Bonding Of Preform Of Metal Or An Alloy Thereof To A Preform Of A Nonmetal Patents (Class 216/35)
  • Patent number: 10597783
    Abstract: A copper foil, intended for use as a current collector in a lithium-containing electrode for a lithium-based electrochemical cell, is subjected to a series of chemical oxidation and reduction processing steps to form a field of integral copper wires extending outwardly from the surfaces of the current collector (and from the copper content of the foil) to be coated with a resin-bonded porous layer of particles of active electrode material. The copper wires serve to anchor thicker layers of porous electrode material and enhance liquid electrolyte contact with the electrode particles and the current collector to improve the energy output of the cell and its useful life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Haijing Liu, Zhiqiang Yu, Xiaochao Que
  • Patent number: 9904996
    Abstract: A method in which a digital picture of the tip of a dental scaler tool and other uniquely identifying characteristics is used to measure the extent of wear on the tool. Unique characteristics of the dental scaler tool, such as color and shape of the grip, narrow a set of reference images to a subset of likely matching tip reference images. A digital contour of the worn tip is isolated. Characteristics of the physical shape of each available tips have been stored in a digital library of reference images. The same tip shape characteristics are developed for the tip contour that were stored for each reference image. The digital profile of the worn tip and a matching, selected reference image of the tip from a library of digitally overlaid. An accurate measurement of the extent of wear of the insert tip is made and displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Dentsply Sirona Inc.
    Inventors: Joris Vanbiervliet, Jan Heyninck, Kenneth R. Guaragno
  • Patent number: 9017565
    Abstract: An insulation structure of a cargo tank in an LNG carrier and a method of constructing the insulation structure include a first metal foil attached and installed in between the top insulation panel and the bottom insulation panel, a second metal foil attached to and installed on the first metal foil that is positioned on an upper side of a gap formed between the bottom insulation panels, and a top bridge panel attached to and installed on an upper side of the second metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki-Hun Joh, Sang-Eon Chun, Chang-Seon Bang, Dai-Gil Lee, Byung-Chul Kim, Bu-Gi Kim, Jin-Gyu Kim, Soon-Ho Yoon, Sang-Wook Park, Kwan-Ho Lee, Byoung-Jung Kim, Po-Chul Kim, Ha-Na Yu
  • Patent number: 8951426
    Abstract: An implantable medical device formed from one or more layers of thin film polymer is assembled by providing by adhesively securely one or more polymer coupons on individual rigid backings. After each coupon is shaped or components mounted to the coupon, the coupons are bonded together. The adhesive is dissolved to remove the device from the backing or backings to which it is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Stryker Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Brindley, John Janik, Edward Chia-Ning Tang
  • Patent number: 8932719
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to strongly join an aluminum alloy part with an FRP prepreg. An object obtained by subjecting an aluminum alloy to a suitable liquid treatment so as to form a surface having large, micron-order irregularities and also fine irregularities with a period of several tens of nanometers, eliminating the presence of sodium ions from the surface and additionally forming a surface film of aluminum oxide, which is thicker than a natural oxide layer, has been found to have a powerful adhesive strength with epoxy-based adhesives. By simultaneously curing an FRP prepreg which uses the same epoxy-based adhesive in the matrix, an integral composite or structure in which FRP and aluminum alloy have been united at a joining strength of unprecedented magnitude is produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Taisei Plas Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Naritomi, Naoki Andoh
  • Publication number: 20140322520
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit substrate, including a glass film (10) forming a rough layer (11) after surface roughness processing, a resin adhesion (20) located the rough layer (11) on either side of the glass film (10), and a metal foil (30) located on the outside of resin adhesion layer (20). The glass film (10), the resin adhesion layer (20) and the metal foil (30) are joined together through suppressing. The circuit substrate employs the glass film (10) which forms a rough layer (11) after surface roughness processing as a carrier material, so that the resin adhesion layer (20) and the surface of the glass film (10) have a good binding force, and the dielectric constant of the circuit substrate has slight difference in the directions of X, Y and Z. Also provided is manufacturing method for a circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Minshe Su, Qianfa Liu
  • Publication number: 20140305903
