Metal working inventions 03/07

20070067974 - Depaneling system having fixture pallets that tilt toward an operator: Depaneling systems are disclosed for liberating circuit boards from panels. A depaneling system of the invention includes a cutting apparatus adapted to cut circuit boards from a panel, and a fixture pallet adapted to support a panel of circuit boards for cutting by the cutting apparatus. The fixture pallet is... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070067976 - System and method for ballizing and measuring a workpiece bore hole: A system and method are described for ballizing and measuring a workpiece bore hole. In one embodiment, a ballizing unit having a distal end removably coupled to a ballizing member moves the ballizing member from a first position within the bore hole to a second position. A metrology unit having... Agent: Seagate Technology C/o Mofo Sf

20070067975 - Fastening system head, fastening system, and method for feeding and fastening elements: A fastening system head for attachment to a movable frame, in particular to a robot, has a carrier to which a fastening tool is attached which is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The fastening tool has a holding device for an element fasteneable to a component, and has a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070067977 - Tool and a method for producing a tool: A tool 10 having at least one internal passageway, such as passageway 40, 42, 44 which may provide a vacuum onto the tangible item formation surface or portion 17, which may provide pressure to the tangible item formation surface or portion 17, or which may provide cooling to the tool... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070067978 - Method and apparatus for installing a seal: An improved method and apparatus for installing a seal is provided. The method is preferably applied to install a lip seal onto a clutch shaft of a hydraulic clutch assembly. The clutch shaft defines a lip seal groove adapted to receive the lip seal. An installation cone and a driver... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070067979 - Machine friction tool, interchangeable head and shaft: In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the interchangeable head (1) in a plane shaft-side end-face side end-face (15) comprises cutout (11) for the centring fastening on the shaft (2). The shaft (2) on an end-side plane surface (25) comprises a connection lug (21) which projects out of this plane... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070067980 - Driving tool having piston and driver blade: A method for fixing a driver blade to a piston of a fastener driving tool having a housing, a cylinder, a piston having a piston body and a boss with a groove, extending in the axial direction, and a driver blade having a pair of protrusions. The method includes positioning... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070067981 - Commutator for an electric machine and method for producing same: A commutator is made loading prefabricated metal conductor segments into a die assembly. The die assembly includes a first and second inner die and an outer die, wherein spacer strips of the outer die define the air-insulation gaps. The first step is filling of the first molding compound into intermediate... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070067982 - Method of manufacturing perpendicular magnetic recording head capable of highly precisely defining gap distance: A method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head is provided. The method accurately defines a gap layer. The method includes forming a lower gap layer made of a non-magnetic material on a main magnetic pole layer. An upper gap layer is formed on the lower gap layer, the upper... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070067983 - Method of manufacturing a thin film magnetic head: A manufacturing method of a thin film magnetic head is provided. In the manufacturing method of a thin film magnetic head, an inorganic insulating layer is formed along at least a sidewall surface of each conductor part. A gap of each conductor part is filled by an organic insulating layer.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070067984 - Method for producing a lithium microbattery: During the production of a lithium microbattery, the electrolyte containing a lithiated compound is formed by successively depositing an electrolytic thin film, a first protective thin film that is chemically inert in relation to the lithium, and a first masking thin film on a substrate provided with current collectors and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070067985 - Structural improvement of chain wheel dismounting kit: A structural improvement of chain wheel dismounting kit comprises a chuck matching stem, a screw rod, a bushing collar bloc and a matching clutch nut, wherein: a grooved rim being circularly carved on said flanged head for being looped with said elastic washer; a spring steel sleeve splinting around the... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070067986 - Riveting system and process for forming a riveted joint: A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present invention employs an electronic control unit and one or more sensors to determine a riveting characteristic and/or an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070067987 - Printed circuit board with improved cooling of electrical component: An improved cooling of an electronic component loaded to a printed circuit board, wherein the PCB comprises at its upper side at least one electronic component, and at least one heat conducting member inserted into a through-hole of the PCB, wherein the HCM extends from the upper side to the... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070067988 - Valve apparatus for an internal combustion engine: A method includes coupling a cylinder head to a cylinder block. A valve member is then moved into a valve pocket defined by the cylinder head such that a first stem portion of the valve member engages an actuator. A first portion of the biasing member is then disposed against... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070067990 - Powder metal scrolls: Scrolls made from one or more near-net shaped powder metal processes either wholly or fabricated together from sections. Both “conventional” press and sinter methods and metal injection molding methods will be described.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070067989 - Method of making an outer lever of a switchable finger lever: According to the present invention, an outer lever (1) of a finger lever (2) that can be switched to different lifts for at least one gas exchange valve is made by a deep drawing method. A salient feature of the invention is that through a special trimming operation of the... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20070067991 - Method of producing an elastic plate for an ink jet recording head: A plate member constituting a channel unit of an ink jet recording head has a metal plate which is produced by rolling an etchable material, and a polymer film which is laminated onto one face of the metal plate. The long side is perpendicular to the rolling direction of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070067992 - Optimum number of teeth setting method for helical gear pair and helical gear pair manufactured by this method: In optimum number of teeth setting method for a helical gear pair and the helical gear pair manufactured on the basis of the set optimum number of teeth of each helical gear of the helical gear pair, a sound pressure level of a gear sound is compared with the sound... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070067993 - Lightweight bicycle wheel rim and method for producing it: A method for producing a bicycle wheel rim is disclosed. The method involves extruding a thin-walled, hollow body having the cross-sectional shape of the rim and an integral external tab. The walls of the hollow body are sufficiently thin that a length of the hollow body without the external tab... Agent: Purdue Law Offices 2735 N. Holland-sylvania Road

