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7385157 Laser beam welding method and apparatus  
While steel sheets are positioned and held by a holding mechanism, a first laser beam is applied to a heating region of the steel sheet to space the steel sheet from the other steel sheet by a...
7368681 Apparatus for simultaneous laser welding  
A device for the simultaneous welding of work pieces and containing a plurality of laser light sources. The laser light sources are positioned on at least one circle in such a manner that the...
7358457 Nozzle for laser net shape manufacturing  
Methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for laser net shape manufacturing may make use of a nozzle that includes a main body with a thermal channel, a conducting channel and a gas...
7345258 Beam welding apparatus and beam welding method  
A beam welding apparatus for welding a housing and transparent cover of a vehicular lighting device via beam welding has a cover fixing jig having a beam transmitting part, configured to fix a...
7343218 Automatic part feedback compensation for laser plastics welding  
A feedback control system for controlling a laser source. The feedback control system includes a laser source outputting laser energy and an optical sensor detecting the laser energy. The optical...
7333879 Offline programming device  
An offline programming device capable of automatically generating a measuring program by which the time and the workload for making an offline program may be greatly reduced. The offline...
7332689 Tacking method and apparatus  
An apparatus for tacking a multi-lumen tubular assembly together comprises a laser, an optical member and a placement tray for retaining the tubular assembly. A portion of the optical member...
7319205 Laser welding method and device  
Electrodes 2, 3 are contact with an uppermost work W 1 and energized with electricity so as to thermally expand an electrode contact portion of the work W 1 or alternatively so as to thermally...
7319204 Laser welding device and method  
A laser welding device includes a laser that generates a laser beam, an optics, and a limiting apparatus. The optics has a focal length of at least 200 nm and being configured to focus the laser...
7315008 Laser welding systems and methods  
A laser processing configuration, in particular for laser welding of three-dimensional components, includes a first optical element for dividing a laser beam into at least two partial beams, and a...
7312416 Apparatus and methods for underwater welding  
A lower housing having a lower chamber and a welding opening is fixed about an underwater weld site. The lower housing includes an upper opening, the lower housing being filled with water upon...
7307237 Hand-held laser welding wand nozzle assembly including laser and feeder extension tips  
A hand-held laser welding wand includes a main body that is dimensioned to be grasped by a hand and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly includes a laser extension tip and a feeder material...
7288736 Connection between two components  
A method of connecting two components includes providing an assembly including a first component and a second component, optically sensing a connection region between the first component and the...
7287312 Method of manufacturing a magnetic head device  
A manufacturing method of a magnetic head device includes a preheating step of irradiating a laser beam to terminal pads of a magnetic head slider and to connection pads of a lead conductor member...
7285744 Method and apparatus for simultaneously heating materials  
A method and apparatus for simultaneously heating materials, in particular for welding plastic components, having an arbitrary shape of a flat heating contour by laser radiation is provided. The...
7283892 Hybrid compact sensing apparatus for adaptive robotic processes  
A hybrid compact sensing apparatus for generating signals usable for guiding a process robot as a function of an object detected in a scene. The apparatus comprises a laser light generator, two...
7276673 Solder bonding method and solder bonding device  
A solder bonding method and a solder bonding device are provided, in which solder is melted, and heating of electrode portions is performed by irradiating laser light to an inner side of a region...
7276136 Visibly transparent dyes for through-transmission laser welding  
Selection criteria for dyes that predicts efficiency and performance for plastics welding. A first stage quantitative calculation screens dyes that possess an absorption band that can be matched to...
7273997 Laser processing nozzle coupling  
A laser processing nozzle coupling assembly for connecting a laser processing nozzle to a laser processing head includes a hollow sleeve, a laser processing nozzle adapted to be removably coupled...
7271364 Laser welding fixture and method  
A laser welding fixture for holding a workpiece includes a base, a processing head adapted to magnetically couple to the base, and a collet. The processing head has at least one collet holder...
7268175 Thermoplastic resin compositions for laser welding and articles formed therefrom  
Thermoplastic resin compositions are disclosed that incorporate 1:2 metallic azo complex dyes and are particularly suitable for laser welding. These compositions include a variety of thermoplastic...
7265314 Method and apparatus for laser welding using a CW laser beam combined with a pulsed laser beam  
A method for laser welding at least two metal parts, wherein the parts are welded along a weld area, includes simultaneously applying a continuous laser beam and a pulsed laser beam onto the weld...
7259353 Compact coaxial nozzle for laser cladding  
The present invention provides a compact coaxial nozzle useful in laser welding operations where the welding piece has a restricted or confined geometry. The nozzle is generally conical in shape,...
7259352 Laser welding method and laser welding device  
A laser welding process of the present invention comprises the steps of allowing a laser beam outputted from a laser beam generator to enter into an optical fiber through a light-introducing...
7256952 Fixation method for optical member and optical unit  
A fixation method for fixing an optical member to a holding member using irradiation of a laser beam. The method includes the steps of inserting the optical member into the holding member,...
7253377 System and method of joining overlapping workpieces  
An improved fusion welding system having a perforating device and a heating combination is adapted for welding in tandem a set of adjacent overlapping workpieces. The system preferably includes a...
