Abstract: An automatic lathe is provided including a table stand having a top with a plurality of legs coupled thereto and extending downwardly therefrom. A pair of spindle spinning assemblies are positioned on the top of the table stand. Each spindle spinning assembly has a securement rod rotatably mounted thereon which is adapted to releasably secure to an end of a spindle for spinning the same. A carriage assembly is adapted to slide between each spindle spinning assembly. The carriage assembly has a blade mechanism mounted thereon for engaging a front surface of the spindle secured between the spindle assemblies. The carriage assembly further includes a carriage motor functioning to move the carriage in a forward direction upon the receipt of a forward signal and move the carriage in a reverse direction upon the receipt of a reverse signal only when the carriage motor is actuated.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing circuit boards comprising providing a circuitized substrate having a dielectric surface, providing a peel apart structure including a metal layer and a peelable film, laminating the peel apart structure to the circuitized substrate with the metal layer positioned adjacent said dielectric surface, forming holes in the circuitized substrate through the peel apart structure, applying a filler material including an organic base to the peel apart structure, applying a sacrificial film onto the filler material, and applying sufficient heat and pressure to the sacrificial film to force the filler material into the holes to substantially fill the holes is provided.

Abstract: A conductive strap configured to attach to a circuit board containing a component sensitive to electronmagnetic interference (EMI) and to slidably contact an enclosure having a conductive internal surface can reduce or eliminate EMI in an electronic device. The strap is positioned on the circuit board to shield the sensitive component from EMI. Slidable contact between the shielding strap and the enclosure internal surface renders the strap suitable for almost any enclosure configuration without any design modification.

Abstract: A portable hand-held battery-powered crimping tool includes a gear housing containing a through bore receiving a driven gear having a crank arm that is connected by a drive link with the common pivot axis of a toggle device that pivots a pair of crimping jaws from an open released position toward a crimping position. The gear is driven by a reversible direct-current motor that is supported on the hand-held handle together with a battery pack. A releasable overrunning clutch is operated by a push button on the handle to disengage the motor drive from the drive link, whereupon the crimping jaws are pivoted toward the open released position by a biasing spring.

Abstract: A method of remotely interfacing with at least one player in a rule-based game over a communication medium operatively connected to one or more communication devices including a visual display wherein each player is associated with a communication device, includes visually displaying at one or more of the communication devices a form comprising a two-dimensional matrix having a cell at the juncture of each row and column and where each cell may be manipulated to reflect a game choice by the player, retrieving by a server each game choice made by the player before any subsequent game choice is made by the player, applying the rules of the game to determine what further game choices are available to the player based upon the game choices retrieved, generating a revised form reflecting game choices made by the player and game choices which are available for the player to make, transmitting the revised form to the communication device being used by the player, and visually displaying the revised form at the commu

Abstract: A laminated stack having a lamina layer comprised of a plurality of discrete lamina segments and which may also have laminas which define a plurality of outer perimeter configurations. The invention provides a method and apparatus for manufacturing such stacks. Lamina layers comprising a plurality of discrete lamina segments are automatically stacked by positioning the uppermost lamina in a choke barrel near the lower die bed surface and engaging the interlock tabs of the discrete lamina segments with the interlock slots of an uppermost lamina layer in the choke barrel prior to the complete separation of the discrete lamina segments from the remaining portion of the strip stock material. Each of the outer perimeter configurations has at least one common choke surface.

Abstract: A punch and die device for working such as punching of a pipe material is disclosed, of which internal die means can easily be inserted into a pipe material even if an open end of the pipe material to be worked has burrs inward extending therefrom, and in which it is easily detected whether the internal die means is pushed toward a lateral side or lateral sides of the pipe material and thereby firmly held. The punch and die device for working a pipe material comprises: external punch means located outside a pipe material P, and internal die means K inserted in the pipe material for cooperation with a punch 30 of the external punch means to work the pipe material P; the internal die means K being divided into two parts in a direction orthogonal to that of reciprocating motion of the punch 30 of the external punch means, one 1 of the parts having working function and the other 2 having no working function, the non-working part 2 being forward and backward movable in the opening direction, i. e.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method for making a joint between two polymer insulated power cables (3,4) including the steps of jointing the two bare cable conductors (1,2) and placing a heat sink device over the joint. The method includes injection molding a sheath (9) of semiconducting polymer material over the conductor joint (5) in fully bonded/welded contact (12,13) with the polymer insulation on the two cable ends (3,4) to prevent shrinkback of the insulation and to provide the heatsink.

Abstract: The present invention relates to making sensors by cutting pieces from a boule or ingot of a metal oxide single crystal. The sensors produced are also described.

Abstract: A wire harness manufacturing method are provided. The pressure welding device for wiring includes a pressure welding unit for pressure-welding wires to connectors and a wiring plate provided with wiring fittings and placed in a position toward which the wires are pulled from the pressure welding unit. The wiring plate and the pressure welding unit are movable in a wire pulling direction. Wires are pressure-welded to one connector by the pressure welding unit. As the connector is pulled toward the wiring plate so as to hook the wires by predetermined wiring fittings. The wires are then pressure-welded to the other connector. After the wires are pressure-welded to the other connector, a continuity test of the wire harness is conducted on the wiring plate. After the wiring, the wiring plate and the pressure welding unit are moved in a wire pulling direction so as to eliminate the slack of the wires.

