Plural Filler Applying Patents (Class 228/225)
  • Publication number: 20150144600
    Abstract: A stainless steel weldment and pad combined welding method includes steps of: (a) respectively processing and pairing butts of to-be-welded portions of two weldments, wherein, during pairing, inner walls of the two weldments are aligned at the same plane; the butts of the two weldments are opposed to form a V-shaped groove with an angle ?; and between bottoms of the butts of the two weldments is kept a gap L of 2-4 mm; (b) providing a copper pad at the gap between the bottoms of the butts of the two weldments, wherein the copper pad closely attaches to the inner walls of the two weldments; (c) welding the V-shaped groove to form a root pass; and (d) removing the copper pad, and filling the root pass to be welded into a cover pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Jiewen Xia, Qingping Huang, Jialin Chen, Yuxian Su, Wenwei Li, Liyang Pang, Yan Wu
  • Publication number: 20150123263
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for joining a semiconductor (20) to a substrate (10), comprising the following steps: •applying a first paste layer (1) of a sintering paste to the substrate; •heating and compressing the first paste layer to form a first sintered layer; •applying a second paste layer (2) of a sintering paste to the first sintered layer and arranging a semiconductor (20) on the second paste layer; •heating and compressing the second paste layer (2) to form a second sintered layer. The invention further relates to a semiconductor component produced by means of the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Christiane Frueh, Michael Guenther, Thomas Herboth
  • Patent number: 8905292
    Abstract: The invention is an end connector for a horizontal scaffold member where the top of the end connector is inserted into the interior of a scaffold pipe. The invention includes a locking latch that includes a rotating latch member and a rotating lock that interferes when the latch is locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Excel Modular Scaffold and Leasing Company
    Inventor: Yates W. Hayman
  • Patent number: 8864012
    Abstract: Two pipes are arranged end to end, the pipes being shaped such that a groove is defined between the ends of the pipe. A plurality of welding torches are used to weld in the groove, such that at least some of the welding torches perform a first welding pass, the welding characteristics of the torches are adjusted and at least some of the welding torches are used to perform a second welding pass. At least one torch welds in a first sector in the first welding pass and a second sector in the second welding pass, the second sector being different to the first. The sectors might overlap or might not overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Saipem S.p.A.
    Inventor: Renato Bonelli
  • Patent number: 8740048
    Abstract: Thermally stable polycrystalline constructions comprise a body having a polycrystalline ultra-hard phase and a plurality of empty voids. A population of the voids can be filled with a reaction product. The body is substantially free of a catalyst material. The construction comprises a first support member attached to the body by a first braze material. A second support member is attached to the body and the first support member by a second braze material. The construction may include a third support member attached to the body that is integral or separate from one of the other support members. The braze materials used to attached the support members can be the same or different, as can be the materials used to form the different support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
    Inventors: Georgiy Voronin, J. Daniel Belnap
  • Patent number: 8662376
    Abstract: A wheel resurfacing method and system for resurfacing a worn track wheel to its original profile are disclosed. The system comprises a support for maintaining the worn railway wheel, a welding device, a controller, and a surface processing device. The worn railway wheel's circumferential surface defining a flange and a tread surface is reconstituted using a welding material. The welding device and the worn railway wheel rotate one relative to the other at a predetermined rate to adaptively aggregate annular welding beads along the circumferential surface to form a curvilinear profile slanted away from the flange. A surface processing device is then applied to the welded layer to form a substantially uniform surface to reconstitute the worn railway wheel to its original profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Inventor: Craig Mercier
  • Patent number: 8662375
    Abstract: A wheel resurfacing method and system for resurfacing a worn track wheel to its original profile are provided. The system comprises a support for maintaining the worn railway wheel, a welding device, a controller, and a surface processing device. The worn railway wheel's circumferential surface defining a flange and a tread surface is reconstituted using a welding material. The welding device and the worn railway wheel rotate one relative to the other at a predetermined rate to adaptively aggregate annular welding beads along the circumferential surface to form a curvilinear profile slanted away from the flange. A surface processing device is then actuated to smooth the welded layer to form a substantially uniform surface to reconstitute the worn railway wheel to its original profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Inventor: Craig Mercier
  • Publication number: 20140008420
    Abstract: A substrate treating method including: a coating step in which a coating film of a liquid material comprising a metal and a solvent is formed on a first substrate and a second substrate; and a heating step in which the coating film is heated in a state where the first substrate and the second substrate are held in a manner such that the coating film formed on the first substrate faces the coating film formed on the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidenori Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8573469
    Abstract: A method of fabricating and transferring a micro device and an array of micro devices to a receiving substrate are described. In an embodiment, an electrically insulating layer is utilized as an etch stop layer during etching of a p-n diode layer to form a plurality of micro p-n diodes. In an embodiment, an electrically conductive intermediate bonding layer is utilized during the formation and transfer of the micro devices to the receiving substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: LuxVue Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Hsin-Hua Hu, Andreas Bibl, John A. Higginson, Hung-Fai Stephen Law
  • Patent number: 8561415
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine case having a working fluid flow, includes inner and outer case portions defining an annular duct for directing the working fluid flow, and a plurality of struts positioned within the annular duct and extending between the inner and outer case portions. The struts are welded to the inner and outer case portions with a first weld along a peripheral line of the respective struts and with second weld, of fillet type, in selected locations for additionally connecting a portion of each strut to the respective inner and outer case portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Mike Fontaine, Rene Paquet, Jean Fournier
  • Patent number: 8444045
    Abstract: A method of joining at least two parts includes steps of dispersing a joining material comprising a multi-phase magnetic metal-aluminum powder at an interface between the at least two parts to be joined and applying an alternating magnetic field (AMF). The AMF has a magnetic field strength and frequency suitable for inducing magnetic hysteresis losses in the metal-aluminum powder and is applied for a period that raises temperature of the metal-aluminum powder to an exothermic transformation temperature. At the exothermic transformation temperature, the metal-aluminum powder melts and resolidifies as a metal aluminide solid having a non-magnetic configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventor: Ian Baker
  • Patent number: 8413877
    Abstract: A layered structure comprising a base structure having a major surface, and a brazing layer secured to the major surface of the base structure, where the brazing layer is applied to the major surface prior to positioning the layered structure in contact with a turbine engine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Bischof, Michael J. Minor, Paul M. Pellet, Jason E. Huxol
  • Patent number: 8408011
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine case having a working fluid flow, includes inner and outer case portions defining an annular duct for directing the working fluid flow, and a plurality of struts positioned within the annular duct and extending between the inner and outer case portions. The struts are welded to the inner and outer case portions with a first weld along a peripheral line of the respective struts and with second weld, of fillet type, in selected locations for additionally connecting a portion of each strut to the respective inner and outer case portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Mike Fontaine, Rene Paquet, Jean Fournier
  • Patent number: 8371497
    Abstract: A flip chip packaging method to attach a die to a package substrate, the method including dipping the die into solder paste; placing the die onto the package substrate; and reflowing the solder paste to attach the die to the package substrate. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher James Healy
  • Patent number: 8276272
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying a connection material with a specified shape on at least one surface of at least one workpiece, wherein the connection material and the surface have complementary wetting or wettable properties, and wherein the connection material (3) is deposited on at least one of the surfaces (2) and a shaping device (10, 10?) is arranged at least for the period of a flowable state of the connection material adjacent to the connection material as well as at least partially surrounding this material on the surface (2), wherein this device has a surface (11, 12) that is non-wettable with respect to the wetting properties of the connection material and that is designed for the forced guidance of the flow of the still flowable connection material in the region of the non-wettable surface that thus assumes a specified shape; and the shaped connection material is hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Karsten Baumgart, Klaus-Dieter Hellmig, Georg Reuter, Hermann Moehlenbein
  • Patent number: 8210422
    Abstract: Electronic assemblies with solder containment brackets are provided. A solder containment bracket may have a planar base and a vertically extending wall. The wall may protrude upwards from the base to form an enclosed region. The base may have a hole that corresponds to the shape of the enclosed region. The wall may have an opening. A wire may be inserted into the opening. The wire may be soldered to the solder containment bracket to form a solder joint that electrically connects the wire to the bracket. The solder joint formed within the enclosed region may have a size that is defined by the bracket wall. The solder containment bracket may be soldered to a solder pad on a printed circuit board by reflowing a layer of solder paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen P. Zadesky
  • Patent number: 8177115
