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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8097827 | Method for soldering two elements together using a solder material A method for soldering or hybridizing two components including preparing, on opposing surfaces of the components to be welded or hybridized, a wettability surface, depositing on one of the wettability surfaces an appropriate quantity of solder material, constituting... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8053698 | Monitoring and repair method for adhesive bonding A method for monitoring the presence of an adhesive between two metal workpieces includes measuring the depth of indentation made by electric resistance weld electrodes by measuring the advance of the weld electrodes, and comparing the measured depth of indentation ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7868266 | Spot welding system and method for adjusting welding-gun closing speed Spot welding system including a welding gun with an electrode pair actuated by a servo-motor, a robot carrying the welding gun or objective workpieces and operating to change an relative positions and orientations of the welding gun and an workpieces, and a gun moti... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7564005 | Resistance welding fastener electrode and monitor and method of using same A method of monitoring a resistance welding system is provided. The method utilizes a sensor for isolating and determining movement of a pin that typically supports an object to be welded such as a fastener. The movement of the pin is used to determine various prese... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7368680 | Method of producing a plate stack preform for hydrostatic forming A method of producing a plate stack preform, including preparing a reinforcement stack having first and second reinforcing plates, overlapping first and second plates respectively larger in size than the first and second reinforcing plates on the first and second re... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7331439 | Manufacturing plant for parts, particularly vehicle body parts A manufacturing plant (1) is provided for vehicle body parts (2, 3). The manufacturing plant includes a number of processing stations (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), which are situated one behind the other along a transfer line (22), and of a num... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7305923 | Universal boxcar with exterior metal surfaces A universal boxcar is provided with exterior metal surfaces and load carrying capabilities of a conventional uninsulated boxcar and thermal transfer ratings of an insulated boxcar. The boxcar may be formed with interior dimensions corresponding generally with interi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7282664 | Resistance welding fastener electrode A welding assembly is provided for welding a fastener to an object such as a vehicle body panel. The assembly includes a weld gun having first and second electrodes movable relative to one another between an open position and a closed position. The first electrode i... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279141 | Exhaust filter system for non-road engine An exhaust filter system, adapted for removing substances entrained in an exhaust gas from a nonroad engine, includes a casing having a filter cavity for communicating with an exhaust outlet of the generator and a filter core which includes a plurality of filtering ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268319 | Method of metallurgically bonding articles and article therefor An article suitable for metallurgical bonding having a first part having a lower surface, and a second part having an upper surface is disclosed. The lower surface of the first part is disposed at the upper surface of the second part to provide for a faying surface ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265312 | Battery pack and method for constructing same An improved battery pack is proposed. The battery pack includes a housing, and first and second cells disposed in the housing, the first cell having a radius and a periphery. In addition, the battery pack includes a metal strap connecting the first and second cells,... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261044 | Boxcar with load restraint system A boxcar and load restraint system are provided with improved load carrying capabilities and performance characteristics of uninsulated boxcars and insulated boxcars. An insulated boxcar with the load restraint system may have increased load carrying capacity, incre... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259349 | Method for monitoring the quality of spot welding A method for monitoring the quality of spot welding, in particular for robotic applications. Workpieces, such as metal sheets are welded together using spot welding tools. The sheets are placed between at least two electrodes, which are pressed against one another a... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257872 | Electrode tip dresser An electrode tip dresser is disclosed which can dress a pair of electrode tips to a usable state while achieving a desired accuracy of a tip surface of each electrode tip including an angular portion at a peripheral edge of the tip surface, without separating each e... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253374 | Sheet-to-tube welded structure and method Method of welding a metal sheet and metal tubing as well as a welded sheet-to-tube welded structure wherein the tube-to-sheet gage ratio may be reduced to permit use of metal tubing having a reduced wall thickness. One or more intermediate metal bridging members is/... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7237709 | Method of manufacturing an article by diffusion bonding and superplastic forming Two metal blocks (50, 52) are welded to respective metal sheets (30, 32) to form sealed assemblies. The sealed assemblies are then diffusion bonded together to form two metal preforms (54, 56). The thick ends (36) and (40) of the m... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230959 | Tunable laser with magnetically coupled filter Laser apparatus and methods that permit actuation of a tuning element via a magnetically coupled drive assembly, and which provide for isolation of contamination-sensitive optical surfaces within a hermetically sealed enclosure with a magnetically coupled drive asse... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225530 | Connector press A connector press provides for learning a specified connector pressed position, adjusting a force based threshold, and simultaneously pressing multiple connector types into a circuit board. The force based threshold may be adjusted via a slider bar on a user interfa... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220935 | Welding torch and shield A welding torch (10) for welding on a component has an electrode (12) within a nozzle (14) through which a flow of gas passes. A shield (20) defines an enclosure (22) around the nozzle (14). Means are provided for supplying ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221078 | Spark plug with improved noble metal chip In a spark plug composed of a center electrode and an earth electrode, at least one of confronting portions of the center electrode and the earth electrode which are in opposed relation to each other is constructed with a noble metal chip containing Pt as a principa... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210413 | Universal boxcar A universal boxcar is provided with load carrying capabilities of a conventional uninsulated boxcar and temperature ratings of an insulated boxcar. The insulated boxcar may be formed with interior dimensions corresponding generally with interior dimensions of an uni... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197933 | Ultrasonic sensor for controlling the process during resistance spot welding A sensor carrier is provided that has at least one oscillating element (32) that introduces ultrasonic waves into an area to be examined and/or receives ultrasonic waves coming from the area to be examined, whereby the oscillating element (32) is locat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7180027 | Method of applying activatable material to a member There is disclosed a method of applying activatable material to a member of an article of manufacture such as an automotive vehicle. According the method, the activatable material is provided to an applicator followed by applying the activatable material to the memb... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175204 | Method of hydroforming articles and the articles formed thereby A hydroformable frame element is formed from the combination of at least two elements. The at least two elements are designed with a partially overlapping region, with an annular space defined within the overlapping region. The annular space is filled with adhesive,... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7148444 | Method and system for resistance seam welding of a foil and at least one foil support of a fuel cell system A method and a system for resistance seam welding of a foil and at least one foil support of a fuel cell system. During welding, the thin foil, together with the thicker foil support, is moved relative to the roller electrode while resting on a flat support element.... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148445 | Process for manufacturing a tie rod housing A process for manufacturing a tie rod housing formed of a tie rod head (1) and a shaft element (2) fastened thereto. The tie rod head (1) receives its final shape by a mechanical machining process after the manufacture of the tie rod housing bla... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141754 | Method for repairing defects in a conductive substrate using welding A method for repairing defects in a substrate including the steps of placing a consumable filler slug in contact with the substrate in the vicinity of the defect; placing at least one electrically conductive cover sheet in contact with a portion of the consumable fi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7138600 | Automatic pulse plasma welding method and apparatus for forming lap joint between membrane sheets Disclosed herein is an automatic pulse plasma welding method and apparatus for forming a lap joint between membrane sheets, which applies plasma welding to a lap joint between membrane sheets to improve working efficiency and productivity, and which provides optimal... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138598 | Apparatus and method for accommodating part mismatch during joining A method of joining a pair of overlapping workpieces, the method includes: inserting a filler material between the pair of overlapping workpieces; applying a pressure to at least one of the workpieces so that the filler material is crushed; and joining the two workp... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7126078 | Sub-micron adjustable mount for supporting a component and method An arrangement is provided including an electrode extending to an electrode tip for contacting a workpiece. A welding configuration of the electrode tip is established by exposing the electrode tip to a selected welding environment for use in forming a weld having a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126079 | Method for repairing a hole in a metallic workpiece A workpiece structure having a hole therein is repaired by preparing a stack having a first confinement sheet, a first donor sheet, a workpiece structure having a hole therein, a plug of a plug material in the hole, optionally a second donor sheet, and a second conf... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126077 | Resistance welding of high strength steels The formation of spot welds in high strength steel workpieces is improved by using welding electrodes with annular, or donut shaped welding tips for the formation of the molten metal weld pool at the weld site. The annular poll solidifies to form an annular weld nug... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126076 | Method for repairing defects in a metallic substrate using welding A method for repairing defects in a metallic substrate including the steps of placing a consumable filler slug in contact with the substrate in the vicinity of the defect; bringing a first electrode and a second electrode in contact with the consumable slug and appl... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121952 | Method and apparatus for laser welding of flat stamped fasteners and resulting clip A pneumatic or manual impact operated nailer requires fasteners in a clip, typically of about 100 fasteners. The invention provides uniform well-bonded fasteners in a clip for use in a pneumatic or manual nailer, the clips being adhesive-free. In addition, this inve... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105769 | Method of specifying and designing welding guns A method of specifying components in order to design and evaluate a weld gun configuration. A visual representation of the type of welding gun to be designed is provided along with a plurality of menus with user selectable options, such as dimensional specifications... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7075028 | Sub-micron adjustable mount for supporting a component and method Attaching an attachment surface of an electrically conductive workpiece to an electrically conductive support surface is described. In one aspect, a biasing force is distributed at least partially around a weld region of the workpiece to urge the attachment surface ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075029 | Method for assembling a vehicle body The method for assembling a vehicle body according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a floor assembly key-welding process for affixing a center floor and a rear floor together through a tack welding; a floor assembly respot process for forming a fl... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060929 | Sheet-to-tube resistance spot welding using servo gun A method of spot welding a sheet overlapped to a tube with a servomotor-driven electrode applying a clamping force to the sheet. Over a first clamping time interval, the clamping force is increased to a first force level, at which point a welding current is applied ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055388 | Ultrasonic sensor system for horizontally polarized transversal waves The invention relates to an ultrasonic sensor system, especially for controlling a resistance welding process. Said system comprises at least one receiver which is used to detect the ultrasonic signals from the area to be examined. At least two piezoelectric sensors... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053330 | Projection weld-bonding system and method A method of welding and a projection weld bond system is disclosed. A first workpiece is provided that is made of a material that conducts electricity, and a second workpeiece is provided that is made of a material that conducts electricity and has a plurality of pr... | 05/30/2006 |