20070067994 - Multi-piece vehicle interior trim panel: The present invention provides a method for making a multi-piece vehicle interior trim panel. In at least one embodiment, the method comprises providing a major panel having a major substrate, a sprayed urethane major skin layer disposed over at least a portion of the major substrate, and a foam layer... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070062015 - Method and tool head for machining optically active surfaces, particularly surfaces of progressive spectacle lenses, which are symmetrical in pairs: A method and a tool head are provided for the chip-removingly machining of pairwise symmetrical, optically effective surfaces, in particular of surfaces of progressive power spectacle lenses. The spectacle lenses are rotated about a first axis and are displaced along the axis. Further, a chip-removing tool is provided being positioned... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070062016 - Lower electrode dressing tool for projection welding: A lower electrode dressing tool for projection welding machine is disclosed. The dresser includes a rotating cutting mechanism that includes multiple cutting elements. The rotating cutting mechanism has an opening and locating pin in the interior of the mechanism that seats and stabilizes a lower electrode of a projection welding... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP

20070062017 - Vessel sealer and divider and method of manufacturing same: A bipolar forceps includes a shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof and a drive assembly for moving the jaw members relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein... Agent: United States Surgical, A Division Of Tyco Healthcare Group Lp

20070062018 - Methods and apparatus for manufacturing components: A method for manufacturing components is provided. The method includes coupling a drive assembly to a positioning assembly, coupling a plurality of components to be manufactured to a plurality of fixtures, securing the plurality of fixtures to the drive assembly wherein each fixture is configured to receive a component to... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070062019 - Assembly for joining structural components without welding: The disclosed assembly comprises a holding device assembly comprising a plurality of external face plates. The external face plates overlap at bolt joints so that the loading of the device bolts acts to secure the external face plates into a unitary structure that resists movement upon application of external load... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein Intellectual Property Department

20070062020 - Single technician large windshield installation tool: A single technician large windshield installation tool includes a door glass anchor and a windshield glass anchor. The door glass anchor includes a door glass clamp and a pivot structure. One end of the pivot structure extends from the door glass clamp and a pivot rod extends from the other... Agent: Donald J. Ersler

20070062021 - Method of attaching components to semiconductor processing chambers using diffusion bonding: The disclosure pertains to a space-conserving integrated fluid delivery system which is particularly useful for gas distribution in semiconductor processing equipment. The present invention also pertains to an integrated fluid flow network architecture, which may include, in addition to a layered substrate containing fluid flow channels, various fluid handling and... Agent: Shirley L. Church, Esq.