    Abstract: A wheel resurfacing method and system for resurfacing a worn track wheel to its original profile are disclosed. The system comprises a support for maintaining the worn railway wheel, a welding device, a controller, and a surface processing device. The worn railway wheel's circumferential surface defining a flange and a tread surface is reconstituted using a welding material. The welding device and the worn railway wheel rotate one relative to the other at a predetermined rate to adaptively aggregate annular welding beads along the circumferential surface to form a curvilinear profile slanted away from the flange. A surface processing device is then applied to the welded layer to form a substantially uniform surface to reconstitute the worn railway wheel to its original profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Craig Mercier
  • Patent number: 8172126
    Abstract: A method of joining at least two parts includes steps of dispersing a joining material comprising a multi-phase nanocrystalline magnetic metal-aluminum powder at an interface between the at least two parts to be joined and applying an alternating magnetic field (AMF). The AMF has a magnetic field strength and frequency suitable for inducing magnetic hysteresis losses in the metal-aluminum powder and is applied for a period that raises temperature of the metal-aluminum powder to an exothermic transformation temperature. At the exothermic transformation temperature, the metal-aluminum powder melts and resolidifies as a metal aluminide solid having a non-magnetic configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees of Dartmouth College
    Inventor: Ian Baker
  • Publication number: 20110303736
    Abstract: Copper metal or metal alloy workpieces and/or aluminum metal or metal alloy workpieces are joined in a solid state weld by use of a reactive material placed, in a suitable form, at the joining surfaces. Joining surfaces of the workpieces are pressed against the interposed reactive material and heated. The reactive material alloys or reacts with the workpiece surfaces consuming some of the surface material in forming a liquid-containing reaction product comprising a low melting liquid that removes oxide films and other surface impediments to a welded bond across the interface. Further pressure is applied to expel the reaction product and to join the workpiece surfaces in a solid state weld bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David R. Sigler, James G. Schroth
  • Patent number: 8011561
    Abstract: A method of mounting electronic components on a PCB, includes following steps. The PCB is placed with a first side of the PCB facing upwards. A plurality of solder is applied on bonding pads of the first side. A plurality of electronic components is stuck on the bonding pads of the first side. The PCB is turned over with a second side of the PCB facing upwards and the first side of the PCB facing downwards. A plurality of solder is applied on bonding pads of the second side. A plurality of electronic components is stuck on the bonding pads of the second side. The PCB is placed in a reflow oven to weld the electronic components on the first side and the second side of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Ma, Li-Bing Lu, Hui Luo, Qi Huang
  • Patent number: 7980448
    Abstract: A method of forming a bonded body comprised of a first base member, a second base member, and a first bonding film and a second bonding film provided between the first base member and the second base member is provided. The first bonding film and the second bonding film are constituted of copper and an organic component, and an amount of copper contained in each of the first bonding film and the second bonding film is 80 atom % or higher but lower than 90 atom % at an atomic ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sato, Takatoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7967183
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for repairing components comprising a base material with an oriented microstructure, wherein the repair point comprises a correspondingly oriented microstructure as the surrounding base material. According to the inventive method, solder is applied in the region of a point which is to be repaired and is soldered to the component by means of a heating effect produced by a device. A temperature gradient, i.e., approximately a temperature characteristic, is produced during the heating effect, said temperature characteristic ranging from a high to a low temperature in the region of the point which is to be repaired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, MTU Aero Engines GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Goldschmidt, Matthias Oechsner, Michael Ott, Uwe Paul, Ursula Pickert, Eckart Schumann, Beate Seiler, Robert Singer, Jan Steinbach, Andreas Volek, Volker Vosberg
  • Patent number: 7963435
    Abstract: A method of forming a bonded body comprised of a first base member, a second base member, and a first bonding film and a second bonding film provided between the first base member and the second base member is provided. The first bonding film and the second bonding film are constituted of copper and an organic component, and an amount of copper contained in each of the first bonding film and the second bonding film is 90 atom % or higher but lower than 99 atom % at an atomic ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuru Sato, Takatoshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7841509
    Abstract: A copper tube with copper end pieces for a water-cooled secondary winding of a welding transformer is an example of a brazed assembly having a potentially corrodible side, the water-cooled side, and a low-exposure side, the air side or dry side, of the joined pieces. By shaping contacting surfaces of the parts at the brazed joint it is useful to form a barrier, for example, between a special braze material required for the corrosive side and a conventional, easy to apply, braze material for use on the air side of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Sigler, Anil K. Sachdev, James G. Schroth
