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7605368 |
Vibration-type cantilever holder and scanning probe microscope
A vibration-type cantilever holder holds a cantilever opposed to a sample. The holder supports a main body part of the cantilever at only its base end so that a probe at the free end of the...
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7603890 |
Method of inspecting a metal alloy part for incipient melting
A method of inspecting a repaired metal alloy part to analyze a microstructure of the metal part includes placing a replicating material on a surface of the metal part to create an inverted replica...
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7562563 |
Apparatus for automatically inspecting road surface pavement condition
Provided is an apparatus for automatically inspecting a road surface pavement condition, includes: a road surface photographing unit; a road surface rutting measuring unit; a flatness measuring...
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7559233 |
Method for surface replication via thermoplastic media
A method of inspecting a specimen under test may comprise the step of disposing melted thermoplastic media onto a surface under test of the specimen under test, maintaining a constant temperature...
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7553449 |
Method of determination of corrosion rate
The corrosion rate of a metal immersed in a fluid medium is measured by transmission of a beam of radiation normally in the visible or near infra-red portion of the spectrum, through a thin film of...
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7552645 |
Detection of resonator motion using piezoresistive signal downmixing
A system containing a micro-mechanical or nano-mechanical device and a method of operating the same is provided. The device includes a resonator and a piezoresistive element connected to the...
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7526948 |
Device and method for detecting foreign material on the surface of plasma processing apparatus
A detection technique for detecting foreign material on the surface of a plasma processing apparatus, capable of accurately sucking/extracting and measuring foreign material contained in the...
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7481098 |
Method of determining depth of intergranular attack (IGA) for a metal part
A method of determining a depth of intergranular attack (IGA) on a surface of a metal part includes applying a replicating material on a second surface of the part that is essentially perpendicular...
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7451637 |
Method of evaluating contact characteristics, and computer product
A method of evaluating contact characteristics of an object having a roughness includes setting geometric shape data for the roughness; creating a roughness model and a structure model that comes...
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7423264 |
Atomic force microscope
In one embodiment, an atomic force microscope comprises a frame, a beam coupled to the frame at a first end and a second end, a probe mounted to the beam, means for inducing relative motion between...
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7392692 |
Surface scan measuring device, surface scan measuring method, surface scan measuring program and recording medium
A surface scan measuring device, a surface scan measuring method, a surface scan measuring program and a recording medium storing such a program which can appropriately adjust the scanning speed,...
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7367242 |
Active sensor for micro force measurement
An active micro-force sensor is provided for use on a micromanipulation device. The active micro-force sensor includes a cantilever structure having an actuator layer of piezoelectric material and...
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7363802 |
Measurement device for electron microscope
This invention relates to a measurement device for use in an electron microscope. The device comprises a sample holder, for holding a sample to be studied, and an indentation tip, being arranged in...
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7357017 |
Wafer level capped sensor
A sensor has a die (with a working portion), a cap coupled with the die to at least partially cover the working portion, and a conductive pathway extending through the cap to the working portion....
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7350404 |
Scanning type probe microscope and probe moving control method therefor
The probe tip movement control method of the scanning probe microscope is used for a scanning probe microscope provided with a cantilever 21 having a probe tip 20 facing a sample 12 . The...
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7347084 |
Roughness measuring instrument with testing standard
The roughness measuring instrument ( 1 ) has a receiving device ( 2 ) for a feeder device ( 3 ), which serves to drag a roughness sensor ( 4 ) over a workpiece surface. The receiving device ( 2 )...
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7339383 |
Nanogripper device having length measuring function and method for length measurement executed with nanogripper device having length measuring function
A fixed electrode and a movable electrode used to drive each arm are disposed at a drive unit. As a voltage is applied between the fixed electrode and the movable the electrode, a coulomb force...
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7325445 |
Air test to determine surface roughness
A surface roughness measuring apparatus ( 11 ) has a probe ( 27, 41 ) with a smooth surface region ( 31, 43 ) contoured to conform to a surface ( 33 ) the roughness of which is to be measured, and...
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7322229 |
Device and method for measuring the profile of a surface
The invention provides a surface profile measurement device for use on rigid or semi-rigid substrates, such as floors. The device includes (a) a beam; (b) at least one beam support mounted on the...
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7317992 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting dovetail edgebreak contour
A method and tooling for inspecting a contour of an edge of a cutout formed in a disk, each cutout fixedly receiving a turbine blade. A first device receives the disk containing the cutouts. A...
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7308822 |
Capillary devices for determination of surface characteristics and contact angles and methods for using same
Devices are presented which allow determination of unknown surface properties through the creation of a channel capillary, comprised in part of the subject surface or surfaces, and measurement of...
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7299701 |
Compressive fatigue and energy test apparatus and method for testing clutch plate friction materials
The present invention presents a means for simultaneously testing the compressive strength and measuring the thermal energy dissipated by a given friction material during slip. The testing...
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7278299 |
Method of processing vertical cross-section using atomic force microscope
An indentation is formed by thrusting a probe of a scanning probe microscope for processing, which has a vertical surface or a vertical ridge and is harder than sample material, into sample for...
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7275423 |
Automatic speed calculation for scratch machine
An improved surface testing apparatus, such as a scratch test apparatus, allows accurate determination of the test speed, for example using one or more magnetic sensors. An example scratch test...
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RE39803 |
Non vibrating capacitance probe for wear monitoring
A non-vibrating capacitance probe for use as a non-contact sensor for tribological wear on a component. The device detects surface charge through temporal variation in the work function of a...
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7257992 |
Surface finish tester apparatus and methods
Automated apparatus and methods for testing surface finishes. In at least one preferred embodiment, automated apparatus capable of reliably, automatically testing surface finishes in industrial...
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7250602 |
Probe device
A probe device comprises a cantilever comprising a probe allocated to be opposed to a surface of a sample, means for feeding back a vibration amplitude value of the cantilever, thereby...
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7213447 |
Method and apparatus for detecting topographical features of microelectronic substrates
An apparatus and method for detecting characteristics of a microelectronic substrate. The microelectronic substrate can have a first surface with first topographical features, such as roughness...
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7210339 |
Adhesive compositions and method for selection thereof
Adhesive compositions and a method for selecting adhesive compositions are disclosed herein. Preferred adhesives generally have small domains and/or a homogeneous domain distribution. The method of...
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7174775 |
Solid body surface evaluation method, magnetic disk evaluation method, magnetic disk, and manufacturing method thereof
In a method of evaluating surface tension of a solid body surface, selection is made of at least three liquid samples having different surface tensions, and contact angles between the respective...
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7170055 |
Nanotube arrangements and methods therefor
Nanotubes and nanotube-based devices are implemented in a variety of applications. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, nanotube tips are coated with metal. In some...
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7162383 |
Calibration method for surface texture measuring instrument, calibration program for surface texture measuring instrument, recording medium storing the calibration program and surface texture measuring instrument
In a calibration method for a surface texture measuring instrument which measures a surface of a workpiece and includes an arm that is supported to be swingable around a base point thereof and is...
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7159452 |
Method for measuring a configuration of an object
A touch sensor 10 having a stylus 12 with a tip 12 A making contact with a test piece W has an operational control structure including an oscillator 3 which oscillates the stylus 12 in the...
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7155963 |
Cleaning evaluation method for a substrate
The present invention relates to a cleaning evaluation method for evaluating a surface cleanliness of a substrate which has been cleaned after being polished. This method includes preparing a dummy...
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7152461 |
Method and apparatus for determination of the depth of depressions which are formed in a mount substrate
The invention relates to a method for determination of the depth of depressions which are formed in a mount substrate. According to the invention, an essentially uniform layer of a wetting agent is...
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7138627 |
Nanotube probe and method for manufacturing same
A nanotube probe assembled under real-time observation inside an electron microscope, the probe including a nanotube; a holder for holding the nanotube; and a fastening means for fastening the...
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7127799 |
Head gimbal assembly method
The present invention provides a method for assembling a head gimbal assembly useful in a hard disk drive and for testing such an assembly. In a method in accord with the present invention a...
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7124625 |
Glide-height disk-tester and method of operation
A glide-height disk-tester operates with the test disk rotating at a predetermined constant rotational speed and uses a glide head with an electrically-resistive heater and a thermally-responsive...
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7105358 |
Apparatus and method for visually identifying micro-forces with a palette of cantilever array blocks
An apparatus to measure micro-forces includes a cantilever palette with a set of cantilever array blocks. Each cantilever array block includes a set of cantilevers, with each cantilever including a...
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7089674 |
Angle-measuring gauge for motorcycles and the like
An angle measuring guide includes a housing having a plurality of monolithically formed walls and an annular opening formed within selected ones of the walls. The rear wall has a planar surface for...
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7060448 |
Evaluating binding affinities by force stratification and force panning
The present invention is a method for selectively removing objects from a surface utilizing a probe. The probe is scanned over the surface utilizing a greater and greater relative amount of force...
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7024924 |
Method and arrangement for determination of sharpness of chopping blades
A method and arrangement for determination of the sharpness of chopping blades of a field chopper during chopping includes the steps of measuring, at least at two points in time, a characteristic...
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7022976 |
Dynamically adjustable probe tips
Various probe systems and probes are provided. In one aspect, a probe is provided that includes a base and a first member coupled to the base. The first member has a first tip for probing a circuit...
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7017397 |
Surface energy probe
A method and an apparatus for detecting relative changes in the surface energy of a test surface by adhering a tacky sampling surface to the test surface and removing the tacky sampling surface...
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7013716 |
Method and apparatus for measuring, analyzing, and characterizing irregularities on a surface of an article
A surface capacity parameter is determined for a surface of an article having irregularities therein that can be characterized by peaks and valleys relative to a reference point. Initially, an area...
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7010462 |
System and method for evaluating efficiency losses for turbine components
A method and system of evaluating a turbine component comprises obtaining data relating to respective surface conditions at a plurality of different surface locations of the turbine component and...
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6997046 |
Method and apparatus for fixtured wax and trace
A method and apparatus is provided for making impressions of edges and profiling the edges using a profiling machine. The apparatus allows the impressionable material used for forming the...
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6986280 |
Integrated measuring instrument
A surface analyzing system including in one system both an integrating optical instrument, such as a scatterometer, and individual-feature-measuring instrument, such as a scanning probe microscope...
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6970590 |
Side lit, 3D edge location method
Apparatus and a method for locating edges of a part for acceptance testing of the part. A white light source ( 12 ) illuminates the part which is mounted on a support ( 14 ) and rotated relative to...
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6936124 |
Wire joint detecting apparatus
A wire joint detecting apparatus is provided for use with a wire connecting apparatus. A detecting apparatus includes a detector disposed for sliding contact with a running wire. The detector is...
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