7245378 Measuring laser light transmissivity in a to-be-welded region of a work piece  
Methods for measuring laser light transmissivity of a specific position in a work piece prior to the work piece undergoing laser welding at the specific position with a laser beam having a specific...
7241965 Method and apparatus for laser welding with plasma suppression  
Laser welding apparatus, in which a laser beam is impinged upon a component to be welded at a laser beam impingement point, wherein a plasma suppressor is arranged to impinge a jet of gas on the...
7236255 Method and instrument for measuring bead cutting shape of electric welded tube  
To precisely measure bead cutting shapes of electric resistance welded pipes without being affected by difference in luminance level between cut and uncut portions in optical cutting images, an...
7229598 Diffusion bonded metallic catalyst carrier and production thereof  
A honeycomb body, which is composed in such a manner that a strip of corrugated foil made of heat-resistant stainless steel containing aluminum and a strip of flat foil made of stainless steel are...
7220957 High intensity photic stimulation system with protection of users  
In a method and system to provide high intensity photic stimulation to disable target subjects, a high intensity light source is activated by trigger signals to produce light flashes in commanded...
7168935 Solid freeform fabrication apparatus and methods  
An apparatus for formation of a three dimensional object comprising a sealed container; an electron beam subsystem capable of directing energy within said container; a positioning subsystem...
7164097 Solder ball bonding method and bonding device  
Provided are a solder ball bonding method and a solder ball bonding device for performing bonding of a plurality of electrode portions formed on objects to be bonded by melting solder balls. The...
7157660 Laser scanning apparatus and methods for thermal processing  
Apparatus and methods for thermally processing a substrate with scanned laser radiation are disclosed. The apparatus includes a continuous radiation source and an optical system that forms an image...
7154064 Method of improving weld quality  
A method of improving weld quality between aluminum members by slowing the rate of solidification of a molten weld trough into solidified material. Upper and lower aluminum members are positioned...
7150797 Filler material for use in welding of Mg-contained aluminum alloy die-cast members, welding method, and welded article  
An aluminum alloy filler material for use in welding of metal members including at least one aluminum die-cast member containing Mg includes an aluminum or an aluminum alloy as base material and...
7150391 Material for welding and welded article  
A material for welding 5 having a region 11 in which welding such as laser welding or arc welding is performed, the region including indentations 5 a - 1 which are produced by carrying out a...
7129439 Resin molded body joining method  
The present invention provides a joining method using a method of laser welding wherein two resin molded bodies can be joined with high welding strength. Specifically, this is a method that joins...
7129438 Laser weld monitor  
A laser weld monitoring system capable of assessing a weld quality of welding using a pulsed laser is provided. The system includes at least one sensor capable of capturing a weld characteristic of...
7124501 Method of producing an electrical plug-in-connection  
Method for producing an electrical connector connecting between a first and a second mating contact partner, wherein at least one contact partner is surrounded by a plug housing. The first and the...
7124496 Method of manufacturing head suspension for disk drive  
A head suspension for a disk drive has a base plate ( 19 ) to be attached to a carriage of the disk drive and a load beam ( 21 ) consisting of a rigid part ( 27 ) and a resilient part ( 29 ), to...
7112761 Hand-held laser welding wand gas lens  
A hand-held laser-welding wand includes a gas lens assembly that develops an inert gas atmosphere around a weld pool. The lens assembly additionally reflects laser light and thermal radiation that...
7102118 Beam formation unit comprising two axicon lenses, and device comprising one such beam formation unit for introducing radiation energy into a workpiece consisting of a weakly-absorbent material  
The invention is directed to a beam-shaping unit for generating a beam bundle which is focused in a punctiform manner, propagates in a ring shape, and has a radiationless central area, comprising a...
7083488 Method for manufacturing spark plug and apparatus for manufacturing spark plug  
A method and apparatus for manufacturing a spark plug which avoids depth insufficiency of the weld metal portion or thickness insufficiency of the spark portion and which thus enhances the weld...
7081599 Apparatus and method for processing workpieces  
An apparatus for processing workpieces by relative displacement of a plurality of simultaneously operating functional elements in relation to the workpieces being worked on is provided. The present...
7070086 Sensor pre-load and weld fixture apparatus and method  
A sensor pre-load and welding apparatus and method are disclosed. A weld fixture apparatus includes a fixture base upon which a sensor package having a sensor base and a sensor cover is located,...
7065858 Method for welding components of a disk drive head suspension  
A method of affixing head suspension components to one another using an edge weld formed at the edge of one head suspension assembly component positioned in an overlapping fashion relative to...
7057131 Stationary welding device and method for longitudinal welding of profiles  
A method and a device for the longitudinal welding of profiles ( 2,5, 13 ) is provided in which a profile ( 13 ) that is to be provided with a weld seam ( 22, 23 ) is guided through a welding...
7049542 Laser welding system  
Disclosed herein is a laser welding system having a travel path to carry a first blank and a second blank. An upstream clamp assembly and a downstream clamp assembly are positioned on the travel...
7045738 Powder delivery system and method  
A powder delivery system for a laser-based additive manufacturing process includes a hopper adapted to contain a powder and continuously feed the powder through an output of the hopper, a rotatable...