    Abstract: There is provided a technique to strongly integrate a galvanized steel sheet and a resin molded article. A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet is immersed in an aqueous solution for aluminum degreasing to form a specific roughness on the surface. The surface is covered with convex protrusions having a diameter of about 100 nm, and a chromate treatment layer appears in the surface. A resin composition comprising 70 to 97 wt % of polyphenylene sulfide and 3 to 30 wt % of a polyolefin resin is injected onto the surface. The resin composition penetrates into ultra-fine irregularities and is cured in that state, and thereby a composite in which the galvanized steel sheet and the resin molded article are strongly integrated can be obtained. The shear rupture strength of the composite is extremely high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: TAISEI PLAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Naritomi, Naoki Andoh
  • Publication number: 20130256261
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to strongly join an aluminum alloy part with an FRP prepreg. An object obtained by subjecting an aluminum alloy to a suitable liquid treatment so as to form a surface having large, micron-order irregularities and also fine irregularities with a period of several tens of nanometers, eliminating the presence of sodium ions from the surface and additionally forming a surface film of aluminum oxide, which is thicker than a natural oxide layer, has been found to have a powerful adhesive strength with epoxy-based adhesives. By simultaneously curing an FRP prepreg which uses the same epoxy-based adhesive in the matrix, an integral composite or structure in which FRP and aluminum alloy have been united at a joining strength of unprecedented magnitude is produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: TAISEI PLAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Naritomi, Naoki Andoh
  • Publication number: 20130034705
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a molybdenum composite hybrid laminate. The laminate has a plurality of composite material layers. The laminate further has a plurality of surface treated molybdenum foil layers interweaved between the composite material layers. The laminate further has a plurality of adhesive layers disposed between and bonding adjacent layers of the composite material layers and the molybdenum foil layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Mark A. Negley, Marc J. Piehl, Kay Y. Blohowiak, Alan E. Landmann, Richard H. Bossi, Robert L. Carlsen, Gregory Alan Foltz, Geoffrey A. Butler, Liam S. Cavanaugh Pingree, Stephen G. Moore, John Mark Gardner, Robert A. Anderson
  • Publication number: 20130004790
    Abstract: In the composite, an aluminum-plated steel sheet and a resin are securely and integrally joined together. Through chemical etching, the aluminum-plated steel sheet is caused to have a surface configuration, in which three-dimensional protrusions having shapes with a minor diameter of at least 0.3 ?m and a major diameter of at least 3 ?m are scattered over a plain part and a portion covered with shallow fine recesses with a diameter of 20 to 50 nm in a state of being distributed adjacent to each other on the plain part accounts for 30 to 50% of the surface area of the plain part. The surface of the three-dimensional protrusions is mainly ceramic containing silicon and the plain part is mainly ceramic containing aluminum. The resin is joined through injection molding with the aluminum-plated steel sheet having been inserted into a metallic mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: TAISEI PLAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori NARITOMI, Naoki Andoh
  • Publication number: 20120305524
    Abstract: An insulation structure of a cargo tank in an LNG carrier and a method of constructing the insulation structure include a first metal foil attached and installed in between the top insulation panel and the bottom insulation panel, a second metal foil attached to and installed on the first metal foil that is positioned on an upper side of a gap formed between the bottom insulation panels, and a top bridge panel attached to and installed on an upper side of the second metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Hun JOH, Sang-Eon Chun, Chang-Seon Bang, Dai-Gil Lee, Byung-Chul Kim, Bu-Gi Kim, Jin-Gyu Kim, Soon-Ho Yoon, Sang-Wook Park, Kwan-Ho Lee, Byoung-Jung Kim, Po-Chul Kim, Ha-Na Yu
  • Publication number: 20120244360
    Abstract: The disclosure provides in one embodiment a method of promoting adhesion on a composite surface. The method comprises providing a composite structure having at least one composite surface to be bonded. The method further comprises preparing the at least one composite surface. The method further comprises providing a chemical derivatization compound containing active functional groups that promote adhesion. The method further comprises depositing the chemical derivatization compound on the prepared composite surface to form a functional group-adhesive promoter derivatized layer. The method further comprises applying an adhesive layer to the derivatized layer. The method further comprises heat curing the adhesive layer to result in a bond with another structure made of a composite, a metal, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eugene A. Dan-Jumbo, Joel P. Baldwin
  • Publication number: 20110317343
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal case, a mobile terminal having the same, and a method of manufacturing a mobile terminal case, and the mobile terminal may include a case forming an external shape with a curved surface, and a film member mounted on the case, wherein the film member may include a base film combined with the case and made of a synthetic resin material, and a metal film mounted on a surface of the base film and at least part of which is formed to correspond to the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Jongyeon Shin, Jaemin Ryu, Jaewook Lee
