829 | Method of manufacturing sliding part and compressor provided with the sliding part A method of manufacturing a sliding part includes the steps of forming a green member by injection molding integrally and unmixedly two powdery metallic materials of different compositions, sintering the green member and subjecting the green member to at least one h... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104860 | Method for manufacturing a partition wall for a display device A method is provided for manufacturing a display with a partition wall to form a luminescent cell on a base 30 of the display. The method includes a step of forming an inorganic micro-powder layer in which an inorganic micro-powder layer is formed on the base... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7082868 | Lightweight armor with repeat hit and high energy absorption capabilities A lightweight armor with repeat hit capability includes at least one layer of material that absorbs energy upon being impacted by an object through a reversible phase change and/or an elastic strain deformation of at least 5%. Once the energy of the object has been ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066513 | Operation method of nanotweezers The operation method of nanotweezers including the steps of: confirming the position of a nanoscale material by way of imaging the surface of a specimen by a scanning type probe microscope; moving the nanotweezers to the position over the nanoscale material; descend... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056095 | Impeller and method using solid free form fabrication The present invention relates to the use of solid freeform fabrication (SFF) technology in the manufacture of impeller blades. The impeller blades may be metal plated and further incorporated onto a rigid skeletal frame to allow for more desirable wear resistance an... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051783 | Precision molding method The invention relates to a method for forming a green article for subsequent sintering or infiltration. This method includes providing a mold having an internal cavity that outlines the shape of the article, introducing metal or ceramic particles into the mold in an... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045738 | Powder delivery system and method A powder delivery system for a laser-based additive manufacturing process includes a hopper adapted to contain a powder and continuously feed the powder through an output of the hopper, a rotatable disk having a top surface that is substantially flat, the top surfac... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7020539 | System and method for fabricating or repairing a part According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for fabricating a part includes a computer operable to control the fabrication of a three-dimensional part using a solid CAD model, a deposition station operable to deposit successive two-dimensional layers of m... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6995334 | System and method for controlling the size of the molten pool in laser-based additive manufacturing According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling the size of the molten pool in a laser based additive manufacturing process includes coaxially aligning an imaging device with a laser nozzle and imaging a molten pool, created by a laser, on a s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6940037 | System and method for controlling welding parameters in welding-based deposition processes According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for controlling operational weld parameters of a welding-based deposition process includes generating a solid model representing a three-dimensional part on a computer, electronically slicing the solid model int... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6937921 | Production of smart dies and molds using direct metal deposition A laser-aided, direct metal deposition (DMD) fabrication process is used for dies and molds having integrated sensors for monitoring and controlling characteristics that determine the quality of an article being processed. A method of fabricating such devices, as we... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6908688 | Graded composite hardmetals A multiple-region hardmetal tool piece. The tool piece includes a hardmetal body including a hard particle component and a binder; an additional body, the additional body including a hardmetal body having a hard particle component and a binder; a metal body or a cer... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6893560 | Filter container having a mounting plate formed of sintered metal Mounting plates used to mount filter elements within cylindrical canisters are made from sintered powdered materials, such as sintered powdered metal in order to reduce engineering and tooling lead time as well as to reduce costs. By making a mounting plate of sinte... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6881376 | Nuclear fuel body including tungsten network and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a nuclear fuel body comprising tungsten network and a method for manufacturing the same, more particularly, a nuclear fuel body in which tungsten network is continuously formed over the entire or some parts of a sintered body and a m... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6723278 | Method of laser casting copper-based composites This invention presents the process of direct laser casting of copper alloys: Cu—X (where X=Ni, Fe, W;) and their composites Cu—Y and Cu—X—Y (Y=WC, TiC, Ti+C) from powders prepared using mechanical mixing and ball milling processes. Since the metallic powder... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6699431 | Method of producing an anode for a capacitor A method of producing an anode for a capacitor, which includes the steps of molding a continuously deformable material onto a flat anode conductor and simultaneously externally shaping the material, and solidifying the material to form an anode body.... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6676892 | Direct selective laser sintering of metals A method of fabricating a fully dense, three dimensional object by direct laser sintering is disclosed. In a chamber with a partial pressure atmosphere, a beam of directed energy melts metallic powder in order to form a solid layer cross section. Another ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6652804 | Method for producing an openly porous sintered metal film A method for producing a thin openly porous metal film from a metal powder that can be sintered. The metal powder is suspended in a carrier fluid with a specific size distribution of particles, the suspension is applied to a supporting material in at leas... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6630009 | Metallic filled pastes A paste composition, including a binding agent charged with metallic powder, to be used in a solid freeform fabrication procedure, comprising: a) a solidifiable binding agent comprised of at least one polymerizable resin, with a viscosity of less than 4000... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6599465 | Composite part and method for producing the same According to the inventive method for producing a composite part (4), a support body (1) is produced from a powder with a ferrous alloy base using powder metallurgy. A magnet body (2) which is based on an alloy that is rich in rare earths is applied to th... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6585930 | Method for article fabrication using carbohydrate binder A binder, and a method of using it in conventional powder metallurgy processes and solid free form fabrication including metal powder, or combinations of metals and ceramics, in which the binder contains at least one carbohydrate as the active binding com... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6558616 | Electrode for PTC thermistor and method for producing the same, and PTC thermistor An electrode for a PTC thermistor of the present invention includes a base layer having electrical conductivity and a sintered layer formed on the base layer. The sintered layer is formed by sintering a conductive powder and has electrical conductivity, a... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6508979 | Layered nanofabrication A method for fabricating or prototyping a nanoscale object is disclosed. The method includes defining a sequence of nanolayers that represent the nanoscale object, constructing a current nanolayer on a first surface, and depositing a sacrificial layer to ... | 01/21/2003 |
