Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7632168 | Surface grinding process using positioning member for securing movable jaw of adjustable wrench during surface grinding process A positioning member is used to position the movable jaw to the sliding groove of the adjustable wrench and the adjustable wrench together with the positioning member are applied by vibrate grinding technology so as to make the outer surface of the movable jaw to be... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7393263 | Method for manufacturing surface-coated cutting insert This method for manufacturing a surface-coated cutting insert includes clamping and holding a surface-coated cutting insert with a pair of rotary shafts which are rotatable around an axis, and jetting an abrasive fluid to the surface of the surface-coated cutting in... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7369361 | Magnetic head and magnetic head substructure including resistor element whose resistance corresponds to the length of the track width defining portion of the pole layer A method of manufacturing magnetic heads comprises the step of: fabricating a magnetic head substructure by forming components of a plurality of magnetic heads on a single substrate, wherein a plurality of rows of pre-head portions that will be the respective magnet... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367869 | Method of masking and a hot melt adhesive for use therewith A method of masking includes adhering a removable pressure sensitive adhesive to a masking surface to cover the masking surface and blasting the adhesive and an adjacent target surface with abrasive blast media to remove material forming the target surface wherein t... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7337528 | Textured dielectric patch antenna fabrication method A textured dielectric patch antenna is fabricated by applying a first mask pattern (310, 510, 610, 710, 915, 1015, 1210) to a first side of a solid panel made of a first material that is a ceramic dielectric and then sandblasting the solid panel through the f... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316786 | Method of polishing film to be polished A method is provided that includes a main laminate making step of forming a plurality of main magnetic poles onto a substrate, covering each magnetic pole with a first protective film, and forming onto the first protective film a stopper film provided with openings ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7294045 | Apparatus and method for edge processing of a glass sheet An apparatus for edge processing of a glass sheet, the apparatus including a shroud, a finishing member and a wiping device. The finishing member is substantially enclosed by the shroud. The apparatus uses pressurized air emitted by at least one slot in the wiping d... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7261617 | Semiconductor wafer regenerating system and method A semiconductor wafer regenerating system is capable of easily and efficiently removing fabricating patterns formed on a semiconductor wafer to enable reuse of the semiconductor wafer. The system, which removes patterns of the semiconductor wafer in a dry manner by ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251887 | Tool for balancing rotating components A tool for limiting a cut on an impeller having a shaft and vane is provided. The tool includes a shield member having a sidewall, a top, and an inner cavity. The tool also includes a first cut opening extending through the hub sidewall to the shield member inner ca... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246427 | Method to achieve both narrow track width and effective longitudinal stabilization in a CPP GMR read head Biasing schemes used for CIP GMR devices were previously thought to be impractical for CPP devices due to current shunting by the abutted hard magnets. In the present invention the CPP stripe is a narrow conductor directly above the free layer. The resistivity of th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7237321 | Method for fabricating a CPP magnetic transducer using CMP-assisted lift-off and a CMP-resistant metal layer A method is described which uses a CMP resistant metal layer to replace the upper dielectric layer in the track width definition phase of a TMR or CPP spin valve magnetic head. The metal which is selected to be resistant to the CMP process can be rhodium (Rh), plati... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238083 | Wafer carrier with pressurized membrane and retaining ring actuator A wafer carrier for controlling downward force and edge effect during chemical mechanical planarization. A retaining ring actuator is disposed within the retaining ring to control the height of the retaining ring relative to the bottom surface of the wafer carrier. ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7229345 | Knife sharpener The invention concerns a knife sharpener for household knives or the like. In order to design a knife sharpener, which, one the one hand, can be used for sharpening and sits solidly on a surface without it having to be held, and which, on the other hand, is producib... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223154 | Method for forming and using planarizing pads for mechanical and chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic substrates Methods and apparatuses for planarizing a microelectronic substrate. In one aspect of the invention, a first portion of an energy-sensitive, non-sacrificial planarizing pad material is exposed to a selected energy without exposing a second portion of the material to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7196016 | Fabrication process for preparing recording head sliders made from silicon substrates with SiOovercoats A method for fabricating recording head sliders made from silicon substrates, is described. A Silicon wafer with a SiO2 overcoat is provided, and a layer of material which is resistant to Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) is deposited on the SiO2 | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192334 | Light-emitting display device and method for making the same A method for making a light-emitting display device having a substrate with light-emitting layers on a surface of the substrate and constituting pixels, light emission from the pixels being electrically controlled, and having barriers delimiting at least one side of... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185419 | Method of manufacturing a mask for evaporation A mask frame assembly for evaporation includes a mask and a frame which supports the mask. The mask includes a metal layer having a predetermined pattern, and a coating layer which is formed on a surface of the metal layer so as to increase a precision of the predet... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187859 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing contact lenses The present invention is directed towards adhering a contact lens button on a fixture for use in shaping, forming and/or otherwise configuring a contact lens. For example, in accordance with one exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a combination of adhesi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7170184 | Treatment of a ground semiconductor die to improve adhesive bonding to a substrate Methods are provided to improve the adhesive bonding of a semiconductor die to a substrate through an adhesive paste by forming a layer of silicon dioxide on the back surface of the semiconductor die prior to applying the adhesive paste. Contacting the semiconductor... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169022 | Method and apparatus for creating a groove in a collector ring of an electrical device A method and apparatus for creating a groove in the surface of a collector ring for use in an electrical device. The method and apparatus can be used to create a new groove in the surface of a collector ring having none, or can be used to enhance or re-form an exist... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144146 | Transparent substrate for area light emitting device, a method for producing transparent substrate, and area light emitting device and liquid crystal display device A transparent substrate used for an area light emitting device. The transparent substrate comprises a light incidence surface and a light exit surface opposite to the light incidence surface. A plurality of recesses are formed on the light exit surface bulged toward... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137873 | Grinding method for workpiece, jet guide means and jet regulation means used for the method A grinding method is provided which can grind a processing surface of a workpiece by a blast processing without use of specific abrasives to obtain a glossy surface such as a mirror surface. Abrasives together with compresses fluid are injected to the processing sur... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121925 | Method for dicing semiconductor wafer into chips A method for dividing a semiconductor wafer into chips according to the present invention is a method for dividing a semiconductor wafer into a large number of semiconductor chips, the semiconductor wafer having a semiconductor layer formed on a substrate. A first m... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108584 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing liquid drop ejecting head The method and apparatus manufacture a liquid drop ejecting head. The method and apparatus blast particles on a substrate having on an upper layer a patterned mask layer made of an organic material and on a lower layer a driver circuit for ejecting a liquid drop to ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097745 | Method of forming a tunneling magnetoresistive head A method of forming a tunneling magnetoresistive head begins by forming a tunneling magnetoresistive stack having a tunnel barrier. An air bearing surface is formed of the tunneling magnetoresistive stack. The air bearing surface is ion etched causing a deficiency o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094130 | Method for fabricating a magnetic transducer using a slurry with spherical particles for CMP-assisted photoresist lift-off A method is described which uses a CMP slurry with an abrasive of spherical particles to lift-off photoresist used in the patterning of the sensor for a magnetic transducer. The spherical particles, preferably less than 0.015 microns, are preferably silica, alumina,... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066799 | Protection mask for surface treatment of turbomachine blades A protection mask used during surface treatment for a turbomachine blade, including for example a sand blasting step and/or a metal coating step, includes at least one part matching the shape of a portion of the blade. The mask is designed to resist surface treatmen... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063596 | Vibratory material removal system, tool and method Material is removed from objects to be marked or machined by applying tools having cutouts arranged in a pattern on the objects, filling the cutouts with abrasive particles, pouring a molten metal over the tools to solidify as a backing, and then ultrasonically vibr... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7039488 | Method of determining remaining film thickness in polishing process A method of determining remaining film thickness in polishing process provides a technology for controlling a polishing amount of CMP in a device isolating process with satisfactory accuracy regardless of the ratio between the area of each of device forming regions ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7033247 | Electric sharpener The invention relates an electric sharpener, comprises a main frame, a main shaft, a motor, a transmission wheel, a grinding stone, and an electric control circuit. The motor is mounted on an angular frame which in turn is mounted on the main frame. The transmission... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7001827 | Semiconductor wafer front side protection There is provided a method for making a wafer including the steps of providing a substrate having a first surface, an opposite second surface, and at least one side edge defining a thickness of the substrate, the at least one side edge having a first peripheral regi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6997784 | Storage device slider with sacrificial lapping extension A process for fabricating sliders with one or more sacrificial structures (extensions) that facilitate lapping to create the air-bearing surface (ABS) is described. Prior to separating individual sliders from a wafer, a mask of material that is not removable by deep... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974366 | Garment image abrasion system and method A garment image abrasion system and method for abrading an image into a garment is disclosed. The garment image abrasion system includes a template member having a template surface in the shape of an image desired to be abraded into a garment. In the disclosed metho... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6949004 | Method for reducing pole and alumina recession on magnetic recording heads A manufacturing process for reducing magnetic spacing loss in a magnetic recording head. The recession of the transducer relative to the substrate at the air bearing surface is decreased by applying a coating of sacrificial material such as diamond-like carbon to th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6908363 | Method for target polishing intraocular lenses A method for polishing targeted areas of an IOL while leaving other areas unpolished such as sharp posterior edges designed to inhibit PCO. In the preferred embodiment, the polishing method utilizes a stream of polishing agent directed at the IOL which is mounted to... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905966 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING REMAINING FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION, METHOD FOR DESIGNING PATTERNING MASK USING THE METHOD FOR ESTIMATING REMAINING FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BY USING PATTERNING MASK DESIGNED BY USING THE METHOD FOR ESTIMATING REMAINING FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION A method for estimating relative remaining film thickness distribution (CMP pattern ratio distribution) among sparse and dense active regions after CMP on the basis of the layout of a mask pattern in a one-chip mask region. In each mask pattern, a reduced region is ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6893330 | Tool and process for chrome plating a vehicle wheel surface A cutting tool having a crystalline tip is pressed with a uniform pressure against the outboard surface of a vehicle wheel as the wheel is rotated. The smoothed wheel surface is then chrome plated to provide a cosmetic finish to the wheel face. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6893326 | Coating removal An indium tin oxide (ITO) coating is selectively removed from a substrate by printing a mask on the coated surface of the substrate to cover those regions of the surface on which the ITO is to remain. The substrate is then abraded to remove the ITO from the unmasked... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6878630 | Method of manufacturing a wafer A method of manufacturing a wafer. The surface of a wafer for which a lapping process is completed is exposed to a caustic etch process so that the etch rate against the surface of the wafer ranges from about 0.3 to about 0.7 μm/min using an etchant containing from... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6866561 | Decorative bat A method and apparatus for producing a highly attractive, decorative baseball bat. The apparatus of the invention enables the manufacture of decorative baseball bats that exhibit a wide variety of attractive designs. More particularly, the apparatus includes a uniqu... | 03/15/2005 |