  • Publication number: 20110274888
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material made up of at least one ceramic layer or at least one ceramic substrate and at least one metallization formed by a metallic layer on a surface side of the at least one ceramic substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Xinhe Tang, Helmut Hartl
  • Patent number: 8020291
    Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a multilayer printed circuit board which is very satisfactory in facture toughness, dielectric constant, adhesion and processability, among other characteristics. The present invention is directed to a multilayer printed circuit board comprising a substrate board, a resin insulating layer formed on said board and a conductor circuit constructed on said resin insulating layer, wherein said resin insulating layer comprises a polyolefin resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honchin En, Masayuki Hayashi, Dongdong Wang, Kenichi Shimada, Motoo Asai, Koji Sekine, Tohru Nakai, Shinichiro Ichikawa, Yukihiko Toyoda
  • Publication number: 20110056955
    Abstract: An insulation structure of a cargo tank in an LNG carrier and a method of constructing the insulation structure includes a first metal foil attached and installed in between the top insulation panel and the bottom insulation panel, a second metal foil attached to and installed on the first metal foil that is positioned on an upper side of a gap formed between the bottom insulation panels, and a top bridge panel attached to and installed on an upper side of the second metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Hun JOH, Sang-Eon Chun, Chang-Seon Bang, Dai-Gil Lee, Byung-Chul Kim, Bu-Gi Kim, Jin-Gyu Kim, Soon-Ho Yoon, Sang-Wook Park, Kwan- Ho Lee, Byoung-Jung Kim, Po-Chul Kim, Ha-Na Yu
  • Patent number: 7875195
    Abstract: The presently disclosed invention provides for the fabrication of porous anodic alumina (PAA) films on a wide variety of substrates. The substrate comprises a wafer layer and may further include an adhesion layer deposited on the wafer layer. An anodic alumina template is formed on the substrate. When a rigid substrate such as Si is used, the resulting anodic alumina film is more tractable, easily grown on extensive areas in a uniform manner, and manipulated without danger of cracking. The substrate can be manipulated to obtain free-standing alumina templates of high optical quality and substantially flat surfaces. PAA films can also be grown this way on patterned and non-planar surfaces. Furthermore, under certain conditions, the resulting PAA is missing the barrier layer (partially or completely) and the bottom of the pores can be readily accessed electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Oded Rabin, Paul R. Herz, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Akintunde I. Akinwande, Yu-Ming Lin
  • Publication number: 20110008644
    Abstract: The invention is a technique for strongly integrating a galvanized steel sheet and a resin molded article. A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet “Z18” is immersed in an aqueous solution for aluminum degreasing at 75° C. for 7 minutes, to form roughness having an RSm of 0.8 to 2.3 ?m and an Rz of 0.3 to 1.0 ?m on the surface. The surface is covered with convex protrusions having a diameter of about 100 nm, and a chromate treatment layer appears in the surface. In other words, three conditions suitable for bonding are satisfied thereby. A resin composition comprising 70 to 97 wt % of polyphenylene sulfide and 3 to 30 wt % of a polyolefin resin is injected onto the surface. The resin composition penetrates into ultra-fine irregularities and is cured in that state, whereby a composite in which the galvanized steel sheet and the resin molded article are strongly integrated is obtained. The shear rupture strength of the composite is extremely high, in excess of 20 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: TAISEI PLAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masanori Naritomi, Naoki Andoh
  • Patent number: 7832098
    Abstract: An opening is formed in resin 20 by a laser beam so that a via hole is formed. At this time, copper foil 22, the thickness of which is reduced (to 3 ?m) by performing etching to lower the thermal conductivity is used as a conformal mask. Therefore, an opening 20a can be formed in the resin 20 if the number of irradiation of pulse-shape laser beam is reduced. Therefore, occurrence of undercut of the resin 20 which forms an interlayer insulating resin layer can be prevented. Thus, the reliability of the connection of the via holes can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: IBIDEN Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Hirose, Kouta Noda, Hiroshi Segawa, Honjin En, Kiyotaka Tsukada, Naoto Ishida, Kouji Asano, Atsushi Shouda
  • Patent number: 7803281
    Abstract: A method for forming a micromachined device is disclosed that includes providing a first silicon layer and a second silicon layer. A coating is provided on a first portion of the first layer. The first layer and the second layer are bonded to each other to form a micromachined device, the coating being effective to prevent the coated first portion of the first layer from bonding to the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Microstaq, Inc.
    Inventor: Brady Reuben Davies
  • Patent number: 7524736
    Abstract: To manufacture a layer of semiconductor material, a first wafer of semiconductor material is subjected to implantation to form a defect layer at a distance from a first face; the first wafer is bonded to a second wafer, by putting an insulating layer present on the second wafer in contact with the first face of the first wafer. Then, hydrogen atoms are introduced into the first wafer through a second face at an energy such as to avoid defects to be generated in the first wafer and at a temperature lower than 600° C. Thereby, the first wafer splits into a usable layer, bonded to the second wafer, and a remaining layer disposed between the defect layer and the second face of the first wafer. Prior to bonding, the first wafer is subjected to processing steps for obtaining integrated components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Giampiero Ottaviani, Federico Corni, Paolo Ferrari, Flavio Francesco Villa
  • Patent number: 7415761
    Abstract: An opening is formed in resin 20 by a laser beam so that a via hole is formed. At this time, copper foil 22, the thickness of which is reduced (to 3 ?m) by performing etching to lower the thermal conductivity is used as a conformal mask. Therefore, an opening 20a can be formed in the resin 20 if the number of irradiation of pulse-shape laser beam is reduced. Therefore, occurrence of undercut of the resin 20 which forms an interlayer insulating resin layer can be prevented. Thus, the reliability of the connection of the via holes can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: IBIDEN Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naohiro Hirose, Kouta Noda, Hiroshi Segawa, Honjin En, Kiyotaka Tsukada, Naoto Ishida, Kouji Asano, Atsushi Shouda
  • Patent number: 7407596
    Abstract: A fluxgate sensor is integrated in a printed circuit board. The fluxgate sensor has two bar-type (or rectangular-ring shaped) soft magnetic cores to form a closed magnetic path on a printed circuit board and an excitation coil in the form of a metal film is wound around the two bar-type soft magnetic cores either in a united structure that winds the two bar-type soft magnetic cores altogether, or in a separated structure that winds the two bar-type soft magnetic cores respectively, both in a pattern of number ‘8’. A pick-up coil is mounted on the excitation coil, either winding the two bars altogether, or respectively, in a solenoid pattern. The fluxgate sensor integrated in the printed circuit board can be mass-produced at a cheap manufacturing cost. The fluxgate sensor also can be made compact-sized, and at the same time, is capable of forming a closed-magnetic path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-youl Choi, Byeong-cheon Koh, Kyung-won Na, Sang-on Choi, Myung-sam Kang, Keon-yang Park
  • Publication number: 20070278177
    Abstract: Under the condition that the height is fixed at a target height by turning off a feedback control system of a Z piezoelectric actuator of a cantilever of an atomic force microscope having a probe, which is harder than a processed material, flexure and twisting of the cantilever when carrying out mechanical processing while selectively repeating scanning only on the processed area (in the case of detecting flexure, parallel with the cantilever and in the case of detecting twisting, vertical with the cantilever) is monitored by a quadrant photodiode position sensing detector and the processing is repeated till a flexure amount or a twisting amount, namely, till an elastic deformation amount of the cantilever becomes not more than a determined threshold. It is not necessary to carry out scanning of the observation in obtaining the height information for detection of an end point, so that it is possible to improve a throughput of processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Kazushige Kondo, Masatoshi Yasutake, Takuya Nakaue, Osamu Takaoka, Atsushi Uemoto, Kazutoshi Watanabe, Yoshiteru Shikakura
  • Patent number: 7235148
    Abstract: A printed wiring board is formed from two or more layers, one of which has circuit lines formed thereon, and wherein the surfaces of the circuit lines are roughened only in areas that require good copper to laminate adhesion. The remainder of the circuit line surfaces are smooth. Thus, those areas for propagation of the signal on signal lines have the circuit lines smooth to maximize the signal propagation effect, while those areas where the signal propagation is not critical are rough, which improves the adhesion of one layer to another. On the voltage planes, the surface in those regions opposite the smooth surfaces of the signal planes is smooth. Thus, these areas of the voltage planes can be maintained smooth while the other areas of the surface of the voltage planes can be roughened, providing good adhesion to the adjoining dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Allen Day, Kevin Taylor Knadle, Kristen Ann Stauffer
  • Patent number: 7128844
    Abstract: A metal layer 12 of aluminum or an aluminum alloy is formed on at least one side of a ceramic substrate 10, and a resist 14 having a predetermined shape is formed on the metal layer 12. Then, an etchant of a mixed solution prepared by mixing ferric chloride with water without adding any acids is used for etching and removing an undesired portion of the metal layer 12 to form a metal circuit 12 on the at least one side of the ceramic substrate 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Tsukaguchi, Michihiro Kosaka
  • Patent number: 6908561
    Abstract: Methods for adhering polyimide dielectric materials to copper-, titanium-, aluminum-, or copper-and-titanium-containing portions of a substrate are described. The methods include the steps of applying adhesion promoter to a clean surface of the substrate, and curing the adhesion promoter. SPIE varnish is applied over the cured adhesion promoter, and is itself cured. A further layer of adhesion promoter is applied over the cured SPIE varnish, and is cured. The polyimide dielectric material is then laminated to the adhesion promoter. Cleaning of the copper-containing substrate portions is performed by etching with etchant including cupric chloride, cleaning of the titanium-containing substrate portions is performed with etchant including HF, and cleaning of copper- and titanium-containing portions is performed by HF etching followed by cupric chloride etching. Aluminum-containing portions of the substrate are not etched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Lockhead Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Franklin Foust, William Francis Nealon, Robert G. Davies, Jr., Charles E. Crepeau
  • Patent number: 6884659
    Abstract: In accordance with the objectives of the invention a new method is provided for improving adhesion strength that is deposited over the surface of a layer of copper. Conventional etch stop layers of for instance dichlorosilane (SiCl2H2) or SiOC have poor adhesion with an underlying layer of copper due to poor molecular binding between the interfacing layers. The surface of the deposited layer of copper can be provided with a special enhanced interface layer by using a method provided by the invention. That is pre-heat of the copper layer followed by a pre-cleaning treatment with ammonia (NH3) and N2, followed by forming an adhesive enhanced layer over the copper layer by treatment with N2 or O2 or N2 with alkyl-silane or alkyl silane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bi-Trong Chen, Lain-Jong Li, Syun-Ming Jang, Shu E Ku, Tien I. Bao, Lih-Ping Li
  • Patent number: 6743369
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an electrode for a secondary battery by depositing a thin film composed of active material on a current collector in which a surface-treated layer such as an antirust-treated layer is formed, including the steps of: removing at least part of the surface-treated layer by etching the surface of the current collector with an ion beam or plasma in order to improve the diffusion of the current collector material into the active material thin film; and depositing the thin film on the surface of the current collector subjected to the etching step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daizo Jito, Hisaki Tarui
  • Patent number: 6668445
    Abstract: A method of tape automated bonding a heater chip of an ink jet printer to a flexible circuit includes the step of attaching an electrically conductive bonding pad to a first portion of a surface of the heater chip. A mask is applied to a second portion of the surface of the heater chip. An exposed surface of the bonding pad is chemical dry etched for a predetermined time period to thereby remove contaminants from the etched exposed surface. The chemical dry etching is terminated at an end of the predetermined time period such that substantially none of the bonding pad is removed. Lastly, the flexible circuit is electrically connected to the etched exposed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: James Michael Mrvos, Michael Raulinaitis, Carl Edmond Sullivan
  • Patent number: 6656368
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing micromechanical components, and a micromechanical component, in which a movable element is produced on a sacrificial layer. In a subsequent step the sacrificial layer beneath the movable element is removed so that the movable element becomes movable. After removal of the sacrificial layer, a protective layer is deposited on a surface of the movable element. Silicon oxide and/or silicon nitride is used for the protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Schoefthaler, Peter Hein, Helmut Skapa, Horst Muenzel
  • Publication number: 20030201247
    Abstract: An etchant and a method for roughening a copper surface each capable of permitting copper with roughened surface which exhibits acid resistance and permits a copper conductive pattern and an outer layer material to be firmly bonded to each other therethrough in manufacturing of a printed wiring board to simplify the manufacturing. The etchant may contain an oxo acid such as sulfuric acid, peroxide such as hydrogen peroxide and an auxiliary component such as an azole and chlorine. The azole may comprise benzotriazole (BTA). The chlorine may be in the form of sodium chloride (NaCl). The etchant permits a copper surface to be roughened in an acicular manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: Ebara Densan Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Morikawa, Kazunori Senbiki, Nobuhiro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 6616854
    Abstract: A donor substrate (12) which is patterned to include a donor mesa (18) is bonded to a receiving substrate (20). In a one embodiment, a bulk portion of the donor substrate is removed while leaving a transferred layer (26) bonded to the receiving substrate. The transferred layer is a layer of material transferred from the donor mesa. A portion of receiving substrate can be processed to form a recess (27, 28, or 32) to receive the donor mesa. Alternatively, the transferred layer can be formed over a dummy feature (46) formed on the receiving substrate, either with or without the use of mesas on the donor substrate. In a preferred embodiment, the transferred layer is used to form an optical device such as a photodetector in a semiconductor device. With the invention, bonding can be achieve despite having a non-planar surface on the receiving substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert E. Jones, Sebastian Csutak
  • Patent number: 6602431
    Abstract: A connection component for making microelectronic assemblies includes a dielectric structural layer having a first surface and a plurality of conductive leads having first and second ends overlying the first surface of the dielectric structural layer. An adhesive is provided between the second ends of the leads and the dielectric structural layer such that the adhesive forms connections between the second ends of the leads and the structural layer. The formed connections have areas smaller than the areas of the second ends. The second ends of the leads are releasably attached to the structural layer by the connections. Thus, the second ends of the leads may be engaged with features on a microelectronic device and the microelectronic elements may be moved away from the structural layer so as to bend the second ends of the leads away from the structural layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Tessera, Inc.
    Inventor: Konstantine Karavakis
  • Patent number: 6562252
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reproducing images or text on a metalized holographic film, comprising a coupling step, in which a bottom metalized holographic film is laminated to a second film, thereon an adhesive mass has been preliminarily deposited, a spreading step in which on the bottom film a copolymeric primer is spread, a printing step in which a suitably activated basic substance is printed, a staged spreading removal step, in which demineralized water and decanting are used in order to remove the crystallized material obtained by the basic substance, a forced air hot bed drying step, a reinforcement processing step, and a printing step in which the text or image is printed in polymeric material colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Mario Ferro
  • Patent number: 6500349
    Abstract: A continuous process for forming multilayer circuit structures which includes applying and curing a film forming polymer onto the matte side of a copper foil. The opposite (shiny) side of the foil is optionally but preferably cleaned, and applied with a photoresist which is then optionally but preferably dried. The photoresist is exposed, and developed to remove the nonimage areas but leave the image areas. The foil under the removed nonimage area is then etched to form a copper pattern, and the remaining photoresist is optionally but preferably removed. The foil is then cut into sections, and then optionally but preferably punched with registration holes. The copper pattern is then optionally but preferably treated with a bond enhancing treatment, optionally but preferably inspected for defects, and laminated onto a substrate to form a multilayered circuit structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Oak-Mitsui, Inc.
