Metal fusion bonding inventions 12/06

20060289603 - Apparatus and process for friction stir welding: The invention illustrates and describes an apparatus for friction stir welding having a pin (3) and a first friction surface segment (4), the pin (3) and the first friction surface segment (4) being driven in rotation about an axis of rotation (6), and the first friction surface segment (4) having... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20060289604 - Friction stir welding appparatus: The invention illustrates and describes an apparatus for friction stir welding, having a pin (3) and a first friction surface segment (4), the pin (3) and the first friction surface segment (4) being rotationally driven about an axis of rotation (6), and the first friction surface segment (4) having a... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20060289605 - Wire bonding machine capable of removing particles from capillary and cleaning method of capillary bottom tip: A wire bonding machine capable of removing particles from capillary and cleaning method of capillary bottom tip uses a grinding film of the wire bonding machine mounted on a clamp block. The capillary of the wire bonding machine periodically moves on the grinding film and then, the bottom tip of... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20060289606 - Monitoring in tube production: Preliminary weld seam integrity testing in tube production. In a preferred embodiment, an “ovaling pass” station helps subject a tube to weld seam integrity testing that can ferret out weld seam problems much more reliably than with conventional technology, and at a comfortably early juncture. Particularly, after a tube has... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20060289607 - Composite solder transfer moldplate structure and method of making same: A method for constructing a composite solder transfer moldplate for flip chip wafer bumping of a substrate, comprising the steps of coating at least one polymer layer onto a first side of a transparent plate, the plate having a thermal expansion coefficient similar to that of the substrate; and forming... Agent: David Aker

20060289608 - Friction stirring of high softening temperature materials using new surface features on a tool: A method of selecting a geometry for a friction stirring tool, said tool having a melting point that is higher than the workpiece material, wherein the tool is placed in motion against the workpiece to generate heat in the workpiece such that workpiece material is transported in surface features of... Agent: Morriss O'bryant Compagni, P.C.

20060283911 - Bond head link assembly for a wire bonding machine: A bond head assembly for use with a bonding machine includes a wire bonding tool and a link mechanism coupled between the wire bonding tool and the wire bonding machine. The link mechanism includes a frame, a plurality of arm links pivotably connected to the frame, and a tool support... Agent: Kulicke And Soffa Industries, Inc.

