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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6820050 | Event-driven graphical user interface for use in a touch-screen enabled handheld portable data terminal A graphical user interface for use in a handheld portable data terminal including a display screen and touch screen for sensing location of user contact. The graphical user interface includes a display sequence that displays multiple virtual regions on the display s... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6799370 | Manufacturing technique for optical fiber array An improved manufacturing technique for optical fiber arrays employs optical feedback in a partially assembled unit using an inspection camera. This allows immediate reworking of a problematic part. In the present invention, a video microscope is used to check the a... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6766311 | State transition system and method in interactive computer-based training An interactive computer-based training (ICBT) system operable over a computer network for training users. The ICBT system is provided with inter-dependent, state-machine-based hardware and software simulators for emulating hardware and software functionality associa... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6763583 | Tool for working on live electrical wires A tool for cutting a live electrical wire and applying a connector thereto in a safe and convenient manner has a housing with a pistol grip and actuating means on a first end and wire preparing and connector application means at the opposite second end. At least the... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6748646 | Method of manufacturing a molded heating element assembly A heated element assembly and method of manufacturing heated element assemblies is provided. The heated element assembly including a first and second molded sections shaped to mate with each other is provided. A resistance heating element is secured between the firs... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6748347 | Method and apparatus for rapidly evaluating digital data processing parameters The present invention includes a method and apparatus for simulating, for example on a desktop computer, a specific view of a hologram. A preferred embodiment of this invention suitably enables, in medical imaging, the manipulation of intensity transformations (wind... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6739040 | Method of manufacturing multilayered printed wiring board using adhesive film The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a multilayered printed wiring board by a buildup system in which a conductive circuit layer and an insulating layer are alternately piled up. This method also involves using an adhesive film to facilitate ma... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6735556 | Real-time model evaluation A method, computer readable medium and a structure for real-time simulation, which allows the user to manipulate model parameters and see the simulated result in real-time as the model is changed. The simulated result is visually compared with the data, allowing the... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6728667 | Multiple instantiation system This invention features a method of simultaneously conducting simulation testing of a plurality of simulated device designs using cycle-based software which is capable of simultaneously executing a number of simulation tests along separate test pathways for each sim... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6725543 | Droplet deposition apparatus A component for a drop-on-demand piezoelectric printhead is formed from a block of piezoelectric material and a substrate. The block of piezoelectric material has grooves formed in its lower surface and is attached to the substrate using an adhesive that is applied ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6718291 | Mesh-free method and system for modeling and analysis A method and apparatus for mesh-free engineering analysis of geometric models is described. The method and apparatus, which are preferably software-based and implemented on personal computers or other programmable processing devices, represent geometric models by im... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6708142 | Automatic motion modeling of rigid bodies using collision detection An algorithim for modeling the interaction of two colliding rigid objects. The algorithm allows the search of the optimal position and stabilization of two rigid objects when they are in contact due to a force pushing them against each other. The method does use mat... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6708183 | Spatial information search system It is an object of the present invention to provide a scheme for distributing spatial information between information providers and information users. To achieve this object, the present invention creates a corresponding index for each spatial information. Th... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6698090 | Structure of terminal connector pliers An improved structure of terminal connector pliers is disclosed. The pliers comprise a connection seat having a wire slot at the top end thereof; a first pliers body being mounted with a spring at the top end thereof, and elastically and pivotally connect... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6697769 | Method and apparatus for fast machine training A method and apparatus are provided that reduce the training time associated with machine learning systems whose training time is proportional to the number of outputs being trained. Under embodiments of the invention, the number of outputs to be trained ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6687985 | Method of Manufacturing a multi-layer circuit board A multilayer wiring board comprising a mother wiring board and a carrier wiring board, in which all of the composing layers have IVH structure. The mother wiring board (11) is formed in the manner that a plurality of resin-impregnated-fiber-sheets having ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6691079 | Method and system for analyzing test coverage A method for determining test coverage of an original high level language description which represents an electrical circuit by the data of at least one dump file exported by a simulation program, the original high level description having at least one ex... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6684482 | Method for producing an alternator assembly housing member An alternator assembly 10 having a pair of housing members 11, 12 which cooperatively contain a stator 24, rotor 18, and bearing 29. The housing member 12 includes an integrally formed bearing sleeve member 40 which receives the bearing 29 and allows the ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684483 | Method of fabricating a rotor for an electric traction motor A method of fabricating a rotor for an electric traction motor including the steps of forming cavities in the rotor, injecting magnetic material in a portion of the cavities, injecting nonmagnetic material in a portion of the cavities, and post-magnetizin... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684497 | Manufacturing methods for printed circuit boards A method of forming a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of conductive bumps with substantially coplanar upper surfaces. The method comprises the steps of applying a metal layer onto a dielectric substrate; applying a first photoresist onto said... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6682404 | Method for controlling a temperature of a polishing pad used in planarizing substrates A method for controlling a polishing characteristic of a polishing pad used in the planarization of a substrate is disclosed. The method includes controlling the temperature of a planarizing surface of the polishing pad so that waste matter accumulations ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6678952 | Method of making a microelectronic package including a component having conductive elements on a top side and a bottom side thereof A microelectronic element is formed from a structure including metal layers on top and bottom sides of a dielectric. Apertures are formed in the top metal layer, and vias are formed in the dielectric in alignment with the apertures. Top and bottom conduct... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6678946 | Method of manufacturing a circuit unit An upper surface of a bottom surface (31) of a lower casing (30), covering a lower surface of an FPC (23), is made flat so as not to hinder a coating operation in which solder paste is coated to the upper surface of the FPC (23) by a squeegee. This lower ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6678646 | Method for implementing a physical design for a dynamically reconfigurable logic circuit A method for implementing the physical design for a dynamically reconfigurable logic circuit. The method is carried out using software that forms a physical design flow to take a design specification from a schematic or high-level description language (HD... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675462 | Method of manufacturing a multi-laminated inductor A multi-laminated chip inductor (10) comprising a chip (11) provided therein with a coil (12) made by laminating insulating material sheets having internal conductors (21a) formed thereon and connecting the internal conductors (21a) into a helical shape a... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675469 | Vapor phase connection techniques Electrical connections are made between a pair of elements disposed on opposite side of the hole extending through a dielectric layer by evaporating a conductive material such as a metal having high vapor pressure within the hole while maintaining the hol... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6678643 | Event based semiconductor test system A semiconductor test system which generates a test pattern produced based on data resultant to device logic simulation performed on a computer for an LSI device designed in an electronic design automation (EDA) environment, tests the LSI device, and feedb... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6675138 | System and method for measuring temporal coverage detection A system and method for testing the quality of a simulation model for the DUT (device under test) through temporal coverage of the testing and verification process. Temporal coverage examines the behavior of selected variables over time, according to a tr... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6671947 | Method of making an interposer A structure suitable for connecting an integrated circuit to a supporting substrate wherein the structure has thermal expansion characteristics well-matched to the integrated circuit is an interposer. The integrated circuit and the interposer are comprise... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6668444 | Method for manufacturing a wound, multi-cored amorphous metal transformer core The present invention relates to improved transformer cores formed from wound, annealed amorphous metal alloys, particularly multi-limbed transformer cores. Processes for the manufacture of the improved transformer cores, and transformers comprising the i... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6658734 | Method of manufacturing a circuit member for a resin-sealed semiconductor device There is disclosed a resin-sealed semiconductor device in which plural circuit portions integrally having inner and outer terminals are arranged two-dimensionally substantially in a plane and electrically independent of one another, and have leads for int... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6655008 | Method of making a dual GMR read head with self-pinned layer and specular reflector A dual GMR or dual spin valve sensor has a self-pinned layer which has its magnetic moment pinned perpendicular to an air bearing surface by sense current fields from conductive layers in the dual spin valve sensor when a sense current is conducted theret... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651312 | Method for manufacturing a composite type thin film magnetic head having normal structure A method of manufacturing a composite type thin film magnetic head, in which saturation and leakage of a magnetic flux can be suppressed although a pole portion is miniaturized and throat height, apex angle and MR height can be precisely formed to have de... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6654195 | Disk drive having a register set for providing real time position variables to a host A disk drive provides head position information as position status variables to a host. The position status variables are derived from information formatted on a disk and processed by a media controller for storage in a position register set. The position... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6654715 | Apparatus, method, and storage medium for verifying logical device First, a graph of a set of transition sequences representing the property to be satisfied by a finite state machine which is a model of a logical device. Then, a node to be processed is selected from the graph, and one of the branches connected to the nod... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6643916 | Method to assemble a capacitor plate for substrate components A method and apparatus to mount a capacitor plate to a substrate, under a component. One embodiment of the invention involves a method to assemble a capacitor plate on a substrate. A second embodiment of the invention involves a method to fabricate a capa... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6643912 | Method of producing a commutator of an electrical machine The invention relates to a method for producing a commutator ring (10) for a commutator of an electrical machine, in which the laminas (12) of the commutator ring and fastening means (18) are formed out of a band material (27), and a selectable number of ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6640417 | Method for determining correct phasing of a three-phase brushless DC motor A method for correctly connecting the wiring for the hall effect sensors and the motor phase terminals of a three-phase brushless DC motor to the corresponding connections on an amplifier, the method using known waveforms that describe the electrical oper... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6637105 | Method of manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board The invention provides a high-density multilayer printed wiring board and a method for manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board having high-density wiring that is formed easily. A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed wiring board formed by... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6636828 | Symbolic calculation system, symbolic calculation method and parallel circuit simulation system The coefficient matrix, corresponding to the simultaneous linear equations to be solved, is divided into a plurality of row sets. The row sets as divided are processed in a parallel fashion, and entries specifying the nonzero elements contained in the fir... | 10/21/2003 |
