Metal working inventions 12/07

20070294871 - Capacitor and method of manufacturing a capacitor: In a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, a level of metal is formed within an interval dielectric. The level of metal includes a first metal line separated from a second metal line by a region of the interlevel dielectric. The region of interlevel dielectric is removed between the first... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20070294872 - Tool for servicing vehicle braking systems: A toot for servicing pneumatic brake systems and the like includes a primary structural member, and a pair of mounting members or plates. The tool can be readily secured in a vise or the like, and a pneumatic valve to be replaced can be secured to a first one of... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070294875 - Component mounting method and mounter: The present invention, which aims at providing a component mounting method and a mounter capable of correcting, with high accuracy, a mounting position of a component, includes: a mounting head (105); a recognition unit (108) including a shutter camera (111b) and instructing it to start taking an image of a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070294876 - Method of forming coils of a stator of a rotary electric machine: A method of manufacturing coils that includes forming a predetermined number of U-shaped conductor segments. The U-shaped conductor segments are twisted using first twisting formation jig composed of a first inside ring and a first outside ring and a second twisting formation jig composed of a second inside ring and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070294877 - Method for the production of a planar commutator and conductor blank for a planar commutator: The invention relates to the production of a planar commutator with a carbon running surface, wherein an annular closed corrugated conductor blank (1), comprising conductor segments (3) and bridging parts (4) connecting said bridging segments to each other, is produced by rolling from a longitudinal-stepped profiled strip section which is... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070294879 - Method for making a radio frequency coupling structure: Method for making a coupling structure (10) comprises the steps of forming a body (12B) of a polymeric material loaded with a conductive filler, providing a coupling area (12C) of a predetermined shape on a portion of the surface of the body (12S), and attaching a conductive pad (IOP) having... Agent: George M. Medwick E.i.du Pont De Nemours And Company

20070294881 - Temperature sensor and method of making the same: A method for manufacturing a planar sensor, comprises disposing a film of a material on a substrate, wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, palladium and mixtures and alloys comprising at least one of the foregoing materials; annealing the material; measuring a resistance value of... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070294883 - Apparatus for the processing of photovoltaic cells: The apparatus according to the invention concerns a production line (1) for the automated processing of individual photocells (11) for the production of strings (17) where the individual photocells (11) are taken up by means of a suction pad gripper (10) from a supply magazine (3) and moved to a... Agent: Tiajoloff & Kelly

20070294885 - Ultrasonic end stops on zipper closure bags and methods for making same: Ultrasonic end stops and methods of making ultrasonic end stops are provided. The present invention relates to plastic reclosable fasteners with sliders for opening and closing the reclosable fasteners on plastic bags and the like and particularly to the use of protruding end stop structures on reclosable fasteners to prevent... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070294886 - Method and apparatus for assembling a closure tab to a lid: A method and apparatus for assembling a first thermoformed workpiece, such as a tab closure, to a second thermoformed workpiece, such as a lid.... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20070294887 - Method of manufacturing cord management device: A method of manufacturing a cord management device. The method includes: (a) providing a power strip; (b) physically and electrically coupling a power cord to the power strip; (c) providing a stationary portion, providing the stationary portion includes: (1) providing a first wall; (2) providing two or more slots in... Agent: Walter P. Opaska Bryan Cave LLP

20070294888 - Miniature circuitry and inductive components and methods for manufaturing same: Miniature circuitry and inductor components in which multiple levels of printed circuitry are formed on each side of a support panel, typically a printed circuit board or rigid flex. Electrical connection between the plural levels of circuitry and multiple windings around magnetic members are provided by plural plated through hole... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070294889 - Electronic circuit module and method for its assembly: In the assembly of an electronic circuit module having a baseplate (10) and circuit components (16, 19, 21) mounted on said baseplate in an automatic assembly line in which a boat is placed on a conveyor means and is conveyed between various assembly stations in order to place, fix and/or... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070294890 - Printed circuit boards and the like with improved signal integrity for differential signal pairs: A printed circuit board with improved signal integrity for one or more differential signal pairs incorporates one or more conductive regions. In an exemplary embodiment, via structures for the differential pair that interconnect signal traces are isolated from the conductive region by an antipad area around the via structures and... Agent: Perkins Cole LLP

20070289113 - Ladder station support assembly: A ladder station supporting device is provided which includes an upper holder assembly having an upper mounting body and a first vertically-oriented holder rotatably fastened to the upper mounting body; a lower holder assembly having a lower mounting body and a second vertically-oriented holder rotatably fastened to the lower mounting... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070289114 - Installation tool for wire thread inserts: An installation tool for a wire thread insert having an inner surface with an inner helical thread, and an outer surface with an outer helical thread, the installation tool including: an elongate body (1) having a passage (3) extending there through between opposing ends thereof; a mandrel (5) supported within... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070289116 - Method for fastening plastic drivers in washing drums: Fastening plastic drivers in a washing machine drum having at least two domes on the inside, which comprise a cavity extending along its center line, and are oriented perpendicular to the sheet casing of the drum and which serve to fasten the driver. A hole pattern corresponding to the arrangement... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070289118 - Resin torque rod and method of producing the same: A resin torque rod including: a first and second bushing disposed at both ends of the resin torque rod, each bushing having a resin outer casing and a rigid inner casing and a rubber elastic body interposed between the outer and inner casings, and a resin connecting component for connecting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070289121 - Method for setting stator coil, and method for manufacturing rotating electrical machine: A pair of second retaining groups sandwiching the first retaining group. The length of the second coil retainers differ from the length of first coil retainers. The first coil retainers and the second coil retainers are arranged on a same line. The pair of second retaining groups are displaced from... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070289123 - Angular transducer unit and method for its manufacture, as well as angular switching device and device for the detection of objects: The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a transducer unit for an angular switching device, in which a transducer element is inserted and fixed in an angled bush. The inventive method is characterized in that the transducer element is brought into aligned engagement with a transducer... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070289125 - Component mounting head, suction nozzle, and suction nozzle manufacturing method: A suction-and-holding face (14) for a component (1) in a suction nozzle (3) is formed from a semiconductor ceramic so that the suction-and-holding face to be brought into direct contact with the component in suction and holding has characteristics as semiconductor. Thus, detrimental effects due to occurrence of static electricity... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070289126 - Method for the production of a portable data support: The invention relates to a method for the production of a portable data carrier (1) having an integrated circuit (10) and a contact field (7) galvanically connected to the integrated circuit (10). In the area of the contact field (7) the portable data carrier (1) is shaped in such a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070289127 - Coreless cavity substrates for chip packaging and their fabrication: A method for fabricating an IC support for supporting a first IC die connected in series with a second IC die; the IC support comprising a stack of alternating layers of copper features and vias in insulating surround, the first IC die being bondable onto the IC support, and the... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070289129 - Selective encapsulation of electronic components: A method for the selective encapsulation of electronic components on a printed circuit board comprising, in one embodiment, the steps of delivering the printed circuit board to an encapsulating nest at room temperature; damming the target areas with a dam resin having a latent curing agent and deposited in the... Agent: Richard D. Clarke Law Office Of Richard D. Clarke

20070289130 - Bistable spreading head harness: The invention is directed to a spreading head harness for headphones or headsets and to headphones or headsets having a spreading head harness of this kind. In order to provide a spreading head harness for headphones or headsets which automatically spreads when opening or widening and remains spread during use... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20070289133 - Container and tool for fixing a connection: The invention relates to a container, in particular a collection chamber of a heat exchanger, comprising an opening (2), in which a connection (5) is mounted. To simplify the installation of the connection, the latter (5) has a deformable connection edge region (10) on the edge facing the container (1),... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070289132 - Fluid ejection device: A fluid ejection device comprises a first heater element and a second heater element spaced a first distance from the first heater element. A first drive transistor is associated with the first heater element and a second drive transistor is associated with the second firing heater element. The second drive... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070289131 - Method of manufacturing printhead modules for combination as pagewidth printhead: A method of manufacturing printhead modules which can be combined to form a pagewidth printhead is provided which includes laying out each of the printhead modules on a wafer substrate to be either right-handed or left-handed. At least one of the printhead modules is larger than a reticle step used... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070289135 - Gear/drive unit: The invention relates to a gear drive unit (10)5, particularly for a seat adjuster or a power-assisted steering system, comprised of a spindle (40), on which a drive gear (42) that drives the spindle (40) is provided, a drive assembly (20), which drives the drive gear (42) by means of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070289136 - Customizable carbon frames for bicycle or other vehicles: A method of manufacturing a lightweight vehicle frame, and the end product fame, are disclosed. A first tube, which can be a cured hollow reinforced resin composite tube, is connected to a second part by a tab. The tab is tapered and is affixed to the first tube. The tab... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP

20070283542 - Method of manufacturing a ring mechanism: A method of manufacturing a ring mechanism for retaining loose leaf pages includes forming a generally planar frame element blank having ears with openings. The ears project from the blank and lie generally in the plane of the blank. The ears are bent so that the ears lie substantially in... Agent: Senniger Powers

20070283543 - Process for producing multilayer for a multilayer electronic device: There is provided a process for producing a multilayer for a multilayer electronic device, including a dielectric layer and an electrode layer, which process is improved so as to prevent penetration of an electrode paste into the dielectric layer as well as deformation of the dielectric layer and electrode layer,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070283544 - Quick change over apparatus for machine line: A machine arrangement includes a plurality of machines arranged to cooperate with each other in a manner which comprises a machine line. This machine line incorporates apparatus which is associated with and/or comprises part of the machines for: at least one of moving, holding, manipulating and shaping cans as they... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070283545 - Device and method for soft machining of bevel gears and use of the device: A device (10) for soft machining of bevel gears, having a receptacle (12) for receiving a bevel gear blank (KI) and having a tool spindle (13.1) for receiving a cutter head (13.2). The device comprises a machining arm (11) having a pivot axis (Al) which has the tool spindle (13.1)... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070283549 - Method of manufacturing an article by applying heat and pressure, a method of connecting a pipe to a sealed assembly and a connector for use therein: A method of manufacturing an article by diffusion bonding at least two metal components (30,36) comprises assembling the metal components (30,36) into a stack relative to each other so that the surfaces (34,40) are in mating contact. The edges of the metal components (30,36) are sealed together, except for an... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070283550 - Universal joint with adhesive bearing cup retention system: An automotive driveline that includes a spider with a plurality of trunnions, a yoke, a pair of bearing caps and a pair of retaining members. The yoke has a pair of arms with each of the arms defining a trunnion aperture into which one of the trunnions is received. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070283553 - Method of providing a flanged connection: A method of providing a flanged component and a flanged component constructed by such method. The method includes providing a shaft, providing a flange with an aperture, passing the aperture of the flange over the shaft and securing the flange to the shaft. The flange may be provided at one... Agent: John Molnar Jr.

20070283554 - Cutting tool insert: an outer layer of a smooth, textured, finegrained α-Al2O3 layer with a thickness of from about 2 to about 10 μm. The invention also relates to the use of such a cutting tool insert for side and face milling of rolled low alloyed steel at low and moderate cutting speeds.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070283555 - Membrane probing system: A substrate, preferably constructed of a ductile material and a tool having the desired shape of the resulting device for contacting contact pads on a test device is brought into contact with the substrate. The tool is preferably constructed of a material that is harder than the substrate so that... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070283557 - Methods of fabricating single-pole recording head having trapezoidal main pole and bevel angle promotion layer: A method of fabricating a single-pole perpendicular magnetic recording head to contain a bevel angle promotion layer that facilitates the fabrication of the bevel angle in a trapezoidal main pole. The bevel angle promotion layer is made of a non-magnetic material that is softer than the material (e.g., Al2O3) that... Agent: Silicon Valley Patent Group LLP

20070283558 - Tin-plated anode casings for alkaline cells: An anode casing having a bright tin or bright tin alloy surface layer at least on an inside surface of the casing, preferably on the entire surface of the anode casing, and to an electrochemical cell containing the anode casing. Methods for preparing anode casings and electrochemical cells containing the... Agent: Michael C. Pophal Eveready Battery Company Inc

