Subsequent To Assembly Patents (Class 156/154)
  • Publication number: 20110045290
    Abstract: An adhesive sheet includes a substrate and an energy ray curable adhesive layer formed thereon The energy ray curable adhesive layer includes an acrylic adhesive polymer having a weight average molecular weight of not less than 100,000, and a polymerizable group is bonded to the acrylic adhesive polymer through a polyalkyleneoxy group. The energy ray curable adhesive sheet improves the breaking elongation and the expandability of the cured adhesives, thereby preventing the glue residue on the adherend of the sheet after release.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: LINTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Maeda, Keiko Tanaka, Yoji Wakayama
  • Publication number: 20110039057
    Abstract: A laminated composite rod includes a rod body having a generally circular or oval cross-section and comprising a plurality of laminated composite plies disposed at various orientations with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas A. Frisch, Marc J. Piehl, Kava S. Crosson-Elturan, Kirk B. Kajita
  • Publication number: 20110024026
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a hull for vessels, containers or equivalents. The method comprises the steps: preparing an elastic or viscoelastic glue through mixing of at least two components; monitoring and/or controlling the mixing for determining if a correct desired mixing product has been achieved; applying a layer of the glue onto the hull (2) or on a first side of a sheet (4) of cellular plastic or other light weight material; mounting the sheet onto the hull, the sheet being equipped with a multiplicity of through-going air evacuation holes (12); placing an air permeable material (6) on top of the other side of the sheet (4), mounting a vacuum foil (8) onto the other side of the sheet; gluing by vacuum suction; observing visually if the glue exits out of the air evacuation holes on the other side of the sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventor: Sven Jönsson
  • Publication number: 20110014453
    Abstract: A resin sheet with a copper foil, comprising: a carrier layer; a copper foil layer having a thickness 0.5 to 5 ?m provided over the carrier layer; and an insulating resin layer formed over the copper foil layer, wherein the insulating resin layer is once abutted with base material, and then the carrier layer is delaminated from the copper foil layer, and wherein the insulating resin layer contains a cyanate ester resin having phenolic novolac backbone and a polyfunctional epoxy resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriyuki Ohigashi
  • Publication number: 20110014444
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a process for protecting wood components of the interior of an automotive vehicle from UVA radiation by coating the top surface of a stained wood substrate with a low gloss polyurethane-containing topcoat having a UV absorber and HALS component incorporated therein. The wood component can have a 60 degree surface gloss rating no greater than about 30 gloss units measured according to ASTM D523-08 test conditions. Methods of producing the vehicle interior component are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Jessica Alessandro, Corey McEnhill
  • Patent number: 7871482
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic substrate. The method includes providing a plurality of ceramic blocks, each including a ceramic laminate having a first surface and a second surface and having a laminated structure of a plurality of ceramic green sheets containing a glass ceramic component, and a first bonding ceramic green sheet including a glass component and disposed on a surface of the first and second surfaces of the ceramic laminate, which is to contact another ceramic laminate, firing the plurality of ceramic blocks, laminating the plurality of fired ceramic blocks such that the first bonding ceramic green sheets of the adjacent ceramic blocks face each other, and bonding the plurality of ceramic blocks using the glass component of the first bonding ceramic green sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Seok Choi, Seung Gyo Jeong, Eun Tae Park, Ki Pyo Hong, Soo Hyun Lyoo
  • Publication number: 20110000167
    Abstract: A construction panel including at least first, second, and third oriented stranded board (OSB) materials in sheet form adhesively glued together in a back to back arrangement. The construction panel can be used as a wood door core. A wood veneer covering or other exterior covering can be placed over the core as desired. The door construction may include rails along the top and the bottom of the core, and stiles along the side of the core. A method of assembling a construction panel wherein three panels of oriented stranded board (OSB) material in sheet form are glued together in a back to back arrangement. In one method, the two outermost faces of the panel are sanded or otherwise processed to smooth out imperfections on the front and rear faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventor: ROBERT G. DIMKE
  • Publication number: 20100321756
    Abstract: A large-aperture direct-view high-speed electro-optic shutter includes an electro-optic polymer material constructed to form a Pockels cell and an integrated photoconducting semiconductor switch. A chromophore-doped polymer material or chromophore copolymer, wherein the chromophore is oriented within the polymer material, exhibits a linear electro-optic effect when an electric field is applied to the device. In one embodiment, the polymer host material comprises one or more of a polycarbonate, amorphous polycarbonate, or polymethylmethacrylate polymer hosts. The optically active chromophore comprising one or more coumarin and coumarin derivatives, stilbene or tolane derivatives is incorporated within the polymer host, forming a guest-host polymer. In another embodiment, the chromophore is chemically bonded to the monomer that forms the polymer, resulting in an optically active copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: U.S.Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Robert C. Hoffman, Timothy Pritchett
  • Publication number: 20100310873
    Abstract: A method of reinforcing a thermoplastic part includes softening a portion of the thermoplastic part to form a pool, embedding fibers in the softened pool, and re-solidifying the pool embedded with fibers into a weld that strengthens the thermoplastic part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicole Sullivan, William Bogue, Daniel M. Stadtlander
  • Patent number: 7846284
    Abstract: A process for recycling scrap of shoe stiffener comprising the steps of: 1. Kneading the collected scrap of shoe stiffener, having a core layer of TPU resin material (with filler) sandwiched in between two opposite net fabric layers, to be dense clumps; 2. Freezing the dense clumps to be hard frozen clumps; 3. Crushing the hard frozen clumps to be a crushed product including pellets of resin material, and short fibers; and 4. Extruding the crushed product including pellets and short fibers to produce a regenerated core layer; and covering or laminating two net fabric layers on opposite sides of the regenerated core layer to obtain a regenerated shoe stiffener sheet to enhance environmental protection and prevent from wasting of material resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Inventors: Tsang I Hsu, Tien Ying Wu
  • Publication number: 20100300604
    Abstract: A three-layer image transfer belt having an uppermost surface that has been altered to reduce surface gloss and induce a desirable surface topography is presented. The image transfer belt can comprise a three layer laminate. In one embodiment, the base layer can be a polyimide, the intermediate layer can be a rubber/elastomer and the surface layer can be a fluoropolymer. In another embodiment, the base layer can also comprise a fabric for belt reinforcement. The desired surface topography improves toner release and print quality. The reduction of surface gloss of the image transfer belt is achieved by creating a linear pattern oriented in the machine direction or a grid-like pattern into the uppermost surface of the image transfer belt. The reduction of surface gloss of the image transfer belt is achieved without a significant change in surface rougheness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: William Krebs Goss, Chris Tice, Jeff Jennings
  • Publication number: 20100294391
    Abstract: An insulating material is fed in and shaped by superposing a plurality of N layers Ci (3) of the insulating material. For each layer Ci, a plurality of ni, axial insulating elements Ei precut from the insulating material is formed, a rough form of the tubular insulating device is formed by using an adhesive to assemble the Ni elements Ei of each layer Ci which are juxtaposed along a plurality of joining zones Ji, so that the plurality of joining zones Ji+1 of a layer Ci+1 is offset relative to the plurality of joining zones Ji, of the adjacent layer Ci. Then, by the adhesive is polymerized, and the tubular element rough form is subjected to a heat treatment. The method is economical and makes it possible to obtain a device of high mechanical strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: CARBONE LORRAINE COMPOSANTS
    Inventors: Berangere LECLERCQ, Olivier BERNARD, Alexandre POTIER
  • Publication number: 20100264299
    Abstract: A wavelength splitting element for splitting a multiplexed light beam in wavelength bands ?1, ?2 and ?3 into light beams in separate wavelength bands and emitting the split light beams from separate emission ports, includes: a first filter for splitting the multiplexed light beam in the wavelength bands ?1, ?2 and ?3 into a light beam in the wavelength band ?1 that the first filter passes in a first direction and into a light beam in the wavelength bands ?2 and ?3 that the first filter reflects; a second filter, which is provided in the direction of the light beam in the wavelength bands ?2 and ?3 that has been reflected by the first filter, for splitting the light beam in wavelength bands ?2 and ?3 that has been reflected by the first filter into a light beam in the wavelength band ?3 that the second filter passes in a second direction and into a light beam in the wavelength band ?2 that the second filter reflects; and a third filter, which is provided in the direction of the light beam that has been reflect
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: EPSON TOYOCOM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Nakasendo, Masaki Iwamoto, Ayumu Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100256694
    Abstract: An electrical stimulation lead includes a plurality of conductive contacts disposed at a distal end and a proximal end of a lead body. The plurality of conductive contacts includes a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of terminals. At least one of the conductive contacts is a first conductive contact that includes at least one adhesive aperture defined between an inner surface and an outer surface of the at least one conductive contact. A plurality of conductors each electrically couple at least one of the electrodes to at least one of the terminals. Each first conductive contact has a conductor associated with, and electrically coupled to that first conductive contact. The adhesive is disposed in proximity to the at least one adhesive aperture of at least one first conductive contact to adhesively couple that first conductive contact to the at least one associated conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventor: John Michael Barker
  • Publication number: 20100243798
    Abstract: A skid rail for aircrafts comprising (i) a base member comprising a long board fixed to a bottom surface of an aircraft fuselage, and bosses integrally projecting from an outer surface of the long board with longitudinal intervals, (ii) cores bonded to the long board between the bosses to form a rail-shaped, integral structure, and (iii) a skin covering the bosses and the cores, the base member and the skin being formed by a first fiber-reinforced plastic having fabrics of glass fibers and/or carbon fibers, and the cores being formed by a second fiber-reinforced plastic having fabrics of fibers having higher wear resistance than that of fibers in the first fiber-reinforced plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jun Nakazawa, Hirohide Azuma
  • Publication number: 20100247942
    Abstract: Decorative composite body comprising a glass body and a plastic partly enclosing said glass body, wherein part of the surface of said glass body is arranged on the outside of said decorative composite body, wherein at least two adjacent glass and plastic areas arranged on the outside of said composite body are ground in the composite state, wherein areas of said glass body adjacent to said plastic are at least partly mirrored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Walter HERMANN
  • Patent number: 7802358
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for rigid-flexible multi-layer printed circuit board including: a flexible substrate of which circuits are formed on both sides and which is bendable; a rigid substrate which is laminated on the flexible substrate and circuits are formed on both sides and a cavity within which a semiconductor chip is mounted is formed; and a bonding sheet adhering the flexible substrate and the rigid substrate and having a insulating property. When the same numbers of the semiconductor chips are mounted or the POP is embodied, the whole thickness of the package can be lower. Also, two more semiconductor chips can be mounted using the space as the thickness of the core layer, and the structure impossible when the number of semiconductor chip mounted on the bottom substrate becomes two from one in conventional technology can be embodied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoe-Ku Jung, Myung-Sam Kang, Jung-Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20100230036
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate-less pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for protection of semiconductor wafer, which is to be stuck to a front surface of a semiconductor wafer in grinding a back surface of the semiconductor wafer, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet consisting of a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is formed of a UV-curable pressure-sensitive adhesive containing a polymer composed mainly of an acrylic monomer polymerizable compound, the pressure-sensitive adhesive force of a surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer to be stuck to the front surface of the semiconductor wafer is larger than the pressure-sensitive adhesive force of the opposite surface thereof, and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has an initial elastic modulus of from 0.01 MPa to 500 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi HABU, Fumiteru ASAI, Tomokazu TAKAHASHI, Akinori NISHIO, Toshio SHINTANI
  • Publication number: 20100206840
    Abstract: A substantially planar micro-fluid ejection device, where the micro-fluid ejection head is covalently bound to a substantially planar support material, and a method of making the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Inventors: David L Bernard, Paul W. Dryer, Andrew L. McNees
  • Publication number: 20100209695
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are high specific gravity light reflecting chips capable of exhibiting a depth feeling and glittering, and a method for producing the chips and an artificial marble comprising the chips. The high specific gravity light reflecting chips for an artificial marble consists of a high specific gravity layer, a low specific gravity layer, and a light reflecting layer comprising a light reflective material laminated in this order from the top. Disclosed also are an artificial marble comprising light reflecting transparent chips composed of transparent materials and light reflective materials, and a method producing the artificial marble. The artificial marble comprises light reflecting transparent chips consisting of a transparent layer to be exposed to the outside from the surface of the artificial marble, and a light reflecting layer laminated under thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: LG Chem ,Ltd.,
    Inventor: Yang-Hwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20100193664
    Abstract: This invention relates seed layers and a process of manufacturing seed layers for casting silicon suitable for use in solar cells or solar modules. The process includes the step of positioning tiles with aligned edges to form seams on a suitable surface, and the step of joining the tiles at the seams to form a seed layer. The step of joining includes heating the tiles to melt at least a portion of the tiles, contacting the tiles at both ends of at least one seam with electrodes, using plasma deposition of amorphous silicon, applying photons to melt a portion of the tiles, and/or layer deposition. Seed layers of this invention include a rectilinear shape of at least about 500 millimeters in width and length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: BP Corporation North America Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan G. Stoddard
  • Publication number: 20100186878
    Abstract: Method for making, modifying and using machinable composite molds for use in molding composite structures. The mold includes a mold body having a tool surface that is shaped to provide the molded surface of the composite structure. The mold body is made up of at least one mold layer composed of a quasi-isotropic material composed of a plurality of randomly oriented fiber bundles or chips impregnated with a resin. The use of randomly oriented fiber chips allows post-cure machining of the mold body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: Hexcel Corporation
    Inventor: Richard A. Callis
  • Publication number: 20100183376
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant alloy tube is formed and bonded to a pre-machined steel alloy rod to form a riser tensioner cylinder rod. During assembly, an epoxy is injected into an annular space between the tube and rod and then cured. The bonded tube is ground to a desired surface finish prior to installation and utilizes a double seal arrangement that prevents external pressure or corrosive fluids from entering the cured epoxy in the annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: VETCO GRAY INC.
    Inventor: Fife B. Ellis
  • Publication number: 20100170627
    Abstract: A lens pad includes a blank, first adhesive layer, and release sheet. The first adhesive layer is formed on one surface of the blank. The release sheet comes into tight contact with the surface of the first adhesive layer to protect this surface. The arithmetic average roughness of the surface of the release sheet on the side of the first adhesive layer is 0.1 ?m or less. The surface of the first adhesive layer from which the release sheet is peeled off is attached onto a lens as an edging target. A lens pad, a lens pad manufacturing method, a lens manufacturing method, and an adhesive member are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Akira Hamanaka, Daiji Sagami
  • Publication number: 20100170617
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sonar projector is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: bonding a flat piezo-ceramic plate to a flexible conducting sheet; dicing the plate to form an assembly comprising a matrix of piezo-ceramic pegs bonded to the flexible conducting sheet, the pegs being separated by kerfs; bending the assembly to a predetermined curvature, thereby expanding the kerfs; filling the expanded kerfs with a filler material; and applying conductive material to the exposed surfaces of the pegs, such that the conductive material and the flexible conducting sheet in combination form electrodes operable to apply a voltage to the piezo-ceramic pegs. Methods of manufacturing a curved piezo-ceramic structure are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Michael Edward Woods, Jonathan Michael George Penny
  • Publication number: 20100136317
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing fabric-reinforced weatherstrip include incorporating a fabric application step into a process for making coated substrates. In one embodiment, a strip of the fabric from a roll of material may be applied directly onto a coating after it has been applied in a coat die to a foam profile, while the coating is still in the molten state. Alternatively, a fabric application plate may be attached to an upstream side of coating die with a fabric feed channel cut into the plate. The fabric follows the channel to contact and mate with the foam profile. The fabric applicator plate may be configured so as to exert pressure on only the part of the product where the fabric is being applied. Ultrasonic welding techniques may also be employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: Amesbury Group
    Inventors: John E. Huntress, Peter Mertinooke
  • Publication number: 20100136309
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments offer a solution for controlling the thickness of a finished structural composite part when precise tolerances must be complied with for the quality of the assembly and in order to ease the assembly operations of this part. In order to implement the method according to the disclosed embodiments, an additional layer of plies made out of a non-structural composite material, called calibrating plies, is applied onto the structural plies of the structural part, at least in an area where the thickness must be maintained within close tolerances and, after the composite material has been cured, the calibrating plies are machined in order to obtain the thickness required for the finished part. The thickness of the calibrating plies applied is determined according to the possible thicknesses of structural plies, taking into account the manufacturing spreads so that the machining operation for the calibrating plies does not affect the structural plies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventors: Mathieu Normand, Jean-Claude Lacombe
  • Patent number: 7718251
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing fabric-reinforced weatherstrip include incorporating a fabric application step into a process for making coated substrates. In one embodiment, a strip of the fabric from a roll of material may be applied directly onto a coating after it has been applied in a coat die to a foam profile, while the coating is still in the molten state. Alternatively, a fabric application plate may be attached to an upstream side of coating die with a fabric feed channel cut into the plate. The fabric follows the channel to contact and mate with the foam profile. The fabric applicator plate may be configured so as to exert pressure on only the part of the product where the fabric is being applied. Ultrasonic welding techniques may also be employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Amesbury Group, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Huntress, Peter Mertinooke
  • Patent number: 7708858
    Abstract: A method of making High Temperature Resistant Models and Tools is provided. An assembly of substrates can be formed with intermediate adhesive layer of curable paste and same curable paste can be used as topcoat or sealer. The curable paste can be machine dispensed from a mixer mixing 2 components composition. The composition can contain a resin, a filler, a chemical thixotropy agent, a latent hardener and another hardener. The method provides easy and cost-effective manufacture of models or tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Huntsman Advanced Materials Americas Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Cleaver
  • Publication number: 20100090518
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise a composite rim for used in spoked wheels, such as bicycle wheels, having molded-in spoke holes along with a method of fabricating the composite rim. Advantageously, the bearing and loading strength of the rim is improved over prior art composite rims wherein the spoke holes are drilled therein after fabrication of the rim hoop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventor: Jason Schiers
  • Publication number: 20100054821
    Abstract: A roller for use in a developing unit of an image forming apparatus may include a non-conductive shaft member and a non-conductive member to surround at least a part of an outer periphery of the shaft member. The shaft member may include a cylindrical rolling part and a pair of support parts formed to project from both ends of the rolling part in a lengthwise direction. The rolling part of the shaft member may be arranged opposite a charge roller in a developing unit and may rotate in contact with the charge roller to absorb and remove foreign substances adhered to a surface of the charge roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hee-won JUNG, Ki-Jae Do, Tae-Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20100000664
    Abstract: A cladding layer 7 is formed on a base body made of a material for an optical waveguide, and a groove is formed in the base body and the cladding layer 7. The base body and the cladding layer are joined to a supporting substrate with the cladding layer 7 positioned on the said of the supporting substrate 1. The base body is machined and thinned to form a thin plate 30 so that the groove penetrates through the thin plate 30. An end face 14A on the groove 12 side of the optical waveguide 13A is contacted with a light absorbing material or light reflecting material 9 to form a reflecting mirror.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi YOSHINO
