Class 72/367.1 - Tube making or reshaping

Subclass of Class 72 - Metal deforming
Definition: Process relating to the manufacture or deformation of a
No. of applications: 52
Last issue date: 11/17/2011

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Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20110278868	ENERGY ABSORBER DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME An energy absorber device is provided that includes a generally cylindrical member defining an axis and having an outer surface. One or more axially-spaced, substantially annular members are operatively connected to the generally cylindrical member at the outer surface ...	11/17/2011
20110275145	MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF CELL CRYOPRESERVATION TUBE Manufacturing method of cell cryopreservation tube comprises the steps of providing a metal tubule having an inside wall and an outside wall. Smoothing the inside wall of the metal tubule thereby forming a smooth surface on the inside wall, and the roughness of the smoo...	11/10/2011
20110232355	DYNAMIC LOAD EXPANSION TEST BENCH A method and apparatus for a testing facility for simulating downhole conditions is provided. The testing facility may include a test bench for expanding tubular members having one or more threaded connections. The test bench may also be operable to simulate the expansi...	09/29/2011
20110162750	FLEXIBLE PIPE FOR CONVEYING HYDROCARBONS HAVING A HIGH CORROSION RESISTANCE, AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME A flexible tubular duct for conveying corrosive fluids and used in the filed of petroleum extraction at sea. A flexible tubular duct includes at least one inner carcass (2) and a polymer sealing sheath (3). The inner carcass has a reinforcement metal profi...	07/07/2011
20110083488	BIG CRIMPIN CRIMPER A portable crimping device for crimping around a peripheral edge of at least one sheet metal pipe is disclosed. The device comprises a housing having a top side, a bottom side, a left side plate and a right side plate, a plurality of gear means positioned between the to...	04/14/2011
20110023573	DIE CARRIER ASSEMBLY AND CRIMPING PROCESS A die carrier assembly configured for use in a crimping machine. The assembly includes die carriers disposed in a circumferential arrangement and adapted for radially inward and outward travel. Each die carrier has oppositely-disposed circumferential extents that define...	02/03/2011
20110011149	METHODS TO PROVIDE A FEATURE ON A NEEDLE A gripping surface is provided on an outer surface of a needle shield as incorporated into an intravenous catheter assembly. The gripping surface provides a gripping position nearer the catheter adapter, catheter and needle tip for improved balance and control of the ca...	01/20/2011
20110002433	Water Reactor Fuel Cladding Tube A water reactor fuel cladding tube (4) is described. The tube (4) comprises an outer layer (6) of a first zirconium based alloy and has metallurgically bonded thereto an inner layer (7) of a second zirconium based alloy. The inner layer prote...	01/06/2011
20100323854	Press bars for weightlifting exercises and related methods for using them A press bar for supporting a weight during a weightlifting exercise includes a body that has a first end, a second end, and a body-axis that passes through the first and second ends, wherein the body-axis is substantially horizontal when the press bar lies on a substant...	12/23/2010
20100276407	CONDUIT A conduit constructed from a coiled wire having an oval or elliptical cross-sectional shape....	11/04/2010
20100229996	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A LINED CONDUIT A lined conduit formed by decorrugating a corrugated liner conduit inside a first conduit is described. A method and apparatus for forming the lined conduit are also described. The corrugated liner conduit may be positioned inside the first conduit. Each end portion of ...	09/16/2010
20100180659	Method for Marking a Socket A method is disclosed for marking a socket. The method includes the steps of providing a socket, pressing the socket to make an indented mark, executing thermal treatment on the socket, coloring a portion of the socket near the indented mark to form a printed layer, vib...	07/22/2010
20100147047	Method of Making an Udersea Pipe, the Method Including Peening Assembly Welds Inside the Pipe A method of making undersea steel pipes, by assembling unit pipe elements together end-to-end by welding, the steel or metal alloy weld beads of said welds being disposed on the outside of the pipe, wherein localized peening is performed on the inside of the pipe to inc...	06/17/2010
