Patents Issued in June 24, 2004
  • Publication number: 20040118788
    Abstract: A process for working up a liquid reaction discharge of the cationic polymerization of isobutene, which substantially comprises polyisobutene, unconverted isobutene and, if required, an inert diluent, is described. Problems with foam formation when the unconverted isobutene is being distilled off are avoided if the heated reaction discharge is let down into a flash container and/or not more than 900 m3/h of vapor are expelled per square meter of liquid surface and/or the resulting foam is destroyed, for example in a wet cyclone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Heinz Auer
  • Publication number: 20040118789
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for treating a biological fluid are provided comprising placing the fluid in contact with a complement filter capable of depleting at least one complement fragment from the fluid while at least one component of the biological fluid is being stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Isaac Rothman, Thomas Gsell, Gerard R. Delgiacco, Richard Salinaro, Randy Garcez
  • Publication number: 20040118790
    Abstract: A rack for storing billiard balls including a base having a first engagement surface. The rack also includes an elongated billiard ball holder defining an elongated central space configured to support a plurality of billiard balls in contact with one another in a row. The billiard ball holder includes an opening to the elongated central space such that billiard balls can be inserted into the central space through the opening. The billiard ball can be tilted to roll the stored billiard balls through the opening. The billiard ball holder has a second engagement surface configured to removably engage the first engagement surface of the base and retain the billiard ball holder in a generally upright position wherein the elongated central space extends generally vertically. The billiard ball holder is removable from the base to facilitate transport of the billiard ball holder and stored balls to an associated billiards table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: William R. McCormick, Kelly M. Wolcott, Theodore J. Caron
  • Publication number: 20040118791
    Abstract: A shoe rack including at least one frame structure and a hanger coupled to the frame structure, the hanger being shaped to couple the shoe rack to a generally vertically-oriented support surface such that the frame structure is located generally adjacent to the support surface. The frame structure includes a plurality of support arms shaped to extend generally away from the support surface when the frame structure is located generally adjacent to the support surface. The rack includes a plurality of generally horizontally-oriented, vertically spaced inner rungs coupled to the frame structure and a plurality of generally horizontally-oriented, vertically spaced outer rungs coupled to the frame structure. The rack further includes a plurality of generally vertically-oriented struts, each strut extending between adjacent ones of the outer rungs or adjacent ones of the support arms to provide vertical support to the outer rungs and the support arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Peter D. Rimback, James F. Vidmar
  • Publication number: 20040118792
    Abstract: A foldable bookcase made up of two units comprising: (a) first and second units, each unit having a set of uniform sized shelves rigidly secured in spaced-apart parallel relation to and between a pair of opposed parallel, uniform-sized sideboards; (b) means for pivotally securing said first unit to said second unit to permit said first unit to be supported on said second unit with the side boards thereof aligned and also permits the back of said first unit to be folded against the back of said second unit with the side boards thereof aligned; and (c) wherein the relation of said first and second sets of shelves is such as to cause the positions of individual ones of said second set of shelves to be offset from the positions of individual ones of said first set of shelves when said first and second units are in a folded position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen J. Herring
  • Publication number: 20040118793
    Abstract: A display rack for rounded articles generally includes a product track with a pusher block slidably mounted thereon. The pusher block is biased toward a front portion of the display rack, and the side walls of the display rack are configured to support a circular or elliptical product. Additionally, the display rack can be provided with front and/or rear removable panel carriers configured to removably receive front and rear panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Robert P. Burke
  • Publication number: 20040118794
    Abstract: An integrated “T” assembly (500) combines into a single integrated assembly, a track portion along both sides of a divider (504). The T assembly may have a wide-base portion (518), which may include a spring-urged-pusher track, on one side of the divider and a narrow-base portion (520) on the opposite side of the divider. An offset pusher (700) may have an upper portion that is offset, via an angled offset portion, from a lower portion of the pusher. Additional supporting bases, any of which may include spring-urged-pusher tracks and/or a spring-urged pusher, may be used under a wide product. Left and right side finisher (600) components may be paired with T assemblies near the sides of a merchandise-display shelf. The T assembly, base, and/or end finishers may be coupled to a front rail via a complimentary tongue and groove arrangement and/or a non-slidable engagement, such as mating teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen N Hardy
  • Publication number: 20040118795
    Abstract: A display rack for rounded articles generally includes a product track with a pusher block slidably mounted thereon. The pusher block is biased toward a front portion of the display rack, and the side walls of the display rack are configured to support a circular or elliptical product. Additionally, the display rack can be provided with front and/or rear removable panel carriers configured to removably receive front and rear panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Robert P. Burke
  • Publication number: 20040118796
    Abstract: A rack is used for holding spray nozzles and is formed of a top frame and a bottom frame. The top frame is provided with a plurality of legs which are provided in proximity of a bottom end with a plurality of retaining slots. The legs are fitted into the hollow support rods of the bottom frame. The hollow support rods are provided in a bottom end with a foot fitted thereinto. The foot is provided with a plurality of retaining projections, which are retained in the retaining slots of the bottom end of one of the legs of the top frame. The bottom end of the hollow support rods of the bottom frame is sealed off by the foot. The foot also serves to provide the bottom end of the hollow support rods with a frictional contact with a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Shin Tai Spurt Water of the Garden Tools Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20040118797
    Abstract: A floor stand that acts as support for snowboard and/or skateboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Richard Cormier
  • Publication number: 20040118798
    Abstract: A storage rack having one or more clamps and one or more rails. Each clamp has two or more resilient arms attached at a first end to opposite ends of a rear section, such resilient arms having free ends which permit the introduction of an object between the resilient arms. In one embodiment, each resilient arm contains at least one aperture through which a rail proceeds. For at least one aperture, the portion of the resilient arm which forms the outer edge of the forward wall of the aperture touches a first side of the rail while the portion of the resilient arm which forms the inner edge of the rear wall of the aperture touches a second side of the rail. In another embodiment, a deformable extension proceeds to the rear from the rear section of the clamp and contains at least one channel through which a rail proceeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Dennis D. Spiers, Larry D. Williams
  • Publication number: 20040118799
    Abstract: An upstanding Self-Adjusting Volume Display and Merchandise Dispensing System designed to increase merchandise and order picking dispensing efficiency and solve major space problems in a direct marketing distribution facility and other product display situations. The inventive system includes a main high-volume, open-top storage bin or hopper with an inclined floor member slanting toward the front of the hopper and a companion, upstanding, telescoping, self-adjusting volume chute vertically and slidably engaged within the interior of the main hopper. The main hopper has a discharge opening at the bottom of the front panel in which a picking portal is inserted, allowing merchandise filled therein to slide forward to be extracted therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Michael McGlynn, William J. Casero
  • Publication number: 20040118800
    Abstract: Apparatus for storing and dispensing kitchen articles includes an upstanding grate adapted to hang kitchen articles, to house kitchen articles, and to dispense kitchen articles. The kitchen articles can be stored and dispensed from locations inside of and outside of the grate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas G. Trinidad, Maria A. Trinidad
  • Publication number: 20040118801
    Abstract: A nursing bottle (1) formed of a large volume container, incorporating a vent tube (3) that extends inwardly of the container, having a vent port (4) arranged approximately at the volumetric midpoint (12) of the container, so as to allow for venting of pressure, whether of excessive or vacuum, to the atmosphere, at all times. The volumetric capacity of the nursing bottle container may be formed of a spherical shape (1), hemispherical shape (40), cylindrical shape (18), or to other configurations that provide for the internal volumetric capacity so that any formula placed therein will be prevented from blocking the vent port (4), the vent tube (3), regardless of the angular disposition undertaken by the nursing bottle during usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Craig E. Brown, Robert J. Brown, Bernard Kemper
  • Publication number: 20040118802
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical container includes a vial, a sealing portion, an over cap portion, and a safety seal. The vial includes a first vial portion having a first surface. The vial is configured and arranged to hold a pharmaceutical product. The sealing portion includes a first stopper portion and a second stopper portion, the second stopper portion is positioned in the first vial portion and the first stopper portion rests against the first surface. The over cap portion surrounds the sealing portion and secures the first stopper portion against the first surface. The safety seal encapsulates at least the over cap portion to prevent accidental contact with any pharmaceutical product that might be present on the over cap portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: John Peter Lysfjord, Alan Stewart Peterson, Stephen Laurence Bougie, Joseph Martin Gierzynski
  • Publication number: 20040118803
    Abstract: The invention relates to a closure device for a vacuum sample collector, comprising an external cap (2), in a hard material, preferably a hard plastic component, with a top face (4) and a side skirt (5) surrounding the above, which may be connected to a sleeve-like opening section of the vacuum sample collector, and a sealing element (3) arranged on the container side of the external cap (2) made from an elastic material, preferably a soft synthetic component. The external cap (2) is turned inwards on its top face (4), and the section of the cap turned inwards forms a depression, the floor of which (10) has a turned-up section which faces outwards and which forms an essentially cylindrical projection (11), with a flat opening (12) and which, within the depression, terminates in an opening (13), arranged in a recessed manner with relation to the front face of the external cap (2), such that said opening is outside the contact area of a finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Albert Louis Claessens
  • Publication number: 20040118804
    Abstract: A wine bottle convertible to a wine glass permitting the consumption of the wine directly therefrom is provided. The convertible wine bottle comprises four main elements which are assembled and filled with wine in a bottling process. The wine bottle has basically four integrated components with ancillary structure. These four components are assembled and filled with wine at a bottling plant. Once bottled, the convertible wine bottle may be packaged in 4-, 6-, or 8-packs, as well as individually. The wine bottles can be transported and sold. These four integrated components are manipulated by the consumer to transform the wine bottle into a wine glass with an appropriate portion of wine therein. Such a convertible bottle of wine would give users the pleasure of drinking their wine from a stemmed glass. Once completed, the structure may be reassembled and recycled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: John F. Westerhold
  • Publication number: 20040118805
    Abstract: A method for anisotropically and selectively removing a dielectric thin film layer from a substrate layer is disclosed, wherein the dielectric layer is subjected to ion implantation prior to wet etching. This method may be applied adjacent to a structure such as a gate electrode within a microelectronic structure to prevent undercutting of the dielectric material to be preserved between the gate electrode and the substrate layer, as may happen with more isotropic etching techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Scott A. Hareland, Nick Lindert, Reza Arghavani, Robert Chau
  • Publication number: 20040118806
    Abstract: Methods for thinning wafer-to-wafer vertical stacks in the fabrication of stacked microelectronic devices. The methods include etching away unsupported portions of a wafer to be thinned in the vertical stack. The removal of the unsupported portions substantially eliminates potential cracking and chipping of the wafer, which can occur during the thinning process when the unsupported portions exist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Sarah E. Kim, R. Scott List
  • Publication number: 20040118807
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an inkjet printhead chip includes the step of etching a drive circuitry layer that is positioned on a substrate to define regions for roof structures. A first layer of a thermally expandable material is deposited on the drive circuitry layer to cover said regions. The first layer of thermally expandable material and the drive circuitry layer are etched to define a deposition zone for heating circuit material at each region and contact vias for the heating circuit material. At least one heating circuit is formed at each region in electrical contact with the drive circuitry layer by means of the contact vias. A second layer of a thermally expandable material is deposited on the heating circuit material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Kia Silverbrook, Gregory John McAvoy
  • Publication number: 20040118808
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a micro-electromechanical device includes the step of carrying out an integrated circuit fabrication process on a wafer to form control circuitry. Sacrificial material is deposited on the wafer. The sacrificial material is etched to form a deposition zone for a heater layer of a conductive material and contact regions for the heater layer to make electrical contact with the electrical power supply. The heater layer is deposited on the etched sacrificial material. The heater layer is etched so that the heater layer defines a heating circuit. A layer of a dielectric material is deposited on the heater layer. A bend compensator layer of the same material as the heater layer is deposited on the dielectric layer with substantially the same deposition characteristics as applied to the heater layer. The dielectric and bend compensator layers are etched to define the actuator arm. The sacrificial material is etched away.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Kia Silverbrook
  • Publication number: 20040118809
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a lithographic method and apparatus for creating micrometer sub-micrometer patterns in a thin film coated on a substrate. The invention utilizes the self-formation of periodic, supramolecular pillar arrays (49) in a melt to form the patterns. The self-formation is induced by placing a plate or mask (35) a distance above the polymer films (33). The pillars bridge the plate and the mask, having a height equal to the plate-mask separation and preferably 2-7 times that of the film's initial thickness. If the surface of the mask has a protruding pattern, the pillar array is formed with the edge of the pillar array aligned to the boundary of the mask pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen Y. Chou, Lei Zhuang
  • Publication number: 20040118810
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for eliminating contaminants including metallic and/or hydrocarbon-containing contaminants on a surface of a semiconductor substrate by heating a semiconductor substrate which may have contaminates on the surface thereof to an elevated temperature within an integrated closed system while simultaneously purging the integrated closed system with a chlorine-containing gas. At the elevated temperatures the chlorine dissociates from the chlorine-containing gas and reacts with the contaminates on the substrate surface to form volatile chloride byproducts with such contaminants which are removed from the integrated closed system while the substrate is continuously heated and purged with the chlorine-containing gas. Subsequently, the substrate is moved to a cooling chamber within the integrated closed system and cooled to provide a semiconductor substrate having a clean surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Conchieri, David D. Dussault, Mousa H. Ishaq
  • Publication number: 20040118811
    Abstract: A method for making a forming structure. In one embodiment the method comprises the steps of (a) providing a base material having a thickness; (b) providing a laser source; (c) laser etching a plurality of spaced-apart apertures, each aperture extending through the entire thickness of the base material, such that the non-laser-etched portions of the base material define a continuous network; and (d) laser etching the continuous network to remove material in a pattern that defines a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion being generally columnar and pillar-like. The plurality of protrusions can be laser etched first, before laser etching the plurality of spaced-apart apertures. The base material can be cylindrical-shaped and the laser etching can be accomplished in a continuous process by rotating the cylindrical-shaped base material as a laser source is operatively translated while laser etching a path similar to “threads” of a screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Keith Joseph Stone, Brian Francis Gray, Julie Ann O'Neil, Timothy Paul Fiedeldey
  • Publication number: 20040118812
    Abstract: Methods are described for removing a material from a substrate by dissolving an etchant into a solvent to form a solution; and exposing the substrate to the solution so that the etchant in the solution removes material from the substrate; wherein during the exposure the solution is maintained in a supercritical or near-supercritical phase. The described methods can include additional steps, such as exposing a precursor of the material to a reagent to form the material, and depositing a second material onto the substrate after removing the material from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: James J. Watkins, Patrick A. Van Cleemput, Ronald Powell
  • Publication number: 20040118813
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metal cover (1) with blind holes (3) therein includes the steps of: step (60), preparing a metal substrate; step (62), covering the metal substrate with a protective film; step (64), forming holes in the protective film according to an intended pattern of the blind holes in the metal cover, thus exposing the metal surface through the holes; step (66), etching the metal substrate in the exposed areas to form the blind holes; and step (68), removing a remainder of the protective film from the metal substrate, thereby obtaining the finished metal cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Wente Lai
  • Publication number: 20040118814
    Abstract: An etching solution for a multiple layer of copper and molybdenum includes: about 5% to about 30% by weight of a hydrogen peroxide; about 0.5% to about 5% by weight of an organic acid; about 0.2% to about 5% by weight of a phosphate; about 0.2% to about 5% by weight of a first additive having nitrogen; about 0.2% to about 5% by weight of a second additive having nitrogen; about 0.01% to about 1.0% by weight of a fluoric compound; and de-ionized water making a total amount of the etching solution 100% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Seong-Su Kim, Yong-Suk Choi, Gee-Sung Chae, Gyoo-Chul Jo, Oh-Nam Kwon, Kyoung-Mook Lee, Yong-Sup Hwang, Seung-Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20040118815
    Abstract: An improved electrical interrupter apparatus includes a stationary contact and a movable contact within an enclosed region, with the movable contact being operatively connected with a drive unit that employs a pull-to-close mechanism to engage the movable contact with the stationary contact. When the contacts are desired to be closed, the drive unit applies a tensile force to an elongated rod that extends between the drive unit and a crank mechanism, which converts the tensile force in the rod into a compressive force applied to the movable contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Francois J. Marchand, James J. Benke, Glenn A. Calhoon
  • Publication number: 20040118816
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for igniting, modulating, and sustaining a plasma for various plasma processes and treatments. In one embodiment, a plasma is ignited by subjecting a gas in a multi-mode processing cavity to electromagnetic radiation having a frequency between about 1 MHz and about 333 GHz in the presence of a plasma catalyst, which may be passive or active. A passive plasma catalyst may include, for example, any object capable of inducing a plasma by deforming a local electric field. An active plasma catalyst can include any particle or high energy wave packet capable of transferring a sufficient amount of energy to a gaseous atom or molecule to remove at least one electron from the gaseous atom or molecule, in the presence of electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Satyendra Kumar, Devendra Kumar
  • Publication number: 20040118817
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for bonding an element, which has a transparency with respect to UV light, to a substrate. The method includes forming an aluminum layer on a surface of the substrate, disposing the element on the aluminum layer, and bonding the element to the aluminum layer by applying pressure on the element toward the aluminum layer and irradiating UV light on a bonding area between the element and the aluminum layer. The apparatus includes a holder, a pressurizing plate installed at the bottom of the holder to apply pressure on the element toward the substrate and formed of a material having a transparency to UV light, a UV light lamp which is installed in the inner space of the holder, and a collimating lens which is positioned between the UV light lamp and the pressurizing plate and collimates UV light emitted from the UV light lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Potapov Sergey, Ja-Nam Ku
  • Publication number: 20040118818
    Abstract: While steel sheets are positioned and held by a holding mechanism, a first laser beam is applied to a heating region of the steel sheet to space the steel sheet from the other steel sheet by a predetermined distance. A second laser beam is applied to a welding region to weld the steel sheets. An amount of heat applied by the first laser beam, a moving speed of the first laser beam, and a focused spot diameter of the first laser beam are set to keep the sheet irradiated with the first laser beam in an unmelted state and plastically deform the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Koji Oda, Naoki Fukai, Jun Kitagawa, Junya Tanabe, Keiji Ostuka
  • Publication number: 20040118819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process gas for use during laser welding of nonferrous metallic workpieces with a laser beam focussed onto the workpiece to be welded and a laser diode as the laser beam source. According to the invention, the process gas contains at least carbon dioxide and/or oxygen. The process gas can, in addition to carbon dioxide and/or oxygen, also contain argon, nitrogen, helium and/or other precious gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Wolfgang Danzer
  • Publication number: 20040118820
    Abstract: A system for cutting cores used to wind up web materials or as a base structure for containers and other devices is provided. The system uses a core guidance tube in one aspect to position a continuously forming core while a laser beam is directed at the core to cut the core into desired lengths. A method for using the system is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Wojcik, Nathan C. Harris
  • Publication number: 20040118821
    Abstract: A chip scale marker includes a laser system performing laser marking, a wafer holder on which a wafer subject to the laser marking is mounted, the wafer holder comprising a vacuum plate disposed at a center of the wafer holder for sucking the wafer and a wafer rotating unit provided at a circumference of the vacuum plate and having an open area facing the laser system, a camera disposed above the wafer holder to photograph the wafer, and a warpage removing unit provided above the wafer holder for removing warpage from the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: EO Technics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: You Hie Han, Chang Su Jun, Yang Ghi Min
  • Publication number: 20040118822
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for stripping flat cables, so-called FFCs (1), particularly for extruded FFCs, by means of laser beams and devices for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Jorn Dietrich
  • Publication number: 20040118823
