Metal working inventions 05/07

20070119036 - Manufacturing system architecture for tools: The specification and drawings present a new method and a system for organizing and structuring a tool room manufacturing facility for reducing lead time of manufacturing component tooling. Machine tools are grouped into work cells (also called machining lines) specific to a machining process. Each work cell can comprise: a)... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070119037 - Process for manufacturing armrests: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a process for manufacturing armrests with soft covers, comprising the steps of: a) providing a soft cover, b) providing a substrate, the substrate divided into two substrate parts, and c) attaching the cover to the substrate to form an... Agent: Lang Michener

20070119038 - Connector removal tool: A portable, hand held tool used for the controlled separation of tubing and connectors with radial claws and release buttons. The tool consists of a main handle, support handle and grasping handle. The main handle has an extension spring which returns the tool to a closed position when at rest.... Agent: Machetta Law Firm, P.c

20070119039 - Valve stem installation system and method of installing valve stem: A valve stem installation system includes a robotic arm for moving a valve stem insertion device around the lip of wheel. The system also includes a pair of valve stem aperture sensors positioned on the robotic arm adjacent the valve stem insertion device and moveable around the lip of the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070119041 - Apparatus and method for centering a workpiece on a machine tool: A method is provided for centering a workpiece on a metal shaping machine. First and second guide plates have respective first and second aligned bores therein for supporting a centering pin mounted therein for axial movement between a retracted position and a use position. At least one spring is engaged... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070119040 - Methods and apparatus for securing components for manufacture: A method enables a component to be secured within a tool for manufacture. The tool includes a fixture, a component locator, and a clamping member. The method includes fixedly coupling the component locator to the fixture, coupling the clamping member to the fixture, locating the component within the tool using... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070119042 - Fixture and inspection method for an annular seal: A fixture assembly and inspection method by which the internal diameter and/or concentricity of a segmented annular seal can be readily inspected and optionally measured prior to final installation. The fixture assembly has at least two fixture segments supported on a base, by which an annular fixture housing is defined... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20070119043 - Thermoplastic automatic transmission hydraulic control module: An automatic transmission hydraulic control module assembly, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a main body having a first side and an opposing second side. The main body includes a plurality of fluid passage cavities in the first side, and at least one bore extending from one of the fluid passage... Agent: John S. Beulick (19121)

20070119044 - Clamping device for flexible substrate and method for fabricating the same: A clamping device for a flexible substrate is provided. The clamping device includes a carrier board. The carrier board has a fixed positioning assembly and a plurality of movable positioning assemblies. The fixed positioning assembly and the movable positioning assemblies are disposed in locations that almost correspond to a plurality... Agent: J. C. Patents, Inc.

