Metal working inventions 02/08

20080047116 - Method of producing electrolytic capacitor: Provided is a method of producing an electrolytic capacitor being higher in capacitance, lower in leakage current, and difficult to deteriorate these properties even when processed in a heat-treatment process such as reflow soldering process. In the method of producing a solid electrolytic capacitor, firstly, an anode containing a valve... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20080047117 - Methods of making articles comprising manganese doped barium titanate thin film compositions: Described herein are methods for making articles comprising a dielectric layer formed from any solution composition that can form barium titanate during firing and containing manganese in an amount between 0.002 and 0.05 atom percent of the solution composition, wherein the dielectric layer has been formed on metal foil and... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080047118 - Vertical parallel plate capacitor using spacer shaped electrodes and method for fabrication thereof: A capacitor structure uses an aperture located within a dielectric layer in turn located over a substrate. A pair of conductor interconnection layers embedded within the dielectric layer terminates at a pair of opposite sidewalls of the aperture. A pair of capacitor plates is located upon the pair of opposite... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080047119 - Molding installation method and device: There is provided a device capable of smoothly, easily and automatically installing a molding on a door panel for an automobile. A molding installation jig 10 has a dynamic sensor 12 between a jig body 11 and the arm 7. The dynamic sensor 12 is designed to detect force applied... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20080047128 - Capacitance sensor and its manufacturing method: A method for manufacturing a capacitance sensor comprises the steps of (a) depositing a film to be a diaphragm forming a moving electrode, (b) heating the film to be the diaphragm to a first temperature, and (c) depositing a film to be a plate forming a fixed electrode opposing to... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080047127 - Method for producing a measuring transducer: The invention relates to a method for producing a measuring transducer in order to transform at least one physical variable into at least one electric variable. According to the invention, a plurality of planar, insulating and conductive layers (21-26 and 11-17) are respectively structured according to predefineable models which are... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080047129 - Method of making an electrochemical sensor: A process for the manufacture of small sensors with reproducible surfaces, including electrochemical sensors. One process includes forming channels in the surface of a substrate and disposing a conductive material in the channels to form an electrode. The conductive material can also be formed on the substrate by other impact... Agent: Attention: Mara E. Deboe Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080047131 - Die assembly and method for manufacturing lamina stacks from a plurality of separate strips of stock material: A progressive die assembly and a method for manufacturing lamina stacks from a plurality of separate strips of stock material. The die assembly includes a plurality of feed pathways for the material strips, each feed pathway having an associated punch set. Each punch set includes one or more punches for... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080047132 - Quick drain filter: An apparatus, system, and method for a quick-drain filter includes a cylindrical filter element, a cylindrical interior volume disposed axially through the element, an end plate disposed on an axial end of the element, and a housing within which the element and end plate are disposed, the housing and element... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080047134 - Method of manufacturing flexible printed circuit board: Provided are methods of manufacturing a flexible printed circuit board having a surface layer portion where a copper foil circuit is disposed and consisting single-side board, double-side board and multi-layer board. A first manufacturing method in a case when a single-sided CCL is used includes at least a step in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080047135 - Rigid flex printed circuit board: A rigid flex circuit board and a method of fabricating a rigid flex circuit board. The method comprising forming a stack of at least two layers of at least one of a flexible material, prepreg material, insulative material, or conductive material over a flexible core to form a structure, wherein... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20080047136 - Laminate ceramic circuit board and process therefor: A circuit board assembly that makes use of a low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate, and a process for producing the assembly. The substrate contains at least first and second regions formed by a plurality of first ceramic layers and at least one second ceramic layer, respectively, that are superimposed and... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080047137 - Connection member and mount assembly and production method of the same: A connection member can be produced without a via-forming step. The connection member includes an insulating substrate which has an upper surface, a lower surface opposed to the upper surface, and a side surface which connects these surfaces; and at least one wiring which extends from the upper surface to... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080047143 - Endodontic instrument: A method of manufacturing endodontic instruments is disclosed. Each of the instruments includes a substantially non-cutting pilot portion, a relatively short working portion, and a flexible shank portion which is of a substantially smaller average circumferential span than the working portion. The working portion of one instrument may have a... Agent: Discus Dental Impressions, Inc.

20080040908 - Coating die with expansible chamber device: The disclosure relates to a method for forming a die having an applicator slot for translating an applicator liquid through the die. The slot is in fluid communication with a die cavity. An expansible chamber device is disposed within the die cavity and changes volume in response to changes in... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080040907 - Method to seal reactive materials under vacuum: A method of sealing a low enriched uranium (LEU) foil in a vacuum is provided. The LEU foil is inserted into a stainless steel foil pouch. Sealing components are assembled with the stainless steel foil pouch with a vacuum pump connection extending through an opening in the pouch. Then an... Agent: Joan Pennington

20080040911 - Robot cell and method for changing and storing elements in a robot cell: A robot cell for changing and storing elements, such as tools and/or products. The robot cell has a robot that is suitable for picking up and moving elements from outside the robot cell to inside the robot cell and vice versa. The cell also has a wall, at least partially... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080040912 - Method for making a coil for a rotating electrical machine rotor: The invention concerns a method for making an excitation coil (22) of a rotor (1) of a rotating electrical machine including: a step of winding at least one electrical conductor element (30), the winding forming, in superimposed layers, a horizontal and vertical juxtaposition of turns of the electrical conductor element;... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish

20080040913 - Rfid tag: An RFID tag, including: a base; an antenna pattern that is provided on the base to form a communication antenna and has a tapered connection end portion which provides a connection terminal to the antenna; an electric conductor that is attached onto the connection end portion of the antenna pattern... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080040914 - Process to manufacture cpp gmr read head: Using a beam of xenon ions together with a suitable mask, a GMR stack is ion milled until a part of it, no more than about 0.1 microns thick, has been removed so that a pedestal, having sidewalls comprising a vertical section that includes all of the free layer, has... Agent: Saile Ackerman LLC

20080040915 - Xenon ion beam to improve track width definition: Using a beam of xenon ions together with a suitable mask, a stack is ion milled until a part of it, no more than about 0.1 microns thick, has been removed so that a pedestal having sidewalls, including a vertical section and a shortened taper portion, has been formed. This... Agent: Saile Ackerman LLC

20080040917 - Component supply head device and component mounting head device: A suction nozzle 65 of a reversing head device 22 has a distal end surface 65a with a suction hole 65b opened therein, and a suction passage 65c communicated with the suction hole 65b at one end thereof. A portion of the distal end surface 65a outside of the suction... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080040919 - Method for producing a pricking element: The present invention provides a process for producing a lancing element in which a flat-shaped member is formed from a flat material by applying a mask and allowing an etching agent to act upon it, wherein at least a part of the flat-shaped member is shaped as a tip. The... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP

20080040921 - Multilayer circuit board with embedded components and method of manufacture: A multilayer substrate assembly (80) includes at least one embedded component (52) within a plurality of stacked pre-processed substrates. Each pre-processed substrate can have a core dielectric (14), patterned conductive surfaces (12 and 16) on opposing sides of the core dielectric, and at least one hole (18) in each of... Agent: Motorola, Inc

20080040922 - Method and apparatus for making metallic, non-rotationally symmetric rings: Apparatus for making a metallic, non-rotationally symmetric ring with substantially constant wall thickness about its circumference, in particular a cam ring, from a circular ring, includes frame bed and a forming tool which is supported by the frame bed. The forming tool has an inner contour which approximates a finished... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20080040924 - Method for the repair of a compressor rotor designed in blisk technology: With a method for the repair of compressor rotors designed in blisk technology the damaged stage is severed from the rotor, and a new blisk is joined to the rotor by electron-beam welding. For stress relieving the rotor is subjected to local thermal treatment by means of a current produced... Agent: Timothy J. Klima Harbin King & Klima

