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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186172 | Structure for sensing refrigerant flow rate in a compressor A structure for sensing refrigerant flow rate in a compressor. The structure includes a passage forming member, a restriction hole, a differential pressure-type flow rate sensor, and a partition plate. The compressor includes a housing connected to an external refri... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187057 | Blast nozzle with blast media fragmenter A media blast nozzle for cleaning a surface with compressed air and ejected particles of a sublimating blast media comprises a media size changer to change a size of the blast media particles. The media blast nozzle has an entrance and an exit and a throat therebetw... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182316 | Oscillatingly driven machine tool The invention discloses an oscillatingly driven machine tool, having an oscillatory drive for driving a drive shaft about its longitudinal axis, having a flange provided on the drive shaft against which an oscillatory tool can be clamped by spring force via a counte... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177606 | Dust shroud for rotary tools A dust shroud for rotary tools includes a front half and a back half which are attachable together along an axis thereof to form a dust shroud. The dust shroud is mountable to a rotary power tool after mounting a mandrel in the power tool, and includes one or more o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177604 | Surface abrading method of photosensitive layer of electrophotographic photoreceptor A surface abrading method of an electrophotographic photoreceptor is disclosed, comprising abrading the surface of a photosensitive layer with an abrading member entrained about a backup roll with feeding the abrading member and rotating the photoreceptor, while mov... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177603 | Polishing pad composition Polishing pads for use in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) or polishing elements/surfaces of such pads are made from a combination of immiscible polymers, for example polyurethane and polyolefin. The polymers are selected on the basis of interfacial interacti... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172650 | Automatic shift dual-action tool Tools providing automatic, smooth shifting between random orbital and rotary motion by simply increasing or decreasing force applied are taught. Exemplar is a finishing tool switchable between grinding rotary action and random orbital sanding action without powering... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172649 | Floor edger and grinder device A floor edger and grinding device 10 has a deck 20 pivotably mounted to a rear frame 18 with a handle 16. The deck has a motor 22 mounted thereon that drives two grinder discs 24 in opposite rotational directions. The deck h... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172646 | Magnetically actuated chuck for edge bevel removal Provided are magnetically actuated wafer chucks that permit a wafer to be clamped or unclamped at any time during a process and at any rotational speed, as desired. Such wafer chucks may include constraining members that are movable between open and closed positions... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167272 | Lubricating systems, lubricant atomizing devices and methods of using the same A portable hand-held lubricant atomizing device includes an inlet for receiving pressurized gas from a pressurized gas source. A flow control mechanism is associated with the inlet for controlling delivery of the pressurized gas. A lubricant tank includes a wire pul... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162719 | Method and device for processing lens The optical surface of a lens (21) held and rotated by the rotating shaft (12) of a lathe is cut or ground into an aspherical surface from a direction perpendicular to the axis of the rotating shaft (12) and the axial direction of the rotating s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162723 | Method of polishing a tungsten carbide surface The invention is directed to a method for polishing a surface comprising tungsten carbide, comprising contacting a surface comprising tungsten carbide with an oxidizing agent, a polishing component, and a liquid carrier, and abrading at least a portion of the surfac... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162724 | Surface treating method and apparatus A surface treating apparatus treats a substrate surface by rotating a cylindrical polishing member in a state where the polishing member makes contact with the substrate surface. A polishing liquid is supplied to a polishing liquid passage that is provided in a cent... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162722 | Grindstone contact sensing method and its device, and honing method and honing machine A grindstone contact sensing technology capable of sensing the contact position of the honing grindstone with the inner circumference of the work at high precision. A servo motor for driving the spindle rotation, and a servo motor for driving the depth of cut are pr... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157615 | Device and process for applying and/or detaching a wafer to/from a carrier The invention relates to a device for applying and/or detaching a wafer to/from a carrier with a deformable membrane which can be aligned parallel to the contact surface of the wafer, with one contact side for at least partial cont... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157614 | Method of making and apparatus having windowless polishing pad and protected fiber A polishing system includes a polishing pad with an aperture that extends through all layers of the polishing pad and a light transmissive film positioned on top of a light-generating or light-guiding element of an optical monitoring system. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152602 | Grinder and core drill with dust collection A core drill or a grinder power tool design is disclosed herein also incorporated to a dust collection apparatus. The tool has a motor portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion being characterized by a hollow shaft together with a casing forming a conduit for t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152151 | Clamping fixture including a chuck and a workpiece pallet releasably located thereon A clamping fixture comprises a chuck (1) and a workpiece pallet (22) releasably located thereon. The chuck (1) is provided with a clamping mechanism for locating the workpiece pallet (22). The clamping mechanism comprises a plurality of c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152595 | System and method for optical endpoint detection during CMP by using an across-substrate signal In a polishing process, the characteristics of the removal process may be monitored at different lateral positions to identify the clearance of the various device regions with a high degree of reliability. Consequently, upon forming sophisticated metallization struc... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146902 | Hybrid composite wafer carrier for wet clean equipment A carrier structure for supporting a substrate when being processed by passing the carrier through a meniscus formed by upper and lower proximity heads is described. The carrier includes a frame having an opening sized for receiving a substrate and a plurality of su... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147297 | Surface grinding machine and grinding head therefor A surface grinding machine generally consisting of a drive means provided with an output shaft; a planetary disk mounted on the shaft; and at least two grinding head units mounted on the planetary disk, each including a housing mounted on the planetary disk, a shaft... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141859 | Apparatus and method for effecting pin-to-shoulder tool separation for a friction stir welding pin tool An apparatus and method for separating a pin tool from a shoulder tool, after the pin tool and shoulder tool have become welded together during a friction stir welding operation. In one exemplary embodiment a frame is used to support the shoulder tool. A fluid press... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144309 | Imprint lithography A chuck apparatus for holding a substrate is the disclosed. The chuck apparatus includes a first surface portion on which the substrate is to be held and a second surface portion adjacent to the first surface portion and extending at least partially around an edge o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142262 | Sanding device with detachably mounted sanding element The invention relates to a grinding device, comprising a mounting body which is detachably connected to a grinding element, said detachable connection being designed such that the mounting body has a first adhering arrangement and the grinding element has a second a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141860 | Foldable cutting board A versatile, foldable and disposable cutting board (1) for preparing food is made of a thin, resiliently flexible sheet of propylene, stainless steel or other cut-resistant material. The board has a triangular section (11) projecting away from the user... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142257 | Detecting device for abnormal workpiece rotation in non-circular workpiece grinding machine In a non-circular workpiece grinding machine, a proximity sensor is arranged to face a non-circular portion of a workpiece for sensing a maximum diameter portion of the non-circular portion to detect that the maximum diameter portion is rotating in a detection phase... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137163 | Burnish head design with multiple pads on side rail A disc burnishing head includes an array of burnishing pads and a first and second side rail projecting from a bottom surface of a slider body. The side rails each have an inside surface facing the burnishing pads and an outside surface facing outward. The outside s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137165 | Dust shroud with adjustable mounting mechanism A universal dust shroud includes mounting brackets held above the shroud body by springs. The brackets move radially and vertically relative to the body to accommodate different angle grinders, and allow vertical movement of the shroud body relative to the grinding ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133094 | Dust shroud with access hatch retention mechanism A vacuum shroud for an angle grinder includes a removable hatch for grinding in a corner and provides a storage location on the shroud for the hatch in order to encourage use of the hatch when not grinding in a corner. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128464 | Chemical mechanical polishing pad A chemical mechanical polishing pad used for chemical mechanical polishing comprises a polishing surface, a non-polishing surface that is provided opposite to the polishing surface, a side surface that connects an outer edge of the polishing surface and an outer edg... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8123593 | Configuring of lapping and polishing machines A lapping or polishing machine includes a material having a first finishing surface to process a surface of a work item, a measuring tool to measure a contour of the first finishing surface, and a conditioning tool having a second finishing surface to process the fi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118645 | Polishing method, polishing pad, and polishing system A polishing method, a polishing pad, and a polishing system are described. The polishing pad with a plurality of grooves is provided. The width of each groove is W and the pitch between two adjacent grooves is P. An oscillatory movement distance of a workpiece on th... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118291 | Workpiece positioning device The invention relates to a workpiece positioning device (1) comprising at least one positioning axis (35, 39) and a modular machine frame (3) on which at least one workpiece receiving element (8, 9) is arranged. At least one frame part ( | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118642 | Method and machine tool for machining an optical object A method for machining a face (1) of an optical object (6), includes providing a machine tool which itself includes a bed (1) for locating an object to be machined. The bed (1) has a receiving surface (3) that is angularly adjustab... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113921 | Tool set for an eccentric grinder The invention relates to a grinding disk for an eccentric grinding machine. In order to operate the grinding disk (22) having different disks diameters on one and the same eccentric grinding machine for achieving grinding results at optimum quality, without a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113922 | Machine tool, in particular hand-held power tool The invention relates to a machine tool, particularly a hand machine tool, which comprises a driving motor and an air guide element, which is disposed in the housing of the machine tool and conducts an air current passing over the driving motor to the outside. The a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109494 | Workholding apparatus having a movable jaw member A device for holding a workpiece, the device comprising a base, a first jaw member, a movable jaw member, and features which allow the movable jaw member to be moved in large increments relative to the first jaw member in addition to features which allow the movable... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105132 | Eccentric grinder An eccentric grinder has a drive which is arranged in a housing and the drive shaft of which drives a supporting shaft of a back-up pad by way of an eccentric mounting. Also provided is a friction braking device, which comprises a friction braking element on the hou... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104753 | Support means Support means are provided for supporting one or more items in use. The support means includes at least first and second members and at least one of said first and second member movable relative to the other member to allow clamping and/or unclamping on an item loca... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100742 | Grinding method for wafer having crystal orientation A grinding method for a wafer having a mark indicating the crystal orientation. The grinding method includes a first grinding step for grinding the upper surface of the wafer by rotating a chuck table holding the wafer thereon, rotating a grinding ring, positioning ... | 01/24/2012 |