20070062022 - Method and apparatus for making a tubular composite structure: A tool for making a composite tubular structure, such as the inner skin of an acoustic liner, includes a base on which are mounted a plurality of sectors, each having an outer panel provided with a predetermined shaped surface. The predetermined shaped surface corresponds to a portion of the contour... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Goodrich Corp.

20070062023 - Drill press lathe attachment: The present invention provides a drill press lathe attachment designed for rotating a workpiece along a horizontal axis to remove material from the workpiece to form it into a desired shape. The drill press lathe attachment comprises a base and a power transfer box along with components commonly found on... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070062024 - System for processing a cable using at least two tools: The system (1) for processing a cable (5) comprises a first set of tools (30(i)), a second set of tools (35(j)) and a processing device (10) for executing different processing steps for processing a cable (5) using at least two tools (30(i), 35(j)). The processing device (10) comprises: a first... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070062025 - Method of poling ferroelectric materials: A method of poling a ferroelectric sample suitable for use in a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising providing a ferroelectric sample having a stack of ferroelectric layers, wherein adjacent layers are separated by internal electrodes, forming a first group and a second group of electrodes;... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070062026 - Fabricated rotor assembly fixture and method: In accordance with one embodiment, the present technique provides an apparatus for assembling a rotor. The exemplary apparatus includes a base that has a central aperture and a seating surface for receiving the rotor. An arbor then extends through the central aperture, the arbor having a longitudinal axis that is... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20070062027 - Inductive structure: An inductive structure having at least one winding or at least one coil and developed around a ferromagnetic core. Advantageously, the ferromagnetic core is formed by means of a multilayer ferromagnetic structure and the inductive structure is integrated in an electronic device. An inductor, a transformer, a sensor and a... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070062028 - Method for producing and inspecting tape head air-skiving edges: A method is provided for providing air-skiving edges of a tape head. A slot is created in an upper face of a substrate of a tape head. The slot includes at least one edge defining an edge of a tape bearing surface (TBS) of the tape head. The surface of... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070062029 - Method of producing electrode plate filled with active material, method of producing battery using thereof: A production method for producing an electrode plate that can hold well the active material and producing a battery using the electrode plate. A production method for an electrode plate of a battery includes the steps of: forming at least one electrode plate prototype by forming a layer filled with... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070062030 - Machine for localised cleaning with an electrolytic cell, for pickling and/or polishing metal surfaces: A machine for localised cleaning, using pickling acid or a composition/mixture of chemical elements with the effect of pickling acid, applied by mechanical feed instruments (54, 55) to the surface to be treated (5), presenting: the acid kept in a limited quantity in the work position by a cell (1;... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20070062031 - Printed circuit board including a fuse: Printed circuit board comprising a substrate, a plurality of electronic components, and a pattern of metal tracks (1) on said substrate for connecting said electronic components, said metal tracks, typically copper, being covered with a protective layer, typically a solder resist layer, wherein said board further comprises a fuse, said... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070062032 - Led lighting with integrated heat sink and process for manufacturing same: A method for manufacturing an LED lamp assembly includes anodizing at least a portion of a surface of an electrically and thermally conductive base, such as an aluminum or aluminum alloy base, so as to form an electrically insulating coating. The base may form a heat sink or be coupled... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20070062033 - Selective consolidation methods for fabricating semiconductor device components and conductive features thereof: Methods for forming conductive elements of substrates of components that are configured for use in electronic devices includes providing unconsolidated material over at least a portion of such a substrate and at least partially consolidating the material selectively or in accordance with a program. Such consolidation may be effected by... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20070062034 - Crimping press: In this crimping device, a press slide (5) is provided with a crimp-height adjuster (20) for the insulation crimper (9). The crimp-height adjuster (20) arranged on the press slide (5) above an upper tool (7) consists essentially of a rotationally hindered eccentric disk (21), a lever (22), and a magnet... Agent: Butzel Long

20070062035 - Apparatus for controlling temperature of an inline measuring device: The apparatus includes at least one heat exchanger secured on an inline measuring device. Temperature-control fluid flows through a heat exchanger, at least at times during operation, for the purpose of transporting heat. The apparatus additionally includes securement structure for the, especially releasable, fixing of the heat exchanger externally on... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070062038 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing heat pipe: A method of manufacturing a heat pipe, including the steps of: providing a hollow body with an open end and an opposite close end; filling a predetermined quantity of working fluid into the hollow body through the open end thereof after an interior of the hollow body having been evacuated... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070062037 - Method and apparatus for making heat-dissipation device having vacuum chamber and working fluid therein: A method (100) and an apparatus for manufacturing a heat-dissipation device (10) with a vacuum chamber and a working fluid therein are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: vacuuming a hollow metal casing (12) through a first open end (121) thereof until an interior of the casing reaches a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070062036 - Method of filling and sealing working fluid within heat-dissipating device: A method (100) of filling and sealing a predetermined quantity of working fluid within a hollow metal casing (11) of a heat-dissipating device such as a heat pipe (10) or a vapor chamber-based heat spreader includes the following steps: (1) filling a working fluid (16) into the hollow metal casing... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070062039 - Rim disk assembling device for full face wheel for vehicle: A mounting device for a rim disk of a full face wheel for a vehicle has a disk disposed on a rotating table rotated by a rotating device about the center axis (X) of a full face wheel and radially positioned by a hub hole fitting piece and a rim... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070062040 - Method and apparatus for producing a wheel cover and vehicle wheel including such a wheel cover: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a wheel cover and a vehicle wheel including such a wheel cover. The method for producing the vehicle wheel cover comprises the steps of: (a) providing a tooling fixture including at least a first tooling member and a second tooling... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070062041 - Method for manufacturing articles of jewellery, in particular chains for ornamental purposes, and articles which can be obtained by means of said method: Article of jewelry such as a chain for bracelets, necklaces or the like, in particular of the double-face type, comprising an inner core (2) made of flexible material, preferably precious metal, and a continuous winding obtained with a multi-layer strip (3) wrapped around so as to cover the outer surface... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070056150 - Apparatus and methods for preventing rotational slippage between a vertical shaft and a support structure for a semiconductor wafer holder: A substrate support assembly positively secures a substrate holder support to a rotation shaft with respect to rotationally applied forces. A substrate holder support is configured to have an opening in a socket into which, when aligned with an indentation in the rotational shaft to form a passage, a retaining... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070056151 - Method of processing a stent: A stent, an intermediate article in the manufacture of a stent, and a method of forming a stent from a workpiece are disclosed. A portion of the wall thickness of a workpiece may be removed, demarcating the structural framework of a stent from the remainder of the workpiece material during... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070056152 - Washing-machine disassembling method and disassembling apparatus, recycled resin and resin product: A method of disassembling a washing machine is a disassembling method for a washing machine including a reduction-gear unit (66) secured on the outside of a water tub (65) and a dehydration tub (12) disposed in the water tub (65), and the method includes a release step of applying force,... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070056153 - Fastening apparatus and method with compensation for load-induced deformation of supporting frame: Fastening apparatus comprises a frame having a pair of spaced arms supporting respective cooperable fastening members, loading of the frame during a fastening operation tends to spread the arms and cause variation of a desired predetermined relationship between the fastening members. One of the members is mounted on one arm... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070056154 - Mechanical split seal: A split seal component includes two seal face segments in two holder halves and a method of assembly and installation. Each seal face segment has a primary sealing surface and a section extending axially from each primary sealing surface. The holder halves are adapted to be joined together to rigidly... Agent: Kenneth P. Robinson

20070056155 - Method of installing flange on tubular body at desired elevation: A method is disclosed of connecting first and second bodies in a mechanical assembly at a desired connection location. An elongate connection structure is provided on the first body. The first body is installed, extending at least to the desired connection location. The first body is axially reduced, to terminate... Agent: Loren G Helmreich Browning Bushman

20070056156 - Arrangement for fastening a support of a scale and method for fastening the support, as well as a linear measuring device: An arrangement for fastening a support of a scale of a linear measuring device on a mounting surface of an object to be measured. The arrangement includes a clamping jaw and a force-exerting element urging the clamping jaw against the support. The clamping jaw acts together with the support in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070056157 - Method of controlling contact load in electronic component mounting apparatus: A method of controlling contact load in an apparatus for mounting electronic components on a substrate includes moving a head holding an electronic component down by a predetermined distance. Contact load is measured after moving the head down. A determination is made as to whether the measured contact load has... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070056158 - Method for manufacturing second-generation superconducting wire for transposition and superconducting coil manufactured using the same: A method for performing transposition of second-generation superconducting wires, and a superconducting coil manufactured using the same are disclosed. The method for manufacturing a second-generation superconducting wire comprises: slitting a multiple-layered thin superconducting wire film, obtained by epitaxial growth, to form a zigzag-shaped slit portion which includes a plurality of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070056159 - Electronic transformer/inductor devices and methods for making same: The present invention relates to transformer/inductor devices and to the methods of construction for inductive components such as inductors, chokes, and transformers. Plural via holes are formed through a ferromagnetic substrate. Primary and secondary conductors are placed through common vias to form a plurality of cell transformers have a 1:1... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070056160 - Method for fabricating a magnetic head: A GMR read head for a magnetic head, in which the hard bias layers are fabricated immediately next to the side edges of the free magnetic layer, and such that the midplane of the hard bias layer and the midplane of the free magnetic layer are approximately coplanar. The positioning... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Offices

20070056161 - Apparatus for supplying and press-fitting part to work: This part supplying and press-fitting apparatus for supplying an annular part to a predetermined position and press-fitting the part into a press-fit hole of a work in a state of being positioned in a circumferential direction includes a grip device for gripping the part; a rotation device for rotating the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070056162 - Installation device and installation method for piston ring: The invention provides an installation device and an installation method for a piston ring. The installation device includes an extruding mechanism (110) that horizontally extrudes a piston ring (R) andpositions the piston ring at apredetermined position and, after extruding the piston ring, is driven downwardly in a vertical direction by... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070056163 - Bonding structure with buffer layer and method of forming the same: A bonding structure with a buffer layer, and a method of forming the same are provided. The bonding structure comprises a first substrate with metal pads thereon, a protection layer covered on the surface of the substrate, a first adhesive metal layer formed on the metal pads, a buffer layer... Agent: Jason Z. Lin Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070056164 - Method for making a low-cost high-temperature heat exchanger: A low-cost, high-temperature heat exchanger is made from a notched piece of metal, the metal being folded back and forth upon itself to form a monolith. The notches in the metal piece create openings, communicating with distinct sides of the monolith. Ducts are attached to the openings. Cut pieces of... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20070056165 - Solid-free-form fabrication of hot gas valves: The present invention provides methods of manufacturing a hot gas valve for a divert and attitude control system in a propelled craft. The methods include the steps of building a valve, or a plurality of separate valve components or segments using a solid free-form fabrication process, and assembling the plurality... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070050960 - Device for producing expanded flat material: A device is proposed for producing expanded flat material, comprising a cutting and expanding device and a coiling device, the starting material for which is a foil web, the expanding device having toothed belt pairs or the like conveyor means guided over partially driven deflection rollers, which conveyor means hold... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070050961 - Fuel hose line installation apparatus: A fuel hose line assembling apparatus comprises a base, a transmission, a fixing member and a hose fixing jig. The base comprises at least two chutes. The transmission and the hose fixing jig are mounted on two sides of the base respectively. An adjusting screw is movably installed in the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070050962 - Steering knuckle boring apparatus and method: An apparatus for repairing steering knuckle (kingpin) bearings includes a table having multiple, adjustable slides for receiving and securing the steering knuckle to the table, a boring bar and cutter, two adjustable bearing supports for receiving and positioning the boring bar along an axis coincident with the axis of the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070050963 - Method for repairing structural cracks: A crack repair method includes forming a pair of holes into a surface of a structural workpiece on opposite sides of the crack, forming a slot into the surface of the structural workpiece to connect the holes on opposite sides of a crack, installing the cammed drawbolt assembly into the... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070050964 - Method and apparatus for fixing assembly having resilient tool connection: A fixing assembly for attaching a fixing to a workpiece, having a fixing and a resilient member. The fixing includes an aperture and is adapted for mating with the workpiece and holding the fixture. The resilient member includes a first portion secured in the aperture, and a second portion adapted... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070050965 - Hollow bar manufacturing process: A process to form a substantially thick walled hollow bar by hot rolling an elongate member to form an internal hole, whereby the elongate member is formed around the internal hole and the outer edges of the elongate member are brought substantially into contact with each other or into close... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070050966 - Method and an apparatus for the creation of a tangible item, such as a tool and/or a part, and a tangible item: An apparatus and a methodology 200, 350 for producing a tangible item 120 by the use of a plurality of sectional members, such as sectional members 10 and 14. In one embodiment, each sectional member 14 includes a protuberance 16 and these protuberances are selectively nestled to allow the various... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20070050967 - Apparatus for manufacturing steel tube and method for manufacturing the same: An apparatus and method for manufacturing a steel tube are provided. The apparatus includes: a tube-forming device for forming a steel plate into a steel tube; a heat treatment device connected in-line to the tube-forming device to heat the steel tube to a high temperature; a pre-treatment device for annealing... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p

