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7388172 |
System and method for cutting using a variable astigmatic focal beam spot
A variable astigmatic focal beam spot is formed using lasers with an anamorphic beam delivery system. The variable astigmatic focal beam spot can be used for cutting applications, for example, to...
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7381921 |
Method for making products by freeform laser sintering
A method for making metallic or non-metallic products by freeform laser sintering, in which the products are fabricated from powdery material on a substrate plate in vertically additive,...
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7348516 |
Methods of and laser systems for link processing using laser pulses with specially tailored power profiles
A laser pulse with a specially tailored temporal power profile, instead of a conventional temporal shape or substantially square shape, severs an IC link. The specially tailored laser pulse...
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7345256 |
Methods and apparatus for delivering laser energy for joining parts
A method and apparatus for bonding a pair of tubular members are disclosed. First and second end portions of the tubular members are gripped for rotation about their axis. The tubular members are...
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7321105 |
Laser peening of dovetail slots by fiber optical and articulate arm beam delivery
A laser peening apparatus is available for laser peening a hidden surface of a workpiece, the hidden surface not being line-of-sight accessible to laser energy for treatment thereof. The apparatus...
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7318844 |
Laser-irradiated metallized electroceramic
The manufacturing method for an electroceramic component ( 1 ), for example a varistor ( 1 ), comprises a laser irradiation of a part ( 5; 6 ) of the surface of an electroceramic body ( 2 ) before...
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7304266 |
Laser shock peening coating with entrapped confinement medium
An integrated laser shock peening coating includes film or a tape having an ablative medium layer spaced apart from a clear containment layer and a stationary clear liquid confining medium...
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7301647 |
Method for regulating shape of floatation surface of slider floating above record carrier
A method for manufacturing a slider including a head for recording data into and reproducing data from a record carrier, and a floatation surface that floats above the record carrier includes the...
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7297972 |
Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as a metrology target
Various methods and systems measure, determine, or align a position of a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor substrate having structures on or within the semiconductor substrate to be...
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7294454 |
Waveguide fabrication methods and devices
A method of writing a waveguide using an ultrashort laser beam is disclosed. The laser beam is directed to a substrate in transverse relation to a waveguide propagation axis to generate an...
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7291805 |
Target isolation system, high power laser and laser peening method and system using same
A system for applying a laser beam to work pieces, includes a laser system producing a high power output beam. Target delivery optics are arranged to deliver the output beam to a target work piece....
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7286893 |
Tailoring residual stress and hardness during direct metal deposition
In a direct-metal deposition (DMD) process used to deposit successive layers in accordance with instructions from a CAD/CAM program, the laser beam, or an additional beam, is deployed as a...
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7273998 |
System and method for monitoring laser shock processing
A method and system for monitoring laser shock peening of a work piece. A line spectrum is obtained from radiation emitted by a plasma produced by a laser shock peening process. The shape of the...
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7269885 |
Method of manufacturing a piezoelectric vibrator
A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric vibrator comprises providing a piezoelectric vibrator piece inside a hermetic container. A gettering metal film is formed inside the hermetic container on...
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7268317 |
Laser peening process and apparatus using a liquid erosion-resistant opaque overlay coating
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for improving properties of a solid material by providing shockwaves there through. Laser shock processing is used to provide the shockwaves. The...
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7265315 |
Method of joining terminals by soldering
A method of joining terminals by soldering is provided which allows control of increasing gas supply even in soldering performed in a gas atmosphere within a gas chamber. Utilizing a springback...
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7253120 |
Selectable area laser assisted processing of substrates
A system and method for selectable area laser treatment of a substrate, such as thin film transistors, the system including a holder holding a substrate in proximity to reactant, and laser beams...
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7241667 |
Method of separating layers of material
A lift off process is used to separate a layer of material from a substrate by irradiating an interface between the layer of material and the substrate. According to one exemplary process, the...
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7216512 |
Method of making an optical fiber by laser cleaving
A field-installable connector includes a connector housing and a ferrule having front and rear opposed faces and at least one fiber bore defined longitudinally therethrough. A laser processed stub...
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7191509 |
Method for adjusting the switch-gap between the contact tongues of a reeds switch
The invention relates to a method for adjusting the switch-gap between the overlapping metal tongues of a reed switch contained in a glass envelope, in which a beam of radiation energy is directed...
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7186948 |
Continuous metal matrix composite consolidation
A method for the fabrication of metal matrix composite structures comprising the continuous joining by brazing, soldering or welding of aluminum matrix tape using a laser to melt the surface of the...
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7157038 |
Ultraviolet laser ablative patterning of microstructures in semiconductors
Patterns with feature sizes of less than 50 microns are rapidly formed directly in semiconductors, particularly silicon, GaAs, indium phosphide, or single crystalline sapphire, using ultraviolet...
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7154067 |
Hardening method and apparatus utilizing laser beams
A material, such as track member for a linear motion guide, having a plurality of rows of portions to be hardened which are thermally influenced on each other, is hardened by emitting laser beams...
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7154065 |
Laser-hybrid welding with beam oscillation
A method of welding metal components together including moving a laser beam in a first direction along an interface between a pair of metal components such that in the vicinity of the focused beam,...
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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...
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7152434 |
Method for producing planar lens and planar lens array
A glass substrate is irradiated with a converged laser beam to thereby form a spherical or nearly spherical convex portion on a surface of the glass substrate. More preferably, there may be used a...
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7144492 |
Assembly comprised of joined conductive components having cataphoretic paint layer and process for manufacture thereof
The application of anti-corrosion base coating by cataphoretic painting (KTL) is well known in manufacturing automobile body parts. However the cataphoretic paint can penetrate only incompletely or...
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7133257 |
Control of twist, crown and camber for sliders using location sensitive scribing
Embodiments include a method for adjusting the twist, crown and camber of an air bearing surface a slider to substantially match final target values for twist, crown and camber, the slider having a...
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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...
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7102097 |
Method of making hole in ceramic green sheet
A ceramic green sheet is irradiated with a laser beam of a high-peak short-pulse type to form a hole in the sheet. With the laser beam, a minimum oscillation output is more than 60% of a maximum...
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7100265 |
Method for aligning a drum assembly used in a video recording device
Methods and apparatuses for aligning the component parts of a drum assembly are disclosed. One aspect of the invention relates to tools for measuring and aligning the component parts of the drum...
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7097720 |
Lower fluence boundary laser shock peening
A method for laser shock peening an article including laser shock peening a first area with at least one high fluence laser beam and laser shock peening a border area between the first area and a...
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7095762 |
Laser irradiation method, laser irradiation apparatus, and semiconductor device
An object of the present invention is obtaining a semiconductor film with uniform characteristics by improving irradiation variations of the semiconductor film. The irradiation variations are...
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7071445 |
Single-pass laser welding method of a T assembly of metallic parts
The method is used to attach the various parts of a “T” assembly using a single laser welding pass from the outside of the “T” assembly. Welding is done with a bifocal welding head ( 20 )...
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7067764 |
Mask for light exposure and method for manufacturing liquid crystal display apparatus employing same
Light exposure areas 103 and light masking areas 104 in a sole reticle are arrayed in alternation to one another in both the longitudinal and transverse directions. Substrate is exposed to...
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7067763 |
High speed, laser-based marking method and system for producing machine readable marks on workpieces and semiconductor devices with reduced subsurface damage produced thereby
An improved method of laser marking semiconductor wafers is provided wherein undesirable subsurface damage to a silicon semiconductor wafer is avoided while providing a relative improvement in...
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7034246 |
Selective laser sintering reduced volume feed mechanism
A reduced feed mechanism for a selective laser sintering machine. The machine includes a powder feed source and a first feed piston to push powder from the source. The mechanism includes a spacer...
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7026573 |
Methods for producing glass substrates for use in biopolymeric microarrays
Methods for producing glass substrates having scribed edges with straight and smooth ends substantially free of edge protrusions, and microarray glass substrates produced thereby, are provided. In...
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7026572 |
Stripping insulation from flat cables
A method for stripping insulation from a region, a so-called window, of a flat cable, a so-called FFC, by means of a laser. The laser used to form the window, preferably a CO 2 laser, operates...
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7022940 |
Combustor linear and method for making thereof
A combustor liner is provided having first and second annular bands which define an overlapping circumferential joint area, wherein a weld is disposed in the joint area encompassing substantially...
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7022939 |
Through weld for aluminum or aluminum alloy base metals by using high-density energy beams
This invention provides a new through weld method to carry out welding of a base metal made of aluminum or that of aluminum alloy using high energy beams wherein a shield gas ambience (an inert gas...
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7022938 |
Repair method for structure and repair welding apparatus
A repair method for a structure having an open flaw in a welding heat affected portion, including, removing at least a part of the open flaw and thereby forming a concave portion in the welding...
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7020950 |
Disc balancing device
A disc balancing device and a method thereof. The disc balancing device includes a disc assembly having a driving source, and a disc rotatably disposed at the driving source, a displacement...
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7019259 |
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...
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7019257 |
Laser drilling shaped holes
A method of laser trepan drilling diffuser type holes in a component which comprises directing the beam of the laser such that it drills a diffuser section on the beam entry side of the hole with...
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7009142 |
System and method for joining flat flexible cables
A method for interconnecting flat cable is disclosed. The flat cable has a plurality of conductors attached to an insulating layer. The method includes removing an insulation layer from a first and...
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6998572 |
Light energy processing device and method
A machining apparatus includes a light source ( 1 ) for generating light energy, an optical system ( 2, 3 ) for guiding the generated light energy to a joint position of a workpiece, a table ( 5 a...
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6998156 |
Deposition of thin films using an infrared laser
This invention pertains to transfer of a solid target material onto a substrate by vaporizing the material by irradiating it with intense light of a resonant vibrational mode of the material and...
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6989507 |
Laser deposition
The present invention relates to laser deposition and more particularly to use of deposition wire ( 5, 21 ) in order to create structures or components. The original deposition wire ( 5, 21 ) is...
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6984804 |
Non-contact treatment method
Before electrically connecting at least two photovoltaic elements, a medium capable of absorbing at least 10% or more of a light having a wavelength of 0.4 μm to 2.0 μm is provided on an electric...
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