Abstract: A marked golf ball is provided. The mark on the ball surface contains a holographic portion in a solid color portion of printing ink. The mark is printed on the ball surface by use of a transfer printing film. In a manufacturing process of the printing film, a desired shape is printed in ink on a cover layer, the ink portion is masked by a water-soluble layer, a thin metal layer is deposited all around, and then the water-soluble layer is washed off to remove the metal layer on the water-soluble layer and to leave the metal layer adjacent to the ink portion on the cover layer. The remaining portion of the metal layer turns to be the holographic portion due to a rough boundary between the cover layer. The mark has a novel appearance and makes the golf ball a quality, decorative, distinct and well discriminative value added product.

Abstract: A method for making high-density multilayer printed circuit boards is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of creating a circuit board having burr free castellated plated through holes. In particular, the leading edge of the plated through hole, that tends to produce burr formation using conventional profiling methods, is removed or pre-profiled. The pre-profiled plated through hole is then profiled at a distance slightly off-set from the pre-profiled edge to further prevent burr formation.

Abstract: There is provided a mounting head for an electronic component-mounting apparatus. A nozzle holder has a plurality of suction nozzles arranged circumferentially about a vertical axis thereof in a manner such that each suction nozzle is capable of projecting from the nozzle holder and retracting in the nozzle holder. A holder support member supports the nozzle holder in a manner such that the nozzle holder can rotate about the vertical axis thereof. Rotation drive means drives the nozzle holder for rotation in normal and reverse directions. The nozzle holder is driven for rotation by the rotation drive means to bring one of the suction nozzles selected for use to a projecting position. The selected one is caused to project from a lower end face of the nozzle holder at the projecting position. A plurality of cam followers are mounted at respective upper portions of the suction nozzles. The cam followers are in contact with an annular end cam in a manner such that the cam flower can move on the annular end cam.

Abstract: An incrementally continuous cleaving system allows for sequential flow of "material-to-be-cleaved" through a cleaving apparatus. In particular, a continuous feed tape membrane is used to support sequentially loaded optical bars (or, perhaps, wafers) that are then transported into a cleaving apparatus. The tape is advanced in small increments so that individual cleaving operations are performed at each scribe mark location on the top surface of the optical material. A vacuum pen (assisted by a detach pin) is then used to remove the cleaved section from the cleaving system. A conventional pick-and-place device may be used in the first instance to continuously load the bars (or wafers) onto the tape membrane.

Abstract: An electrical connector press for connecting an electrical connector to a printed circuit board. The electrical connector has contacts with compliant attachment zones for insertion into holes of the printed circuit board The press comprises a gripping device for holding a housing of the connector, a force measuring device connected to the gripping device a distance measuring device connected to the gripping device; and a controller connected to the gripping device, the force measuring device and the distance measuring device. The controller controls movement of the gripping device towards the printed circuit board. The controller is connected to a memory having data of geometry of the contacts and the data of a desired insertion depth of the contacts into the holes. The controller can determine a distance which the contacts should be inserted into the holes based upon the data in the memory and force sensed by the force measuring device after the compliant attachment zones contact the printed circuit board.

Abstract: The machine tool featuring a number of machining heads for machining printed circuit boards has a worktable movable along the Y axis, and two rows of four machining heads fitted to a common carriage movable along the X axis. The circuit boards are arranged in packs, each having two locating pins for aligning and locking the pack to a respective rectangular fixture fitted to the worktable with the short side parallel to the Y axis. Each pair of heads is provided with a pair of tool-change devices and a common tool store, which is defined by one or two boxes removably insertable inside respective supports fitted to the carriage; three pairs of tool-change devices are housed inside gaps between adjacent pairs of fixtures; and a further two pairs of tool-change devices are located adjacent to the end fixtures.

Abstract: A lacing mandrel for use when lacing a stator has an elongate shaft with an enlarged head, or sizing plug, proximate an upper end. The sizing plug permits an operator to easily and readily determine whether the bore of the stator is obstructed, both before and after the lacing operation. The mandrel employs an annular slip ring, having a plurality of radially extending ribs, during the lacing operation. Each radially extending rib extends into a corresponding channel of the stator, which channel opens into a corresponding slot of the stator. The annular slip ring rotates with the stator during the lacing operation, such that each rib remains positioned in its corresponding channel. Thus, slot liners, or wedges, utilized on the stator are retained in their respective slots during the lacing operation, and are not forced out by the lacing needles so as to obstruct the stator bore.

Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus for sucking up an electronic component and placing it onto a board with a suction nozzle, includes a step of switching over air pressure switching timings for the suction nozzle when the component is sucked with the suction nozzle and when the sucked component is mounted on the board. The air pressure switching timings are switched according to a velocity of up and down movement of the suction nozzle and independently for each of when the component is sucked with the suction nozzle and when the sucked component is mounted on the board.

Abstract: A method of making a double layer capacitior includes first and second flat stacks of electrodes adapted to be housed in a closeable two-part capacitor case which includes only a single electrolyte seal. Each electrode stack has a plurality of electrodes connected in parallel, with the electrodes of one stack being interleaved with the electrodes of the other stack to form an interleaved stack, and with the electrodes of each stack being electrically connected to respective capacitor terminals. A porous separator is positioned against the electrodes of one stack before interleaving to prevent electrical shorts between the electrodes. The electrodes are made by folding a compressible, low resistance, aluminum-impregnated carbon cloth, made from activated carbon fibers, around a current collector foil, with a tab of the foils of each electrode of each stack being connected in parallel and connected to the respective capacitor terminal.