Metal working inventions 04/08

20080092353 - Angled elongated features for improved alignment process integration: Elongated features may be incorporated at least partially in an alignment region. The alignment region may be defined by a plurality of alignment features aligned along a first axis. A long axis of the elongated features may be neither parallel nor perpendicular to the first axis. The alignment region may... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080092355 - Method of processing high voltage capacitors: A high voltage capacitor design is provided that provides improved performance. The high voltage capacitor includes a stack of mechanically bonded capacitor cells, which in one variant utilize a separator formed of two layers of paper. In one version, the high voltage capacitor may be used as a capacitative voltage... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080092357 - Method for mounting a thread-protecting element into a receiving thread and mounting spindle and a thread-protecting element therefore: A mounting spindle with a thread that is formed adapted to the thread-protecting element, formed as a helical wire, serves as a mounting tool with the mounting method. The helical wire is fixed on the mounting spindle by frictional engagement, which is greater than the torque necessary for mounting the... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080092362 - Zero acoustic splice fan case liner: A liner assembly for a fan case includes a noise attenuation layer covered by a face sheet. The face sheet includes openings to the underlying noise attenuation layer. The face sheet and noise attenuation layer include acoustically transparent joints. The noise attenuation layer includes a first side joined to a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080092363 - Drilling and/or hammering tool: A method of assembling a hand held electrically powered drilling and/or hammering tool having a tool housing and a drilling and/or hammering spindle mounted within the housing, which spindle has a forward end at which a tool or bit may be mounted; comprising the steps of making a motor sub-assembly... Agent: The Black & Decker Corporation

20080092366 - Current transformer core and method for producing a current transformer core: A current transformer core has a ratio of the core outside diameter Da to the core inside diameter Di of <1.5, a saturation magnetostriction λs of=|4| ppm, a circular hysteresis loop with 0.50=Br/Bs=0.85 and an Hcmax=20 mA/cm. The current transformer core is made of a soft magnetic iron alloy in... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080092367 - Micro-cavity mems device and method of fabricating same: A method of fabricating a MEMS switch having a free moving inductive element within in micro-cavity guided by at least one inductive coil. The switch consists of an upper inductive coil at one end of a micro-cavity; optionally, a lower inductive coil; and a free-moving inductive element preferably made of... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080092368 - Electric coupling of a connection to a terminal: A system for electric coupling of a flat connection to a current output terminal comprising a tubular conducting slug is provided in which the connection comprises a hole and the connection is fixed on a transversal section of the slug in such a manner as to cause the hole to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080092378 - Method for manufacturing electroconductive material-filled throughhole substrate: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an electroconductive material-filled throughhole substrate that is free from any void part in the electroconductive material filled into the throughholes. The method comprises forming an electroconductive base layer on one side of a core substrate having throughholes, and precipitating and growing an electroconductive material... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080092380 - Method of processing high voltage capacitors: A high voltage capacitor design is provided that provides improved performance. The high voltage capacitor includes a stack of mechanically bonded capacitor cells, which in one variant utilize a separator formed of two layers of paper. In one version, the high voltage capacitor may be used as a capacitative voltage... Agent: Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

20080092382 - Hydraulic end head with internally cast hydraulic circuits: A fluid manifold such as an end head for a hydraulic power pack is manufactured by providing at least one piece of tubing into a mold and molding a material to form a block around the tubing, resulting in a manifold block that has tubing arranged inside to form fluid... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080092385 - Fixed scroll positioning apparatus and fixed scroll positioning method: In a positioning apparatus (40), a fixed scroll (34) engaged with a movable scroll (31) is pressed against a housing member (36), and then, is stirred to an appropriate position by applying impact force to the fixed scroll (34) in this state. Thus, the stirring of the fixed scroll (34)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080092386 - Cooling jacket for a cylinder head: A cooling jacket casting core according to the invention for the production of a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine comprises at least one impression of a cooling jacket. The cooling jacket casting core itself has a slot running at least in part substantially in the direction of a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080086858 - Method and apparatus of fabricating a semiconductor device by back grinding and dicing: A method and apparatus of fabricating a semiconductor device by back grinding and dicing is disclosed. The method may include at least adhering a protection tape for back grinding on a front surface of a semiconductor wafer, back grinding a rear surface of the semiconductor wafer while the protection tape... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080086860 - Method for producing electronic component: A method for producing an electronic component prevents problems due to outgassing from a sacrificial layer and the formation of residues during removal of the sacrificial layer. The method includes a first step of forming a sacrificial layer on a substrate, the sacrificial layer being mainly composed of polyamide imide,... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080086869 - Plastic molded motor housing: A housing assembly 30 is provided for a permanent magnet motor. The housing assembly includes a ferrous flux ring structure 38 having an exterior 39 and an interior 36. Magnet structure 34 is carried within the interior of the flux ring structure 38. A plastic housing 32 substantially encapsulates the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080086868 - Stator for an electric motor and assembly method: The apparatus of the present invention provides a stator for an electric motor. The apparatus includes a plurality of stator components assembled together to form a generally annular stator core. A wire is wrapped around at least a portion of the stator core to form a stator winding. A first... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080086871 - Method and device for producing membrane-electrode units: The present invention relates to the technical field of electrochemistry and describes a method and an apparatus for producing fuel cell components, in particular membrane electrode units (“MEUs”) for membrane fuel cells. In the case of the method according to the invention, anode and cathode electrodes are applied to two... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080086873 - Method and apparatus for mounting electronic part: A method of mounting an electronic part includes, providing a liquid at a surface of the electronic part or a suction end of a suction nozzle, attaching the electronic part to a suction end of a suction nozzle via the liquid, suctioning the liquid from the suction end to hold... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080086875 - Grain orientation control through hot pressing techniques: Systems and methods for electrical component, e.g., brush, manufacture are provided that control grain orientation. The systems and methods utilize hot pressing techniques to enhance the properties and functionalities of the electrical components/brushes. An intermediate work product characterized by a grain orientation is initially formed through a conventional pressing technique.... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080086878 - Method for assembling connecting part of superconducting cables: The present invention provides a method for forming a connecting part of superconducting cables by which the outside diameter of the connecting part can be reduced. A method for assembling a connecting part of superconducting cables, to form a connecting part at an end of a superconducting cable including a... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080086884 - Method for manufacturing a heat-exchanger and a system for performing the method: A method for manufacturing a heat-exchanger and in particular a heat-exchanger suitable for energy transfer between a plate and a fluid circuit. A sheet metal plate and a predetermined length of continuous metal tubing are prepared. The length of metal tubing is successively applied to the sheet metal plate. The... Agent: Venable LLP

