Abstract: A reverse idler support article includes a reverse idler support body that has a disk member, a plateau and a hollow cylinder. The disk member is connected to and in facial contact with the plateau that projects from a first disk member surface and the hollow cylinder that projects from a second disk member surface to define an interior space. The disk member and the plateau have an offset hole formed therethrough that is in communication with the interior space. The offset hole is oriented offset from a central axis of the reverse idler support body which extends generally centrally through the disk member and the interior space of the hollow cylinder.

Abstract: A manifold for distributing lubricant in a transmission includes an inlet supply nozzle, a first body portion and a second body portion. The inlet supply nozzle receives transmission lubricant. The first body portion is in fluid communication with the supply nozzle and defines a first channel having a first open side along the first channel. The second body portion is in fluid communication with the supply nozzle and defines a second channel having a second open side along the second channel. The first and second body portions connect to form an assembled body in an assembled position such that the first and second channels collectively define a main tubular passage. A plurality of outlet ports can extend from the assembled body for dispersing lubricant from the main tubular passage across traction components of the transmission.

Abstract: A reverse idler support article includes a reverse idler support body that has a disk member, a plateau and a hollow cylinder. The disk member is connected to and in facial contact with the plateau that projects from a first disk member surface and the hollow cylinder that projects from a second disk member surface to define an interior space. The disk member and the plateau have an offset hole formed therethrough that is in communication with the interior space. The offset hole is oriented offset from a central axis of the reverse idler support body which extends generally centrally through the disk member and the interior space of the hollow cylinder.

Abstract: A crack stop void is formed in a low-k dielectric layer between adjacent fuse structures for preventing propagation of cracks between the adjacent fuse structures during a fuse blow operation. The crack stop void is formed simultaneously with the formation of an interconnect structure.

Abstract: A crack stop void is formed in a low-k dielectric layer between adjacent fuse structures for preventing propagation of cracks between the adjacent fuse structures during a fuse blow operation. The crack stop void is formed simultaneously with the formation of an interconnect structure.

Abstract: The present invention uses fish bones and fish hard parts to remediate, clean-up, stabilize, immobilize, or otherwise treat metal-contaminated water, soil or waste of any sort. The fish bones and fish hard parts can be mixed in with soils and wastes, or emplaced as a permeable reactive barrier in a trench or excavation, or emplaced as a liner or barrier surrounding a waste form, disposal site, or contaminated site. All that is needed is intimate contact between the fish bones and fish hard parts and the contaminated waste form, soil particles, or water. In a system of, for example, soil, waste, groundwater, surface water, waste streams, or the digestive tracts of animals, the presence of fish bones and fish hard parts reduces the amount of metal that can mobilize and migrate out of the system. Fish bones and fish hard parts remove metals from waters passing through the system or originating within the system.

Abstract: A semiconductor trench capacitor structure having a first level aligned insulation structure and buried strap that extends from within the trench into the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor trench capacitor structure may be fabricated by forming a shallow trench extending into both the trench capacitor and the semiconductor substrate, depositing and densifying an insulating material within the shallow trench and using a resist layer to define and etch a strap trench aligned with the wall of the shallow trench, depositing a layer of conductive material within the strap trench and followed by depositing an insulating material therein.

Abstract: A semiconductor trench capacitor structure having a first level aligned insulation structure and buried strap that extends from within the trench into the semiconductor substrate. The semiconductor trench capacitor structure may be fabricated by forming a shallow trench extending into both the trench capacitor and the semiconductor substrate, depositing and densifying an insulating material within the shallow trench and using a resist layer to define and etch a strap trench aligned with the wall of the shallow trench, depositing a layer of conductive material within the strap trench and followed by depositing an insulating material therein.