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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7039996 | Method and apparatus for replacing gripping member on wire bucket handle An apparatus and method for replacing the gripping member of the handle of a bucket. The replacement gripping member includes a plurality of interfitting pieces which can be installed on the handle of a bucket without requiring that the handle be removed from the bu... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039997 | Apparatus and method for securing engagement between fastening components of pre-fastened garments In a method and apparatus for securing engagement between fastening components of a pre-fastened garment the fastening components are aligned in at least partially overlapping relationship with each other and engaged with each other to define an engagement seam. The... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039998 | Method of assembling grommet and jig for assembling grommet A method of assembling a grommet, comprising the steps of: providing a grommet assembling jig which has a mounting portion and a guide portion; providing a first division body which has a seal portion; providing a second division body which has a fixing portion, the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039999 | Method for installation of semiconductor fabrication tools This process for the installation of semiconductor fabrication tools includes designing standard modules for connecting the sources of the process gases and liquids t so that, for each gas and liquid, the sources of each required gas and liquid only need to be conne... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040000 | Method for manufacturing a golf club head A method for manufacturing a golf club head with a disparate metallic material provided on a hosel side of the head, which can improve degree of freedom in the design of a head. A head body is made up of a columnar material body 13 made from a forgeable metal... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040001 | Metal encaustic tile making machine A metal encaustic tile making machine includes a machine base, a corrugation forming roller unit controlled to corrugate a continuous sheet of metal sheet material into a corrugated metal sheet, an angle forming unit controlled to stamp the corrugated metal sheet in... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040002 | Method for terminating a conductor of a superconducting cable A method of terminating at least one conductor of a superconducting cable comprising a plurality of superconducting tapes, comprising the steps of associating an electrically conductive connector radially at the at least one conductor, embedding and end of the super... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040003 | Inductive coupler for downhole components and method for making same The present invention includes a method of making an inductive coupler for downhole components. The method includes providing an annular housing, preferably made of steel, the housing having a recess. A conductor, preferably an insulated wire, is also provided along... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040004 | Method of making a data storage device having an actuator with a rail Longitudinal edges of an actuator arm are provided with stiffening elements in order to raise natural resonant frequencies of the arm so as to prevent resonance from occurring. The stiffening element is shaped and positioned so as to be able to individually “tuneâ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040005 | Process of making a GMR improvement in CPP spin valve head by inserting a current channeling layer (CCL) A method of fabricating a current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) giant magnetoresistive (GMR) sensor stack, wherein the parasitic resistance of the high-resistance antiferromagnetic (AFM) pinning layer is effectively reduced by enlarging its surface area and forming b... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040006 | Self-piercing rivet, process and device for setting a rivet element, and employment thereof A fastening element (1), in particular for blind riveting, has a setting head (4), a deformation segment (2) and a shank end (3). The deformation segment (2) is arranged between the setting head (4) and the shank end (3 | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040007 | Crimping tool for connecting a modular plug connector A crimping tool is provided for connecting a modular plug connector with a telephone/data cable, and an axial connector with a coaxial cable, including a pair of operating arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends to define on opposite sides of the pivot axis... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040008 | Device for carrying out maintenance work in a region of a plant delimited by a wall having at least two facing surfaces The maintenance device comprises a robot (2) for carrying out maintenance work in a remote-controlled or programmed way in the maintenance region. The robot (2) comprises a supporting part (2a) connected to a clamping support (3) s... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040009 | Heat sink hand placement tool A heat sink hand placement tool for manually installing a heat sink to an integrated circuit (IC). The heat sink tool includes a heat sink interface block having a lower surface adapted to provide a force on a heat sink disposed over an IC. A force transducer interf... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040010 | Autofeed speed rivet tool An autofeed speed rivet tool and method which does not require a mandrel to be constantly withdrawn and re-stocked, is very efficient and can be used in a flow line application without requiring the line to be stopped to re-load the tool with rivets. A flexible tube... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040011 | Wiring substrate manufacturing method A wiring substrate is manufactured in short TAT. Wirings of the wiring substrate are formed by an exposure treatment using a photomask which has shade patterns each containing at least nano particles and a binder. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040012 | Method of electrically and mechanically connecting electronic devices to one another A method is provided for electrically and mechanically connecting a first electronic device to a second electronic device. At least one electric contact of the first device is located against an electric terminal of the second device. The electric contact is tacked ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040013 | System and method for printed circuit board net routing A method, system, and product for routing nets along a printed circuit board through an obstacle field and a circuit board having traces produced in accordance with the routed nets is disclosed. The nets are routed by identifying a general path for each of a pair of... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040014 | Method of producing a helical coil chip An object of the present invention is to provide a coil chip having a structure with which downsizing of the coil chip can be realized and a high inductance and a high Q can be obtained and to provide a method of producing such a coil chip. In order to attain the ob... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040015 | Tube finning machine and method of use This invention relates to a tube finning machine (10), and in particular to a machine capable of fitting several fins (26) to one or more tubes (26) at the same time, the assembled finned tube being suitable for heat exchange applications. Accor... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040016 | Method of fabricating a mandrel for electroformation of an orifice plate A method of fabricating a mandrel for electroformation of an orifice plate. An array of mask elements may be created adjacent a substrate. Surface regions of the substrate disposed generally between the mask elements may be removed, to create a base having a base su... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040017 | Methods for making and implementing fluid delivery ring A fluid delivery module for use in preparing a substrate is provided. The fluid delivery module includes a process bowl designed to contain a substrate to be prepared. The process bowl has a bottom wall and a sidewall. The fluid delivery module further includes a fl... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040018 | Radially expandable tubular with supported end portion A method is provided of radially expanding a connector for interconnecting a first tube to a second tube, the connector including a pin member extending into a box member. The pin and box members have cooperating support means arranged to support the pin member so a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040019 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing hydro dynamic bearing device A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a hydro dynamic bearing device is provided for the finishing treatment of lubricating oil after lubricating the hydro dynamic bearing device, specifically for properly and effectively wiping off the lubricating oil adherin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040020 | Wire stripper A wire stripper that can be utilized to rapidly strip insulation from a number of wires simultaneously and can be used simultaneously on a variety of different gauge wires. A stripping block has a plurality of wire apertures of varying diameters. Cooperating and con... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040021 | Hair trimming device with removably mountable components for removal of split ends and styling of hair A hand held hair trimming device which when pulled through the hair trims only a determined portion of the ends of hair strands while leaving adjacent hairs uncut. The device will cut a predetermined length off only the distal ends of the hair shafts each time it ha... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040022 | Utility knife A utility knife having a handle and a blade holder which is pivotally mounted on the handle for movement from an unfolded position to a folded position. The handle has a space adapted to receive the blade holder when the blade holder is in its folded position. The b... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040023 | Toolless blade holder for a reciprocating tool A reciprocating saw is provided having a motor oriented within a housing for operably driving a saw bar and blade holder in a reciprocating motion. The blade holder has a longitudinal slot for receiving a saw blade, and a transverse aperture extending into the longi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040024 | Razor assembly storage system A shaving equipment system is provided that includes a razor assembly, a replacement cartridge container, and a storage apparatus. The storage apparatus includes a body, a wall attachment mechanism, a razor assembly holder, and a replacement cartridge container hold... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040025 | Device and method of detecting rotation angle A rotation-angle detecting device contains two rotators having the same number of teeth, which engage with a gear fixed to a rotation-detecting axle as a detected object. The detecting device further includes a controller. Receiving a rotation-angle signal from the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040026 | Wheel runout measuring method A method for measuring side run-out of a wheel by turning the wheel mounted on a roller supported rotatably. It is judged whether or not the difference between the side run-out of a wheel at the start point onf one turn and the end point of one turn falls within a s... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040027 | Rear peep sight for mounting to a bow string, having interchangeable sight ports for accommodating user preferences A rear peep sight for mounting to a string of a bow and having interchangeable sight ports for accommodating different user preferences. A mounting member mounts to the string of the bow and a sighting member is interchangeably attached to the mounting member so as ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040028 | System, apparatus and method for alignment of propeller shaft supports and engine of a water vessel A system, apparatus and method for alignment of a marine engine in a water vessel with either an existing or a design propeller shaft line of a propeller shaft of the vessel. The invention is also useful in positioning and aligning propeller shaft supports to the de... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040029 | Method for detection of vehicle movement during wheel alignment measurement A method for use with a vehicle wheel alignment system to detect vehicle roll or elevation change during a vehicle wheel alignment procedure requires the steps of observing individual vehicle wheels, and detecting a substantially simultaneous changes in position or ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040030 | Laser centering device A laser centering device (30) that is attached to a survey apparatus by replacing it with a centering telescope optical system is formed of an inner barrel (32) that fixes a pentagonal prism (40) at one end thereof and is internally provided wit... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040031 | Level device A level (100) includes a light source (10) and a cone-shaped reflecting element (40) with reflecting surface for reflecting light beam from the light source to produce a circumferential leveling plane. The light source is arranged adjacent to th... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040032 | Method and device for measuring whether a process kit part meets a prescribed tolerance A go no-go gauge and method for verifying whether a process kit part used within a plasma chamber of a plasma processing tool has accumulated excessive wear or deposits. The gauge includes a component for verifying whether a dimension of a process kit part feature v... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040033 | Six degrees of freedom precision measuring system The present invention relates to apparatuses and methods for calibrating relative motions of moveable parts using plurality of balls, rods, and liner encoders which form configurations to measure multiple translational, angular and squareness errors simultaneously. | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040034 | Multi-purpose marking device A device and method are provided for marking bolt holes in sill boards. The marking device includes a rectangular, substantially planar member having a first end and a second end. One or both ends are configured to receive an anchor bolt. A first punch is positioned... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040035 | Tape measure with combination wheeled directional controlling device and marker A marking tape measure having a marking applicator, which is selectively engageable, adjacent this applicator being a wheel or other directional guide for guiding the applicator generally perpendicular to the direction the tape measure's tape blade extends from the ... | 05/09/2006 |