  • Publication number: 20100264198
    Abstract: Thermally stable polycrystalline constructions comprise a body having a polycrystalline ultra-hard phase and a plurality of empty voids. A population of the voids can be filled with a reaction product. The body is substantially free of a catalyst material. The construction comprises a first support member attached to the body by a first braze material. A second support member is attached to the body and the first support member by a second braze material. The construction may include a third support member attached to the body that is integral or separate from one of the other support members. The braze materials used to attached the support members can be the same or different, as can be the materials used to form the different support members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Georgiy Voronin, J. Daniel Belnap
  • Patent number: 7810702
    Abstract: A method of producing standoffs in an injection molded solder (IMS) mold, which possesses cavities, each of which is filled with a solder paste using standard techniques, such as screening or IMS. This solder paste is heated to a reflow temperature at which the solder melts and forms a ball or sphere. Since solder pastes are known to reduce in volume due to the therein contained organic material burning off, the remaining solder ball will be significantly lower in volume than that of the cavity. A solder material having a lower melting point is then filled into the cavities about the solder balls. The mold and solder metal are then allowed to cool, resulting in the formation of a solid sphere of metal in the cavity surrounded by solder material of a lower melting point, which, upon transfer to a wafer, form the standoffs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Cordes, Peter A. Gruber
  • Publication number: 20100233508
    Abstract: A method for soldering or welding components in a series production wherein: a fixing seam which connects the components (1, 2) is produced by melting a connecting material (3), which is supplied as an additional material or is formed by a base material of the components (1, 2), along a joint formed by the components (1, 2); and a volume-forming layer of connecting material is deposited onto the fixing seam by melting, or the fixing seam produced by means of the connecting material supplied as an additional material is re-melted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: EDAG GmbH & Co. KgaA
    Inventors: Jochen Schneegans, Martin Kraft
  • Publication number: 20100224600
    Abstract: A welding process is provided. The welding process includes two steps. First, the welding material is applied over a large area of the substrate in the region without melting or partially melting the welding material. Then, a welding device is used to melt the applied welding material. In addition the welding material may be applied in two applications where the second application of the welding material is applied over a large area of the first application of molten and solidified welding material. Then, the second application of the welding material is melted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Reiner Anton, Birgit Grüger, Brigitte Heinecke, Dirk Martin Seeger
  • Patent number: 7735718
    Abstract: A brazing product for fluxless brazing comprises a substrate and a filler metal-forming composition applied to the substrate. The substrate preferably comprises aluminum, an aluminum alloy or another metal and may include at least one layer of a ceramic, carbide or nitride. The filler metal-forming composition comprises a liquid-forming layer comprising silicon and a braze-promoting layer comprising one or more metals selected from the group comprising nickel, cobalt, palladium and iron. The liquid-forming layer comprises one or more material layers. Where the liquid-forming layer comprises a plurality of layers, it may include at least one layer consisting essentially of silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Dana Canada Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Graham, Richard A. Hoffman, Margaret Anna Hoffman, legal representative, Brian E. Cheadle, Kostas F. Dockus, Stefanija Kisielius, legal representative, Robert H. Krueger
  • Patent number: 7694869
    Abstract: A system, method, and device for applying conductive bonding material to a substrate are disclosed. The method includes providing conductive bonding material in a plurality of cavities of a mold. A total number of cavities in the plurality of cavities being greater than a total number of at least one conductive pad of a circuit supporting substrate corresponding to the mold. The conductive bonding material in the mold is heated to a reflow temperature of the conductive bonding material. At least one wettable surface is placed in substantial contact with the heated conductive bonding material in at least one cavity. The mold and the corresponding circuit supporting substrate are brought in close proximity to each other such that the heated conductive bonding material in at least one cavity comes in contact with at least one conductive pad of the corresponding circuit supporting substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Cordes, Peter A. Gruber, John U. Knickerbocker, James L. Speidell
  • Publication number: 20100072555
