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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120070272 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR SEALING ELEMENTS A method for producing metallic elements, and more particularly sealing elements, wherein a sheet metal strip or a foil strip having a predefinable length, width, and thickness is generated and the sheet metal strip or foil strip is formed to obtain a tube, the mutually... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120042995 | Method for the Manufacture of an Aluminium Alloy Plate Product Having Low Levels of Residual Stress This relates to a method of the manufacture of a thick gauge aluminum alloy plate having reduced level of residual stress. The method includes (a) providing a solution heat-treated and quenched aluminum alloy plate having a thickness of at least 80 mm, (b) stress-reliev... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120015118 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE COLOR OF METALS A method and a device are disclosed for changing the color of a metal surface in a given part of the electromagnetic spectrum. It is achieved by creating a surface relief as an array of raised or indented repeated elements without breaking the continuity of the metal su... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110280683 | SCREW OR NUT WITH A THREAD A PITCH OF WHICH VARIES AND TOOL TO PRODUCE SAID SCREW OR NUT The distribution of load stresses on threads engaged with a standard screw or nut is very unequal. Indeed, the first threads in engagement support a large majority of the load. So if the load is too important, the threads give way and the function is not provided any mo... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110252853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPACTING A CIGS THIN FILM IN A NON-VACUUM ENVIRONMENT A method and an apparatus for compacting a CIGS thin film in a non-vacuum environment are provided. According to the present invention, a substrate having a CIGS light absorbing layer configured thereon is processed with a soft baking process. Then, a pneumatic cylinder... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110222643 | CLADDING TUBE FOR NUCLEAR FUEL ROD, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A CLADDING TUBE A cladding tube for nuclear fuel made from metal and including concave dimples on its external surface. A nuclear fuel assembly includes at least a plurality of nuclear fuel rods provided with such cladding tubes. The cladding tube is advan... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110212379 | METHOD OF FORMING A FUEL CELL SHEET An example method of forming a fuel cell sheet includes flattening a screen to form a sheet that has a plurality of apertures operative to communicate a fluid within a fuel cell.... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110174473 | Methods of forming enhanced-surface walls for use in apparatae for performing a process, enhanced-surface walls, and apparatae incorporating same This invention relates generally to: (1) methods of forming enhanced-surface walls (20) for use in apparatae (e.g., heat transfer devices, fluid mixing devices, etc.) for performing a process, (2) to enhanced-surface walls per se, and (3) to various apparatae inc... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110129381 | HIGH-TENSILE STEEL WITH EXCELLENT WELDABILITY AND TOUGHNESS AND WITH TENSILE STRENGTH OF 550 MPA CLASS OR MORE AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF THE SAME The present invention provides a high-tensile steel material having a tensile strength of the 550 MPa class or more which can simultaneously raise the strength and toughness of the heat affected zone of weld to equal those of the matrix and a method of production of the... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110107722 | Spacer tube for an insulated glazing, as well as device and method for production of the spacer tube, and insulated glazing having a spacer frame composed of such spacer tubes The present invention relates to a spacer tube (1) for the production of spacer frames for multi-pane insulated glazing having at least two glass panes, having a tube wall (2) that has a visible wall (6), a bottom wall (7) that lies opposite ... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110039121 | Aluminum strip for lithographic printing plate carriers and the production thereof A method for producing aluminum strips for lithographic printing plate supports, wherein the aluminum strip is produced from a rolling ingot, which after optional homogenizing is hot-rolled to a thickness of 2 mm to 7 mm and cold-rolled to a final thickness of 0.15 mm t... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110011143 | OPERATING METHOD FOR A COLD-ROLLING LINE TRAIN WITH IMPROVED DYNAMICS In a multi-staged cold-rolling line, a strip is rolled. An actual rolling force of a last rolling stage of the cold-rolling line is detected and fed to a force control unit which determines a control parameter using the actual rolling force and a target rolling force an... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100282375 | Method of Fabricating a Uranium-Bearing Foil Methods of fabricating a uranium-bearing foil are described. The foil may be substantially pure uranium, or may be a uranium alloy such as a uranium-molybdenum alloy. The method typically includes a series of hot rolling operations on a cast plate material to form a thi... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100258218 | HIGH-STRENGTH TWIP STEEL SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present invention features a high-strength and light TWIP steel sheet which can be used to manufacture vehicle body parts, and a method of manufacturing the same.... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100242566 | METHOD FOR A OPERATING A ROLLING MILL TRAIN WITH CURVATURE RECOGNITION In a multi-stand rolling mill train, a strip successively runs through individual rolling stands. The strip—always as seen in relation to a rolling centre line—is threaded into each of the rolling stands with known respective head offset and inlet-side head pitch, a... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100218576 | OPERATING METHOD FOR INTRODUCING A PRODUCT TO BE ROLLED INTO A ROLL STAND OF A ROLL MILL, CONTROL DEVICE, DATA CARRIER, AND ROLL MILL FOR ROLLING A STRIP-TYPE PRODUCT TO BE ROLLED A roll mill for rolling a product has a roll stand with working rolls and a control device. The product has a head part and is moved towards the stand at a product head part speed. The working rolls form a rolling gap. The control device controls the stand such that, be... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100192723 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POT-SHAPED HOUSING PART, AND A POT-SHAPED HOUSING PART, ESPECIALLY FOR A HUB PART OF A HYBRID DRIVE A method for producing a pot-shaped housing part, especially for a hub part of a hybrid drive, the housing part having a bottom and a wall extending away from the bottom, and an outer face of the wall extending at least approximately up to an outer face of the bottom, w... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100192660 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A STATE OF A ROLLING STOCK, PARTICULARLY A NEAR-NET STRIP In a method and a control device for adjusting a state of a rolling stock, particularly a near-net strip, defined at least by an out-of-parallel condition and/or a curvature of the rolling stock, the rolling stock is transitioned from an initial into an intermediate sta... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100150482 | LOW-FRICTION SLIDE MEMBER, PRODUCTION APPARATUS THEREFOR AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a low-friction sliding member having a sliding surface slidable relative to an opposing member via an oil, wherein the sliding surface has a plurality of texture groups, each of the texture groups consi... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100109415 | MODULAR SEAT BACK A vehicle seat back having a vehicle seat back frame and a method of producing the seat back frame can be used in multiple vehicles and includes a stamped first vertical frame member having a varying depth u-shaped and a roll formed second frame member having a constant... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100095729 | Rounding System and Method Used in the Manufacture of Conical or Cylindrical Structures A can rounding system and method that uses arms that are able to maintain cans in a concentric arrangement during the welding process. The arms enable the can rounding system to maintain the concentric positions in order to achieve improved circular dimensions and incre... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100092331 | WEATHER-RESISTANT HOT-ROLLED STEEL SHEET SUPERIOR HIGH-STRENGTH, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD There are provided a high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent weather resistance used for containers and a method of manufacturing the same. A high-strength hot-rolled steel sheet having excellent weather resistance includes, by weight: C: 0.05 to 0.07%, Mn... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100086803 | Hot-formed profile A method for producing a metal profile includes producing a metal component from a semi-finished product or a blank by a hot forming and hardening process and bending the metal component along at least one bending edge. Bending is simplified according to the invention i... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100083722 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ROLL FORMING PROFILES WITH CHANGEABLE CROSS-SECTION The invention relates to a device for bending flat semi-finished products into a profile having a changeable cross-section along the length thereof˜comprising at least one roll stand having profiling units in form of rollers and/or matrices. The semi-finished product c... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100064749 | COLD ROLLED MATERIAL MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT AND COLD ROLLING METHOD Cold rolled material manufacturing equipment comprises: an unwinding device (21a) for unwinding a hot rolled coil after acid pickling; joining means (23), disposed on the exit side of the unwinding device, for joining the tail end of a preceding coi... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100050727 | Rolling Mill and Method for Controlling a Rolling Mill A rolling mill, in particular, a cold strip tandem rolling mill, for producing a metal strip, with a number of stands is arranged in a tandem path, wherein, in a direction of production of the metal strip, a first stand is designed as driving stand and serves as inlet f... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100031727 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF MULTI-GAUGE STRIPS The present invention provides a method of producing a multi-gauge strip which has a thick portion and a thin portion which are continuously disposed along its length. The method of producing multi-gauge strips consisting of a relatively thick portion and a relatively t... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100031723 | ROLLING METHOD FOR A STRIP A strip has a strip head and a strip leg. It is rolled, beginning at the strip head, in a roll stand of a rolling device between an upper and a lower roller arrangement of the roll stand. It is monitored whether the strip foot reaches a switching point located, viewed i... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100024513 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING TEMPER ROLLING ON STEEL STRIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH TENSILE-STRENGTH COLD ROLLED STEEL SHEET Temper rolling at a total elongation percentage of 0.1% or more is performed on a steel strip using a temper rolling mill in which at least one roll stand having high roughness work rolls, the center-line averaged roughness Ra of which being in the range of 3.0 to 10.0 ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100024928 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLAT PRODUCTS MADE OF ALUMINUM ALLOYS A method of producing flat products in aluminum alloys comprising:
| 02/04/2010 |
| 20100018281 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PLUG USED TO PIERCE AND ROLL METAL MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL PIPE AND PLUG USED TO PIERCE AND ROLL METAL MATERIAL A plug material having a prescribed shape is prepared, the prepared plug material is thermally treated in a heat treatment atmosphere that contains at least 1.0 vol. % oxygen at a heat treatment temperature of at least 950° C. and less than 1050° C. and thus a plug ha... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100005848 | Method for producing duplex stainless steel pipe, method for straightening, method for regulating strength, and method for operating straightener In straightening a duplex stainless steel pipe on a multi-roll pipe straightener, the value of A defined by the formula (1) is set to not more than 2.0% when it is not necessary to improve the mechanical strength of the pipe, and the value of A is set to more than 2.0% ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100005844 | CONTROLLING ARRANGEMENT FOR A ROLLING STAND AND ITEMS CORRESPONDING THERETO A regulation device (7) for a rolling stand (2) has a force regulator (8) and a position regulator (9) mounted underneath the force regulator. During operation of the regulation device, a rolling force target value (F*) and a rolling force ac... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100003076 | TOLERANCE RING A tolerance ring includes a curved strip having first and second ends. Additionally, the tolerance ring includes a plurality of projections formed on the curved strip, and a physical connection between the first and second ends such that the curved strip forms a closed ... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100003540 | MULTILAYER STEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MULTILAYER STEEL Disclosed is a multilayered steel composite which compatibly achieves properties such as strength and ductility that are incompatible in conventional steels and is excellent in strength, ductility, weldability, toughness and fatigue strength. Also, disclosed is a method... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090301158 | Method for folding an edge of a sheet component in particular a sheet component of a motor vehicle chassis According to the invention, folding a sheet edge at high folding speed with no faults may be achieved, wherein a conically contoured folding roller is used with an inclined attitude to the direction of movement thereof, firstly engaging the edge of the sheet for folding... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090286622 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A golf club head has a hollow structure comprising a main body member and a face member. The face member is made of an unidirectionally rolled plate of a titanium alloy having alpha phase crystals. The rolled direction of the unidirectionally rolled plate is inclined at... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090275425 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME A method for manufacturing a golf club head having a hollow structure composed of a main body-member and a metal face member welded thereto, comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a rolled material having a constant thickness; (b) cutting out a face member part or blank ... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090269160 | Loosening Preventive Fastener for Screw Tool, and Manufacturing Method and Manufacturing Apparatus Therefor A loosening preventive fastener for a screw tool formed in a relatively simple structure, easily manufacturable at low cost by mass production, and capable of easily and securely preventing a screw tool from being loosened as a fastener for a screw tool miniaturized or ... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090256369 | ENERGY ABSORBING BEAM WITH CONTROLLED CRUSH CHARACTERISTICS An energy absorbing beam structure has controlled crush characteristics. The beam is an elongated structure in which at least a portion of the length of the beam is configured so that a cross section taken transverse to the length of the beam defines a first sidewall, a... | 10/15/2009 |