    Inventors: John Andresakis, Dave Paturel
  • Patent number: 6495053
    Abstract: A multi-layer electronic circuit board design 10 having selectively formed apertures or cavities 26, and which includes grooves or troughs 20, 22 which are effective to selectively entrap liquefied adhesive material, thereby substantially preventing the adhesive material from entering the apertures 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Visteon Global Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Leroy Kneisel, Mohan R. Paruchuri, Vivek Amir Jalrazbhoy, Vladimir Stoica
  • Patent number: 6475629
    Abstract: Adhesive film useful for the production of semiconductor devices is produced from a siloxane-modified polyamideimide resin composition, comprising 100 parts by weight of a siloxane-modified polyamideimide resin and 1 to 200 parts by weight of a thermosetting resin ingredient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazumasa Takeuchi, Tetsuya Saito, Ken Nanaumi
  • Publication number: 20020155280
    Abstract: A process for providing a metal-seeded liquid crystal polymer comprising the steps of providing a liquid crystal polymer substrate to be treated by applying an aqueous solution comprising an alkali metal hydroxide and a solubilizer as an etchant composition for the liquid crystal polymer substrate. Further treatment of the etched liquid crystal polymer substrate involves depositing an adherent metal layer on the etched liquid crystal polymer substrate. An adherent metal layer may be deposited using either electroless metal plating or vacuum deposition of metal such as by sputtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Rui Yang
  • Patent number: 6454953
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolytic capacitor with excellent electrostatic capacitance and reduced dispersion of capabilities by treating the surface of a chemically formed aluminum film to form a dielectric film which is in contact an electrically conducting substance provided thereon with sufficiently high adhesion. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing the solid electrolytic capacitor, which includes providing an organic electrically conducting polymer as a solid electrolyte on a chemically formed aluminum substrate having thereon an aluminum oxide dielectric film, where a chemically formed aluminum substrate, which was cut into a predetermined shape, is treated with an aqueous acid solution to dissolve a part of the dielectric film on the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Katsuhiko Yamazaki
  • Publication number: 20020130104
    Abstract: A method is described wherein a pre-printed film or paper web is selectively demetallized in register with the images pre-printed on the web. This provides the ability to demetallize micro-text, photographs or pictures, or demetallize a pattern (wallpaper) over an already demetallized area, or demetallize in patterns to create moiré patterns for security applications and/or for enhancing the attractiveness of internal and external packaging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventor: Daniel Lieberman
  • Patent number: 6419784
    Abstract: A process is described which is useful in treating metal surfaces to increase the adhesion of polymeric materials thereto. The process involves treating the metal surface with a pre-dip which comprises an aqueous solution with pH of from 5 to 12 and then further treating the metal surface with an adhesion-promoting composition comprising an acid, an oxidizer and a corrosion inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Inventor: Donald Ferrier
  • Publication number: 20020084248
    Abstract: A composition and method for etching a polymer substrate in particular for forming micro vias includes a dihydric alcohol having from two to five carbon atoms, a hydroxide compound selected from the group of lithium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, barium hydroxide, strontium hydroxide and mixtures thereof, and water. In one embodiment the composition includes glycol, potassium hydroxide and deionized water, wherein the glycol and the water are present in a ratio of from about 0.5:1 to about 8.5:1 and the potassium hydroxide is present in an amount of from about 40 to about 80 grams per 100 ml of glycol and water solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2001
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Bobwen Zhont Kong, Masud Beroz
  • Publication number: 20010009247
    Abstract: A method of removing a ceramic coating, such as a thermal barrier coating (TBC) of yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ), from the surface of a component, such as a gas turbine engine component. The method generally entails subjecting the ceramic coating to an aqueous solution of ammonium bifluoride, optionally containing a wetting agent, such as by immersing the component in the solution while maintained at an elevated temperature. Using the method of the invention, a ceramic coating can be completely removed from the component and any cooling holes, with essentially no degradation of the bond coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventor: William C. Brooks