  • Publication number: 20090314417
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of grinding a back side of a semiconductor wafer, which includes applying an adhesive sheet including a substrate and an adhesive layer formed on one side of the substrate to a front side of a semiconductor wafer to provisionally fix the semiconductor wafer to the adhesive sheet, followed by grinding the back side of the semiconductor wafer, in which the adhesive layer contains 100 parts by weight of a base polymer for radiation-curable adhesives, 0.02 to 10 parts by weight of a phosphoric ester compound having an alkyl group having 10 or more carbon atoms, and more than 10 parts by weight but 200 parts by weight or less of at least one polyfunctional acrylate oligomer and/or monomer having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds, the polyfunctional acrylate oligomer and/or monomer having a weight-average molecular weight per carbon-carbon double bond of 250 to 6,500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi SASAKI, Toshio SHINTANI, Fumiteru ASAI, Akiyoshi YAMAMOTO
  • Patent number: 7621307
    Abstract: A device and a method for bonding a tape, by which a tape member may be preferably bonded to a work piece, and simplified processing, reduced cost, and improved bonding strength may be realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Tsubaki Seiko Inc.
    Inventors: Kimikazu Saito, Tetsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090283205
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head is capable of planarizing and forming the upper surface of a main magnetic pole with high precision, of forming a trailing gap with a precise form, and of efficiently and precisely forming side shields and a trailing shield. A stopper layer is formed so as to cover a magnetic pole and so that a thickness thereof at positions on both sides of the magnetic pole is a predetermined side shield gap width. After a resist layer has been formed so that a thickness thereof at positions on both sides of the magnetic pole is a predetermined side shield width, an insulating layer is formed thereupon and then lapping according to a CMP process is carried out until the stopper layer becomes exposed. After this, the stopper layer is removed by dry etching until the upper surface of the magnetic pole becomes exposed, and then the upper surface of the magnetic pole is lapped by a CMP process until the surface is planarized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Miyazawa, Masaya Kato, Masanori Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20090282773
    Abstract: Methods and systems to manufacture lattice-based sandwich structures from monolithic material. Such methods and systems eliminate the bonding process which is conventionally used to join lattice based truss cores to facesheets to form sandwich structures. This bonded interface is a key mode of failure for sandwich structures which are subjected to shear or bending loads because the nodes transfer forces from the face sheets to the core members while the topology for a given core relative density dictates the load carrying capacity (assuming adequate node-bond strength exists). An aspect comprises a core and related structures that provide very low density, good crush resistance and high in-plane shear resistance. An aspect of the truss structures may include sandwich panel cores and lattice truss topology that may be designed to efficiently support panel bending loads while maintaining an open topology that facilitates multifunctional applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Douglas T. Queheillalt, Haydn N.G. Wadley
  • Patent number: 7594977
    Abstract: A tape bonding device for bonding a tape member to a work piece: having a rubber sheet on the upper surface of which the work piece is mounted, a first vacuum chamber located on the side of the upper surface of the rubber sheet, a second vacuum chamber located on the side of the lower surface of the rubber sheet, a holding member which holds the rubber sheet without coming and going of the air between a first and a second vacuum chambers and, a tape holding unit which holds the tape member in a stretched state, and locates the tape member in the upper portion of the work piece, a first sucking unit which performs vacuum suction of a first vacuum chamber, a first air introducing unit which introduces the air into the first vacuum chamber, a second sucking unit which performs vacuum suction of a second vacuum chamber, a second air introducing unit which introduces the air into the second vacuum chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: Tsubaki Seiko, Inc
    Inventors: Kimikazu Saito, Tetsushi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20090233400
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for rigid-flexible multi-layer printed circuit board including: a flexible substrate of which circuits are formed on both sides and which is bendable; a rigid substrate which is laminated on the flexible substrate and circuits are formed on both sides and a cavity within which a semiconductor chip is mounted is formed; and a bonding sheet adhering the flexible substrate and the rigid substrate and having a insulating property. When the same numbers of the semiconductor chips are mounted or the POP is embodied, the whole thickness of the package can be lower. Also, two more semiconductor chips can be mounted using the space as the thickness of the core layer, and the structure impossible when the number of semiconductor chip mounted on the bottom substrate becomes two from one in conventional technology can be embodied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoe-Ku Jung, Myung-Sam Kang, Jung-Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20090229739
    Abstract: There is disclosed a method of forming a patterned conductive element for an implantable medical device, the method comprising the steps of: depositing a supplementary material on a sheet of conductive, parent material to form a sheet of composite material; applying a carrier material over the supplementary material of the composite sheet to form a sheet of semi-finished material; removing portions from at least the conductive parent material of the sheet of semi-finished material in accordance with a desired pattern corresponding to a patterned conductive element to be formed; and releasing at least the carrier material from the sheet of semi-finished material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Applicant: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Peter SCHULLER
  • Publication number: 20090199957
    Abstract: An adhesive agent layer for bonding a support plate (1) and a wafer (5) is in a three-layer configuration in which a hard layer (31) is sandwiched between soft layers (32) and (33) from above and below. Both the top and bottom surfaces of the adhesive agent layer are soft adhesive agent layers, which results in an excellent bonding affinity with the wafer 5 and the support plate (1). Accordingly, the peripheral portion of the wafer (5) can be prevented from being lifted before a dicing process. Further, because the sandwiched adhesive agent layer is the hard adhesive agent layer (31), even when the non-adhesive surface of the support plate (1) is vacuum suctioned, or when a pressure is applied from a grinder, the hard adhesive agent layer (31) is not deformed according to the soft adhesive agent layer (33) being drawn or pushed into through holes (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Inao
  • Publication number: 20090108728
    Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, a display unit manufacturing method for manufacturing a display unit, the method includes: forming a first resin film having a first electrode terminal and a first conductive film on one of surfaces of the first resin film, forming a second resin film having a second electrode terminal and a second conductive film on one of surfaces of the second resin film, arranging a display element on the first conductive film of the first resin film, arranging the second conductive film of the second resin film to the display element, forming a groove on another surface of the second resin film adjacent to the first electrode terminal, and tearing off a part of the second resin film along the groove so as to expose at least a part of the first electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akihiko Ushimaru, Kazuhisa Mishima, Hirokazu Yamanishi
  • Publication number: 20090081403
    Abstract: A method of inlaying stone into a void in a wood surface, comprising the steps of (a) adhesively bonding first stones in said void; (b) sanding tops of said first stones substantially flush with the wood surface; (c) adhesively bonding additional stones in said void; (d) sanding tops of said additional stones substantially flush with said wood surface; and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) until said void is substantially filled with stones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Jorge Trejo-Rincon
  • Publication number: 20090038742
    Abstract: A laminate for making signs, the laminate comprising a readily-abraded layer and an abrasion-resistant layer. A method of making signs is also disclosed. The method includes providing a laminate comprising a first layer that is readily etched by abrasives and a second layer disposed beneath the first layer and substantially resistant to abrasive etching. A mask is applied to the top of the laminate; and abrasives are used to selectively remove a portion of the first layer, so as to form a relief image with a controlled and uniform relief depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Toshifumi Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20090038743
    Abstract: A glass block is formed by stacking, fixing, and integrating a plurality of thin glass plates having a predetermined thickness. An annular glass block is formed by coring the glass block. Surfaces of an inside circumference and an outside circumference of the annular glass block are ground. The annular glass block of which the surfaces of the inside circumference and the outside circumference are ground are separated into individual annular glass substrates, and separated annular glass substrates are cleaned. Then, edge portions of the inside circumference and the outside circumference of a cleaned annular glass substrate are chamfered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicants: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., KOHKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuo SUZUKI, Yoshio Kawakami
  • Publication number: 20090041624
    Abstract: A fluidic structure and a method for production of a fluidic structure are provided. The method may comprise, in order, introducing at least one externally accessible opening into at least one base substrate of the fluidic structure, partially introducing at least one section of a fluidic conductor, which has at least one inner lumen and at least one conductor wall, in particular of a tube or flexible tube, into the at least one opening, introducing at least one curable fluid sealing material into the at least one opening, entirely or partially curing the at least one fluid sealing material, and producing at least one connecting channel between at least one inner lumen in the at least one fluidic conductor and at least one fluid channel in the fluidic structure, the at least one connecting channel passing through at least one conductor wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Gernot Hochmuth, Gregor Ocvirk, Wolfgang Fiedler
  • Patent number: 7486431
    Abstract: Method and apparatus are presented for the mass production manufacturing of planar mirrors inside transparent micro balls circumscribed by lubricated bearings for solar energy concentration and related applications such as optical switches, etc. These bearings permit rotational alignment of the balls with minimal friction. The preferred mass production process utilizes photolithography in an optical microlithographic photoresist process. The micro-balls are in the size range of ˜1 micron (1×10-6 m) to 1000 microns (1 mm). The micro-balls vary in geometry from spheres to cylinders to oblate ellipsoids to disks. The term “elements” is used to encompass all these shapes, which have one thing in common—a flat specularly reflecting mirrored surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Inventor: Mario Rabinowitz
  • Publication number: 20090015795
    Abstract: A projector with a specially manufactured optical compensation element is disclosed. One method of manufacturing the optical compensation element temporarily attaches an inorganic substrate made of a birefringent inorganic material to a base member with a temporary bond, grinds/polishes the inorganic substrate, attaches a light transmissive support substrate to a surface of the inorganic substrate on the opposite side to the side of the base member, and separates the inorganic substrate with the light transmissive support substrate from the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Aoki, Kazuhiro Nakazawa
  • Publication number: 20080305319
    Abstract: A graphite material includes a plurality of graphite particles and a plurality of pores which form a microstructure. When a cross-section of the microstructure is observed with a scanning electron microscope, the number of the pores appearing on the cross-section is more than 250 or more per 6000 ?m2, an average area of the pores appearing on the cross-section is 5 ?m2 or less, and an average aspect ratio of the pores appearing on the cross-section is 0.55 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki NISHIWAKI, Masahiro Yasuda, Toshiki Ito
  • Publication number: 20080245008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic health-care laminated wooden floor, which comprises, connected in sequence, an abrasion-resistant layer 1, a decorative layer 2, a core layer 3, a balance layer 4, and a magnetic sheet 5 bonded on the bottom of balance layer 4. The magnetic induction strength on the surface of the floor is 1 to 20 Gs. The magnetic sheet comprises A: magnetic powder 100, B: polymer 5 to 30, and C: additive 0.1 to 5 parts by weight. The preparation method comprises the steps of: (1) hot pressing an abrasion-resistant layer 1, a decorative layer 2, a core layer 3 and a balance layer 4 into a composite, then cutting, planing and milling the composite around four edges into base boards; and (2) using an appropriate adhesive to bond a magnetic sheet 5 on the bottom of balance layer 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: Sichuan Shengda Forest Products Industry Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Yu, Shu Yi
  • Patent number: 7410548
    Abstract: Post treatment of an ultrasonically welded seamed flexible imaging member belt includes providing a flexible belt having an outer surface, an inner surface, parallel edges and a welded seam extending from one parallel edge to the other parallel edge, the belt seam including a seam region comprising an overlap of two oppositely miter cut edges, and two adjacent splashing formed around the seam; contacting the seam with abrasive and a super finishing tool; and super finishing the seam to remove at least the splashing on the outer surface of the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: John J. Darcy, III, Michael S. Roetker