20070119045 - Method of assembling a carriage assembly and assembling apparatus: A method of assembling a carriage assembly is capable of suppressing deformation of spacer portions when suspensions are attached to carriage arms. The method of assembling a carriage assembly aligns fitting holes provided in front end portions of carriage arms and spacer holes provided in spacer portions of suspensions and... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070119046 - Method for manufacturing a thin film magnetic head: Head elements are formed on a wafer in order to suppress deterioration in pinning strength of a pinned layer, which is caused by ESD generated during a thin film magnetic head production process, particularly in an air bearing surface polishing step. The wafer is cut line by line into rovers... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20070119047 - Battery unit, lithium polymer battery using the same, and method for manufacturing lithium polymer battery: A battery unit with improved safety measures, a lithium polymer battery using the battery unit, and a method for manufacturing the lithium polymer battery are provided. The lithium polymer battery has a battery unit and a case accommodating the battery unit, wherein the battery unit includes: a cathode plate having... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070119048 - Electrochemical cell structure and method of fabrication: One limitation to the realisation of mass produced electrochemical cells is a lack of high resolution patterning techniques providing accurate alignment. A method of fabricating a patterned structure on a polymer layer for the manufacture of an electrochemical cell is provided. The method comprises: depositing a polymer layer upon a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070119049 - Robot control device and robot system: A robot control device that controls operation of a robot having an actuator includes a casing, an actuator driver, a drive-control board, a main control board, a main power supply board, a vent passage, a cooling fan, and a holding member. The actuator driver is accommodated in the casing and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070119050 - Method of manufacturing laminated lead frame and lead frame produced by the method: Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a laminated lead frame and a laminated lead frame manufactured thereby, wherein lead frame single plates to be laminated one on top of the other can be reliably bonded together with a relatively light load. Under the method for manufacturing a laminated lead frame... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070119051 - Inductive heating of microelectronic components: A method for heat-treating a plurality of microelectronic structures attached to a non-metallic substrate is disclosed. Each of the plurality of microelectronic structures is comprised of a metallic material, and ones of the plurality of metallic microelectronic structures are insulated from other ones of the plurality of microelectronic structures. An... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20070119052 - Combustor dome repair method: A method of repairing a combustor dome with a swirler assembly having a first deflector component attached to a swirler having a first joint configuration includes: removing the first deflector component; machining a second joint configuration different from the first joint configuration in the swirler; providing a replacement deflector component... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070119053 - Method for restoring performance capabilities of exhaust gas treatment apparatus: After a honeycomb catalyst 1 having gas conduits for feeding a gas to be treated has been placed and used in a discharge gas conduit of a discharge gas processing apparatus 10, the honeycomb catalyst 1 is rearranged such that a portion of the honeycomb catalyst 1—the portion being on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070119054 - Race member in hub unit and method of producing the same: A race member in a hub unit for supporting a wheel. The race member includes a cylinder portion, a flange portion bend radially outward from the cylinder portion, and a continuous portion that integrally connects the cylinder portion with the flange portion. The race member is integrally formed by subjecting... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070113390 - Blind rivet monitoring system supply pressure compensation: A rivet set quality monitoring system is disclosed. A supply pressure sensor monitors the supply pressure to the tool. The tool has a second sensor which monitors strains or loads associated with a rivet set event. A processor evaluates outputs from the pressure sensor to apply a scaling factor to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070113391 - Modular assembly line with a pallet with a frame adjustable for a specific workpiece and methods of adjusting and position finding: A method of adjusting an assembly line, and a positioning unit. The positioning unit comprises a fixing member of a lower support plate and an upper support plate. Further, the assembly line has conveying means conveying workpieces to the positioning unit and away from it. The fixing member of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070113392 - Decking cone device: There is provided a decking cone device adapted for automatically mutually angularly aligning and laterally aligning at least a first component part to a second component part. The device includes one or more features for laterally and angularly engaging onto or into the first component. Moreover, the device has external... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20070113393 - Gas sensor manufacturing method: An improved manufacturing method for a gas sensor is provided which is capable of establishing a required hermetic seal in a body of the gas sensor. The method includes preparing a sensor assembly including a housing, an air cover, an insulation porcelain, and a sensor element, pressing the air cover... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070113394 - Air socket for testing integrated circuits: An electrical component testing device comprising a housing having at least one recess covered by a flexible membrane so as to form a chamber. A fluid passage extends through a portion of the housing and connects to the chamber thus permitting passage of a fluid material into the chamber. At... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070113395 - Reference feature design for flare location monitor in perpendicular write pole process: A method for measuring recession in a wafer undergoing an asymmetrical ion mill process. The method includes the formation of first and second reference features and possibly a dummy feature. The reference features are constructed such that the location of the midpoint between them is unaffected by the asymmetrical ion... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070113396 - Apparatus for applying a veneer to shaped battens: To apply veneer to battens with variable cross-sections, the apparatus—provided with pressure wheels operating on undulated longitudinal areas of the surfaces to be veneered—has each pressure wheel mounted on its own support which stresses it elastically against the surface to be veneered; successive wheels operating on the same longitudinal area... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070113397 - Replaceable induction forge coils, and methods of constructing and utilizing same: An induction forging coil apparatus which makes induction forge coils easier and faster to change on a forge-line. The coil insert is a separate independent unit by itself which slides into the frame to connect to the frame via bus connections and other components. The coil insert is attached to... Agent: Irving M. Weiner Weiner & Burt, P.C.