20070050968 - Machine tool, transfer machine tool, and method for the machining of a workpiece: In order to improve a machine tool with a working area, in which workpieces can be positioned and can be machined with at least one tool held by a tool holder, such that the disposal of shavings is optimized, at least one cover is provided which limits the working area... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070050969 - Method for producing micromachined layered device: Method for producing a micromachined layered device comprising a membrane layer and a first layer on one side of the membrane layer and a second layer on the opposite side of the membrane layer, the method comprising the following steps: d) a membrane layer is applied on a substrate; e)... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070050970 - Method and apparatus for mounting a plurality of magnet segments on a back ring: A method and apparatus for assembling permanent magnet segments and a back ring wherein a fixture hold segments in circumaxially spaced relationship, adhesive is applied to the segments, externally from pressure sensitive adhesive tape and the fixture then expands to urge the segments into firm bonding engagement with the back... Agent: Russel H. Marvin Torrington Research Company

20070050971 - Magnetic read/write slider with micro-texture and method for forming the same: A method for forming micro-texture on an air bearing surface of a magnetic read/write slider, including: positioning sliders arranged in arrays on a tray, each slider having a pole tip facing upward; loading the tray into a processing chamber, which is then evacuated to a preset pressure; introducing a processing... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20070050972 - Method of manufacturing a switch panel to be disposed close to a magnetic sensor: A method of manufacturing a movable contact unit includes manufacturing a movable contact, sticking the movable contact to a base sheet made of insulating resin, and applying demagnetization to the movable contact so that the residual magnetic flux density is smaller than the operation magnetic flux density of the magnetic... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20070050973 - Device and method for assembling tapered roller bearing: There are provided a device and a method for assembling a tapered roller bearing, which allow even a tapered roller having a large taper angle to be easily assembled to a pocket of a cage. The tapered roller 35 is inserted into the pocket 33 with the larger-diameter side of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20070050974 - Efficient wafer processing technology: Consistent excess conductive material is provided for plated conductors in integrated circuit metallization, regardless of the size and depth of trenches/vias into which the conductive material is deposited. Accordingly, subsequent processing (e.g., material removal) can be consistent and efficient for wafers with different feature sizes (particularly different depths), and for... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070050975 - Blowing of optical fiber cables into ducts: A method of installing a plurality of cables into a network (30) of ducts is disclosed. The method includes blowing a plurality of cables (34) through a first duct (31) such that a first portion (35) of each of tilt; cables (34) occupies the first duct (31). The plurality of... Agent: Jack Schwartz & Associates

