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7036389 System for determining characteristics of substrates employing fluid geometries  
The present invention provides a system for determining characteristics of substrates, such as the presence of contaminants, shape, as well as the spatial relationships between spaced-apart...
7028565 Method and arrangement for transporting and inspecting semiconductor substrates  
The invention relates to an arrangement for transporting and inspecting semiconductor substrates ( 6 ), having at least three workstations ( 8, 10, 12 ), a changer ( 14 ), which has at least three...
7024952 Automated method and system to assemble and inspect tubing assemblies  
An automated method and system to assemble and inspect tubing assemblies includes one or more coordinate tables with each table having a plurality of robotic fixtures mounted for movement on the...
7017431 Methods for inspecting components  
A method for inspecting a component. The method includes coupling the component to a fixture such that the component is fixedly secured in position during machining of the component, and inspecting...
7017429 Continuous test flow method and apparatus  
A method for testing devices produced in front end lots involving loading a plurality of front end lots into a tester without requiring the tester to complete tests on a previous front end lot. A...
7017432 Hydraulic and electric umbilical connection for an inspection vehicle for inspecting a liquid-filled tank  
An umbilical connection for use in a hazardous environment like a floating roof storage tank has one or more hydraulic hoses, one or more electrical cables or a combination thereof. Each hydraulic...
7017430 Inspection device and inspection method of dielectric film, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device  
After placing a sample in a heating vacuum chamber, a probe is climbed down to a position above a capacitor formed in the sample whose electrical characteristic is supposed to be measured. The...
RE38999 Apparatus for inspecting lateral sewer pipes  
A self-propelled lateral inspection apparatus includes a propulsion motor that drives friction members to propel the apparatus along an inside surface of a main sewer pipe. The apparatus also...
6988302 Method of verifying the quality of a press-fit operation  
A system for verifying the quality of a pressing operation of a press-fit part onto a receiving portion of a receiving assembly. The system is applicable to the installation of a bearing cup onto a...
6986294 Bulk materials management apparatus and method  
Bulk material measurement packages are described including the preferred embodiment of an automated instrument package (AIP) suited to mount on the inside ceiling of a large silo. The gimbaled AIP...
6978690 Apparatus for the internal inspection of pipes and tubes and the like  
An apparatus for the internal inspection of pipes and tubes or the like, comprising an ultrasonic measuring head and a cable coupled to the measuring head, which cable can be coupled outside the...
6971175 Assembly line and method for vehicle body manufacturing  
A vehicle body assembly line ( 10 ) and method for assembling vehicle bodies utilizes electromagnetic gauging apparatus ( 44 ) to generate production gauge data of an assembly of formed sheet metal...
6967457 Monitoring device  
In order to produce a monitoring device for checking for a predefined position of a body or checking for the presence of a body, comprising a pivotal check element, a motor for driving the checking...
6964207 Deflection measurement device for flexible piping  
A mechanical inspection sled which can be pushed through a pipeline using a series of connecting rigid rods. Mechanical measuring devices are mounted on the sled. These devices deflect when the...
6955100 Method and arrangement for inspection and requalification of vehicles used for transporting commodities and/or hazardous materials  
In order to improve the safety with which commodities (including regulated hazardous materials) can be shipped by rail around the country in tank cars and the like, each tank and associated...
6952950 System and method for automatic identification of a detachable component of an instrument  
A system and method for automatic identification of a detachable component of an instrument is disclosed. The detachable component includes a machine-readable device that contains information...
6941826 Method and device for detecting abrasions of electrodes in stationary welding gun  
A method for detecting abrasion of both a moving side electrode ( 2 ) and a fixing side electrode ( 3 ) of a stationary type welding gun in which the moving side electrode ( 2 ) and the fixing side...
6941792 Surface inspection system  
A surface inspection system, comprising a calibration wafer where particles of known specifications are spread, a wafer transport unit having a transport robot, a surface inspection unit, and a...
6938505 Chamber wafer detection  
An apparatus and method for detecting in chamber wafer position and process status are disclosed. A chamber includes a processing pedestal and plurality of lift pins. Each lift pin has an...
6935425 Method for utilizing microflowable devices for pipeline inspections  
Microflowable devices can be used in pipelines to perform inspections. Disclosed are methods of using microflowable devices to measure parameters of interest within a pipeline to inspect the...
6935201 Measurement configuration including a vehicle and method for performing measurements with the measurement configuration at various locations  
A measurement device, i.e. a metrology tool, and a vehicle are combined to provide a mobile metrology in a fabrication facility. Peripheral equipment such as a device transfer unit, for, e.g.,...
6931952 Device for in-line measurement of properties of fluid flows in pipeline systems  
A device called “pill” is provided for in-line measurement of properties, such as pressure and temperature, in a fluid flow within a pipeline system. The device is small enough to travel in the...
6928892 Configuration for determining a concentration of contaminating particles in a loading and unloading chamber of an appliance for processing at least one disk-like object  
A configuration for measuring the concentration of contaminating particles at high time resolution in the mini environments of loading and unloading chambers of processing appliances in...
6925897 Device and a method for checking the fitting of a threaded cap onto a container  
A device for checking the fitting of a threaded cap onto a container is associated with automatic cap-fitting apparatus, particularly of the carousel type, which includes a rotatable platform which...
6923078 Prestretched shafet for eddy current probe  
In an eddy current probe shaft, a sleeve encloses an inner core of length shorter than the sleeve causing the inner core to curl within sleeve. The inner core includes data cables that typically...
6923077 Apparatus and method for wafer backside inspection  
An automatic wafer backside inspection may automatically inspect a backside of a semiconductor wafer to look for contamination, cracks, scratches and the like. An inspection apparatus may comprise...
6918312 Validation device and method  
A testing apparatus is disclosed that includes an expandable mechanical structure, and logging devices that are coupled to the mechanical structure and serially networked together. The testing...
6907799 Apparatus and method for non-destructive inspection of large structures  
An automated inspection system and method enables rapid, remote and non-contact inspection of large objects, utilizing non-destructive inspection techniques, that does not require continuous manual...
6906638 Sensor unit  
A sensor unit ( 9 ) for measuring a process magnitude and for producing a digital signal representative of the process magnitude exhibits an interface ( 3 ) for transmitting the digital signal in a...
6904672 Method for mounting an electronic component  
This invention provides an electronic component mounting method capable of effectively utilizing a self-alignment effect even if a mounting interval of electronic components is small. This method...
6904818 Internal riser inspection device  
An internal inspection unit for pipe has ultrasonic transducers that inspect weld volume, weld root, and wall thickness. The ultrasonic transducers are mounted to a portion of the inspection unit...
6904817 Method and apparatus for examining obstructed welds  
A method and apparatus is provided for inspecting a series of obstructed welds, such as those used in attaching the jet pump diffuser to a baffle plate using a jet pump adapter within a boiling...
6901820 Device for detecting width of sheet-like medium, and image formation apparatus  
A paper whose width is to be detected is placed on a base. Two limiting members that can move towards or away from each other are situated on the two sides of the paper. The limiting members are...
6898959 Lubricant applying system for a rolling bearing  
In a lubricant application system, a prescribed volume of lubricant is transferred from a lubricant discharge port 8 of a prescribed liquid volume discharge device to a rolling element 703 of a...
6892593 Polyhedron inspection feeder and polyhedron inspection apparatus  
A polyhedron inspection apparatus 10 includes a polyhedron inspection feeder 12 having a passage forming member 22 for inspecting a surface of cubic chip W. The polyhedron inspection feeder ...
6892592 Automated system for checking pallets  
An automated system for checking the structural integrity of pallets ( 22 ) which, after suitable programming, besides the checking operations and through special pliers ( 40, 40 A) can carry out...
6886407 Nondestructive examination of high pressure turbine cylinders  
A method of inspecting the steam inlet sleeves on high pressure outer cylinders and the nozzle chamber to cylinder welds on the high pressure steam turbines using linear phased array ultrasonic...
6886422 Methods and apparatus for inspecting components  
A method for inspecting a component. The method includes coupling the component to a fixture such that the component is fixedly secured in position during machining of the component, and inspecting...
6885904 Control feedback system and method for bulk material industrial processes using automated object or particle analysis  
A control feedback system and method for industrial processes using automated particle or object analysis is disclosed. The control feedback system and method includes a particle characteristic...
6882284 Electrical apparatuses, methods of forming electrical apparatuses, and termite sensing methods  
The invention encompasses an electrical apparatus. Such apparatus includes RFID circuitry on a first substrate, and sensor circuitry on a second substrate. A receiving structure is associated with...
6880382 Leakage detecting method for use in oxidizing system of forming oxide layer  
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to providing a leakage detecting method for use in an oxidizing system of forming an oxide layer so as to shorten leakage detecting time period. In...
6874380 Slide adjustment system for brake rotor testing gauges  
An improved testing system for a manufactured rotary metal product having upper and lower surfaces. The testing system includes a gage frame with a fixed lower portion and a vertically movable...
6871558 Method for determining characteristics of substrate employing fluid geometries  
The present invention provides a technique for determining characteristics of substrates, such as the presence of contaminants, shape, as well as the spatial relationships between spaced-apart...
6862944 Non-destructive butt weld inspection method  
A non-destructive plastic butt weld inspection method in which the weld bead 42 is removed from an exterior surface of a weld zone region 44 of a butt weld and the weld zone region 44 is...
6862945 Camera guide for video pipe inspection system  
A guide for a video pipe inspection system that includes a camera head and a tubular coil spring having a central axis. A guide member with radially extending fins is configured to surround the...
6860790 Buffer system for a wafer handling system  
An apparatus is provided for supporting semiconductor wafer in a wafer processing system. The apparatus comprises at least two wafer support assemblies, defining respectively at least two wafer...
6857330 Apparatus and methods for automatically inspecting dovetails on turbine rotors  
A scanner assembly for dovetail inspection of the wheels of a turbine rotor includes a series of circumferentially pivotally connected links: a motor link, transmission links, an encoder link, an...
6857329 Pig for detecting an obstruction in a pipeline  
An obstacle detecting pig for preliminary inspection of a section of a pipeline travels through the section and determines if there are any restrictions that exceed industry guidelines or that...
6854347 Measurement of components that have been micro-galvanically produced, using a sample component by means of photoresist webs  
A method for measuring microgalvanically produced components having a three-dimensional, depth-lithographically produced structure, which provides a single- or multilayer component which is...
6845678 Spectacle frame shape measuring apparatus  
A spectacle frame shape measuring apparatus includes a measurement element holding mechanism. The measurement element holding mechanism holds a measurement element in a substantially loadless state...