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Patents Published on 12/12/2006


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7146686Case structure for sensor structure attachable to and detachable from a shoe
The invention relates to a case structure for a sensor structure attachable to and detachable from a shoe, the case structure comprising a case and an attachment arrangement for attaching the case to the shoe, the attachment arrangement comprising an attachment proj...
12/12/2006
7146687Device for securing sheets of paper, material, cloth, etc.
A binding device is provided for holding sheets of paper and other material of diverse sizes and shapes which allows the paper/material to be easily removed and reinserted. The device includes a rigid frame, first and second lips formed on the rigid frame (the secon...
12/12/2006
7146688Apparatus and method for engaging cables
A clip comprising a base, a first clasping assembly coupled to the base, and a second clasping assembly coupled to the base. A circuit board assembly comprising a radio circuit board, a pair of RF cables, and a clip assembly secured to the radio circuit board and co...
12/12/2006
7146689Expansion ring assembly
An expansion ring assembly for sealing a gasket with respect to an annular wall of a rigid structure. The expansion ring assembly includes a drive mechanism for engaging and driving apart the opposing ends of an expansion ring to thereby radially expand the ring. Th...
12/12/2006
7146690Releasable fastener system
A releasable fastener system comprises a loop portion and a hook portion. The loop portion includes a support and a loop material disposed on one side thereof. The hook portion generally includes a support and a plurality of closely spaced upstanding hook elements e...
12/12/2006
7146691Fabric retaining clip having crenated-serrated jaw assembly
A fabric-retaining structure includes: a body; and a fabric-gripping jaw arrangement coupled to the body. The jaw arrangement includes: a crenated jaw having crenated teeth and a serrated jaw having serrated teeth. The crenated jaw is arranged in opposition to the s...
12/12/2006
7146692Non-inertial release safety restraint belt buckle systems
Body restraint systems for vehicles that include buckles for latching and retaining latch plates associated with safety belts. The buckle of each system includes a pair of oppositely biased latching mechanisms that are operative in such a manner that a force applied...
12/12/2006
7146693Tip shearing pattern in carpet
An embossed surface is positioned opposite a pile fabric from a tip shearing apparatus. As the blades of the tip shearing apparatus contact the carpet, the embossed surface selectively elevates selected portions of carpet relative to unselected portions so that a de...
12/12/2006
7146694Fabrication apparatus for an assembly of vanes for an architectural covering
An apparatus for fabricating tubular vanes and adhering the vanes to a plurality of associated ladder tapes for use in a blind assembly for an architectural opening is described. The apparatus includes a first section for unrolling resin impregnated fabric tape, fol...
12/12/2006
7146695Method for manufacturing a surface acoustic wave device with a piezoelectric substrate
A surface acoustic wave device has superior electrical power resistance that is obtained by improving stress migration resistance of electrodes. In order to form at least one electrode, for example, on a θ rotation Y-cut (θ=36° to 42°) LiTaO3 piezoele...
12/12/2006
7146696Stapling device
A stapling device for binding an article having a hole structure with a stapling medium having a loop structure corresponding to the hole structure is provided. The stapling device includes a supporting portion, a movable portion and a transmission portion. The supp...
12/12/2006
7146697Seal removal tool
A tool for removing a seal is provided, wherein the seal has a grooved inner peripheral surface. The tool comprises a tubular member and at least two jaws. The tubular member has inner and outer surfaces, and first and second ends and a passage therebetween. First a...
12/12/2006
7146698Hand-held riveting tool
A hand-held riveting tool includes a body, a tube passing through the body, a drive shaft passing through the inside of the tube, a clamping connection between an interchangeable mandrel and the drive shaft, and a hand operated pressure mechanism. The pressure mecha...
12/12/2006
7146699Screw alignment tool
A screw alignment tool. The tool includes a base, a cover and a plurality of extending elements. The base has a plurality of fasteners, fixing two work pieces. The cover is disposed on the base through a connecting means and has a plurality of holes corresponding to...
12/12/2006
7146700Method of manufacturing a pressure damper for a fluid conduit
A pressure damper for use with a fluid conduit, such a fuel rail in a vehicular fuel delivery system, is manufactured by deforming a workpiece, such as by stamping, hydroforming, or magnetic pulse forming, to have an enlarged portion of predetermined size and reduce...
12/12/2006
7146701Control housing and method of manufacturing same
A control housing is provided which encases a control board. The housing has a cover and a backing which are fixed together to secure the control board within the housing. The control board includes a plurality of switches, and the housing includes a plurality of co...
12/12/2006
7146702Method and apparatus for forming a mono-diameter wellbore casing
A mono-diameter wellbore casing. The mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member within a wellbore. A second tubular member is then plastically deformed and radially expanded in overlapping relation ...
12/12/2006
7146703Low temperature sputter target/backing plate method and assembly
A sputtering target and a backing plate are diffusion-bonded with or without an insert or inserts interposed there-between so as to have a solid phase diffusion-bonded interface. The sputtering target substantially maintains its metallurgical characteristic and prop...
12/12/2006
7146704Method for coupling connectors using an anti-rotation device
The present invention is generally directed to an anti-rotation device for mating connectors, and methods of using same. In one illustrative embodiment, the method comprises coupling a first connector to a second connector, removing at least a portion of the second ...
12/12/2006
7146705Manufacturing cell using tooling apparatus
A manufacturing cell having a plurality of work stations, where at least one of the work station comprises a metalworking machine, and where at least one metalworking machine is provided with a modular tooling apparatus. The modular tooling apparatus consists of a b...
12/12/2006
7146706Method of making an electric motor
An electric motor has a field assembly, such as a stator, for a dynamoelectric machine has field coils that are wound to a net shape. Lead wires are brought out from the ends of each field coil. The field coils are insulated with insulating sleeves or insulating slo...
12/12/2006
7146707Method of assembling a balanced high speed generator rotor
An improved apparatus and method of having a pair of end caps on a rotor assembly of a multi-pole high-speed generator is provided for use with a turbine engine. The rotor assembly provides improved balancing and/or cooling during generator operation. The rotor asse...
12/12/2006
7146708Method of making a composite electric machine rotor assembly
A method of making composite electric machine rotor assembly of a desired magnetic pattern. Magnetic segments and non-magnetic segments are separately formed to green strength, and then arranged adjacent to each other in a desired magnetic pattern. A small amount of...
12/12/2006
7146709Process for producing superconductor
A superconducting material useful for forming electrolytic devices is made by establishing multiple niobium or tantalum components in a primary billet of a ductile material; working the primary billet through a series of reduction steps to form the niobium or tantal...
12/12/2006
7146710Two stage lubrication process for disk drive
A method for creating a hard drive includes installing a slider in a disk drive having at least one disk lubricated with a first stage lubricant. The slider is designed to be in contact with the disk at initial use. The slider is burnished. A second stage lubricant ...
12/12/2006
7146711Method to make planarized GMR head for high track density
A method for forming a planar GMR read-head having a narrow read gap, a narrow track-width and being well insulated from its lower shield. The method requires the formation of a planarized bottom magnetic shield in which concave regions, symmetrically disposed about...
12/12/2006
7146712Pattern forming method and method of making microdevice
A metal film made of a metal material (e.g., NiFe, CoFeNi, or FeCo) including an iron atom is formed on a substrate (S101). Subsequently, the metal film formed on the substrate is plasma-processed in an environment including a gas (e.g., an oxygen gas having ...
12/12/2006
7146713Method of manufacturing a base plate
A method for forming a base plate in which the base plate is stamped out of a sheet of metal. One of a relief surface and a boss are formed in the base plate by press working the base plate. ...
12/12/2006
7146714Manufacturing a magneto-optical write/read head
A method of manufacturing a digital magneto-optical signal write/read head including a thin-film in-plane magnetic coil disposed on an outwardly directed surface of a coil substrate. Coil lead in and coil lead out sections of the coil are extended to an interconnect...
12/12/2006
7146715Spin pressure power tool
Apparatus for installing a rivet nut or the like having an intentionally threaded shaft wherein the apparatus includes a hydraulically geared power tool having an inner hydraulic fluid containing a chamber and a screw adapted to engage the threaded shaft of the nut ...
12/12/2006
7146716External tube extraction device with a cylindrical collapsing wedge
The invention is related to a tube extracting device for removing a tube from a conventional drum of a boiler or heat exchanger. The device includes a wedge which is driven into a tube hole between the tube outer wall and the hole in the drum that the tube is in. Th...
12/12/2006
7146717Component rejection station
The present invention features a method and apparatus wherein a component in a component placement machine is rejected during the placement cycle and subsequently retained in a component rejection station. A component is imaged and the image processed using an autom...
12/12/2006
7146718Apparatus for mounting semiconductors
When mounting semiconductor chips, the semiconductor chips are presented on a wafer table where they are picked one after the other by a pick and place system, transported and placed onto a substrate that rests on a supporting surface of a substrate table. The wafer...
12/12/2006
7146719Multilayer circuit component and method for manufacturing the same
A multilayer circuit component and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the difference of the amounts of baking shrinkages between each of the glass-containing layers is small, and the enlargement rate of the diameter of the via hole formed in each of the g...
12/12/2006
7146720Fabricating a carrier substrate by using a solder resist opening as a combination pin one indicator and fiducial
A method for forming a fiducial and pin one indicator that utilizes a single solder resist opening in a die mounting substrate to perform the combined functions of prior art fiducials and pin one indicators. Methods of fabricating a carrier substrate using the combi...
12/12/2006
7146721Method of manufacturing a sealed electronic module
A circuit board is inserted into an open-ended housing and potting material is dispensed onto the exposed face of the circuit board in a single step to seal the circuit board to the housing. One or more electrical interconnects such as a connector header or a ribbon...
12/12/2006
7146722Method of forming a bond pad structure
A bond pad structure comprising two bond pads, methods of forming the bond pad structure, an integrated circuit die incorporating the bond pad structure, and methods of using the bond pad structure are provided. Each of the bond pads comprise stacked metal layers, a...
12/12/2006
7146723Method of improving connection of contacts
The mechanical connection of contacts through induction soldering is improved. To which end, a plastic dome is produced through preliminary encapsulation by injection molding of at least one contact and subsequent final encapsulation, where the two contact geometrie...
12/12/2006
7146724Method of Assembling an internal combustion engine
This invention provides a method of assembling a modular internal combustion engine. The modular engine includes a cast crankcase having an open top and a closed bottom, a mid-plate, and an extruded cylinder bore block. A pre-assembled crankshaft with bearings, conn...
12/12/2006
7146725Repair of combustion turbine components
A method of repairing a combustion turbine component having damage located at or near a cooling hole or hollow or geometrically complex portion of the component is provided. The method comprises forming a preparatory groove that extends from a surface of the compone...
12/12/2006
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