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7480129 Detachable electrostatic chuck for supporting a substrate in a process chamber  
A detachable electrostatic chuck can be attached to a pedestal in a process chamber. The electrostatic chuck has an electrostatic puck comprising a dielectric covering at least one electrode and a...
7479206 Apparatus for in-situ optical endpointing on web-format planarizing machines in mechanical or chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic-device substrate assemblies  
Polishing pads, planarizing machines and methods for mechanical and/or chemical-mechanical planarization of microelectronic-device substrate assemblies. The polishing pads, for example, can be...
7476143 Eyeglass lens processing system  
An eyeglass lens processing system includes a main processing apparatus having a first lens chuck, a roughing tool, a first bevel-finishing tool, a lens edge measuring unit, and a first computing...
7476146 Universal fixture for belt sander  
A universal fixture is provided for securing a portable power tool, such as a belt sander. The fixture has a housing with a plurality of sidewalls, and a plurality of retainers extending from the...
7476144 Sander  
A sander can include housing, and a motor assembly in the housing. The motor assembly can include an output member. A platen can be driven by the output member. A user feedback assembly can be...
7475471 Method for fabricating a magnetic head  
A GMR read head for a magnetic head, in which the hard bias layers are fabricated immediately next to the side edges of the free magnetic layer, and such that the midplane of the hard bias layer...
7476145 Method for producing a mirror from a titanium-based material, and a mirror made from such a material  
A method for producing a mirror ( 10 ) from a titanium-based material by using the technique of ultraprecision machining. The mirror produced using this method has both a shape accuracy and a...
7473165 Vacuum-assisted sanding block  
A vacuum-assisted sanding block having a swiveling connection tube for connecting the dust removal channels of the sanding block top and bottom plates to a vacuum system. The manual sanding block...
7472469 Method for fabricating a magnetic head having a sensor stack and two lateral stack  
A method is disclosed for fabricating a read sensor for a magnetic head for a hard disk drive having a read sensor stack and two lateral stacks. The method of fabrication includes forming lateral...
7474503 Thin film magnetic head wafer with identification information  
A thin-film magnetic head wafer includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface which are substantially parallel to each other. An electrical/magnetic transducer is provided on...
7473163 Cutter grinding device  
A cutter grinding device has a housing, a motor, a grinding wheel, a holding cap, multiple cutter holding brackets and a cutter clamping assembly. The holding cap is mounted on the housing,...
7473162 Pad conditioner dresser with varying pressure  
Methods for extending the service life of a CMP pad dresser having a substrate and a plurality of superabrasive particles disposed thereon which is used to dress a CMP pad are disclosed and...
7473161 Lapping machine and head device manufacturing method  
A lapping machine that polishes a head block in which plural head devices are connected in a row includes a jig that has a bottom surface that opposes to a grinding plane, and fixes the head block...
7473159 Detection of diamond contamination in polishing pad and reconditioning system therefor  
A reconditioning system for reconditioning a damaged polishing pad is disclosed. The reconditioning system includes a reconditioning disk including a plurality of diamonds for reconditioning the...
7473160 Method and apparatus for grinding a workpiece  
A method and apparatus for cutting a profile in a workpiece, such as a turbine disk, without cracking the parent material which includes providing a grinding wheel having a ceramic grinding surface...
7472470 Method of manufacturing a perpendicular magnetic recording head  
A main magnetic pore layer is formed on an insulating layer flattened into a high-flatness surface, and a yoke layer having a large film thickness is formed under the main magnetic pole layer...
7473164 Self-centering skate holder  
A self-centering skate holder for clamping a skate blade from above and below which maintains the blade at a predetermined height and parallelism. A handle is connected with a cable which is taut...
7469468 Methods of slider-level reader isolation measurement technique for advanced GMR heads  
A read/write head for a disk drive having a shorting conductor from a shield of the read element to a conductor that runs from the write element to an external electrical contact pad. This allows...
7469474 Manufacturing a component with a near spherical surface  
A method of making a component ( 2 ) of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis, which has a bearing surface whose shape corresponds approximately to a part of a sphere and is symmetrical about its polar...
7469466 Method for providing a temporary, deep shunt on wafer structures for electrostatic discharge protection during processing  
A method of temporarily protecting an electrically sensitive component from damage due to electrostatic discharge is disclosed. The method includes the steps of defining a first shield that forms a...
7470170 Polishing pad and method for manufacture of semiconductor device using the same  
The present invention provides a polishing pad which imparts excellent planarity and uniformity thereof to a material to be polished, such as a semiconductor wafer, without forming scratches. The...
7470171 Surface polishing method and apparatus thereof  
A surface polishing method that polishes the surface of a hard brittle material, such as a glass substrate, an oxide film of a silicon wafer, and a ceramic substrate is disclosed. In the surface...
7470169 Method of polishing semiconductor wafers by using double-sided polisher  
During polishing of the semiconductor wafer by using a double-sided polisher, a larger difference as compared to the prior art is created between a frictional resistance acting on a front surface...
7469694 Height mechanism for equipment, including concrete saws  
A portable saw has a depth or blade lowering control and an adjustable stop for selecting the maximum depth of the blade to which the blade can be lowered.