20060283913 - Apparatus for manufacturing prefabricated sandwiched building panels: Machine for producing prefabricated sandwiched building panels having upper and lower grids and insulating material between the grids. The machine has a pair of transversely movable insertion devices suitable for inserting sections of metal wire into the panel, a pair of transversely movable cutting devices vertically coaxial with the insertion... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20060283916 - Bond and repair method using a bonding fixture: A tooling for affecting the repair of turbine blade tips which generates bond line loads as a result of differential thermal expansion between the work piece and the fixture. The fixture accommodates multiple work pieces of different sizes to facilitate a batch repair process and compressive load limits are established... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060283912 - Method for welding conductors: The invention relates to a method for ultrasonically welding electrical conductors. According to said method, the conductors (32) are introduced into a compression space (30) that is delimited by at least two confining elements and are welded together after closing the compression space, ultrasound being applied via a sonotrode (16)... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20060283915 - Positioning flowable solder for bonding integrated circuit elements: A solder mask defined bond pad or a non-solder mask defined bond pad may be configured to center the solder over the bond pad using either surface attractive forces or capillary action. In some embodiments, a stub trace may be provided, for example, in opposition to the real trace to... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20060283914 - Under-cover mounting structure for an industrial vehicle: An under-cover mounting structure for an industrial vehicle includes right and left side-frames, and an under cover. The right and left side-frames face each other with an interval. The under cover is detachably mounted on the side frames by fixing means for covering a lower part of an area between... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20060283917 - Method of soldering or brazing articles having surfaces that are difficult to bond: Applicant has discovered that articles comprising inorganic surfaces that are difficult to bond can be more effectively soldered or brazed with a solder or braze containing rare earth elements where the rare earth (RE) elements are substantially kept from contact with air at soldering temperatures, i.e. the RE elements are... Agent: Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20060283918 - Use of friction stir processing and friction stir welding for nitinol medical devices: Metallic materials may be joined utilizing a friction stir processing technique. The friction stir processing technique utilizes a shaped, rotating tool to move material from one side of the joint to be welded to the other without liquefying the base material.... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20060283919 - Systematic cold working of welds: A method for welding a component includes the steps of: selecting a weld area in the part which is located near a feature of interest; applying a weld to a portion of the weld area, wherein solidification of the first weld causes deviation of the feature from a desired position;... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20060283920 - Vibration stress relief of superalloy components: A method of conditioning and stress relief for superalloy components includes vibrating the component during welding at a subharmonic frequency. The proper frequency is selected to be below a harmonic frequency, and to produce an amplitude in the range of ⅓ to ½ the amplitude produced by a harmonic frequency.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060283921 - Method of diffusion bonding of nickel based superalloy substrates: A method of transient liquid phase bonding includes the use of an interlayer between the two substrates to be bonded that is alloyed with a melting point reducing element. The interlayer forms a liquid during the bonding process, resulting in superior surface contact between the interlayer and substrates during the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060278682 - Bond capillary design for ribbon wire bonding: A device (100) and method (200) for bonding a ribbon wire (104) to a workpiece (106) comprising feeding the ribbon wire through a passageway (116) of an ultrasonic bond capillary (102) and clamping the ribbon wire against an engagement surface (120) of the bond capillary via a clamping jaw (118)... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20060278683 - Clamp device: A clamp device includes a base, a X direction positioning pin positioning a work piece in a X direction, and a Y direction positioning pin positioning the work piece in a Y direction. A X direction arm moves the work piece toward the X direction positioning pin. A Y direction... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20060278684 - Jig and method for connecting connection members using the same: A jig to be in contact with solder in reflow soldering is coated with diamond-like-carbon on at least a portion which is to be in contact with the solder. In this manner the solder is prevented from adhering to the jig. The diamond-like-carbon coating is preferably provided on the whole... Agent: Baker & Botts

20060278685 - Method for joining structural components: Two structural components, such as a gas turbine rotor hub and a rotor blade, are integrally joined to each other by friction welding, particularly linear friction welding. For this purpose, each component is provided with a joining surface and at least one of the two components is provided with a... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20060273136 - Agitator for mixing hair coloring dye: A generally cylindrical non-spherical dense body having rib members, used for agitating hair coloring dye within a mixing and application hair coloring dye container. When the container is shaken, the agitator travels randomly inside the container agitating the hair coloring dye liquids together and more thoroughly mixing the entire contents... Agent: Helmuth G. Bachmann

20060273139 - Cleaning device for a vehicular lamp: A cleaning device for a vehicular lamp including a piston 3, which has a spray nozzle 5 and a nozzle cover 7 covering the spray nozzle, and a cylinder 2, which drives the piston into and out of an opening 91 formed in a vehicle body 9. The nozzle cover... Agent: Koda & Androlia

20060273137 - Heat dissipation device with heat pipes: A heat dissipation device comprises a seat for absorbing heat from a heat generating device. At least a heat pipe has a first section thereof thermally combined to the seat, and two second sections thereof extending from the first section and remotely from the seat. Pluralities of heat sinks are... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20060273138 - Soldering apparatus for printed circuit board, soldering method for printed circuit board and soldering cream printing unit for soldering printed circuit board: Provided is a soldering apparatus for a printed circuit board (PCB) for soldering the PCB and one or more electronic components populated on the PCB, the PCB having an upper side and a bottom side that is opposite the upper side, including a PCB INVERTING UNIT for rotatably supporting the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20060273140 - Rotatable multi-pin apparatus, and process for friction driven stitch welding and structural modification of materials: A process is disclosed that creates a high shear rate in a workpiece using a head including a ring-shaped rotatable shoulder, a first pin and a second pin, both pins extending downwardly relative to the shoulder. The process includes coupling the workpiece to a table and rotating the first pin... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20060273141 - Heating apparatus: The heating apparatus allows an outlet of a heating nozzle to get opposed to an electronic component during detachment of the electronic component from a printed wiring board. Hot air blown out of the outlet of the heating nozzle is utilized to heat the electronic component. Electrically-conductive terminals thus melt... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP