Samuel M. Heinrich

US Patent 7109435 Beam irradiator and laser anneal device

US Patent 7109436 Laser shock peening target

US Patent 7126082 Automated laser engraver

US Patent 7126083 Chip scale marker and method of calibrating marking position

US Patent 7132622 Laser machining apparatus and laser machining method

US Patent 7186945 Sprayable adhesive material for laser marking semiconductor wafers and dies

US Patent 7186947 Process monitor for laser and plasma materials processing of materials

US Patent 7202441 Method for producing a hole in a body, specifically an injection hole in a fuel injector

US Patent 7220939 Laser beam machine

US Patent 7241966 Wafer level package fabrication method using laser illumination

US Patent 7259351 Heat treating assembly and method

US Patent 7262385 Material processing device

US Patent 7265315 Method of joining terminals by soldering

US Patent 7271364 Laser welding fixture and method

US Patent 7273997 Laser processing nozzle coupling

US Patent 7273998 System and method for monitoring laser shock processing

US Patent 7276673 Solder bonding method and solder bonding device

US Patent 7279656 Method of and apparatus for changing the permeability of tubular envelopes of rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry

US Patent 7282665 Method and apparatus for processing articles with a laser beam

US Patent 7285744 Method and apparatus for simultaneously heating materials

US Patent 7288738 Laser bruting machine

US Patent 7288739 Method of forming an opening or cavity in a substrate for receiving an electronic component

US Patent 7304265 Method and system for machining fragile material

US Patent 7320733 Electron bombardment heating apparatus and temperature controlling apparatus and control method thereof

US Patent 7326876 Sequential lateral solidification device

US Patent 7332689 Tacking method and apparatus

US Patent 7345257 Nozzle presetter for laser machining tool of laser beam machine

US Patent 7385157 Laser beam welding method and apparatus

US Patent 7396706 Synchronization technique for forming a substantially stable laser output pulse profile having different wavelength peaks

US Patent 7398658 Gemstone marking system and method

US Patent 7405114 Laser irradiation apparatus and method of manufacturing semiconductor device

US Patent 7405376 Processing apparatus using laser beam

US Patent 7432471 Laser beam hardening tool

US Patent 7449658 Method for the restoration of damaged areal components

US Patent 7459655 Laser beam processing machine

US Patent 7462255 Method for producing by laser gastight and high-temperature resistant connections of shaped parts made of a non-oxidic ceramic

US Patent 7473656 Method for fast and local anneal of anti-ferromagnetic (AF) exchange-biased magnetic stacks

US Patent 7482552 Laser crystallizing device and method for crystallizing silicon

US Patent 7482553 Laser beam processing machine

US Patent 7501601 Automated laser engraver

US Patent 7510663 Method for manufacturing organic molecular device

US Patent 7511247 Method of controlling hole shape during ultrafast laser machining by manipulating beam polarization

US Patent 7518086 Method and device for adjusting wavelength distribution pattern in laser

US Patent 7521648 Apparatus and method of maintaining a generally constant focusing spot size at different average laser power densities

US Patent 7521649 Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method

US Patent 7521650 Laser machining apparatus

US Patent 7521651 Multiple beam micro-machining system and method

US Patent 7521652 Controlled cooling methods and apparatus for laser sintering part-cake

US Patent 7528344 Determining the relative positions of the axes of a laser machining beam and a process gas jet

US Patent 7538295 Laser welding system

US Patent 7550693 Hand-held laser welding wand with improved optical assembly serviceability features

US Patent 7554055 Method for making ohmic contact to silicon structures with low thermal loads

US Patent 7557325 Method for manufacturing a medical needle

US Patent 7557326 Laser joining head assembly and laser joining method

US Patent 7560658 Method for forming nanoscale features

US Patent 7560659 Robot-aided remote laser welding with simplified control of focusing direction of laser beam

US Patent 7569794 Laser drilling system and method

US Patent 7579607 Installation for sterilizing articles by electron bombardment

US Patent 7582848 Energy-efficient, laser-based method and system for processing target material

US Patent 7586062 Laser booth with device for shielding coherent electromagnetic radiation

US Patent 7586730 Electron bombardment heating apparatus and temperature controlling apparatus

US Patent 7592238 Laser processing method and laser processing apparatus

US Patent 7592563 Method for smoothing and polishing surfaces by treating them with energetic radiation