20070113398 - Contact-pressing tool: A contact-pressing tool for radial contact pressing of a contact piece on an end portion of a cable comprises a cup-shaped part (33), which receives the end of the cable (20), and a gland (31), which surrounds the wall of the cup-shaped part (33) and can be pushed up axially... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070113399 - Thermally conductive interface: A thermally conductive material is provided as a mixture of a silicone, a ceramic powder, and a curing catalyst. The material may be pre-formed into a pad and each side of the film protected with removable release layers. Each side of the film may also include a coating of an... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070113400 - Line transition, high frequency module, and method for manufacturing line transition: The present invention provides a line transition and a method for manufacturing the same. The line transition is constructed such that a planar circuit can be arranged in the direction parallel to the propagation direction of electromagnetic waves propagating through a solid waveguide, the coupling characteristics of the solid waveguide... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070113401 - Method and apparatus for pre-forming a twisted-pair electrical cable: A wiring block for forming an end of a cable having insulated twisted wires for installation of a plug on the cable in which the insulation of the cable end is stripped. A back of the block leads to a cavity arranged within the block. The block back receives the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070113402 - Methods for repairing gas turbine engine components: A method for repairing a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of repairing one of a suction side or a pressure side of the component; repairing internal geometry of the component after one of the suction side or the pressure side of the component is repaired; and repairing the... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070113403 - Method for increasing a blade performance (variants): The invention relates to machine building in particular to blade machines for air injection, in particular to fans and air blowers, and also to blades of different propulsion devices. The inventive method for increasing the blade (1) performance consists in producing a blade (1) in the form of a wing... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070113404 - Method of manufacturing heat transfer device: A method for manufacturing a heat transfer device is described. The method includes: mortising a porous core into a first hollow tube; mortising a second hollow tube on the first hollow tube; covering a heat conductor on the first hollow tube; and connecting a connecting pipe to the first hollow... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20070113405 - Method for manufacturing a solid housing: A method for manufacturing a solid housing, in particular a valve housing for an electromagnetically operable valve. The method includes providing at least three flat metal plates side by side, each having different magnetic properties directly adjacent to the others. The at least three plates are joined to the directly... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070113406 - Energy absoption element: The invention relates to an energy absorption element, comprising at least two multi-chamber hollow profiles (10, 11, 12). Said multi-chamber hollow profiles (10, 11, 12) have a planar profile cross-section with two parallel broad faces. The multi-chamber hollow profiles are arranged serially one behind the other in the energy absorption... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070113407 - Precursor for a door: A method comprises a) attaching a first skin to a first surface of an open cell foam to form a precursor for a door, window or panel; and b) attaching a second skin to the precursor in a separate step from step a). A precursor for a door, window, or... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070107176 - Apparatus for fabricating venetian blinds with tubular fabric slats: An apparatus for forming a panel of interconnected tubular vanes and cord ladders for use in a Venetian blind includes a vane-forming system where a strip of vane material is supplied, folded, and pressed into a desired configuration prior to being cut to a predetermined length. The length is determined... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070107177 - Surface acoustic wave device and method of producing the same: A surface acoustic wave device includes: interdigital transducers; first electrode pads that are connected to the interdigital transducers through wire patterns; and a piezoelectric substrate on which the interdigital transducers, the first electrode pads, and the wire patterns, are formed. In this surface acoustic wave device, at least one of... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070107178 - Pew and bench with pivoting seat: A pivoting seat pew or bench furniture, which utilizes the benefits of theater style seating with the functionality and aesthetic of a traditional pew. This seating assembly provides additional seating capacity over traditional pews offering lower seating costs and lower construction costs. This seating assembly also provides modularized seating components... Agent: Gene S. Winter St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC

20070107179 - Device for removing modular concrete forms: A device for removing modular forms comprises an elongated shaft having a rearward end and a forward end. A pulling head is fixedly coupled to a forward end of the shaft. The pulling head engages a form to be removed from a wall. A slide hammer is slidably coupled to... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070107181 - Datum transfer method and apparatus: A method for locating a work piece for multiple treatment operations includes identifying six-point datum positions upon a work piece, defining six-point datum contacts on a work piece holder and securing said six-point datum positions upon said work piece into contact with said six-point datum contacts on said work piece... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070107182 - Orthopaedic component manufacturing method and equipment: A system for use in preparing an articulating surface of a component of an orthopaedic implant is provided. The system includes a magnetorheological polishing fluid including a carrier fluid and a plurality of particles suspendable in said carrier fluid. The system also includes a vessel for containing the Magnetorheological polishing... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070107180 - System and method for verifying the dimensions of airfoils: A computer-implemented method for verifying geometries of airfoils includes the steps of providing a part having an airfoil having an intended positional geometry and an intended feature geometry; measuring a first set of points of a primary datum system; determining an actual positional geometry of the airfoil based on the... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070107183 - Robotic apparatus and method for mounting a valve stem on a wheel rim: An apparatus and method for mounting a valve stem to the rim of a vehicle wheel includes locating apparatus that determines the location of an aperture on the wheel rim for receiving the valve stem, the locating apparatus preferably including a machine vision system at a gauging station. A programmable,... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070107186 - Method and system for high volume transfer of dies to substrates: A method, system, and apparatus for transferring dies to respective substrates is described. Conventional techniques include vision-based systems that pick and place dies one at a time onto substrates. The present invention can transfer multiple dies simultaneously or consecutively. Dies are loaded in a channel of a die application device.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070107184 - Method for assembling a rack portion of a self-raising oil rig: Method for assembling a rack portion (1) of a self-raising oil rig, which rack portion (1) is constituted by at least one rectangular plate (3) which comprises teeth (51) at the longitudinal lateral faces (5) thereof, and at least one reinforcement (8) which is in the form of a half-shell... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070107185 - Sputtering target assembly having low conductivity backing plate and method of making same: A target and backing plate assembly and method of making the same. The backing plate is made of a material having an electrical conductivity less than or equal to 45% IACS and is selected from the group consisting of Al alloys, Cu alloys, magnesium, magnesium alloys, molybdenum, molybdenum alloys, zinc,... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20070107187 - Reinforced plastic foam cup, method of and apparatus for manufacturing same: A reinforced plastic foam cup including a body which defines an open top end and a closed bottom end, wherein the top end has a greater diameter than the bottom end. The body includes a reinforced tapered side wall that extends from the bottom end to the top end. A... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070107188 - Shrink fitting method including deformation: A new shrink fitting method including deformation is disclosed, in which a high bonding force can be obtained without accurate mechanical process such as forming an insertion body having an outer diameter greater than an inner diameter of an object for receiving the insertion body. The shrink fitting method comprises... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070107189 - Methods and systems for manufacturing a family of aircraft wings and other composite structures: Methods and systems for manufacturing composite aircraft wings and other structures are disclosed herein. A tool assembly for use in manufacturing composite laminates in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a tool plate carried by a movable support system. The tool plate includes a tool surface configured to... Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP

20070107190 - Method for producing decorated bottle caps with improved mechanical strength: Aspects of embodiments of the invention concern a method comprising: a) providing sheet or format metal; b) swaging said metal by means of a swaging lubricant, so as to form a swaged blank (1); c) degreasing said swaged blank (1), so as to typically remove the remains of the swaging... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070107191 - Methods of making microstructured lamina and apparatus: The present invention relates to methods of making microstructured laminae for replication and apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, the invention relates to machining V-shaped grooves on individual lamina forming cube-corner microstructures.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070107192 - Upholstery fabric tack strips and methods of making same: An upholstery tack strip includes a metal ribbon and a thermoplastic sleeve covering at least a portion of the ribbon. The sleeve includes at least one, and possibly a pair of, lengthwise removed strip section(s) so as to expose a corresponding lengthwise surface of the metal ribbon. The metal ribbon... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070107193 - Positioning device for moveable portion of workpiece: A positioning device for a workpiece that has a body and a portion that is movably mounted to the body. The positioning device includes an abutment assembly having a first and second abutment member. The positioning device also includes an actuator assembly adapted for moving the abutment assembly between a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070107194 - Method for manufacturing rotary drum for drum washing machine and pressing device therefor: A method for manufacturing a rotary drum for a drum washing machine, in which the strength of a bonding part of the rotary drum is improved so that the bonding part is not deformed even when the rotary drum is rotated at a high speed, and a pressing device used... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070107195 - Tubing expansion: A tubing expansion device is adapted to be advanced axially, without rotation, through tubing to be expanded. The device comprises a body and a plurality of expansion members mounted on the body, the expansion members being independently radially movable. The expansion members may be rotatable, or may be non-rotating.... Agent: William B. Patterson Moser, Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070107196 - Rivet driving anvil retention method: A driving anvil washer retaining apparatus (12) for a rivet gun (14) includes a magnetized element (21). The magnetized element (21) is coupled to the rivet gun (14) and retains an anvil washer (52) during installation of a rivet (82). A method of installing a rivet (82) includes inserting a... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070107197 - Method for rotational coupling: A method for rotationally coupling a first member (12) and a second member (14). In a first step, a first member (12) and a second member (14) are provided with one of the first member (12) and the second member (14) including a portion having cutting edge(s) extending therealong. The... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070107199 - Fastening system for anchoring wood floors: Fastening system for anchoring wood floors to a base includes a fastener having a pointed distal end and a proximal head end, a sleeve for retaining structural members, the sleeve having a central bore therethrough, a countersink extending from a proximal end of the sleeve coaxially with the central bore,... Agent: Nicholas A. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio

20070107198 - Method for position indexing of a machine or similar on the floor and machine leg used therefor: Method of indexing a machine or the like in position on the ground, the machine having a leg with a hollow bushing (104) for adjusting its level, which bushing is screwed to the machine and bears without sliding on a soleplate (102) in contact with the ground, the soleplate including... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070107200 - Work holder for use in and a method for making a lollipop: A method for attaching a handle to a tablet to form a lollipop utilizes a specific work holder. The work holder has a tooling pallet with a plurality of openings going from a top surface to a bottom surface. A bullet and a spring are located in each opening and... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070107201 - Dual chamber housing: A method of forming a dual chamber seamless tube (64) includes providing a slug of steel (56) and cold working a first end (70) of the slug (56) to form a first chamber (114) and cold working a second end (72) of the slug (56) to form a second chamber... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070107202 - Direct rolling of cast gamma titanium aluminide alloys: A process for producing sheets of γ-TiAl includes the steps of forming a melt of a γ-TiAl alloy; casting the γ-TiAl alloy to form an as-cast γ-TiAl alloy; encapsulating the as-cast γ-TiAl alloy to form an as-cast γ-TiAl alloy preform; and rolling the as-cast γ-TiAl alloy preform to form a... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070107203 - Method of making a shaped sheet-metal part: A shaped part is made by forming in a flat steel plate a thickness-reducing groove and hot-shaping and hardening the flat steel plate into a three-dimensional shape. Then the plate formed with the groove is cooled, and a piece is sheared off the cooled plate along a cut line in... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070107204 - Method and device for producing a pharmaceutical syringe piston stopper: A piston stopper (2) made substantially of rubber has a piston section (8) enclosed in cap-like manner by an inert film (9′) located adjacent to and facing the contents of a syringe or carpule cylinder (1). A non-vulcanized rubber sheet (7) is inserted into a form tool, together with an... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070107205 - Device and method for linking microchip modules with antennas: An apparatus and a method for joining microchip modules to antennas (18) which are arranged on at least one first support (1) for producing transponders. in particular smart labels. for transferring the microchip modules (12) from at least one second support (5, 5a, 5b) to predefined locations on the first... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070107207 - Inductive proximity sensor and method of assembling the same: An inductive proximity sensor comprises: a housing including an opening on one side; an inductive core including two legs, each core leg including a foot portion; an inductive coil wound bobbin disposed about each leg of the core, each bobbin including an integral ledge cantilevered from an inside surface of... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070107206 - Spiral inductor formed in a semiconductor substrate and a method for forming the inductor: An inductor formed on a semiconductor substrate, comprising active device regions. The inductor comprises conductive lines formed on a dielectric layer overlying the semiconductor substrate. The conductive lines are patterned and etched into the desired shape, in one embodiment a planar spiral. A region of the substrate below the inductor... Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC Agere Systems Inc.

20070107208 - Door seal drilling and pinning: Improved drilling and pinning machines and methods for processing elongate flexible e.g. rubber strips of seal material for forming seals about openings. The machines and methods form precisely positioned holes in the rubber strip, and insert pins in the holes. Opposing ends of the pins are ultimately received in cooperating... Agent: Wilhelm Law Service, S.c.

20070107209 - Temperature control mechanism for use in the manufacturing of metal containers: A cooling mechanism is provided to control the direction of flow of cooled air in an apparatus used to manufacture metallic containers, wherein machinery wear is reduced and the tolerance of the finished factory container height is maintained within a predetermined tolerance.... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070107210 - Device for installing and removing a roller supporting a bearing assembly: The invention relates to a device for installing and removing a bearing assembly (3) which consists of a chock in which a trunnion bearing is arranged on a supporting roller stud (1) of a rolling stand. The aim of said invention is to replace said assembly by means of an... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070107211 - A system for monitoring and controlling operation of a machine having a detachable tool: A system for monitoring and controlling operation of a machine having a detachable component for use in a manufacturing and/or machining process comprising a control unit for receiving one or more signals and/or data from an identification device identifying a component for use in a machine. The control unit is... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070107212 - Method and apparatus for repairing damaged pallets: In order to repair damaged wooden pallets (1a) as simply, efficiently and permanently as possible, a multi-step method is proposed. Thereby, in a first step, the connector members of the pallet element to be replaced are cut through by means of a band saw and then removed. In a subsequent... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070107213 - Methods for trimming electrical parameters in an electrical circuit: Power supply switching regulator electrical circuit trimming methods. In one aspect of the invention, a trimming method includes assembling one or more components of a power supply switching regulator electrical circuit onto a printed circuit board having one or more electrical connections coupled to the said one or more components.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070107214 - Soldering method: In a soldering method for soldering an electronic component including a palladium or palladium alloy layer formed on a surface of the electronic component and also including a soldering lead terminal onto a printed wiring board including a soldering land and plated through hole, a solder layer containing tin and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070107215 - Method for producing a piston for an internal combustion engine: The invention relates to a method for producing a piston (1) for an internal combustion engine. The inventive method comprises producing the base (4) from aluminum by a forging process, casting, by way of a composite casting process, a ring support (10) which is provided with a cooling channel (15)... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070107217 - Method for surface blasting of integrally bladed rotors: A method for surface blasting of integrally bladed rotors is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes: a) providing an integrally bladed rotor; b) providing a vibratory grinding. system; c) arranging the integrally bladed rotor in a grinding container of the vibratory grinding system; d) filling the grinding container of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070107216 - Mim method for coating turbine shroud: A method of producing a puck for coating a turbine shroud includes: providing a mixture of a metallic powder and a binder; melting the mixture and forming the mixture into a preform having a shape conforming to the flowpath surface of the shroud; removing a majority of the binder from... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070107218 - Formed tenons for gas turbine stator vanes: A method of attaching a shroud cover segment to a plurality of gas turbine compressor stator vanes includes: (a) forming each of the plurality of stator vanes with at least one tenon extending from a radially inner tip of each of the stator vanes; (b) forming the shroud cover segment... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20070107219 - Turbine engine rotor retainer: A rotor stack is assembled to a turbine engine shaft. A force is exerted to at least one of the rotor stack and the shaft to at least one of place the shaft under tension and place the rotor stack under compression. One or more retainer segments are inserted into... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20070107220 - Methods of making wind turbine rotor blades: A method of manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade includes, in one embodiment, the steps of providing a core, and applying at least one reinforcing skin to the core to form a blade subassembly. Each reinforcing skin is formed from a mat of reinforcing fibers. The method also includes applying... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070107221 - Method and device for manufacturing a heat exchanger: The invention relates to a method and a device for manufacturing a heat exchanger assembled from substantially flat elements provided with spacing profiles, wherein adjacent elements are provided on at least a part of their edges with spacing profiles, and wherein the method comprises of stacking the substantially flat elements... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070107222 - Method for making disc flange as formed in situ in a wheel rim: A method for making a disc flange in a wheel rim including the steps of: A. Forming a cylinder for a wheel rim; B. Forming an annular groove concaved inwardly centripetally from a cylindrical wall of the cylinder towards an axis of the wheel rim; C. Pressing the annular groove... Agent: David Hui

20070107223 - Method and device for molding wheel rim hump part: A method for molding a wheel rim hump part, comprising the steps of stopping a fist claw (30) and a second claw (32) holding a work (wheel rim for vehicle) (W) at specified positions and alowing an annular support member (160) to abut on the end surface of the curl... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070107224 - Low-mass roller or pulley: A low-mass roller is disclosed comprising a cylindrical body formed of polymeric material and having an exterior surface, first and second open ends and defining an interior tubular space along a longitudinal axis therethrough for receiving an axle; and an outer shell formed of thin metal covering the exterior surface... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070107225 - Toner supply roller and method of manufacturing the same: A toner supply roller of a developing device includes a shaft and a resilient member enclosing the shaft. The resilient member includes a hybrid polyurethane foam containing an ionic conductive substance and an electron conductive substance. The toner supply roller is manufactured by impregnating a semi-conductive polyurethane foam having the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070107226 - Methods of forming an article, such as an item of jewelry: An improved method of forming an article of jewelry includes the steps of: providing an elongated arbor (20) having an oval-shaped transverse cross-section for a portion of its longitudinal extent; providing a length of tubular stock (21); winding the stock about the arbor; cutting the wound stock at such locations... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070107227 - Method for manufacturing catalyzed diesel particulate filter: A method of manufacturing a diesel catalyzed particulate filter includes the steps of (a) preparing a plurality of segments, (b) coating each segment or group of segments with a different type or concentration of a catalyst solution, and drying the segments, and (c) binding the segments together, and sintering the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070107228 - Method for producing actuator having guide-equipped frame: Pressed shape steel, made of a low cost general steel material that is not hardened, forms a frame with long grooves cut therein. Guide rails, made of a specialized steel material that can be subjected to a hardening treatment, are hardened. Thereafter, outer surfaces of the hardened guide rails are... Agent: Paul A. Guss Paul A. Guss Attorney At Law

20070101565 - Jig for producing capacitor, production method for capacitor and capacitor: The invention relates to an arrangement for introducing gas bubbles into a liquid, a device (1) for fastening a perforated aeration membrane (2) to an aerator base plate (3) as well as to an aerator base plate (3) therefor. The aerator base plate (3) has an undercut groove (4) in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070101566 - Modular indoor/outdoor synthetic sports turf: A modular synthetic grass playing surface system formed from a plurality of modular units. Each modular unit has a synthetic grass layer placed upon predetermined sized pallets having a pre-installed elastomeric layer. A layer of resilient particle infill is optionally introduced to the top surface of the modular unit. A... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070101567 - Work transport apparatus and method: A work transport apparatus includes a carriage to carry a work along a guide lane; a work loading mechanism to load the work on the carriage at a work loading position; and a work unloading mechanism to unload the work from the carriage at a work unloading position. Each of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070101568 - Method for improved fixture design: A method for creating fixtures used in the build of prototype parts, including a base plate having various holes and notches with various details mounted onto the base plate, and wherein the various details are used to support a prototype part, and the prototype part is created by using the... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20070101569 - Stator manufacturing device: A stator manufacturing device including a winding unit for forming a winding coil consisting of a plurality of unipolar coils formed by winding wire, an insertion unit for receiving the winding coil from the winding unit and inserting the winding coil into a stator core, a shaping unit for shaping... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070101570 - Wire-processing device and method of operating such a wire-processing device: In a wire-processing machine, by a linear movement away from a first holding unit, a gripper applies to a gripping unit a pull-out force in the longitudinal axis of the wire. The pull-out force that is exerted on the wire is measured by, for example, a force sensor that is... Agent: Butzel Long

20070101571 - Printed wiring board, its manufacturing method and circuit device: [Solution means] A process for producing a printed wiring board comprises the steps of depositing a base metal on at least one surface of an insulating film to form a base metal layer and further depositing copper or a copper alloy to form a conductive metal layer, then removing a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070101572 - Component mounting apparatus and component mounting method: A component mounting apparatus is provided with a board holding device for holding a board at a board holding position, a first mounting head for holding and taking out a component fed from a first component feeding position and mounting the component on the board held at the board holding... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070101573 - Manufacturing method of three-dimensional circuit board: In order to obtain a 3D circuit board manufacturing method capable of improving productivity and accuracy of circuit formation, the metal hoop material 1 provided with the positioning pilot holes 2 is employed. Since the 3D structures 3 are formed on the hoop material 1 with a preset interval maintained... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070094856 - Piezoelectric element and method of manufacturing the same: An array of piezoelectric elements is easily manufactured by making insulating portions at side surfaces smaller. The piezoelectric element includes: a multilayered structure in which piezoelectric material layers and internal electrode layers are alternately stacked; first insulating films formed by using an AD method, for covering a first group of... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070094857 - Fast tool arrangement, in particular for lathes for machining optical workpieces: A fast tool arrangement, in particular for lathes for machining optical workpieces, has a carriage, which for linear reciprocating movements is guided in a housing on bearing elements stationary in relation to the housing, and which at its outer end carries a holder for a tool or workpiece and at... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070094858 - Apparatus for closing fluid passages of engines: An apparatus for closing fluid passages of engines is disclosed. Preferred apparatus of the invention are able to automatically recognize inlets of several fluid passages, which exist in each engine at different positions depending on the engine model, and rapidly and precisely perform operation of closing the inlets at the... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070094859 - Manufacturing system: A manufacturing system comprising an assembly unit for assembling components of a product, a test unit for testing the assembled product and a packaging unit for packaging the product that has passed the test unit is provided. The assembly unit comprises a moving unit, a worktable adjacent to the moving... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070094860 - Button-attaching device and method of attaching button to upper die of button-attaching device: A button-attaching device 40 includes a snap upper chuck unit 20. A button holder 10 of the chuck unit 20 temporarily holds a button 1, and the button holder 10 is then rotated by a rotating arm 21, so that the button 1 is transferred from the button holder 10... Agent: Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20070094861 - Method of manufacturing micro flux gate sensor: A method of manufacturing a micro flux gate sensor that has a good electrical connection and can be easily manufactured. The method includes operations of forming a metal pattern including a lower coil portion of an excitation coil and a magnetic field detecting coil on a wafer, forming a first... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070094862 - Trimming an rfid antenna on a data disk: An ablating laser may be used to trim a metal-covered area on a data disk to form an antenna for an RFID tag that is on or in the data disk. In some embodiments the metal is aluminum that has been sputtered onto the disk.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070094863 - Wound coil and surface-mounted coil: The present invention provides a new and innovative technique for attaining satisfactory attenuation characteristics. The present invention provides a wound coil made by winding a conductive wire (2) around a core (3), wherein the core (3) is shaped having a tapered part (11) in which the outside diameter of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070094864 - Rf mems switch and fabrication method thereof: Disclosed are an RF MEMS switch and a fabrication method thereof. According to an embodiment the RF MEMS switch is actuated with a low voltage and a low consumption power by using a piezoelectric capacitor actuated by being converted to mechanical energy from electric energy when an electric field is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070094865 - Packaged thin film batteries and methods of packaging thin film batteries: A packaged battery (60) is provided having a thin film lithium battery cell (62) sealed with a packaging foil or layer (67). The battery cell (60) includes a substrate (61) and an active cell (62) with an anode current collector (65) and a cathode current collector (64). The packaged battery... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20070094866 - Thin-film tape head processes: A plurality of apparatuses and methods are provided for improving the manufacture and operational characteristics of thin magnetic film heads. Various embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for attaching a thin film head to a beam. Other embodiments of the present invention include a system, method... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC

20070094867 - Bond surface conditioning system for improved bondability: Thick film bond surfaces on a support structure, such as a ceramic substrate or an IC package substrate, tend to deform during processing. A personality kit having raised bosses engages with and compresses the bond surfaces, resulting in a flatter, wider bond surface having improved reflectivity. The personality kit is... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070094868 - Electronic component mounting apparatus: The invention provides an electronic component mounting apparatus in which a mounting time per electronic component can be reduced by starting a vertical movement motor and so on as early as possible. When a CPU judges that an interlock canceling condition where the movement of a suction nozzle in X... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070094869 - Electronic component mounting method and apparatus: All images of a plurality of sucked and held electronic components are picked up, sucked and held states of the electronic components are successively recognized by their respective images in an order of placing the electronic components onto a circuit board, and the electronic components for which such recognition processing... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070094870 - Wiring board, method of manufacturing the same, semiconductor device, and electronic instrument: A receiving layer formed of a thermoplastic resin is softened by applying heat. By using a solvent containing conductive particles, an interconnect layer is formed on the receiving layer which is softened by the application of heat. The conductive particles are bonded together by heating the interconnect layer.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070094871 - Method for manufacturing a printed circuit board with a film capacitor embedded therein, and a printed circuit board obtained thereby: The invention provides a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board with a film capacitor embedded therein and a printed circuit board obtained thereby. In the method, a lower electrode is formed on an insulating substrate. An amorphous dielectric film is formed on the lower electrode by low temperature film... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070094872 - Method for mounting electronic component: A method for mounting through an anisotropic conductive film defined as an adhesive sheet an electronic component on a printed circuit board (flexible board) provided with a wiring pattern. The anisotropic conductive film is bonded to an area of the flexible board to be mounted with the electronic component in... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070094873 - System for making a conductive circuit on a substantially non-conductive substrate: A method for forming a conductive circuit on a substantially non-conductive substrate includes indenting a major surface of a substrate with a plurality of features, plating the major surface and the indentations formed with a conductive layer, and removing a portion of the conductive layer leaving at least one of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070094874 - Methods for forming connection structures for microelectronic devices: Provided are connection structures for a microelectronic device and methods for forming the structure. A substrate is included having opposing surfaces and a plurality of holes extending through the surfaces. Also included is a plurality of electrically conductive posts. Each post extends from a base to a tip located within... Agent: Tessera Lerner David Et Al.