    Abstract: A wafer bonding process that compensates for curvatures in wafer surfaces, and a wafer stack produced by the bonding process. The process entails forming a groove in a surface of a first wafer, depositing a bonding stack on a surface of a second wafer, aligning and mating the first and second wafers so that the bonding stack on the second wafer contacts a bonding site on the first wafer, and then heating the first and second wafers to reflow the bonding stack. The groove either surrounds the bonding site or lies entirely within the bonding site, and the heating step forms a molten bonding material, causes at least a portion of the molten bonding material to flow into the groove, and forms a bonding structure that bonds the second wafer to the first wafer. Bonding stacks having different lateral surface areas can be deposited to form bonding structures of different heights to compensate for variations in the wafer gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: EVIGIA SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Guangqing Meng, Yafan Zhang, Navid Yazdi
  • Publication number: 20100006545
    Abstract: A method and apparatus utilized in forming weld joint is described. In the method, a strength weld between two members is formed by a first welding process and a first weld metal. Then, one or more strain welds are formed by depositing a second weld metal adjacent to the strength weld using a second welding process. The strain welds are configured to form a weld joint having a specific minimum height and width to handle tensile strain to a specific strain capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Mario L. Macia, Karel Minnaar, Scott D. Papka, Wlliam J. Sisak
  • Patent number: 7628309
    Abstract: A method for bonding two components together including the steps of providing a first component, providing a second component, and locating a first eutectic bonding material between the first and second component. The first eutectic bonding material includes at least one of germanium, tin, or silicon. The method further includes the step of locating a second eutectic bonding material between the first and second component and adjacent to the first eutectic bonding material. The second eutectic bonding material includes gold. The method further includes the step of heating the first and second eutectic bonding materials to a temperature above a eutectic temperature of an alloy of the first and second eutectic bonding materials to allow a hypoeutectic alloy to form out of the first and second eutectic bonding materials. The method includes the further step of cooling the hypoeutectic alloy to form a solid solution alloy bonding the first and second components together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Odd Harald Steen Eriksen, Shuwen Guo, Kimiko Childress
  • Patent number: 7624909
    Abstract: A welded component includes at least one high temperature segment of a high alloy Cr steel with high creep strength and a low temperature segment of a low alloy steel with high toughness and/or a high yield strength which are connected materially to one another via a weld joint. In one such component a gradual transition of chemical, physical and mechanical properties in the joining area is achieved in that between the weld joint and the high temperature segment there are at least two successive clad layers of at least two lower alloy weld metals with a total content of elements which increase the creep strength, such as for example Cr, Mo, W and V, which total content decreases toward the weld joint, and/or an increasing total content of elements which increase the toughness and/or yield strength, such as for example Ni and Mn, which total content increases toward the weld joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Herbert Bartsch, Richard Brendon Scarlin
  • Patent number: 7604152
    Abstract: A soldering technology, particularly a lead-free soldering technology, that can secure the reliability of a whole electronic device is provided. In a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board for electronic devices with a substrate to which a plurality of electronic parts having connection terminals with different metal compositions are connected by soldering, a plurality of solder pastes comprising solder components with different compositions are used, and when the electronic parts are connected by soldering to the substrate, a solder paste having a solder component with a different composition is used for each of the metal compositions for the connection terminals of the electronic parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masayuki Ochiai, Hiroki Uchida, Toshiya Akamatsu
  • Patent number: 7600666
    Abstract: The present invention is a low heat energy input repair system. The system utilizes a V-shaped feedstock that conforms to the shape of grooves in damaged parts. The V-shape of the feedstock conforms closely to the damaged region of various components and reduces the heat input needed to bond the surfaces. The repair system is deployable onsite, at a military depot, industrial manufacturing facility or other location where a mobile repair system would be beneficial. The present system provides onsite, in-situ, low heat input repair of wear, fatigue and corrosion cracks, or impact surface damage of large components. The present invention is particularly useful for components with thin walls and results in low distortion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Inventor: Joshua E. Rabinovich
  • Patent number: 7591410
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method for welding together two metal pieces, comprising buttering a surface of a first metal piece with a first nickel-based filler metal at a thickness sufficient to isolate a heat-affected zone in the first metal piece from subsequent welding; heat-treating at least the heat-affected zone in the first metal piece; buttering a surface of a second metal piece with a second nickel-based filler metal having the same composition as the first nickel-based filler metal and at a thickness sufficient to isolate a heat-affected zone in the second metal piece from subsequent welding; heat-treating at least the heat-affected zone in the second metal piece; and welding the heat-treated first buttered surface to the heat-treated second buttered surface with a third nickel-based filler metal having the same composition as the first and second nickel-based filler metals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent K. Coleman, David Wayne Gandy, Ramaswamy Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20090229853
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a plurality of first electrode pads arranged on a first substrate, a plurality of second electrode pads arranged at positions corresponding to the first electrode pads on a second substrate and a plurality of solder bumps which join together the first electrode pads and the second electrode pads. Here, the first substrate is located over the second substrate so that the first electrode pads and the second electrode pads are at positions which are shifted from opposite positions where the first electrode pads opposite to the second electrode pads, and at least a part of the solder bumps are solidified into hourglass-shaped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventor: KENJI FUKUDA
  • Publication number: 20090227072
    Abstract: A method for forming metallurgical interconnections and polymer adhesion of a flip chip to a substrate includes providing a chip having a set of bumps formed on a bump side thereof and a substrate having a set of interconnect points on a metallization thereon, providing a measured quantity of a polymer adhesive in a middle region of the chip on the bump side, aligning the chip with the substrate so that the set of bumps aligns with the set of interconnect points, pressing the chip and the substrate toward one another so that a portion of the polymer adhesive contacts the substrate and the bumps contact the interconnect points, and heating the bumps to a temperature sufficiently high to form a metallurgical connection between the bumps and the interconnect points. Also, a flip chip package is made by the method. In some embodiments the metallurgical connection includes an alloy of gold and tin at the interface between the bumps and the interconnect points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Applicant: STATS CHIPPAC, LTD.
    Inventors: Nazir Ahmad, Young-Do Kweon, Samuel Tam, Kyung-Moon Kim, Rajendra D. Pendse
  • Patent number: 7568609
    Abstract: A welding method forms a molten build-up portion on a base material that is any one of a single crystal material and a unidirectionally solidified crystal material. The method includes forming a plurality of build-up portions on the base material while maintaining a predetermined gap between adjacent build-up portions; and forming a build-up portion in each of the predetermined gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachio Shimohata, Masahiko Mega, Kimihiro Kishi, Seiji Katayama
  • Patent number: 7506794
    Abstract: A method in forming high-temperature alloy solder standoff in a solder bumping process, such as in injection molded solder molds. The standoffs are formed in an injection molded solder mold, by means of pre-depositing a layer of a metal at select sites, such as some of the cavities which are formed in the surface of the mold, and thereafter, filling the mold cavities with solder, utilizing standard techniques as known in the technology. The particular metal, which is deposited in at least some of the mold cavities, will alloy with the solder during or after transfer, and will result in the formation of a higher temperature alloy solder at select locations in the mold cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Cordes, Peter A. Gruber
  • Publication number: 20090001142
    Abstract: A method for producing a welded rotor of a low-pressure steam turbine, the method including providing a first forging including a steel with a minimum yield strength of approximately 700 Mpa. A second forging is provided including a heat-treated 3.5 NiCrMoV stel having an average chemical composition of 3.5% of Ni, 1.5% of Cr, 0.35% of Mo, 0.10% of V, 0.25% of C, remainder Fe. A build-up layer of welding deposit is applied to a connection surface of the second forging using build-up welding. A first local post-weld stress-relief annealing is performed so as to soften the build-up layer and a corresponding heat-affected zone. The first and second forgings are joined together so as to provide a welding location. The welding location is filled using a welding deposit so as to provided a welded join. The welded join is subjected to a second post-weld stress-relief anneal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Ranjit Ramchandra Ballal, Herbert Bartsch, Sorin Keller, Rodney William Vanstone
  • Publication number: 20080210347
    Abstract: A method for welding superalloy components at ambient temperature conditions while reducing the propensity of the superalloy material to crack as a result of the weld. A root pass region of the weld is formed using a filler material that exhibits ductility that is higher than that of the base superalloy material. The ductile material mitigates stress in the root region, thereby preventing the formation of cracks. A remaining portion of the weld is formed using a filler material that essentially matches the base superalloy material. The method may utilize a pre-weld heat treatment to grow a gamma prime precipitate phase in the superalloy material, a chill fixture to remove heat during welding, a relief cut to reduce stress in the root region, and a conventional post-weld heat treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: SIEMENS POWER GENERATION, INC.