    Abstract: A method and system for laser ablating a target material in an ambient atmosphere are disclosed. The method includes generating one or more laser pulses, each of the laser pulses having a pulse width of 1 picosecond (ps) or less and a pulse energy of 50 micro joules (&mgr;J) or more. The laser pulses are directed towards the target material such that the laser pulses interact with a gas to form a plasma. The plasma removes a portion of the target material by interaction of the plasma with the target material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Cale E. Groen, Justin Lee Koch, William E. White
  • Publication number: 20040118824
    Abstract: A laser drilling system for drilling blind vias in printed circuit board panels, multichip modules and chipscale packages with top and bottom surfaces and which include multiple dielectric polymer and metal layers. The system includes a first laser module comprising a laser able to form at least one via per pulse through one or more polymer layers. The vias are circular or non-circular in shape. An articulated arm is adapted to move at a speed of about 200 inches per second and at an acceleration of about 5 g's or more. A beam delivery unit is attached to the articulated arm and a conveyor adapted to move panels at a constant speed. The first laser module positioned on a separate track from the conveyor moves at a faster rate than the conveyor to drill the top surface. A second laser module is positioned to move on another separate track from the conveyor movable at a faster rate so as to drill the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: LASERVIA CORPORATION, an Oregon corporation
    Inventor: Larry W. Burgess
  • Publication number: 20040118825
    Abstract: A method for separating individual optoelectronic devices, such as LEDs, from a wafer includes directing a laser beam having a width toward a major surface of the semiconductor wafer. The laser beam has an image with a first portion of a firs energy per unit width and a second portion of a second energy per unit width less than the first energy. The laser beam image cuts into the first major surface of the semiconductor wafer to produce individual devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Ivan Eliashevich, Mark Gottfried
  • Publication number: 20040118826
    Abstract: An electric arc welding device (10) for butt welding metallic sheets (12; 72; 80; 90; 92; 94; 100) is provided having an elongated face (22) onto metallic counterpieces (14), having a holding device (16; 16, 74) for holding a sheet (12, 72; 80; 90; 92; 94; 100), a reciprocating device (18) for moving the holding device (16; 16, 74) to and fro towards the counterpiece (14) and away from it, and a voltage supply device (20) for applying a voltage between sheet (12; 72; 80; 90; 92; 94; 100) and counterpiece (14) in order to generate an electric arc (24) between them. A magnetic field generating device (30) is provided, designed to generate a magnetic field (50, 32) having a component (32) transverse to the extent of the elongated face (22) and transverse to the extent of the electric arc (24) generated in the welding operation, in order to move the electric arc (24) in the direction of the extent of the elongated face (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Klaus Gisbert Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20040118827
    Abstract: An L-shaped weld-fast bracket is disclosed for welding to thin sheet metal. The bracket has a surface which is configured to mate with the thin sheet metal having a depth being a multiple of the thickness of the sheet metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Sivakumar Ramasamy, Matthew M. Geno
  • Publication number: 20040118828
    Abstract: A process and device for controlling the heating of the glow plugs of a diesel engine. To be able to take into consideration the thermal behavior of the glow plugs while controlling the current supply of the glow plugs (3) of a diesel engine, the thermal behavior of the glow plugs (3) is emulated via a physical model. Formed on the corresponding output signal of the model (4), which is proportional to the glow plug temperature, is a reference signal, which as a control value, lies on the electronic control (12) controlling the heating flow of the glow plugs (3), which accordingly controls the heating of the glow plugs (3) using the actual glow plug temperature determined from emulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Olaf Toedter, Heinz-Georg Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20040118829
    Abstract: A safety structure of a clip type electric hot pot, more particularly, an electric hot pot to be used for small hot pot cooking, mainly includes a pot; the bottom portion of the pot has a heating device with an adjustable power and is tightly sealed by a bottom tray; through a conduction tab, the heating device conducts the electricity inwardly; the conduction tab on the bottom tray corresponds downwardly to a conduction terminal disposed on a conduction seat for conducting the electricity via contact so as to form a safe and clip type hot pot structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Chia-Hsiung Wu
  • Publication number: 20040118830
    Abstract: A cycle skipping power control apparatus comprising: a power controller adapted for receiving a power command and a switch closure feedback signal and for generating a high resolution pulse command; and a pulse generator adapted for receiving the high resolution pulse command and, optionally, the power command, and generating a compensated enable pulse and the switch closure feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Harry Kirk Mathews, John Stanley Glaser
