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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7462255 | Method for producing by laser gastight and high-temperature resistant connections of shaped parts made of a non-oxidic ceramic Method for producing by laser gastight and high-temperature resistant connections of shaped parts made of non-oxidic ceramic. The invention relates to the fields of ceramics and laser technology and relates to a method with which, e.g., low-melting-point or radioact... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459655 | Laser beam processing machine A laser beam processing machine comprising a chuck table for holding a workpiece and a laser beam application means comprising a laser beam oscillation means and a condenser having an objective lens for converging a laser beam oscillated by the laser beam oscillatio... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7449658 | Method for the restoration of damaged areal components Repair of compressor blades (6) of aircraft engines is performed by build-up welding against an essentially horizontal backing (8) whose surface shape is the exact negative of the respective bottom side of the blade to be repaired. With low rework effo... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7432471 | Laser beam hardening tool A laser beam hardening tool is comprised of an engagement portion for freely engaging with a tool holding portion of a machine tool, a beam guide path which is a passage of supplied laser beam, and a torch portion for radiating laser beam which passed through the be... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7405114 | Laser irradiation apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device The present invention provides the laser irradiation apparatus that has a galvanometer mirror and an f-θ lens optical system, can offset the change of the energy due to the transmittance change of the f-θ lens, and can scan a laser beam while the change of the ene... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405376 | Processing apparatus using laser beam Disclosed herein is a processing apparatus using a laser beam, which includes a holder for holding a workpiece, and laser beam applicator for irradiating the workpiece, held by the holder, with a pulsed laser beam capable of passing through the workpiece, thereby de... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7398658 | Gemstone marking system and method Diamonds are marked by applying apertured stencils bearing identifying indicia to the girdles, applying a fusible coating material over the apertured stencils, and then heating the coating material to fuse the material on the girdles. The stencils can be eliminated,... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396706 | Synchronization technique for forming a substantially stable laser output pulse profile having different wavelength peaks A specially shaped laser pulse energy profile characterized by different laser wavelengths at different times of the profile provides reduced, controlled jitter to enable semiconductor device micromachining that achieves high quality processing and a smaller possibl... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7385157 | Laser beam welding method and apparatus While steel sheets are positioned and held by a holding mechanism, a first laser beam is applied to a heating region of the steel sheet to space the steel sheet from the other steel sheet by a predetermined distance. A second laser beam is applied to a welding regio... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7345257 | Nozzle presetter for laser machining tool of laser beam machine The invention provides a nozzle presetter for laser machining tool of laser beam machine for externally making position adjustments of nozzles for laser machining tools mounted on a laser beam machine. A nozzle presetter 900 has a base 910, and ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7326876 | Sequential lateral solidification device A sequential lateral solidification device, for enhancing optical characteristics of the device and for preventing damage caused by an ablation of a crystallization thin film, is disclosed. The device includes a laser light source generating a laser beam, a projecti... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320733 | Electron bombardment heating apparatus and temperature controlling apparatus and control method thereof An electron bombardment heating apparatus, in which thermions emitted from filaments 9 are accelerated and impinge upon a heating plate 2, so as to heat the heating plate 2, wherein a peripheral wall of a heated material supporting member 1 | 01/22/2008 |
| 7304265 | Method and system for machining fragile material In a method for processing brittle material, a laser light from a laser light source irradiates the brittle material and transports an irradiating position of the laser light along a predetermined line, wherein the laser light L from a plurality of laser light sourc... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7288739 | Method of forming an opening or cavity in a substrate for receiving an electronic component A method of forming an opening or cavity in a substrate, for receiving an electronic component, consists of or includes providing a patterned opaque masking layer on or adjacent a first major surface of the substrate, the masking layer having an opening overlying th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288738 | Laser bruting machine A laser bruting machine has three sections: (i) a diamond holder, (ii) a set up device and (iii) a processing device. The diamond holder includes a rough diamond, a stitching die and a magnetic die. The rough diamond stone to be centered and bruted is stitched on to... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285744 | Method and apparatus for simultaneously heating materials A method and apparatus for simultaneously heating materials, in particular for welding plastic components, having an arbitrary shape of a flat heating contour by laser radiation is provided. The apparatus has, an appropriate optical arrangement that is used to conve... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282665 | Method and apparatus for processing articles with a laser beam A method for joining workpieces by welding with laser light, in which a plurality of workpieces are arranged between a lower pressure plate and a translucent upper pressure plate on a multiplicity of supporting segments movable in a vertical direction, whereby the w... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279656 | Method of and apparatus for changing the permeability of tubular envelopes of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry The invention relates to a method of and to an apparatus for perforating the tubular wrappers of plain or filter cigarettes and other rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry. The articles are advanced sideways at the periphery of a rotary drum-shaped ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276673 | Solder bonding method and solder bonding device A solder bonding method and a solder bonding device are provided, in which solder is melted, and heating of electrode portions is performed by irradiating laser light to an inner side of a region where electrodes portions are provided, making the temperature differe... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273998 | System and method for monitoring laser shock processing A method and system for monitoring laser shock peening of a work piece. A line spectrum is obtained from radiation emitted by a plasma produced by a laser shock peening process. The shape of the line spectrum about its emission peak is compared to a defined line sha... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273997 | Laser processing nozzle coupling A laser processing nozzle coupling assembly for connecting a laser processing nozzle to a laser processing head includes a hollow sleeve, a laser processing nozzle adapted to be removably coupled to the sleeve, and a collar for coupling the nozzle to the sleeve. The... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271364 | Laser welding fixture and method A laser welding fixture for holding a workpiece includes a base, a processing head adapted to magnetically couple to the base, and a collet. The processing head has at least one collet holder assembly and at least one stop. The collet is removably coupled to the hol... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265315 | Method of joining terminals by soldering A method of joining terminals by soldering is provided which allows control of increasing gas supply even in soldering performed in a gas atmosphere within a gas chamber. Utilizing a springback phenomenon occurring at a flat portion of a terminal, a solder joint of ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262385 | Material processing device A device for material processing, such as welding, joining, cutting, inspecting and the like, includes an energy beam source and one or more energy beam transfer devices. The one or more transfer devices may direct an energy beam at one or more predetermined locatio... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259351 | Heat treating assembly and method The subject invention provides a heat treating assembly. The heat treating assembly comprises a laser, a substrate, and a tool. The laser emits laser energy directed toward the substrate and the tool. The substrate absorbs the laser energy and produces heat energy w... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241966 | Wafer level package fabrication method using laser illumination The present invention relates to a WLP fabrication method capable of welding a lid wafer with a device wafer by using laser illumination. The WLP fabrication method can rapidly weld bonding metal strips of device and lid wafers with each other in order to couple the... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220939 | Laser beam machine A laser beam machine can make quality of machining almost constant in such a manner that a first reflecting means in a first beam guide portion is moved and driven so as to maintain a length of an optical path of laser beam to be almost constant in spite of a moved ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7202441 | Method for producing a hole in a body, specifically an injection hole in a fuel injector A method for producing a hole in a body, especially an injection hole in a fuel injector is disclosed. The hole (L) is first produced by a percussion boring process or a trepanation boring process using a laser. The percussion boring process lasts less than 3 second... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186947 | Process monitor for laser and plasma materials processing of materials A method for monitoring the processing of a workpiece includes directing an incident laser beam onto the workpiece and measuring a signal emitted from the workpiece. At least two signals are generated by a detector based upon the emitted signal. A workpiece processi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186945 | Sprayable adhesive material for laser marking semiconductor wafers and dies A sprayable adhesive composition having a viscosity within the range of 0.5 Pa.s to 5.0 Pa.s, containing at least one colored filler present in an amount up to 50% by weight of the adhesive composition, is suitable for marking identifications or fiducials on semicon... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7132622 | Laser machining apparatus and laser machining method There is provided a laser machining apparatus, and a laser machining method using the same. The laser machining apparatus has a body portion having a plurality of laser irradiating sections and work mounting sections, a supplying stocker for supplying workpieces, an... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126083 | Chip scale marker and method of calibrating marking position A chip scale marker including a laser system, a wafer holder supporting a wafer to be processed, and a camera moving above the wafer holder by being connected to an X-Y stage and monitoring the wafer supported on a center hole of the wafer holder, the chip scale mar... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126082 | Automated laser engraver The invention pertains to a large format, plotter-style automated laser engraver which can be used to engrave various materials. A cabinet body supports a substantially flat work surface which can be raised or lowered as desired. A gantry assembly is mounted in clos... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7109436 | Laser shock peening target A laser target includes a shank having a first wedge converging from a step to a distal end of the wedge. A complementary second wedge is mounted on the step and converges with the first wedge. The two wedges have respective target apertures aligned with each other ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109435 | Beam irradiator and laser anneal device According to the present invention, a laser annealing apparatus (10) includes a beam splitter (14) composed of first and second beam splitters (21, 22) disposed in parallel to each other to split one laser beam into four laser beams not interfer... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7081599 | Apparatus and method for processing workpieces An apparatus for processing workpieces by relative displacement of a plurality of simultaneously operating functional elements in relation to the workpieces being worked on is provided. The present apparatus includes a device for the mounting of the functional eleme... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7078649 | Method of forming semiconductor thin-film and laser apparatus used therefore A method of forming a semiconductor thin-film constitutes an alignment mark in a laser annealing process. A first laser beam is irradiated to a semiconductor thin-film to form a first irradiated region. A second laser beam, which is coaxial with the first laser beam... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7078650 | Micro-machining employing multiple independently focused and independently steered beams A system for delivering energy to a substrate includes a laser energy source providing at least two laser beams, wherein each of the beams is steered to an independently selectable location on a target, and is independently focused onto the target. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7038161 | Welding unit with miniaturized laser beam The invention provides a welding device (10) using a power laser beam (22), the device (10) being miniaturized, the device (10) being suitable for being moved very close to the surface (52a) of the part (52) to be wel... | 05/02/2006 |