20080040925 - Bendable heat spreader with metallic wire mesh-based microstructure and method for fabricating same: The present invention discloses a heat spreader and method for making the heat spreader. The heat spreader comprises: a hollow metallic housing including an upper cover having an inner surface and a lower cover having an inner surface, the upper and lower covers being bonded together along their perimeters defining... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080034563 - Manufacturing method of actuator device and liquid jet apparatus provided wirth actuator device formed by manufacturing method of the same: A manufacturing method of a liquid jet head having increased the durability and reliability thereof by preventing delamination of a vibration plate is provided. At least the following two steps are included: a vibration plate forming step which includes at least a step of forming a zirconium layer on one... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080034564 - Process and device for producing clutch friction plate: A process for producing a clutch friction plate in which a plurality of friction material segments are bonded to an annular flat face of an annular core plate so that oil channels are formed between the segments, the process including: a step of forming a plurality of strip-shaped friction materials... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080034570 - Method for manufacturing steel housings, composed of at least two housing components, for assemblies installed in vehicles: A method is provided for producing metal housings composed of at least two housing parts, in particular for units mounted in commercial vehicles. A corrosion prevention layer composed of zinc or a zinc-containing alloy is applied onto an outwardly facing surface of at least one housing part with a subsequent... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080034571 - Tube mill with in-line braze coating process: A tube mill apparatus and process for continuously forming and coating a tube with a braze alloy. The apparatus and process produce a continuously moving welded tube by continuously forming and welding a tubing material, after which the welded tube is passed through a sizing station to establish a desired... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20080034572 - Disc brake: A method of manufacturing a disc brake in which a pair of pads are disposed on opposite sides of a disc. A caliper body extends over the disc. The method includes forming, in the caliper body, a prepared hole for a bore into which a piston is slidably fitted and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080034574 - Tool for assisting in cutting the conductors of an electrical cable to a precise length: The invention relates to a tool for assisting in cutting the conductors of a n electrical cable to a precise length. According to the invention, the tool (T) consists of a body (8), said body being pierced with a channel (10) which is orthogonal to a reference face (9) and... Agent: Stevens Davis Miller & Mosher, LLP

20080034576 - Process to manufacture magnetic tunnel junction read head: Using a beam of xenon ions together with a suitable mask, a MTJ stack is ion milled until a part of it, no more than about 0.1 microns thick, has been removed so that a pedestal, having sidewalls comprising a vertical section that includes all of the free layer, has... Agent: Saile Ackerman LLC

20080034578 - Micro-electromechanical systems switch and method of fabricating the same: Provided is a micro-electromechanical systems switch for controlling signal delivery in a high frequency band wireless communication and a radio frequency (RF) system and, comprising: a substrate; a signal line formed on the substrate and having a predetermined opening portion; at least one supporting frame each formed on the substrate... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080034579 - Method for producing a solid-state power supply: Application: in electric equipment, specifically production of secondary solid-sate current sources (storage batteries). Nature of the invention: A method for production of a secondary solid-state current source through coating of both sides of solid electrolyte with anodic and cathodic materials with subsequent firing/baking and thermoelectric influence during transmission of electric... Agent: Houston Eliseeva

20080034582 - Methods for sensor having capacitor on chip: In an exemplary embodiment, a method for a magnetic sensor includes forming a first conductive layer over a substrate containing circuitry, forming a dielectric layer over the first conductive layer, forming a second conductive layer over the dielectric layer such that the first conductive layer, the dielectric layer, and the... Agent: Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20080034584 - Method of manufacturing a liquid vessel: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a liquid vessel including a liquid containing body having a discharge port for discharging liquid, and a liquid residual amount detection device having a liquid inflow port connected to the discharge port, a liquid lead-out portion for supplying the liquid and a vibration... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080034585 - Continuously variable transmission: A continuously variable transmission (CVT) having a main shaft configured to support and position various components of the CVT. Shift cam discs cooperate with ball-leg assemblies to shift the transmission ration of the CVT. Load cam discs, a torsion disc, rolling elements, and a hub cap shell are configured to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080034586 - Continuously variable transmission: A continuously variable transmission (CVT) having a main shaft configured to support and position various components of the CVT. Shift cam discs cooperate with ball-leg assemblies to shift the transmission ration of the CVT. Load cam discs, a torsion disc, rolling elements, and a hub cap shell are configured to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080028583 - Process for producing electrode for electric double layer capacitor and process for producing electric double layer capacitor employing the electrode: A process for producing an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor, in which water is used as a forming auxiliary agent and kneading an pulverizing steps are omitted to improve production efficiency, and a process for producing an electric double layer capacitor employing such a electrode, are provided. In... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080028584 - Incremental tuning process for electrical resonators based on mechanical motion: The present invention is a method for adjusting the resonant frequency of a mechanical resonator whose frequency is dependent on the overall resonator thickness. Alternating selective etching is used to remove distinct adjustment layers from a top electrode. One of the electrodes is structured with a plurality of stacked adjustment... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20080028585 - Method of isolation for acoustic resonator device: A method of isolating piezoelectric thin film acoustic resonator devices to prevent laterally propagating waves generated by the device from leaving the device and/or interfering with adjacent devices or systems. Specifically, this isolation technique involves the manipulation or isolation of the piezoelectric material layer between the acoustic resonator devices, in... Agent: Agere Lerner, David Et Al.

20080028586 - Guide bushing easily inserted into a coupling bore, and a corresponding coupling: The present invention relates to a guide bushing for guiding a tubular element in a bore of a coupling, the bushing being provided externally with retaining elements for retaining the bushing in the bore, and internally with guide shoes for guiding the tubular element inside the bushing, the retaining elements... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080028588 - Pulling tool: An improved tool for pulling off a rotor of a motor from a shaft or a fan from a shaft, which improved tool is provided with hooked arms that are releasably but securely held at one end in the housing, without the use of retaining clips, so that the arms... Agent: Milton S. Gerstein

20080028590 - Golf club head with low density crown: A golf club head and a method for forming a golf club head are disclosed. The golf club head may include a low density portion and a high density portion. The high density portion includes at least a sole, a face, and at least one support member. The support member... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080028589 - Method of producing a connection between a measuring tube and at least one flange: A method is disclosed for producing a connection between a measuring tube and at least one flange, e.g., in the case of a Coriolis mass flowmeter. In order to ensure reliable connection of the components in this case, the measuring tube can be inserted at one end over a portion... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080028595 - Deck tool: A tool that can be used to join adjacent deck sections along their side edges. the tool can include a handle portion that is used by the operator to maneuver the tool and a cutting assembly that is at the base of the tool. The cutting and folding assembly can... Agent: Sara A. Centioni Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20080028597 - Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head including a recording head and a reproducing head. In this method, a gap layer provided between respective pole portions of a first and a second magnetic layer of the recording head, a separation film for magnetically isolating the reproducing head... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080028598 - Method for treating electrode tabs of crude cell for lithium secondary battery, and crude cell and lithium secondary battery according to the method: A method for treating electrode tabs of a crude cell for a lithium secondary battery, a crude cell for a lithium secondary battery manufactured according to the method, and a lithium secondary battery employing the crude cell are disclosed. The method for treating electrode tabs of a crude cell provided... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080028599 - Method of and device for mounting and functional verification of roll fittings: A method of and a device for mounting and functional verification of roll fittings (4) in rolling mill stands (1), wherein at least a partial number of the roll fittings (4) forms a respective module (5), with savings of mounting and verification time, and wherein the modules (5) are arranged,... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080028601 - Structure for fixing printed circuit board and method of fixing thereof: A structure of fixing a printed circuit board includes a mold frame coupled with a display panel, a printed circuit board positioned at a rear surface of the display panel and electrically connected to a pad portion of the display panel, and an insulating film covering an outer surface of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080028602 - Tool and method for crimping a contact onto a cable: A crimping tool to crimp a contact onto the end of a wire, the contact configured to receive both a stripped part and an insulated part of the wire end. The crimping tool includes a first and second tier to crimp the contact onto the conductor core and onto the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080028608 - Catalyst substrate having improved thermal durability: A catalyst substrate comprises a substrate material having an inlet, an outlet, an opening therebetween to allow for the passage of exhaust gas therethrough, and further comprises a catalyst and a layer of zirconium phosphate. Catalyst substrates coated with zirconium phosphate exhibit improved thermal durability, improved thermal shock resistance, and... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080028609 - Hollow member, manufacturing method thereof, fluid distribution system using the hollow member, and forming apparatus of hollow material: A manufacturing method of a catalyst container includes forming a plate member that is partially different in plate thickness or material by joining material plates that are different in plate thickness or material by welding; bending the plate member that is partially different in plate thickness or material to form... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080028611 - Heat dissipating device and method of fabricating the same: A heat dissipating device includes thermal conductive pipes and a plurality of thermal fin modules. Each thermal fin module made by pressing and stacking is mounted on the thermal conductive pipes. A retainer is located between each two thermal fin modules to compress the thermal fin module, so that a... Agent: Hdsl