20070050976 - Method of repairing a crack: A method of repairing a crack in a component comprising a base material, in particular in a gas turbine blade, a suspension, which comprises a carrier liquid and at least one solid in the form of nanoparticles of the same material as the base material, being applied to the location... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070050977 - Method for rounding the edges of parts: A method for rounding edges of parts, in particular of turbo engines, is disclosed. An edge to the surfaces is rounded, the edge being created by at least two adjacent surfaces of the part. A blasting jet consisting mostly of abrasive particles is directed at its center approximately tangentially to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070050978 - Method for manufacturing of a metallic sleeve: The invention provides a method for preparation of a metallic sleeve surrounding a core comprising the steps of rolling a metallic strip and helically welding the strip forming the sleeve, inserting the core in the sleeve, encompassing the sleeve with a plurality of movable segments and exposing the sleeve to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070050980 - Method for manufacturing a cpu cooling assembly: A CPU cooling assembly includes a copper cold plate in which a pattern of ultra thin fins and channels are formed, and a copper manifold-cover in which a series of alternating inlet and outlet channels are formed, at right angles to the fin pattern. The manifold cover is sealed to... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070050979 - Flow optimized stiffener for improving rigidity of ducting: In accordance with the present invention a method for the direct manufacture of aerospace duct elements is provided comprising executing a single build run on a build chamber using direct fabrication technology to generate at least one duct section. The at least one duct section is generated by forming a... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.c.

20070044289 - Method of forming a low cost digital variable capacitor: A digital variable capacitor package is provided as having a ground plane disposed on predetermined portion of the top surface of a substrate. An elongated signal electrode may also be disposed on the substrate and including a first end defining an input and a second end extending to a substantially... Agent: Department Of The Air Force

20070044290 - Machine tool: In order to improve a machine tool for machining a workpiece by a relative movement between the workpiece and a tool, comprising a first receiving means for the workpiece or the tool, a compound slide system with a second receiving means for the tool or the workpiece and comprising a... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070044291 - System and method for precisely matching a predrilling tool with an insert for insertion into a substrate: A system for precisely matching an insert to a predrilled hole within a designated substrate including a predrill assembly having a first set of parameters and an insert having a second set of parameters precisely matched to the first set of parameters for the designated substrate.... Agent: Allen R. Kipnes, Esq. Watov & Kipnes, P.C.

20070044292 - Method for blind rivet welding: A blind rivet assembly is inserted through aligned holes provided in a top member and bottom member. The blind rivet includes a rivet head that abuts the top member and a hollow rivet shank integral with the rivet head. A mandrel includes a mandrel stem that extends thorough the hollow... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070044293 - Vacuum-mounted clamp: A vacuum-mounted clamp for clamping a first component to a second component. The clamp includes a substantially rigid body having an application face, a back face opposite the application face, a side, and a vacuum port extending between the application face and the back face. The application face has a... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20070044294 - Apparatus for manufacturing a wiring board and method for manufacturin a wiring board: The apparatus for manufacturing a wiring substitute comprises a transporter having a circuit where a sheet is circulated; a screen printer for printing a conductive paste on the sheet; a counter for counting the number of times to print the conductive paste on the sheet; and a distributor for ejecting... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070044295 - Use of nanoparticles in film formation and as solder: Nanoparticle compositions for use as solder, and methods for joining two or more material surfaces using nanoparticle solder compositions are described. Due to their small size, nanoparticles of a particular material have a lower melting temperature than the same material in bulk, thereby providing a homogenous bond between two or... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC

20070044296 - Method of manufacturing film bulk acoustic wave resonator: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing an FBAR having a cap made of solid metal. The method includes preparing a substrate and stacking a lower electrode, a piezoelectric film and an upper electrode on the substrate to form a resonance region. The method also includes forming a passivation... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070044297 - Thin film magnetic head integrated structure, method of manufacturing thereof, and method of manufacturing thin film magnetic head: A plurality of thin film magnetic head bars are formed so as to include a plurality of thin film magnetic head precursors, a plurality of RLG sensors for read head core, and a plurality of RLG sensors for write head core. An air bearing surface is formed by grinding the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070044298 - Method for manufacturing a slider using electromagnetic wave: A method for manufacturing sliders from a bar has: a radiating step which includes radiating an electromagnetic wave on at least a part of each space on a second surface of said bar, wherein said second surface is a back surface of a first surface of said bar, said first... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070044299 - Method of fabricating rechargeable batteries: A method of fabricating a rechargeable battery is described. The method comprises of (A) laminating an anode slurry and a cathode slurry separately on an upper surface and a lower surface of a substrate having two-sided metallic laminae, so as to construct a dual-collector electrode; (B) forming a package component... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd

20070044300 - Fixing structure: A fixing structure for fixing a casing and a base frame of an electronic device together includes: a melt hole disposed in the base frame and a melt post formed on the casing, wherein the melt hole is provided with an opening having its diameter being gradually enlarged from inside... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070044301 - Terminal connecting apparatus: Providing a terminal connecting apparatus for improving accuracy of connecting a terminal to a flat circuit body, an applicator main body includes a pair of guide walls for placing and positioning a terminal therebetween so as to arrange front ends of the claws of the terminal opposing toward an FFC... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070044302 - Method of making ignition wire with grafted coating: An ignition wire includes a conductive core, an insulation layer surrounding the core, an insulating jacket surrounding the insulation layer and a coating layer which is grafted and bonded to at least a portion of an exterior surface of the insulating jacket. The coating layer and insulating jacket are preferably... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070044303 - Method of manufacturing wiring board: A method of manufacturing a wiring board including an insulating layer where a semiconductor chip is embedded includes: forming, on a supporting board, the insulating layer where the semiconductor chip is embedded and a wiring connected to the semiconductor chip; removing the supporting board by etching; and simultaneously forming first... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070044304 - Internal combustion engine component and method for the production thereof: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine component (1) which is made of an aluminum alloy and comprises at least one area (2) that is subjected to a great thermal load during operation of the internal combustion engine. Said area (2) that is subjected to a great thermal load is small... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070044305 - System for disassembling transmission valve body assembly: An improved system and method for disassembling the valve body assembly of a motor vehicle transmission. Air automatically ejects the internal components of a valve body assembly sub-assembly, thereby eliminating the need for an operator to manually “beat” the sub-assembly to remove said internal components. The process of separating the... Agent: David W. Carstens Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070044306 - Superalloy repair methods: A method for forming or remanufacturing a component to have an internal space. A refractory metal blocking element is formed, in situ, with at least a portion to be within the internal space. The formation includes an at least partial melting. A material is added, the blocking element at least... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070044307 - Method of assembling a turbomachine: The invention relates to a method of assembly of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine engine, comprising at least a first module and a second module a second shaft assembled by a bearing, said bearing comprising an outer ring shrink-fitted inside a journal integral with the first module... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070044308 - Heat pipe and manufacturing method for the same: A heat pipe containing a sintered powder wick and a corresponding manufacturing method improves the capillarity action of the heat pipe. Through sintering copper powder onto the surface of a copper wick, an evenly sintered result can be obtained. Then, the wick with sintered surface is placed into a hollow... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070044309 - Plate heat exchanger: The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a plate heat exchanger. The plate heat exchanger includes a number of heat exchanger plates (1, 1′, 1″) which are provided beside each other and connected to each other by means of a braze connection. The heat... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070044310 - Heat sink made from a singly extruded heatpipe: A heatpipe for cooling an integrated circuit. The heatpipe includes a pipe and radial fins that are formed by extruding a single piece of material, such as heat conducting metal. Each of the radial fins extends away from the pipe and runs (preferably) the length of the pipe. Each radial... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070044311 - Method for manufacturing wheels: A method for manufacturing two-piece type wheels having a rim 2 and a disk, in which after providing a chromium plating to the rim 2 as a wheel component member, a welding planned portion RW with respect to the disk on the inner circumferential surface of the rim is ground... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070044312 - Bearing sleeve fixing mechanism, manufacturing method thereof and fan device having the same: The invention relates to a bearing sleeve fixing mechanism adapted for a fan device to cool a heat generating component like MPU incorporated into a personal computer or a heat sink thermally connected to the heat generating component, a method of manufacturing the bearing sleeve fixing mechanism, and a fan... Agent: Stevens, Davis, Miller & Mosher, LLP