20100139352	METHOD FOR CR-PLATING OF MANDREL BARS, THE MANDREL BAR, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEAMLESS TUBES USING THE METHOD AND THE MANDREL BAR By using a plating bath containing chromic acid: 100 to 250 g/L, sulfate radical: 3.0 to 5.5 g/L, and a catalyst: 100 to 200% (a weight ratio to the chromic acid content) for conducting electroplating, a Cr-plating film which has an increased film crack density is forme...	06/10/2010
20100139802	HIGH-PRESSURE PIPE ELEMENT HAVING AN ASSEMBLY OF HOOPED TUBES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE The invention relates to a high-pressure pipe element having at least two metal tubes 1, 3 reinforced by hoops 2 and 4, the ends of the tubes being bare. The tubes are assembled end to end by a weld 5 of the bared ends. A sleeve 6 cove...	06/10/2010
20100131045	STENT DESIGNS, MATERIALS AND PROCESSING METHODS Stents and methods for design, usage and manufacture, using novel materials and designs, for example, high yield strength, low Young modulus, cold worked and/or with low elongation requirements....	05/27/2010
20100095734	METHOD OF PERFORMING NON VESSEL SHAPING OPERATIONS DURING VESSEL SHAPING An embodiment of the present invention is a method of performing non-shape forming operations during vessel shaping, the method comprising indexing a cylinder across a pathway of at least one of an operation wheel, the operation wheel further having a plurality of work ...	04/22/2010
20100083783	FORMING PREFORMS AND PARTS THEREFROM A method for forming a component includes forming a workpiece into a hollow preform cylinder concentric with an axis and including an inner surface that extends along the axis, placing within the preform cylinder a mandrel having an outer surface, flow-forming the inner...	04/08/2010
20100065141	TUBING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE An apparatus for conveying fluid comprising a first tube and a second tube. The first tube has a first end and a second end, an inner wall and an outer wall. The inner wall defines a passage for fluid and an outer wall has at least one first receiving section for receiv...	03/18/2010
20100068549	SEAMLESS PRECISION STEEL TUBES WITH IMPROVED ISOTROPIC TOUGHNESS AT LOW TEMPERATURE FOR HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS AND PROCESS FOR OBTAINING THE SAME Process for manufacturing seamless precision steel tubes with improved isotropic toughness at low temperature for hydraulic cylinders comprising the following steps; —(i) providing a steel having a composition comprising 0.06-0.15% by weight of carbon, 0.30-2.5% by we...	03/18/2010
20100068428	Method for Producing Hollow Shaft Base Bodies and Hollow Shaft Base Body Produced Thereby A method of producing a hollow shaft base body including a first step in which a perform (1a) having a transition diameter and a bore (4a) is produced by shaping, and an additional step in which the perform is shaped incrementally to form the...	03/18/2010
20100024508	TUBES AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING TUBES A system and method for producing flat tubes is described and illustrated. The flat tubes can be produced from at least one strip of endless band material having at least one wall part and an inner part formed with corrugations on a roller train provided with roller pai...	02/04/2010
20100012306	Procedure For Manufacture Of A Tube For Conveyance Of A Fluid Of A Heat Exchanger, And Tube Obtained By Such Procedure The present invention concerns a procedure for manufacture of a tube for conveyance of a fluid of a heat exchanger, such tube being of the type presenting a substantially rectangular cross-section, formed by two opposed walls of greater width and two rounded walls of le...	01/21/2010
20100014818	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL CABLE AND CABLE SO MANUFACTURED A method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical cable comprising at least one metal tube housing at least one optical fiber and having a predetermined excess fiber length (EFL) is described. In this method the metal tube is plastically deformed and shortened by a pr...	01/21/2010
20090293980	METALLIC TUBULAR STRUCTURE A metallic tubular structure having an inner surface providing a passage for conveying fluid or vapor, an outer surface, a multi-layer, strength-enhanced first end segment, a multi-layer, strength-enhanced second end segment, and a flexible segment intermediate the mult...	12/03/2009
20090266931	ROLLING DOOR ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS A rolling door assembly includes an axle assembly having an axle extending through a tube to which the door curtain is attached. A plurality of drums extends between the tube and the axle. The cost and weight of the axle assembly can be significantly reduced forming the...	10/29/2009
20090235506	Machine to produce expanded metal spirally lock-seamed tubing from solid coil stock An apparatus for expanding metal and forming tubing combines two metal-forming operations into a single process. Tubing, such as that used for filters, is desirably expanded so that air or liquid may pass thru “diamonds” formed in the tubing. Expanding metal and for...	09/24/2009
20090196704	DEBURRING WELDED PIPE Methods of producing a pipe include curling a skelp into a cylindrical shape by bringing laterally opposed edges of the skelp together to form a seam, butt welding the seam to define the pipe downstream of the skelp, thereby leaving a radially inwardly extending weld be...	08/06/2009
20080245434	Composite Hose with a Corrugated Metal Tube and Method for Making the Same A composite hose is constructed to have an outer peripheral portion and an inner peripheral portion. The outer peripheral portion includes an elastic layer and a reinforcing layer provided on an outer periphery of the elastic layer. The inner peripheral portion includes...	10/09/2008
20080245127	Method Of Forming A Rotary Device The present invention is a method of constructing a rotary device which as an outer hub and an inner hub disposed within the outer hub. One of the inner and outer hubs is rotatable with respect to the other one of the inner and outer hubs about an axis. A ribbon of mate...	10/09/2008
20080216543	Enhanced Press Apparatus A system is disclosed for using a press tool with a limited work output to perform a multi-step press operation to complete a press where the work required for the completed press is greater than the limited work output of the tool. The system includes a press ring actu...	09/11/2008
20080209975	Universal Press for Deforming Pipe Connection Sleeves, and for Other Uses Universal press (1) comprising two crosspieces (7, 8) movable relative to each other in a rectilinear direction (C) with mutual approach and withdrawal movement, to act on a series of crimping inserts (2) disposed to define an annular housing seat (...	09/04/2008
20080196472	Apparatus and method for forming inside surface of tube stock A method for forming a smooth cylindrical inside wall of a tube is described. The tube is heated and a shaped arbor is inserted into the tube. The tube is forced against the arbor to shape the interior of the tube in general conformity to the arbor and the arbor is remo...	08/21/2008
20080196248	Method for Producing an Exhaust-Carrying Device A method of producing an exhaust gas-carrying device in which the gas-carrying device includes at least one insert piece and a cylindrical outer housing is disclosed. The method includes the steps of introducing the insert piece into the outer housing and applying radia...	08/21/2008
20080190165	Hollow Power Transmission Shaft Provided is a hollow power transmission shaft exhibiting an increased strength when a pipe used as a material thereof is machined to make the pipe unlikely to crack during processing. A pipe (P) made of steel is normalized to improve its machinability as a raw material ...	08/14/2008
20080184766	Straightening rotor, rotor straightener and straightening method A straightening rotor is provided with at least two freely positionable balancing means that are essentially arranged symmetrical to a central plane, axially relative to a rotational axis of the straightening rotor. This makes it possible to achieve higher speeds and/or...	08/07/2008
20080173059	Expandable Skin for Restructuring an Inner Lining A skin and a method for restructuring the inner surface of a tube of long length includes manufacturing a skin, in a material with expansion rate greater than 50%, the external surface of which includes a restructuring print determined in order to take into account the ...	07/24/2008
20080110229	MECHANICAL STRESS IMPROVEMENT PROCESS A process for reducing residual tensile stresses in high nickel-chromium alloy nozzle safe-end welds of pressurized water reactor nuclear pressure vessels such as are found at the reactor vessel inlet and outlet nozzles and the pressurizes surge, spray, safety and relie...	05/15/2008
20080091275	NONEXPANDABLE STENT Disclosed herein is a nonexpandable stent and a method of making and deploying the stent. The stent includes a tubular body having a distal portion, a proximal portion, a central longitudinal portion between the distal and proximal portions, and a substantially nonexpan...	04/17/2008
20080053182	RADIAL COMPRESSION MECHANISM WITH OPTIMUM DIE-TO-DIE GAP Radial compression mechanism includes a plurality of dies each having an elongated arcuate body with an outer end pivotally attached to a hinge plate and an inner working tip. The dies are mounted on the hinge plate in an inwardly spiraling orientation with the outer en...	03/06/2008

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