  • Patent number: 6264851
    Abstract: The present invention is for a method wherein a printed circuit board can be fabricated in an electroless process with a minimum number of manufacturing steps using mild etchant conditions on an intermediary seed layer to produce low-defect, fine conductive line printed circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Voya R. Markovich, William E. Wilson, Michael Wozniak
  • Patent number: 6136412
    Abstract: A membrane electrode assembly is provided comprising an ion conducting membrane and one or more electrode layers that comprise nanostructured elements, wherein the nanostructured elements are in incomplete contact with the ion conducting membrane. This invention also provides methods to make the membrane electrode assembly of the invention. The membrane electrode assembly of this invention is suitable for use in electrochemical devices, including proton exchange membrane fuel cells, electrolyzers, chlor-alkali separation membranes, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Brian Edward Spiewak, Olester Benson, Jr., Mark Kevitt Debe
  • Patent number: 6117794
    Abstract: A method of preparing a supporting substrate of an optical subassembly for metal-oxide bonding an optical element to the substrate. The method includes providing a supporting substrate including a metalized region for metal-oxide bonding an optical element to the substrate and rinsing the substrate in a potassium hydroxide solution. The potassium hydroxide solution removes any excess metal oxide or other contaminants from the surface of the metalized region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James F. Dormer, John William Osenbach, Marilyn Markey Ecker
  • Patent number: 5800724
    Abstract: A method for making a patterned metal foil/substrate laminate by laminating a sheet of metal foil to a substrate by applying an adhesive between the metal foil and substrate and irradiating the metal foil with a laser beam in a predetermined pattern to vaporize the irradiated portions of the metal foil. Particularly where the laminate is intended for microwave packaging applications, the laminate further includes a sheet of barrier layer material, preferably polymer film, laminated to the patterned metal foil layer. The polymer film layer-containing laminate can be formed into a container for packaging food intended for heating in a microwave oven. A particularly effective pattern comprises a plurality of metal foil islands electrically separated by dielectric substrate gaps. Preferably, the metal foil is aluminum foil, desirably unannealed aluminum foil, and the substrate is selected from paper and coated or uncoated paperboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Charles C. Habeger, Kenneth A. Pollart
  • Patent number: 5759420
    Abstract: A process for producing a partially transparent, visually discernible surface pattern with surface elements which diffusely scatter, reflect or diffract light incident on the surface pattern commences with a base foil which may include a carrier foil and a lacquer layer, and also an intermediate layer between these two layers to provide for good adhesion. Before or after application of the microscopically fine relief structures in the lacquer layer, the free surface thereof is covered over its entire area with a reflection layer. A printed image is then printed with an etching agent for the reflective material on the reflection layer in such a way that, at surface portions corresponding to the printed image, the reflection layer is removed and the surface of the lacquer layer is exposed again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Landis & Gyr Technology Innovation AG
    Inventors: Ohannes Minnetian, Beat Nauer
  • Patent number: 5759422
    Abstract: A patterned metal foil/substrate laminate wherein the pattern is formed by laminating a sheet of metal foil to a substrate by applying an adhesive between the metal foil and substrate in a predetermined pattern which defines areas where adhesive is present and areas where no adhesive is present, cutting the metal foil, as by rotary die cutting or laser cutting, in a pattern which corresponds to the boundaries of the adhesive-containing areas and removing the areas of metal foil which are not adhesively adhered to the substrate. Particularly where the laminate is intended for microwave packaging, the laminate further includes a sheet of barrier layer material, preferably polymer film, laminated to the patterned metal foil layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Fort James Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A. Schmelzer, Anthony Joseph Swiontek, Charles C. Habeger, Kenneth A. Pollart