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7390240 Method of shaping and forming work materials  
Method of processing a workpiece comprising (a) providing a tool and a workpiece, wherein the workpiece has an initial shape; (b) placing the workpiece and the tool in contact to form an interface,...
7389941 Nozzle device and method for forming cryogenic composite fluid spray  
The present invention includes a nozzle device and method for forming a composite fluid. The nozzle device generally comprises a nozzle portion connected to a main body. The main body includes an...
7389663 Acoustic shot peening method and apparatus  
The present invention provides a method of shot peening at least a portion of a rotary machine comprising a rotor. Shot peening is carried out with a rotor which is at least partly assembled. The...
7389662 Method and apparatus for self indexing portable automated tenon peening  
A self indexing portable automated tenon peening device including: a peening machine in operable communication with a mounting arm; a circumferential slide assembly including a circumferential rail...
7389578 Manufacturing method of a perpendicular recording magnetic head  
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention relate to methods wherein when a main pole is processed by using an ion milling technique, a re-adhesion layer created on the side face of the...
7387963 Semiconductor wafer and process for producing a semiconductor wafer  
A semiconductor wafer has an edge region with no defects larger than or equal to 0.3 μm. The wafers are produced by a process, comprising (a) providing a semiconductor wafer having a rounded and...
7387564 Grinding apparatus  
The present invention concerns a grinding apparatus ( 1 ) including a number of grinding units ( 3 ), a number of drive units ( 11 ) and a number of screen units ( 2 ), where a number of the...
7387563 Mandrel and accessory and related combination for use with a rotary tool  
A mandrel and accessory and related combination for use with a rotary tool are disclosed. For instance, the mandrel and accessory combination includes a mandrel assembly and an accessory. The...
7387562 Blade sharpening device  
A blade sharpening device is provided for honing a cutting edge of a blade. The device includes a block with a top honing surface, and a jig assembly mounted on the block. The jig assembly holds a...
7387478 Machining system with integrated chip hopper  
A machining system having a machining envelope, a housing, a hopper, and a seal. The housing defines at least a portion of the machining envelope. The hopper has a top surface defining an opening....
7387120 Tile saw  
A saw includes a base and a pair of substantially parallel stationary rails coupled to the base and extending in a longitudinal direction. A saw supporting assembly is coupled to the base and...
7387118 Wire saw  
The invention provides a wire saw in which wire tension fluctuations occurring in swinging of a row of wires can be accommodated to thereby increase a velocity of the wire and to carry out cutting...
7386935 Methods and apparatus for controlling the lapping of a slider based on an amplitude of a readback signal produced from an externally applied magnetic field  
The lapping of a slider is controlled based on an amplitude of a readback signal which is produced from an externally applied magnetic field. A lapping plate is used to lap a slider which includes...
7386933 Method of fabricating thin film write heads with a shortened yoke and improved dimension control  
A method for fabricating a magnetic recording head writer. The writer includes a bottom magnetic pole and a write gap formed over the bottom pole and a coil trench formed in the bottom pole. A top...
7384438 Fused Al2O3-Y2O3-ZrO2 eutectic abrasive particles, abrasive articles, and methods of making and using the same  
Fused abrasive particles comprising eutectic material. The fused abrasive particles can be incorporated into abrasive products such as coated abrasives, bonded abrasives, non-woven abrasives, and...
7384329 Coolant delivery system for grinding tools  
An abrasive grinding wheel having an annular grinding face depending from a substantially circular body includes a tubular inner wall which defines an axial bore configured to convey coolant in a...
7384328 Sanding device, and sanding assembly including the same  
A sanding device including a base plate, an evacuating tube, an articulated joint, and a sealing member. The base plate has a sanding surface and an opposite supporting surface, with an orifice...
7384327 Method for grinding a bar of thin film magnetic elements utilizing a plurality of resistive films  
A method is presented for grinding a surface of an elongate bar having a plurality of thin film magnetic elements aligned in a line, each of the thin film magnetic elements having a...
7384326 Facetting area setting device and eyeglass lens processing apparatus  
A facetting area setting device for setting a facetting area so as to perform a facetting on an edge corner of an eyeglass lens which has been finished, includes: an input unit that inputs a target...
7383626 Methods for fabricating giant magnetoresistive (GMR) devices  
In a method of fabricating a giant magnetoresistive (GMR) device a plurality of magnetoresistive device layers is deposited on a first silicon nitride layer formed on a silicon oxide layer. An etch...
7381647 Methods and systems for planarizing microelectronic devices with Ge-Se-Ag layers  
Microelectronic devices including a layer of germanium and selenium, optionally including up to 10 atomic percent silver, show promise for select applications. Manufacturing microelectronic devices...
7381121 Base pad polishing pad and multi-layer pad comprising the same  
Disclosed is a base pad of polishing pad, which is used in conjunction with polishing slurry during a chemical-mechanical polishing or planarizing process, and a multilayer pad using the same....
7381120 Knife sharpener  
A knife sharpener comprising a sharpening device preferably of the type involving upwardly extending pairs of overlapping, resiliently flexible fingers or strips forming opposed abrasive sharpening...
7381119 Fixture for grinding machines  
A fixture for grinding machines includes a first base ( 10 ) and a second base ( 20 ). The first base has a first surface ( 12 ) which defines a first holding groove ( 11 ). The first base defines...
7381118 Belt sander  
A belt sander is disclosed that may include a sanding assembly having a first roller and a second roller, the sanding assembly being configured to receive a sanding belt around the first roller and...
7381117 Compound hook and loop drum system for a floor sander  
A powered floor sanding system with a motorized drum-type floor sander with a sanding drum configured as a drum core with a compliant sole covered with a first component layer of a hook and loop...
7381116 Polishing media stabilizer  
A polishing apparatus that employs a polishing media retention arrangement to prevent slippage or wrinkles in the polishing media during polishing. The polishing media is drawn against a support...
7381115 Processing machine and floating-bearing arrangement for it  
A processing machine ( 1 ) has a machine frame ( 2 ) and a processing element ( 3 ) arranged so as to be movable relative thereto via a drive shaft ( 5 ). The drive shaft ( 5 ) is coupled with the...
7381114 Tire uniformity machine grinding assembly  
A grinder assembly ( 10 ) contacts a tire (T) supported by a frame (F) relative to the tire (T). The grinder assembly ( 10 ) includes at least one section, and a vertical repositioning system ( 118...
RE40345 Powered oscillating hand tool  
A powered oscillating hand tool includes a drive unit having an electric motor and a drive shaft; a bearing eccentrically mounted on the drive shaft and located radially eccentrically relative to...
7378349 Chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion and chemical mechanical polishing method  
Disclosed is a chemical mechanical polishing aqueous dispersion comprising (A1) first fumed silica having a specific surface area of not less than 10 m 2 /g and less than 160 m 2 /g and an average...
7378004 Pad designs and structures for a versatile materials processing apparatus  
An apparatus capable of assisting in controlling an electrolyte flow and an electric field distribution used for processing a substrate is provided. It includes a rigid member having a top surface...
7377840 Methods for producing in-situ grooves in chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) pads, and novel CMP pad designs  
Methods for producing in-situ grooves in CMP pads are provided. In general, the methods for producing in-situ grooves comprise the steps of patterning a silicone lining, placing the silicone lining...
7377839 Cover for guiding a medium in an abrasive disk  
The invention relates to a grinding-wheel cover ( 3 ) for grinding wheels with a support body ( 1 ) and a grinding layer ( 2 ) arranged at an edge or face for edge or face use in grinding, a...
7377838 Floor treating machine  
A floor treating machine has a frame and a housing connected rotatably to the frame according to a main rotation axis. At least three heads are suspended rotatably with respect to the housing...
7377837 Grinding or polishing arrangement  
A grinding or polishing machine or device having a grinding or polishing disc for grinding or polishing a work piece for the condition of the work piece placed against the lower surface of the...
7377836 Versatile wafer refining  
Methods of refining using a plurality of refining elements are discussed. A refining apparatus having refining elements that can be smaller than the workpiece being refined are disclosed. New...
7377018 Method of replacing a subpad of a polishing apparatus  
A subpad support for use in a web format or belt format polishing apparatus for polishing one or more layers of semiconductor device structures. The subpad support includes a subpad retention...
7376482 Grinding method and apparatus  
In a grinding method and apparatus, a machining portion of a workpiece is ground with a grinding wheel on a trial, and shape errors in respective rotational phases of the machining portion are...
7374477 Polishing pads useful for endpoint detection in chemical mechanical polishing  
A polishing system can have a rotatable platen, a polishing pad secured to the platen, a carrier head to hold a substrate against the polishing pad, and an eddy current monitoring system including...
7374476 Method and apparatus for forming a planarizing pad having a film and texture elements for planarization of microelectronic substrates  
A planarizing pad for planarizing a microelectronic substrate, and a method and apparatus for forming the planarizing pad. In one embodiment, planarizing pad material is mixed with compressed gas...
7374475 Hand-held sharpener device  
A hand-held sharpener device for sharpening and deburring convergent surface cutting edge implements including an elongated cylindrical body having a central area mounting a plurality of sharpener...
7374474 Polishing pad for CMP, method for polishing substrate using it and method for producing polishing pad for CMP  
In CMP technology for planarizing an interlayer insulation film, a BPSG film, an insulation film for shallow trench isolation, or the like, in the production process of a semiconductor element,...
7374473 Texturing slurry and texturing method by using same  
Texturing slurry for texturing a substrate for a magnetic hard disk is obtained by dispersing abrading particles of a specified kind in a specified kind of dispersant. The abrading particles...
7374472 Method for manufacturing decorative stone  
A method of using ultrasonic cutting technology to make a decorative stone includes cutting a stone or other decorative materials into certain positive pieces having various shape by the ultrasonic...
7374471 Apparatus and method for polishing semiconductor wafers using one or more pivotable load-and-unload cups  
An apparatus and method for polishing objects, such as semiconductor wafers, utilizes one or more pivotable load-and-unload cups to transfer the objects to and/or from one or more object carriers...
7374470 Knife sharpening apparatus  
A sharpening apparatus having at least one guide slot, a drive pulley drivingly coupled to a frame and at least one idler pulley rotatably coupled to a support member. The support member is...
7373936 Portable finishing apparatus for hard material  
The instant invention relates to power tools. More specifically, the instant invention is a portable device for shaping, contouring and polishing the edge of a workpiece consisting of a hard...
7371160 Elastomer-modified chemical mechanical polishing pad  
The chemical mechanical polishing pad is suitable for polishing at least one of semiconductor, optical and magnetic substrates. The polishing pad includes a polymeric matrix with an elastomeric...
7371159 Devices with angularly adjustable sanding units  
The invention describes devices consisting of a combination of oblique to feed direction aligned belt sanding assemblies, with drives or devices for low sanding belt speeds and/or with...