    Inventors: James A. Morin, Lucian Iordache, Ovidiu Timotin, Sooyeun Oh
  • Publication number: 20080023531
    Abstract: The welding process includes in a single pass heating and melting a filler wire of gamma-prime strengthened nickel-based superalloy along a major portion of the weld followed by a weld using a solid solution strengthened nickel-based superalloy for the remaining portion of the weld pass. Both filler materials are particularly useful for welding a single crystal gamma-prime strengthened nickel-based superalloy based metals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Jon C. Schaeffer, Jeffrey R. Thyssen, Ariel C. Jacala, Doyle C. Lewis, Thaddeus J. Strusinski, Eugene Clemens, Paul A. Wilson, Michael Butler
  • Patent number: 7150091
    Abstract: A method of sealing a generator stator bar and a stator bar end fitting receiving the end including the steps of: brazing the fitting to the end of the stator bar with a braze material; applying a powder coating material to the end of the stator bar in the fitting; and curing the powder coating material to form a barrier coating on the end of the stator bar and the adjoining interior surfaces of the fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Waheed Tony Mall, Roderick Mark Lusted, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 6991856
    Abstract: Reactive foils and their uses are provided as localized heat sources useful, for example, in ignition, joining and propulsion. An improved reactive foil is preferably a freestanding multilayered foil structure made up of alternating layers selected from materials that will react with one another in an exothermic and self-propagating reaction. Upon reacting, this foil supplies highly localized heat energy that may be applied, for example, to joining layers, or directly to bulk materials that are to be joined. This foil heat-source allows rapid bonding to occur at room temperature in virtually any environment (e.g., air, vacuum, water, etc.). If a joining material is used, the foil reaction will supply enough heat to melt or soften the joining material, which upon cooling will form a strong bond, joining two or more bulk materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Timothy P. Weihs, Michael Reiss, Omar Knio, Albert Joseph Swiston, Jr., David van Heerden, Todd Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 6786390
    Abstract: A LED stacking manufacturing method and its structure thereof, mainly uses a stacking method to integrate the epitaxial layer and the high-thermal-conductive substrate by twice bonding process, and the converted epitaxial layer of the temporary bonded substrate replaces the epitaxial wafer growth substrate, and the second bonded layer of the etch stop layer of the epitaxial layer is bonded with the second bonded layer of the high-thermal-conductive substrate to form an alloy layer with permanent connection, and then the temporary bonded substrate is removed, such that the process completes the integration of the epitaxial layer and the high-thermal-conductive substrate and makes the ohmic contact layer to face upward to provide a better reliability and efficiency of optical output of the LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: United Epitaxy Company Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuang-Neng Yang, Pai-Hsiang Wang, Chih-Sung Chang, Tzer-Perng Chen
  • Patent number: 6779710
    Abstract: A method for soldering parts mounted on a print circuit baseboard with Pb-free material. A reflow soldering process is performed to parts mounted on one side surface of the print circuit baseboard. A flow soldering process is then performed to parts mounted on the other side surface of the print circuit baseboard with a jet flow solder process. Either a composition or a melting point of alloys generated when the reflow and flow soldering are performed is differentiated so that the alloy on one side surface does not melt during a flow soldering process to the other side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Igarashi, Katsuhiko Mukai, Masashi Isoda, Takayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6698648
    Abstract: Process for the production of at least one solderable surface in selected solder regions and of at least one functional surface in function regions differing from the solder regions on circuit carriers provided as well as of corresponding circuit carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Atotech Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Wunderlich, Petra Backus, Hartmut Mahlkow
  • Publication number: 20030205611
    Abstract: Manufacturing method for bonded electroforming metallic mold, including steps of: 1. preparation of metallic material 2. preparation of electroforming metallic plate and plastic mold core and electroforming substrate; 3. preparation of power supply; 4. forming of electroforming deposited film; and 5. final-shaping. In order to significantly shorten the electroforming time and firmly connect with the steel material of the mold, the steel material of the mold and the electroforming article are simultaneously electrically connected to the cathodes of power supplies. So, the electroforming metal is simultaneously deposited on both sides to quickly achieve the desired thickness of the electroforming metallic plate. By the metal-to-metal bonding force, the electroforming metallic plate and the steel material of the mold are firmly connected with each other. Also, the electroforming metallic plate keeps having the original cast pattern and is tightly combined with the steel material of the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Shao Chen Chiu, Hsiharng Yang, Chi Feng Cheng