  • Publication number: 20040118831
    Abstract: This invention provides, e.g., temperature regulated clothing with a thermoelectric module that can be configured to transfer heat to or from the inside of the clothing. The clothing can include, e.g., a control system to maintain a desired internal clothing temperature. The clothing can have, e.g., a circulating coolant system to enhance the rate and/or efficiency of heat transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: Phoenix Consultants, Ltd
    Inventor: Richard Martin
  • Publication number: 20040118832
    Abstract: An inverter circuit of an induction heating rice cooker which controls a switching frequency of an inverter in a variable manner according to a variation in an input voltage and drives the inverter at the controlled switching frequency. The inverter circuit comprises a power supply circuit for rectifying and filtering a commercial alternating current (AC) voltage to supply the input voltage to the induction heating rice cooker. The inverter performs a switching operation based on the input voltage from the power supply circuit to heat the rice cooker. The inverter circuit further comprises an inverter driving circuit for outputting a drive pulse to control the switching frequency of the inverter in the variable manner according to the input voltage from the power supply circuit and drive the inverter at the controlled switching frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Seung Hee Ryu, Byeong Wook Park
  • Publication number: 20040118833
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (11) and a method of regulating a temperature of a drive element (2) which can be employed in a deep-freezing application in particular, such as a band, belt or similar, in which at least a part-region of the drive element (2) is heated at least during a relative displacement between the drive element (2) and a machine part. The drive element (2) is adjusted to a pre-definable minimum temperature and a pre-settable minimum temperature is maintained. To this end, the device (11) has at least one module (12), which supplies the drive element (2) with mechanical, electrical or electromagnetic energy, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Markus Rohrauer, Wolfgang Ensinger
  • Publication number: 20040118834
    Abstract: A microwave plasma processing apparatus is disclosed that enables fast and easy plasma ignition at the pressure for plasma processing In the microwave plasma processing apparatus, a plasma ignition facilitating unit is provided to facilitate plasma ignition induced by a microwave. The plasma ignition facilitating unit includes a deuterium lamp that emits vacuum ultraviolet rays, and a transmission window that allows the vacuum ultraviolet rays to penetrate and irradiate a plasma excitation space. The transmission window is a convex lens, and focuses the vacuum ultraviolet rays to enhance ionization of the plasma excitation gas. With such a configuration, it is possible to induce plasma ignition easily and quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Tadahiro Ohmi, Masaki Hirayama, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Tetsuya Goto
  • Publication number: 20040118835
    Abstract: Disclosed is a combined toaster and microwave oven, including: a plurality of heaters disposed close to both surfaces of a slice of bread so as to apply a heat to the slice of bread inserted into a slot in a toaster; a control panel for selecting a bread kind and a bread baking level which a user desires; a display unit for displaying the bread kind and the bread baking level selected in the control panel; and a controller for controlling to selectively operate the heater according to the bread kind and the bread baking level selected in the control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Chang Su Lee, Sung Un Shin, Young Jin Oh
  • Publication number: 20040118836
    Abstract: A microwave oven includes a cabinet which defines an appearance of the microwave oven, a cooking cavity which is provided in the cabinet, a steam generating unit which is provided at a predetermined portion of the cabinet, and a steaming unit which is provided in the cabinet so as to define a space separated from the cooking cavity. The microwave oven further includes a steam guide passage which is provided in the cabinet to guide steam generated from the steam generating unit into the steaming unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyang-Ki Kim
  • Publication number: 20040118837
    Abstract: Ovenware for microwave ovens which contain a composition comprising a susceptor and a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer are improved when the composition also has a thermal conductivity of about 0.7 W/m°K or more. Heat generated by absorption of microwave radiation by the susceptor is more readily conducted to the food being cooked when the thermal conductivity of the composition is high, particularly when the part containing the susceptor is relatively thick. Also described are designs for various pieces of ovenware containing this composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Robert Samuels, Marion G. Waggoner, Joel D. Citron, Roger Moons, Charles J. Molnar