7469467 Method of manufacturing a perpendicular write head  
A perpendicular write head includes a main pole comprising a Durimide/Alumina hard mask formed over a laminate layer process to form the main pole without using a liftoff or chemical mechanical...
7467988 Slurry composition and method for polishing organic polymer-based ophthalmic substrates  
The present invention provides a slurry composition and method for polishing organic polymer-based ophthalmic substrates. The slurry composition according to the invention includes an aqueous...
7467460 Method of manufacturing slider  
A slider manufacturing method includes: providing a row bar constructed from multiple slider bodies having a surface for forming an air bearing surface (ABS); forming multiple cutting lines on the...
7467461 Additive gap process to define trailing and side shield gap for a perpendicular write head  
A method of manufacturing a magnetic write head for perpendicular magnetic recording. The method includes the formation of a write pole over a substrate. A non-magnetic side gap layer is deposited...
7467989 Ceramic polishing pad dresser and method for fabricating the same  
A ceramic polishing pad dresser and the method for fabricating the same are provided. Abrasive particles are adhered onto a ceramic substrate by heating a ceramic powder to be vitrified, thus...
7467990 Back pressure control system for CMP and wafer polishing  
A wafer carrier with a back pressure applicator system adapted to provide high resolution back pressure control. A plurality of millimeter scale distensible elements are disposed between the wafer...
7467991 Knife sharpener  
The present disclosure concerns embodiments of an improved knife sharpener. In particular embodiments, the knife sharpener has an elongated sharpening member, which can be, for example, an abrasive...
7464630 Apparatus for generating and manipulating a high-pressure fluid jet  
An apparatus for generating and manipulating a high-pressure fluid jet includes an end effector assembly coupled to a manipulator that imparts motion to the end effector. The end effector assembly...
7464456 Slider separating method  
A slider separating method includes bonding a row bar containing a plurality of slider-forming portions to a bonding surface of a cutting fixture along a side surface that extends in its length...
7465222 Grinding wheel  
A grinding wheel includes a grinder engaged between a front cover and a rear cover, and rough portions of the front cover and the rear cover press against the grinder tightly. After center rods and...
7464457 Method for forming a write head having an air bearing surface (ABS)  
Methods for forming write heads. One method includes forming a mask layer above a pole tip layer; forming a layer of resist above the mask layer; patterning the resist; removing portions of the...
7465219 Brut polishing of superhard materials  
Brut polishing of superhard materials to remove positive asperities by use of pressure and heat.
7465668 Method of manufacturing semiconductor device  
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes depositing a conductive film above an insulating film formed above a semiconductor substrate and having a recess,...
7465221 Polishing apparatus  
A first supply unit sprays and supplies abrasive slurry containing abrasive grains into a mixing unit. A second supply unit sprays and supplies additive into the mixing unit. A third supply unit...
7465217 CMP conditioner, method for arranging hard abrasive grains for use in CMP conditioner, and process for producing CMP conditioner  
Disclosed are CMP conditioners which can suppress microscratching of the surface of a semiconductor substrate and can realize stable CMP conditioner properties. The CMP conditioner according to the...
7465215 Sponge blasting apparatus and sponge blasting method  
The present invention provides a sponge blasting apparatus comprising: a recovering unit which sucks and recovers a blasting medium jetted out of a nozzle; a sorting unit which sorts the blasting...
7465328 Dust collector for a power tool  
An improved dust collector for a power tool is employed. The dust collector includes a body portion, a neck portion and a head portion, wherein the body portion is disposable on the power tool so...
7465220 Apparatus and method for corrugating resharpened blades  
An apparatus and method are provided for cutting corrugations into the resharpened blade of a scissor. The apparatus comprises a rotatable corrugating wheel. The peripheral annular...
7465218 Probe polishing method and probe polishing member  
In a probe polishing method, a plurality of probes, which are arranged on a probe card for performing an inspection of electrical characteristics of a target object, are polished by using a...
7465214 Substrate holding apparatus and polishing apparatus  
A substrate holding apparatus holds a substrate such as a semiconductor and presses the substrate against a polishing surface. The substrate holding apparatus includes a top ring body ( 2 ) for...
7464458 Method for manufacturing a self-aligned, notched trailing shield for perpendicular recording  
A perpendicular magnetic write head having a notched, self aligned trailing shield for canting a magnetic field emitted therefrom.
7461446 Method for repairing photoresist layer defects using index matching overcoat  
A method is presented for repairing damaged photomasks for electronic component fabrication processes, particularly for fabrication of the ABS of a disk drive slider. The method includes applying...
7461447 Method of fabrication of magnetic head having annealed embedded read sensor  
A method of fabrication of a magnetic head including a read head sensor includes providing a read sensor stack having a front edge, a rear edge, a right side edge and a left side edge, and at least...
7462094 Wafer grinding method  
A wafer grinding method is disclosed, in which only a region, corresponding to a device formation region, of the back side of a wafer is ground in rough grinding conducted first, while the part...
7462143 Machine spindle  
An exchangeable spindle assembly for a machine tool. The spindle assembly includes an assembly attachment coupling being connectable to said machine tool, a tool spindle having a predetermined...
7462095 Apparatus at a flat card or roller card for grinding a clothing drawn onto a rotating roller  
In an apparatus at a carding machine for grinding a clothing drawn onto a rotating roller, having a carrying device with at least one grinding element and an advancing device serving to set the...