US Patent 7592566 Method for welding contact plates and contact elements obtained with the method

US Patent 7595463 Laser processing machine with monitoring of gas atmosphere and operating gases

US Patent 7600666 Repair with feedstock having conforming surfaces with a substrate

US Patent 7605342 Laser processing head

US Patent 7605345 Method and device for prevention of adhesion of dirt and contamination on optical parts in laser beam machine

US Patent 7612312 Mobile hand-held laser welding support system

US Patent 7615721 Laser processing method and laser processing apparatus

US Patent 7615722 Amorphous silicon crystallization using combined beams from optically pumped semiconductor lasers

US Patent 7619180 Laser head of a laser beam processing machine comprising alternating nozzles

US Patent 7624610 Thin plate formation method, thin plate and suspension correction apparatus, and correction method

US Patent 7626136 Powder metal cladding nozzle

US Patent 7626137 Laser cutting by forming a modified region within an object and generating fractures

US Patent 7629554 Sheet for mounting polishing workpiece and method for making the same

US Patent 7633033 Color sensing for laser decoating

US Patent 7635412 Crystallizing silicon using a laser beam transmitted through a mask

US Patent 7637710 Industrial robot

US Patent 7638728 Enhancing the width of polycrystalline grains with mask

US Patent 7638730 Apparatus for cutting glass plate

US Patent 7642126 Method of manufacturing circuits

US Patent 7642483 Glass-plate cutting machine

US Patent 7649154 Method of producing a graphic element

US Patent 7652223 Electron beam welding of sputtering target tiles

US Patent 7655881 Laser irradiation stage, laser irradiation optical system, laser irradiation apparatus, laser irradiation method, and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device

US Patent 7667157 Portable plenum laser forming

US Patent 7667158 Workpiece structure modification

US Patent 7674997 Spinner for fiberizing glass and method

US Patent 7674999 Fast axis beam profile shaping by collimation lenslets for high power laser diode based annealing system

US Patent 7675001 Method and a device for depositing a wipe-proof and rub-proof marking onto transparent glass

US Patent 7679029 Systems and methods to shape laser light as a line beam for interaction with a substrate having surface variations

US Patent 7679030 Energy-efficient, laser-based method and system for processing target material

US Patent 7679031 Method for checking a nozzle for a laser beam machine

US Patent 7693696 System and methodology for zero-gap welding

US Patent 7700892 Sequential lateral solidification device and method of crystallizing silicon using the same

US Patent 7705265 Method of connecting and structure of connecting electric wire and connection terminal

US Patent 7705266 Hybrid laser processing apparatus

US Patent 7714249 Laser beam processing machine

US Patent 7723640 Optical horned lightpipe or lightguide

US Patent 7728254 Method for controlling the quality of industrial processes, in particular laser-welding processes

US Patent 7731798 Heated chuck for laser thermal processing

US Patent 7745756 Laser processing machine

US Patent 7750268 Energy efficient, laser-based method and system for processing target material

US Patent 7754998 Focus adjuster for laser beam machine

US Patent 7754999 Laser micromachining and methods of same

US Patent 7759602 Laser processing head

US Patent 7759604 Method for high-precision fixing of a miniaturized component on a support plate

US Patent 7759609 Method for manufacturing a patterned structure

US Patent 7767927 Methods and apparatus for remote temperature measurement of a specular surface

US Patent 7767928 Depth measurement and depth control or automatic depth control for a hollow to be produced by a laser processing device

US Patent 7768225 Servo control system for movable body, and laser drilling machine

US Patent 7772090 Methods for laser scribing wafers

US Patent 7772520 Hand-held laser cutting apparatus and method using same

US Patent 7772521 Method and system for marking tires

US Patent 7777154 Method for manufacturing divided waveplate filter

US Patent 7781696 Method for joining components in titanium aluminide by brazing

US Patent 7781698 Process for manufacturing a coiled insert of coated filaments

US Patent 7786402 Nanospot welder and method

US Patent 7786403 Method for high-resolution processing of thin layers using electron beams

US Patent 7790999 Laser beam welding method

US Patent 7791000 Method for welding a rotationally symmetrical part of a hub part

US Patent 7791001 Automatic focusing apparatus, laser processing apparatus, and laser cutting apparatus