20070283561 - Method of manufacturing a modular damper: A piston valve assembly for a damper comprises a piston having a central hole and a fluid passageway spaced from the hole. A deflection disc having a central aperture is aligned with the hole. A hub, common across different dampers, includes a neck that is arranged in the hole and... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070283563 - Method for manufacturing bearing assembly: The invention provides a method for manufacturing bearing assembly. The method comprises: coating a photoresist on an inner wall of a through hole of a bearing; inserting an ultraviolet lamp having a transparent groove pattern thereon into through hole and performing exposure process so as to photosensitize the photoresist corresponding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070277356 - Elastomer actuator and a method of making an actuator: A tubular elastomer actuator with a shape in a cross-sectional view which shape exposes at most one single axis of symmetry of a specific length, e.g., an oval shape. The actuator could be made from a sheet made from a plurality of plate shaped elements which are laminated together and... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070277357 - Machine for machining optical workpieces, in particular plastic spectacle lenses: A machine for machining optical workpieces, is equipped with a workpiece spindle, by which the workpiece can be rotatably driven about a workpiece rotation axis, and with a first fast-tool assembly, by which a turning cutter is movable in the direction of the workpiece and away from it. The workpiece... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20070277358 - Hydraulic device which is used to descale warm rolling products: An apparatus for descaling hot rolled stock (17), being moved with respect to the apparatus, by spraying it with high pressure water, comprising at least one row of nozzle heads sweeping across the width of the rolled stock with a plurality of nozzle heads (20), each nozzle head being motor-driven... Agent: Duane Morris

20070277359 - Method for engaging with a projection of a first component to removably secure a second component to the first component: In certain embodiments, the present invention includes a method for engaging with a projection of a first component to removably secure a second component to the first component. The method includes positioning a rotatable member of the second component in a first rotational orientation such that the rotatable member is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070277361 - Turbine blade tip squealer and rebuild method: A turbine blade with a tip squealer and method of rebuilding a turbine blade for a gas turbine engine. The blade is of the type including an airfoil having first and second spaced-apart sidewalls defining an interior void and joined at a leading edge and a trailing edge. The first... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070277365 - Manufacturing device and method for producing an electromagnetic element for an electrical machine: The invention relates to a manufacturing device for the forming under bending conditions of an electromagnetic element of an electrical machine, during which the electromagnetic element is formed from a disc set (5) that has been formed by bending. To this end, a first device (10) for bend-forming the disc... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20070277368 - Fuel cell supply having fuel compatible materials: The present invention is directed to a fuel cell supply for a fuel cell having an outer casing, a liner member containing methanol, and a valve component comprising a valve body member and a slidable body member disposed inside the valve body member. The slidable body member is normally biased... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20070277367 - Method and device for producing a fuel cell stack: A method for the production of a fuel cell stack, involving the following steps: a) piling up the fuel cell stack (1) and (b) putting together the fuel cell stack (1) while heating and compressing the piled fuel cell stack (1). At least one regulated force is applied to the... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070277369 - Mounter and board positioning method: A mounter including at least two mounting stages 109 and 110 where components are mounted onto boards transported from the upstream side in transportation direction of the board 120 and then transport the boards to the downstream side, and the mounter includes a first stopping unit 135 for stopping the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070277370 - Apparatus for forming structured material for energy storage device and method: A method and an apparatus of the present invention is used for the high-rate deposition of materials, such as carbon, silicon, metals, metal oxides, and the like, onto a metal substrate defined by a metal tape. The particles of the material are mixed with fluid and are injected against the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070277373 - Formation method of metal layer on resin layer, printed wiring board, and producution method thereof: A printed wiring board having a conductor circuit comprising a copper layer adjacent to an insulating layer and an electroless gold plating, wherein the insulating layer has ten-point mean surface roughness (Rz) of 2.0 μm or less is provided. According to the present invention, there is no such a defect... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070277374 - Method for fabrication of hermetic electrical conductor feedthroughs: A method is disclosed for the fabrication of feedthrough devices that can transmit a single or plurality of electrical signal(s) to or from within a leak-tight (hermetic) chamber from or to the outside of said leak-tight (hermetic) chamber. The invention allows materials known to be well-tolerated within the human body... Agent: Gregg Jorgen Suaning

20070277375 - Prepreg for printed wiring board, metal foil clad laminate and printed wiring board, and, method for manufacturing multi-layer printed wiring board: A printed wiring board prepreg according to the present invention is a printed wiring board prepreg obtained by impregnation-drying of a base material with a thermosetting resin composition, and when it is bent by 90°, cracks do not occur in the base material.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070277377 - Method and system for producing alloy wheels for motor vehicles: A method for producing alloy wheels for motor vehicles in which each wheel is provided with a hub and a rim contemplates realizing a finishing operation with a cutting machine tool, measuring the unbalance of the wheel, checking whether the unbalance falls within the predetermined acceptability values by means of... Agent: Day Pitney LLP