Metal working inventions 01/08

20080022499 - Bearing and seal installation device and method: An installation device and method for installing engine components, such as bearings and seals, on an engine. The device including a first connection member that couples to an engine and a second moveable member configured to translate relative to the first connection member. The device also includes a rack and... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080022500 - Bearing and seal installation device and method: An installation device and method for installing engine components, such as bearings and seals, on an engine. The device including a first connection member that couples to an engine and a second moveable member configured to translate relative to the first connection member. The device also includes a rack and... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080022501 - Dental cleaning device: An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080022503 - Dental cleaning device: An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080022506 - Method for production of a superconducting magnetic coil, and mr apparatus having such a coil: In a method for production of a superconducting magnetic coil, winding of superconducting wires of the superconducting magnetic coil is implemented with at least one UV-curable plastic, and the UV-curable plastic is at least partially cured with UV light during the winding. A magnetic resonance apparatus has a superconducting magnetic... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080022508 - Method of manufacturing magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording: A method of manufacturing a magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording that includes a pole layer and a pole-layer-encasing layer. The method includes the steps of: forming a nonmagnetic layer that will be formed into the pole-layer-encasing layer; forming a polishing stopper layer on the top surface of the nonmagnetic... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080022510 - Method of manufacturing magnetic head slider: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention allow control over the element height of read and write heads without damage to a lapping surface table when an air-bearing surface is lapped with a row bar or magnetic head slider tilted. According to one embodiment, when a row bar is tilted... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080022511 - Method of manufacturing magnetic core, magnetic core, electromagnetic transducer, clock, and electronic device: A magnetic core portion 16, a residual base material portion 42, and a connecting portion 43 are formed by pressing from a base material 40. Notches 18A are formed at a peripheral edge of the magnetic core portion 16, which is bent in the direction of the plate thickness to... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080022513 - Method of fabricating an artificial haircell: Method of fabricating an artificial haircell. A cilium, a strain gauge connected to the cilium, and a ductile hinge are microfabricated on a substrate by surface micromachining. The cilium and the strain gauge are raised with respect to the substrate by application of a magnetic field, thus bending the hinge.... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080022514 - Method of making a solid oxide fuel cell having a porous electrolyte: A method for producing a fuel cell, including applying a porous, non-densified electrolyte layer over an anode substrate, sintering the electrolyte layer to the anode substrate, and applying a porous catalytic anode layer onto the electrolyte and spaced from the anode layer to define a fuel cell to produce a... Agent: Sommer Barnard Attorneys,p.c.

20080022517 - Rolled electroactive polymers: The invention describes rolled electroactive polymer devices. The invention also describes employment of these devices in a wide array of applications and methods for their fabrication. A rolled electroactive polymer device converts between electrical and mechanical energy; and includes a rolled electroactive polymer and at least two electrodes to provide... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080022519 - Electronic package with optimized lamination process: A laminating method. A structure that includes first and second dielectric layers respectively positioned on opposing surfaces of a thermally conductive layer is pressurized between 1000 and 3000 psi concurrent with being subjected to a thermal process, including the steps of: (a) heating the structure from ambient room temperature to... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080022520 - Method of making multilayered circuitized substrate assembly: A method of making a multilayered circuitized substrate assembly which includes bonding at least two circuitized substrates each including at least one layer of high temperature dielectric material, one of these layers in turn including at least one thru-hole therein having therein a quantity of a a low temperature conductive... Agent: Lawrence R. Fraley Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP

20080022521 - Universal terminal bar structure with ground contacting feature integrated into a body structure with versatile rfi suppression for electric motors: A method of providing RFI suppression in a DC motor provides a universal terminal bar structure 70 including a positive terminal bar 72 and a negative terminal bar 76, a first choke 80 electrically connected with the positive terminal bar, a second choke 82 electrically connected with the negative terminal... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080022523 - Method of forming a printed circuit board with improved via design: A circuit board includes an electrically conductive sheet having an insulative coating surrounding the conductive sheet, with a surface of the insulative coating around an edge of the conductive sheet having an arcuate or rounded shape. At least one electrical conductor is conformally deposited on at least the rounded insulative... Agent: Ppg Industries Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20080022524 - Intake cone in a fiber compound material for a gas turbine engine and method for its manufacture: On an intake cone made of fiber compound material for a gas turbine engine, the conical part, the attachment part and the fairing part are manufactured as one piece from a plurality of mutually crossing and covering winding layers (1) forming an interlace (2). The winding layers include parallel, alternately... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20080022525 - Inkjet printhead and method of manufacturing the same: An inkjet printhead and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The inkjet printhead includes a substrate; a plurality of heaters formed on an upper portion of the substrate for heating ink for generating bubbles; a plurality of metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) field effect transistors (FETs) formed on the substrate... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080022527 - Method of manufacturing sheet metal back face pulley: In the invention, a sheet metal-made cup-shaped material (4) comprising: a circular base plate portion (2); and a cylindrical portion (3) which extends from an outer peripheral edge portion of the base plate portion (2) in one direction along the axis of the base plate portion (2) is prepared, an... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080016662 - Method and arrangement for manufacturing grid for lead battery plate: Method and arrangement for manufacturing grids for lead battery plates, forming a patterned grid of lead or lead alloy within a frame. A sheet of fibreglass based insert (7) is introduced between a pair of casting belts (1), which move along a travel path having a contacting section. Molten lead... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080016663 - Formed materials and strips used in fuel tanks and to prevent explosive reactions: The invention relates to a stamped or braided form of a solid material or foil that can be inserted into a tank or container, for example to prevent an explosion of fuel inside the tank. Various combinations of materials can be used to produce the forms and braids. In a... Agent: Wiley Rein LLP

20080016664 - Electrode design: Electrodes of a double-layer capacitor are designed so that sub-capacitors formed at each electrode are stressed substantially equally at the rated voltage of the double-layer capacitor. In an exemplary embodiment, each electrode includes a current collector and an active electrode layer, such as a layer of activated carbon. The electrodes... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20080016666 - Method for manufacturing piezoelectric resonator: To provide a method for manufacturing a piezoelectric resonator which can conduct frequency matching with high reliability when performing rough adjustment of the frequency by adjusting the shape of a piezoelectric oscillating piece before forming an electrode film, and thereby it becomes possible to avoid reduction of the yield. Etching... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080016665 - Package structure for surface acoustic wave device, and surface acoustic wave device: A package structure realizing a size and/or thickness reduction and suitable for packaging a surface acoustic wave element is provided. The package structure for solving the above challenge includes a base having a thick floor 16b on which to place a surface acoustic wave element 12 and a thin floor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080016671 - Composite pipe: A sleeved composite pipe or piling structure formed of an elongated polyethylene pipe or tube of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or another polyethylene material installed over a substantially rigid and incompressible hollow metal pipe or solid wood core having an outer diameter that is the same or slightly larger than a... Agent: Charles J Rupnick

20080016672 - Automatic wire winding of inside brushless stator: A method and mechanism for automatic or manual winding of a stator. A fixed arbor serves to support the stator during the winding process, as well as a wire feed point and wire guide. A mechanism moves the stator in a back and forth motion along the major axis of... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080016673 - Motor armature having distributed windings for reducing arcing: An armature for a brush commutated electric motor having a distributed coil winding arrangement for reducing brush arcing and electro-magnetic interference (EMI). The winding pattern involves winding a first coil into a first pair of slots of the armature. A second coil having a first subcoil portion is then wound... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080016674 - Method and installation means for installing an electrical machine: The object of the invention is a method and installation means for installing an electrical machine, particularly for installing a rotor within a stator. According to the invention, two or more spacer elements (32) are fitted on the outer circumference of the rotor (6), the distance between the outermost part... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080016675 - Methods of forming magnetic memory devices including ferroelectric spacers: A magnetic memory device may include a digit line on a substrate, a first insulating layer on the digit line, and a magnetic tunnel junction memory cell on the first insulating layer so that the first insulating layer is between the digit line and the magnetic tunnel junction memory cell.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080016678 - Method of making a compound magnet: A method of making a compound magnet that comprises a plurality of regions at least some of which have different magnetization directions. The method comprises assembling a plurality of sections of magnetizable material having a preferred direction of magnetization into a block, each section corresponding to a region or a... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20080016677 - Rotating and pivoting magnet for magnetic navigation: A magnet assembly comprising a magnet mounted for pivoting about a first axis spaced from the magnet, and rotating about a second axis that is perpendicular to and intersects with the first axis. The magnet comprising a plurality of segments each with a magnetization direction such that through a combination... Agent: Bryan K. Wheelock Suite 400

20080016679 - Covered conductor and heater formed therewith: There is disclosed a conductor having a conductive element and a covering surrounding at least a portion of the conductive element Preferably, the covering has an inner portion and an outer portion formed of different materials such that the melting point of the inner portion is higher than the melting... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080016680 - Method and device for producing a maintenance-free battery having a fixed electrolyte: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing an accumulator having a fixed electrolyte. The inventive method is characterized by introducing an electrolyte in a flowable form into the accumulator cell and fixing the electrolyte and forming the active mass simultaneously inside the accumulator cell. The device... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20080016681 - Method of storing electricity in quantum batteries: A method with which Quantum Batteries (super capacitors) can be produced from materials which consist of chemically highly dipolar crystals in the form of nanometer-sized grains or layers that are embedded in electrically insulating matrix material or intermediate layers, and are applied to a compound foil or fixed flat base.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080016683 - Stress isolated pressure sensing die, sensor assembly inluding said die and methods for manufacturing said die and said assembly: The invention concerns a pressure sensing die to be mounted on a base, comprising: a diaphragm structure with a deflectable pressure sensing diaphragm whose deflection is representative of the pressure and sensing elements for detecting the deflection of the sensing diaphragm; a pedestal supporting the diaphragm structure; wherein the pedestal... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080016685 - Wiring board, multilayer wiring board, and method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a wiring board comprising an insulating member, comprising: a penetrating hole formation process of forming a penetrating hole in the insulating member; a placement process of inserting a conductive connecting particle into the penetrating hole; a connecting particle pressing process of disposing the conductive layers on... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080016687 - Linear compressor and method of producing the same: A linear compressor and a method of producing the linear compressor which do not generate eddy currents in an inside stator of a linear motor thereof, thus preventing an eddy current loss, caused by an electrical contact between a plurality of thin metal sheets of the inside stator. The linear... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080016689 - Methods and systems for conditioning slotted substrates: The described embodiments relate to slotted substrates. One exemplary method removes substrate material from a substrate to form a fluid-handling slot through the substrate. This particular method also mechanically conditions the substrate proximate the fluid-handling slot, at least in part, to remove debris created by the removing.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20080010796 - High power density supercapacitors with carbon nanotube electrodes: One embodiment of the present invention provides a process for fabricating an electrode for a capacitor using carbon nanotubes (CNTs), wherein the electrode comprises a metal substrate and a layer of active material (CNTs) coated onto the metal substrate. Specifically, the process starts by dispersing CNTs in a solvent to... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080010800 - Automotive wheel assembly removal tool actuators: A wheel assembly removal apparatus and method for use in the automotive maintenance and repair industry. The apparatus is adapted to remove a wheel assembly, and components thereof that may have become seized together, from a vehicle chassis for maintenance and repair while minimizing time and cost, and the possibility... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080010802 - Method for replacing a telescoping cylinder in a reconfigurable chair: A chair, which has a cylinder for controlling the configuration of a chair or the seat height of a chair, is operated by a flexible cable. The flexible cable is attached to an adjustment member that is not fixedly attached to the cylinder, thereby permitting the cylinder to be replaced... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

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20080010804 - Method and machine for removing a tyre fitted with a rigid inner run-flat ring: A method and machine for removing a tyre, fitted with a rigid inner run-flat ring, from a relative rim, whereby, once the rim and the tyre are fixed onto a turntable having a central hub and rotating about a first axis coaxial with the hub and the tyre, a bead... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080010806 - Method and tools for the production of a braking band for a brake disk: The invention relates to a method and tools for producing a braking band of a disk-brake disk by casting, in which the disk comprises at least two plates connected to one another by connecting elements forming an internal air-duct for the cooling of the braking band. With the method and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLPIPGroup, Columbia Square

20080010807 - Multi-pitch screw, and manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of multi-pitch screw: The invention presents a method of manufacturing a multi-pitch screw having desired threads and pitches by rolling. A trace of general (even lead angle) spiral screw is formed by even pitch protrusions 610 and 620 of an existing rotating dies 61 and 62, and it is combined with a trace... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080010808 - Method of manufacturing soldering iron: A soldering iron provided with a soldering tip that melts solder at a distal end, having inside said soldering tip a substantially cylindrical insertion fit recess portion extending from a proximal end of the soldering tip to the distal end, opening at the proximal end, and a heater formed into... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080010810 - Coded antenna: A method of producing a whip antenna by tapering a length of aluminium tube and applying high velocity plasma to the aluminium tube. A ribbon conductor is also wound with a plurality of selected number of turns along the aluminium tube. A polymer coating is also applied to the antenna.... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20080010812 - Method of forming single-layer coils: The present invention provides a method of forming a single-layer coil for an electrical machine in a single process from a length of insulated rectangular conductor such as copper tape, for example. The coil is formed by winding the conductor around first and second coil-forming members 5 and 7 provided... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20080010813 - Method of making a transformer having a stacked core with a cruciform leg: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a transformer having a stacked core, which includes upper and lower yokes and first and second outer legs. The core also includes one or more inner legs. Each of the upper and lower yokes is formed from a stack of... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080010814 - Tester channel to multiple ic terminals: A probe card provides signal paths between integrated circuit (IC) tester channels and probes accessing input and output pads of ICs to be tested. When a single tester channel is to access multiple (N) IC pads, the probe card provides a branching path linking the channel to each of the... Agent: N. Kenneth Burraston Kirton & Mcconkie

20080010816 - Headspace insulator for electrochemical cells: A headspace insulator for a battery cell operatively coupled to circuitry within an implantable medical device in including one or more of the following: (a) a body of electrically and thermally insulating material disposed between a battery electrode assembly and a battery cover, (b) a receiving area within the body... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080010818 - Wafer expanding device, component feeder, and expanding method for wafer sheet: In slack removal processing for removing slack generated on a wafer sheet by heating blow, a wafer feeding plate is positioned at a height position between a first height position and a second height position. This makes it possible to decrease a gap between an upper end portion of an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080010819 - Connection board, and multi-layer wiring board, substrate for semiconductor package and semiconductor package using connection board, and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a connection board that is formed by an insulating resin composition layer made of one layer or two or more layers and a connection conductor that is formed so as to pass through the insulating resin composition layer in its thickness direction at a position where... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080010820 - Soldering a flexible circuit: Techniques are provided for controlling solder flow in applications where a flexible circuit is soldered to a microelectromechanical structure. A metal layer is formed on a substrate. A solder mask is formed on the metal layer such that portions of the metal layer are covered by the mask and portions... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080010821 - Flow sensor with self-aligned flow channel: A flow sensor is provided having a substrate with a sensing element and flow channel aligned over the sensing element. The sensing element senses at least one property of a fluid. The flow channel is aligned by one or more guide elements formed in an alignment layer. The flow channel... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080010822 - Method for increasing a production rate of printed wiring boards: A method for increasing a production rate of printed wiring boards has the following steps: applying a conductive layer to an isolating base board; drilling at least one first conductive layer and the isolating base board to form multiple through holes; plating the through holes with a conductive material to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080010823 - Method for increasing a production rate of printed wiring boards: A method for increasing a production rate of printed wiring boards has the following steps: applying a conductive layer to an isolating base board; drilling at least one first conductive layer and the isolating base board to form multiple through holes; plating the through holes with a conductive material to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080010824 - Probe card and method for manufacturing probe card: A probe card on which micro probe needles are arranged at high density and with high precision with neither the need of a complicated structure or variation in needle height. A probe card 1 installed in a wafer tester comprises a board 2 having a wiring pattern for transmitting a... Agent: Yasuo Muramatsu Muramatsu & Associates

20080010826 - Method of manufacturing a compressor: An object is to provide a compressor capable of surely preventing leakage of a refrigerant gas from a connection portion between an airtight container and a pipe to the outside at low to the outside at low costs. The compressor comprises an airtight container to which a refrigerant introduction pipe... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080010827 - Radial seal and method of making: A method of manufacturing a radial shaft seal assembly. The method includes the step of stretching an inner diameter of a ring-shaped polytetrafluoroethylene seal radially outward from an axis with a mandrel to a first stretched condition on a mold core element. The method also includes the step of defining... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080010829 - Direct expansion cooler high velocity dished head: A dished head header assembly for a heat exchanger having a containment body that includes a rounded, or dished, wall portion forming an interior cavity. A flange attaches to the containment body and fastens the header assembly to the heat exchanger. A plurality of refrigerant passageways are extended through an... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20080010830 - Manufacturing method for toothed power transmission member having oil reservoir and toothed power transmission member manufactured by this manufacturing method: A method of manufacturing a toothed power transmission member having an oil reservoir according to the present invention includes steps of forming primitive concave portion, which form a basis for the oil reservoir, on a surface of a toothed power transmission member work, and forming a tooth surface by processing... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080010831 - Process for making a conveyor roller and the corresponding conveyor roller: A process for making a roller for conveying products along a predetermined path in an industrial installation, where a portion for rotationally driving the roller includes a tubular element and is associated with a rotatable roller support of the same roller in the form of a long tubular body. According... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080010832 - Production method for sintered fluid dynamic pressure bearing: A sintered fluid dynamic pressure bearing completely seals or decreases the sizes of gaps formed in pores by shrinkage when a resin impregnated therein shrinks. The fluid dynamic pressure bearings can be reliably and easily produced using fewer processes while superior quality is maintained. A production method for a fluid... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080005878 - Process for the production of electrolyte capacitors: The invention relates to a process for the production of electrolyte capacitors having a low equivalent series resistance and low residual current, electrolyte capacitors produced by this process and the use of such electrolyte capacitors.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080005879 - Method for releasably holding two articles together: A method for releasably holding two machined articles (1, 2) together in a mutually fixed position comprises lugs (6, 9) with openings having surfaces to be aligned with each other for defining said fixed position with respect to two dimensions and surfaces arranged to bear against each other for defining... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20080005882 - Film cutter apparatus and method of forming: The present invention relates to a film cutter apparatus and method of forming same including a button slide cutter slideably movable within a track formed as a blister shell. The track provides a channel below a pair of raised edges and end edges formed integral with the pair of raised... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20080005884 - Tampon applicator barrels having gripping structures and methods of forming: A tampon applicator barrel including a cardboard tube having a first end and a second end and at least one gripping structure defined from the cardboard tube proximate the second end is provided. The cardboard tube has a wall thickness of between about 0.015 and about 0.020 inches, while the... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greenley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080005885 - Compensating unit for a tool unit and method for inserting an element into a workpiece: A compensating unit for a tool unit for inserting an element into a workpiece, in particular a setting unit for inserting a joining element into a workpiece. The tool unit is fastened to a mounting and being mounted, oriented in an axial direction, in such a way that, during the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080005886 - Thermal interface apparatus, systems, and fabrication methods: A method and machine may operate to fabricate a unitary, substantially uniformly distributed transfer material that can be coupled to a carrier material.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080005887 - Elongated member/radially expandable member assembly and methods of assembling the same: At least one embodiment generally relates to using an installation tool to pass an expansion mandrel through an elongated member to at least locally, radially expand at least a portion of the elongated member and achieve an interference fit with a radially expandable member located about an outer surface of... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080005888 - Electrical rotating machine and process for the manufacture thereof: The stator for an electrical machine comprises a laminated magnetic circuit 1 having a plurality of teeth delimiting longitudinally oriented slots, electrically conductive wires 2 being disposed in the slots, and winding heads 3 at the ends of the stator. An outer sheath 4 forms part of the final motor.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080005889 - Flexible antenna apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof: A flexible antenna apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof are provided for wireless communication devices. The flexible antenna has a metal layer with an adhesive layer pasted onto the back surface of the metal layer, so that it can be directly pasted onto the housing of the wireless communication device.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080005890 - Transformer and associated method of making using liquid crystal polymer (lcp) material: A transformer and method of making includes first half primary and secondary windings as metallic circuits that are etched on a metallic cladding of a first liquid crystal polymer (LCP) sheet. Secondary windings are positioned in spaced relation to the primary windings. A second LCP sheet is applied over the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080005892 - Setting device, component mounting system, program and calculating method: Technology is provided for changing a mounting angle of a component to reduce the amount of relative displacement between a mounting head and a board. A component, for which a mounting angle can be changed, is specified based on information stored in a mounting data storage area and a component... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080005893 - Bonding head, bonding tool and method for production of a semiconductor component: A bonding head includes a pressure plate to press a component (e.g., a semiconductor chip) onto a substrate. The pressure plate includes a holding surface configured to hold the component and to allow the component to be pressed uniformly onto the substrate, thus allowing a particularly reliable connection. The bonding... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080005894 - Component mounting apparatus and method for determining component holding members: For determining the types of component holding members equipped to a plurality of holding-member equipping sections, a detection sensor having a detection optical axis in a direction intersecting with the arrayed direction of the respective holding-member equipping sections is used, and the respective holding-member equipping sections have a first detection... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080005895 - Random-period chip transfer method: A chip transfer apparatus includes a first carrier for feeding chips and a second carrier for carrying works on it. The transfer apparatus also includes a transfer engine including two or more coaxial revolvers, which can revolve coaxially with each other. Each of the coaxial revolvers includes an end-effector for... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20080005900 - Component shape profiling method and component mounting method: A method for profiling the shape of a component using a line sensor (110) which is provided in a component mounter (100) and which profiles the shape of the component (200) 5 three-dimensionally by (a) projecting a sweeping light onto the component (200) in a relative movement between the line... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080005901 - Holder for surface mount device during reflow: Methods and apparatus to couple a device, such as, for example, a surface mount device, with a substrate, such as, for example, a printed circuit, are disclosed. An apparatus, according to one aspect, may include a substrate, a plurality of terminals coupled with the substrate, a conductive bonding material coupled... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080005902 - Method for increasing a production rate of printed wiring boards: A method for increasing a production rate of printed wiring boards has the following steps: applying a conductive layer to an isolating base board; drilling at least one first conductive layer and the isolating base board to form multiple through holes; plating the through holes with a conductive material to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080005905 - Hollow crank arm for a bicycle and process for manufacturing the same: A hollow crank arm for a bicycle comprising a body of elongated shape, at the ends of which are formed, respectively, an area for connection of the bottom bracket spindle and an area for connection of the pedal. The body includes a cavity of elongated shape and two solid end... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.