20080086885 - Latching micro-regulator: A latching microregulator for regulating liquid flow on micro-scale levels comprises a substrate having an inlet port and an outlet port, a valve element defining a valve chamber for opening and closing the inlet port, and an actuator assembly for actuating the valve element. The valve chamber is configured to... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080086883 - Seal and method for a watertight connection in a water service: An improved seal and method for providing a watertight compression joint connection between a valve or fitting and a flare end of a copper tubing in a water service. The improvement includes an O-ring seal on a bull nose end of a valve and a frictional material inserted into straight... Agent: Michael J. Femal, Esq.

20080083107 - Structure assembling method and structure assembling apparatus using electronic tag with attitude sensor, and data storage for maintaining structure: A method and apparatus for performing field assembling (high precision alignment) work efficiently by eliminating any work miss in structural component assembling work where 180° turning state is expected and grasping the connecting/assembling posture (inclination) conditions of many components systematically in order to assist automation of assembling work of a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080083108 - Method of preparing a smart card for use: A ternary card assembly is provided that includes a detachable smart card, a detachable information tab, and a disposable carrier card, which are connected by breakaway links. The smart card and the information tab may be connected to one another directly or indirectly through an intermediate element. The information tab... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080083109 - Substrate processing apparatus and attaching/detaching method of reaction vessel: To provide a substrate processing apparatus, comprising: a reaction vessel having a processing chamber inside that processes a substrate; a heating device that heats said substrate from an outer peripheral side of the reaction vessel; a lid member that closes the processing chamber; an attachment/detachment jig placed on the lid... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080083113 - 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 includes... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080083116 - Wired circuit board holding sheet and production method thereof: A wired circuit board holding sheet that can permit easy judgment on whether a cutting notch formed has a predetermined depth, and a production method of the wired circuit board holding sheet that can produce the wired circuit board holding sheet simply and easily. In the wired circuit board holding... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080083117 - Method of manufacturing flow selector disk for fluid pressure regulator: A method of manufacturing flow selector disk for a fluid pressure regulator, including the steps of providing a plate having a first face and a second face, and forming at least one baseline orifice in the plate including a first diameter portion adjacent the first face and a second diameter... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080078075 - Compact cutting head for machining workpieces: A milling machine (1) for the machining of large components includes a milling head (9) which includes a support beam (8) which is movable along a longitudinal axis (Z); a pivot body (14) which is supported and guided by the support beam (8) by way of a curved guide arrangement... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20080078076 - Apparatus for producing pillow-shaped, preferably filled, hollow bodies: An apparatus includes a crimping device for producing individual, pillow-shaped, preferably filled, hollow bodies from plastically deformable tubes separated transversely to their longitudinal direction and delimited at opposite ends by crimped edges. The crimping device has at least one elongate crimping unit assigned to the longitudinal direction of the tubes,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080078081 - High pressure-rated ram blowout preventer and method of manufacture: A process to manufacture a ram blowout preventer, the process including: welding a bottom flange to a body, wherein at least one of the bottom flange and the body comprises a base material; selectively reinforcing the base material with an age-hardenable clad material; and heat treating the welded flange and... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080078083 - Drive pin system for a wind turbine structural tower: A method and system for installing a drive pin in an interference hole created by joining a first structural member and second structural member of a wind turbine structural tower is disclosed.... Agent: Grant R Clayton Clayton Howarth & Cannon, PC

20080078084 - Hydrodynamic bearing assembly and method of manufacturing the same: One or more of constructional members of a hydrodynamic bearing assembly are nickel-plated, and the members to be welded and fixed are arranged to abut on one another. The nickel plating is performed so as to form a plated layer of less than 10 μm in thickness between the members... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC