Method of enhancing the refractoriness of high purity fused silica
We claim: 1. In a method of producing a high purity fused silica product, wherein a liquid containing silica is dried to form solid silica bodies which are then thermally vitrified, the improvement, w... Read More
Inventors: Baumgartner, Charles E.; Bihuniak, Peter P.;, Assignee: Corning Glass Works (Corning, NY) |
Apparatus for growing crystals of semiconductor materials
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved apparatus for growing semiconductor crystals in which a quartz crucible can be prevented in advance from being deformed during... Read More
Inventors: Kida, Michio; Sahira, Kensho;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Kinzoku Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Method of protecting aluminum nitride circuit substrates during electroless plating using a surface oxidation treatment
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Electroless plating is a necessary process for the plating of circuit boards with numerous pad areas and conductor lines. To plate conductive patterns on aluminum nitride sub... Read More
Inventors: Smith, Sandra L.; Hazen, Brian J.;, Assignee: Osram Sylvania Inc. (Danvers, MA) |
Method of coding numbers in binary form
In one aspect, the present invention consists in a method of coding numbers in binary form using a pseudo-logarithmic compression law approximated by a curve made up of straight line segments, the met... Read More
Inventors: Leon, Remi;, Assignee: Alcatel Cit (Paris, FR) |
Powdered paint recovery tent for vertical extrusions
The present invention is an apparatus that can recover excess paint powder that is blown onto workpieces by a spray gun. The apparatus has a flexible duct that is placed near the workpieces across fro... Read More
Inventors: Mazakas, Russell;, Assignee: |
Plasma etching apparatus
In view of the above problems, it is therefore the object of the present invention to provide a plasma etching apparatus that can accurately control the temperature of wafers to any intended level whe... Read More
Inventors: Nozawa, Toshihisa; Arami, Junichi; Horioka, Keiji; Hasegawa, Isahiro;, Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited (Tokyo, JP); Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method for producing non-monocrystalline semiconductor device and apparatus therefor
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a non-monocrystalline semiconductor device with excellent interface characteristics, without inducing plasma damage to the inter... Read More
Inventors: Kozuka, Kiraku;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Plasma generating apparatus and plasma processing apparatus
Accordingly, it is a first object of the invention to provide a plasma generating apparatus which can be used for the plasma processing of the work to be processed, and particularly to provided a plas... Read More
Inventors: Nakahigashi, Takahiro; Kuwahara, Hajime;, Assignee: Nissin Electric Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, JP) |
Contact means for flat conductor cable and method of connecting same
OF THE EMBODIMENTS Referring to the drawings, FIGS. 1 through 5 show several views of a preferred contact means 20 which includes various features of the invention. In FIG. 1, the contact means 20 sh... Read More
Inventors: Merry, Roydon William; Sherman, James Lee;, Assignee: AMP Incorporated (Harrisburg, PA) |
Electrical equipment unit
According to the principal aspect of the present invention there is provided an electrical equipment unit which includes a box-like case that contains one or more flexible printed circuits. The box-li... Read More
Inventors: Saunders, Laurie A.; Donnelly, Robert W.;, Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Industries (New York, NY) |
Process for manufacturing printed circuit boards
What is claimed is: 1. A process for the manufacturing of printed circuit boards, comprising: a. pre-drilling a dielectric substrate to the desired hole pattern; b. chemically depositing a first condu... Read More
Inventors: Mack, Robert L.;, Assignee: |
Machine insertion of circuit module terminals
We claim: 1. A process for the automatic insertion of terminals into a substrate having a means for receiving terminals, comprising the steps of: (a) orienting and supplying a plurality of substrates ... Read More
Inventors: Seffernick, Lewis L.; Trobridge, Gary W.;, Assignee: CTS Corporation (Elkhart, IN) |
Radio synchronized warning light system
What is claimed is: 1. In combination a plurality of flashable warning lights arranged in a spaced apart relationship, each flashable light including a flashable lamp means for energizing the flashabl... Read More
Inventors: Shapiro, Haskell;, Assignee: Royal Industries, Inc. (Pasadena, CA) |
Firing apparatus for a plurality of electric valves
According to the invention, this problem is solved by the provision that the radiator is designed so that it furnishes a parallel ray beam, and that the detectors are spatially displaced relative to e... Read More
Inventors: Beckmann, Oskar; Habock, Adolf; Leowald, Karl-Friedrich;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, DT) |
Methods and apparatus for preparing the terminated end of flat cable for connectorization
In accordance with the principles of the present invention, one preferred method of preparing the terminated end of a flat cable of the type in question is carried out with an illustrative apparatus e... Read More
Inventors: Greene, Richard A.; Kennedy, Robert P.;, Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc. (New York, NY) |
Illuminated coaster for a drinking vessel
To minimize manufacturing costs and assembly time, the coaster in accordance with the present invention incorporates a minimum number of parts. This is largely made possible by an integral base, prefe... Read More
Inventors: Sheryll, Richard;, Assignee: |
Railroad train braking system with a continuously venting coupler
The present invention overcomes the prior art problems previously outlined and provides a greatly improved railroad train braking system. More particularly, the braking system hereof prevents run away... Read More
Inventors: Winfrey, Gerald P.;, Assignee: |
Cooling liquid recirculation system for light source unit
In order to overcome the above-noted defects, the present invention provides a system including a cooling portion for a light source unit and a cooling liquid supply unit for recirculating cooling liq... Read More
Inventors: Watanuki, Minoru;, Assignee: ORC Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
System for compensated motion of coupled robot axes
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a novel system for the precise positioning of the arm of an industrial robot. It is a further object of the present invention to provide c... Read More
Inventors: Steinmetz, Michael A.; Lintner, David E.;, Assignee: Cincinnati Milacron Inc. (Cincinnati, OH) |
Local initialization for incremental encoder
In accordance with the present invention, a hybrid position encoder provides for local initialization followed by incremental position tracking. Incremental position tracking is provided by an increme... Read More
Inventors: Gordon, Gary B.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Car dome light with accessory
OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention provides a means for use of an automobile dome light during night driving for maximus use of the pasengers in the vehicle without impairing the night vision of t... Read More
Inventors: Rowland, David B.;, Assignee: |
Method for coating a conductive material
What is claimed is: 1. A method for coating a conductive material, which consists essentially of physically coating a conductive material with an inorganic composition containing at least one silicic ... Read More
Inventors: Kato, Hisao; Yagi, Hideo; Fukuta, Shunji;, Assignee: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JA) |
Depositing optical fibers
I claim: 1. A process for depositing and positioning optical fiber cores onto a base tape in a predetermined manner, comprising: evacuating a vacuum enclosure; filling said enclosure with an inert gas... Read More
Inventors: Riley, Leon H.;, Assignee: |
Reforming with a platinum-alumina catalyst
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows: 1. In a method for reforming a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising paraffins and naphthenes... Read More
Inventors: Erickson, Henry;, Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company (Philadelphia, PA) |
Riserless flexible electrode assembly
What is claimed is: 1. An expandable electrode assembly, which comprises: (a) at least two opposed planar working faces of flexible electrically conductive material, said faces defining a riserless op... Read More
Inventors: Specht, Steven J.; Woodard, Jr., Kenneth E.;, Assignee: Olin Corporation (New Haven, CT) |
Coupling element for an optical transmission fiber
It is an object of the invention to provide an optical coupling component of the type described above, which can be produced in a simple manner and which can be expected to have a life which is approx... Read More
Inventors: Khoe, Giok D.; Gossink, Robert G.; Jochem, Cornelis M. G.;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Liquid crystal material including magnetic particles and method of producing the same
A primary object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal material adapted to be used for an integrated liquid crystal panel having a built-in direct touch-entry enabling device and a m... Read More
Inventors: Kobayashi, Shunsuke; Matsuyama, Yoshihiko; Koutake, Masayoshi;, Assignee: Dai-ichi Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawaguchi, JP) |
Solid-state hid lamp dimmer
There is provided a lighting control apparatus which is responsive to a variable and controllable demand signal to control the power input to high-pressure-discharge lamp devices and thus vary the lig... Read More
Inventors: Tabor, James B.;, Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Power amplifier for an inductive load
The invention is based on the object of designing an amplifier of this type in a simple manner such that the power loss at the amplifier is reduced. This object is achieved by means of the invention s... Read More
Inventors: Gleim, Gunter;, Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH (Villingen-Schwenningen, DE) |
Rotatable stand
A rotatable stand made in accordance with the principles of the present invention may comprise a circular rotating tray, a circular base, and ball bearing ring therebetween. A circular grove is positi... Read More
Inventors: Busch, Erwin;, Assignee: Thermohauser Erwin Busch GmbH (Uhingen, DE) |
Lighting 