US Patent 7800013 Laser device and laser system using same

US Patent 7800014 Color sensing for laser decoating

US Patent 7804041 Laser device for drilling holes in components of a fluid injection device

US Patent 7807938 Mastering tools and systems and methods for forming a plurality of cells on the mastering tools

US Patent 7807939 Laser welding method and laser welding apparatus

US Patent 7807942 Laser processing method and laser processing apparatus

US Patent 7816624 Device for stripping outer covering of cable

US Patent 7820936 Method and apparatus for controlling and adjusting the intensity profile of a laser beam employed in a laser welder for welding polymeric and metallic components

US Patent 7820937 Method of applying one or more electromagnetic beams to form a fusion bond on a workpiece such as a medical device

US Patent 7820938 Butt welding method of two sheet metals in a continuous line processing installation

US Patent 7825348 Method of repairing a blade of a one-piece bladed disc of a turbomachine and test piece for implementing the method

US Patent 7827905 Espresso coffee machine

US Patent 7838794 Laser-based method and system for removing one or more target link structures

US Patent 7838796 Stack structure cutting method and stack structure

US Patent 7842902 Laser processing method and laser beam processing machine

US Patent 7846538 Connection structure with a workpiece and an object

US Patent 7847213 Method and apparatus for modifying an intensity profile of a coherent photonic beam

US Patent 7858897 Insert weld repair

US Patent 7858900 Laser welding process

US Patent 7858901 Focusing an optical beam to two foci

US Patent 7858902 Wafer dividing method and laser beam processing machine

US Patent 7863542 Laser processing apparatus and laser processing method as well as debris extraction mechanism and debris extraction method

US Patent 7875414 Cyclic structure formation method and surface treatment method

US Patent 7875831 Thin plate formation method, thin plate and suspension correction apparatus, and correction method

US Patent 7879700 Crystallization apparatus and method of amorphous silicon

US Patent 7892952 Laser apparatus, laser irradiation method, manufacturing method for semiconductor device, semiconductor device, production system for semiconductor device using the laser apparatus, and electronic equipment

US Patent 7893386 Laser micromachining and methods of same

US Patent 7894163 Thin plate formation method, thin plate and suspension correction apparatus, and correction method

US Patent 7897892 Method of bonding an optical component

US Patent 7902481 Method of manufacturing sealed electronic component and sealed electronic component

US Patent 7902482 Laser machining apparatus and control method for the apparatus

US Patent 7902483 Laser machining apparatus and laser machining method

US Patent 7910855 No gap laser welding of coated steel

US Patent 7910856 Hybrid laser processing apparatus

US Patent 7915562 High energy density beam welding system using molten metal droplet jetting

US Patent 7915565 Apparatus and method for calibrating a laser deposition system

US Patent 7923659 Laser machining method and laser machining apparatus

US Patent 7932477 Electron beam heating system having carbon nanotubes

US Patent 7932478 Laser processing machine

US Patent 7935908 Joining method, joining machine, and joint structure of dissimilar material

US Patent 7939780 Abnormality determination and estimation method, and abnormality determination and estimation device for weld product

US Patent 7947919 Laser-based material processing exhaust systems and methods for using such systems

US Patent 7947920 Arrangement and method for forming one or more separated scores in a surface of a substrate

US Patent 7947922 Multiple beam micro-machining system and method

US Patent 7960671 Laser shock processing with momentum trap

US Patent 7964819 Methods and systems for positioning a laser beam spot relative to a semiconductor integrated circuit using a processing target as a metrology target

US Patent 7968817 Laser weld process for seam welded electrochemical devices

US Patent 7977602 Laser ablation using multiple wavelengths

US Patent 7982160 Photonic clock stabilized laser comb processing

US Patent 7982161 Method and apparatus for laser drilling holes with tailored laser pulses

US Patent 7984547 Method for manufacturing and/or repairing components for gas turbines

US Patent 7985941 Seamless laser ablated roll tooling

US Patent 7987772 Passive heater

US Patent 7989728 Method and device for producing a tear line in a vehicle interior trim part

US Patent 7989729 Detecting and repairing defects of photovoltaic devices

US Patent 7994451 Laser beam processing machine

US Patent 8003914 Butt welding system of steel plate and butt welding method of steel plate

US Patent 8010224 Automatic cutting device and production method for beveled product

US Patent 8013271 Soldering method and apparatus