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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7850058 | Superplastic forming of titanium assemblies A method of superplastic forming of titanium packs and an associated assembly is provided. The titanium packs can include sheets having different granular structures so that the different sheets are adapted to superplastically form at different temperatures. One or ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7533794 | Superplastic forming and diffusion bonding of fine grain titanium A method for superplastically forming and/or diffusion bonding a structural member and an associated structural member are provided. The structural member is formed at least partially of titanium, e.g., Ti-6A1-4V, and has a fine grain structure. For example, the gra... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7451907 | Roll bonding of bipolar plates A current collector plate, also called a bipolar plate, for a fuel cell includes two facing metal sheets with fluid channels for the fuel (often hydrogen) on the non-facing side of one sheet and fluid channels for air on the non-facing side of the other sheet. Such ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441691 | Method for the production of parts by means of diffusion bonding and superplastic forming, and mold for carrying out said method A method for producing parts including at least one internal cavity. In the method at least two metal sheets are diffusion bonded; then the bonded metal sheets are bent; and then each of internal cavities is inflated by superplastic forming. The method is carried ou... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7416105 | Superplastically forming of friction welded structural assemblies A method for superplastically forming a preform to manufacture a structural assembly with a contoured configuration is provided. The preform includes first and second structural members in a stacked configuration, with at least one additional peripheral member abutt... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7406849 | Preform, hydroforming method, and hydroformed product A preform with edges overlapped and jointed each other and first and second outer members for forming outer surfaces of a hydroformed product, and reinforcement members that are jointed to the first and second outer members to form reinforcement ribs that divide a h... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7353980 | Process for producing aluminum-containing honeycomb bodies using radiant heaters A method for producing aluminum-containing honeycomb bodies includes providing at least partly structured aluminum-based metal foils. The at least partly structured metal foils are stacked and/or wound to form a honeycomb structure having passages. The metal foils a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7334312 | Method of forming axles with internally thickened wall sections A method for forming a variable wall thickness axle or tube with internally thickened wall sections comprises extruding a tubular metal blank within an elongated die. An elongated punch pushes the blank through the die. The punch has an end abutting and pushing the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333343 | Titanium crash survivable memory unit A high strength, light weight crash survivable memory unit (CSMU). The CSMU includes memory storage devices surrounded by a heat resistive material. A housing surrounds the heat resistive material. The housing includes a plurality of panels that include Titanium. Tw... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7258263 | Bipolar plate fabrication A method for making a current collector plate includes providing a first sheet of material having a first bonding face and a first outer face. A second sheet of material is provided having a second bonding face and a second outer face. A work area is defined on at l... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255260 | Assembly for the manufacture of a hollow mechanical part by diffusion bonding and superplastic forming, use of such an assembly and process for manufacturing such a mechanical part A method for manufacturing an assembly including a stack of at least two primary parts, the primary parts being joined together around their periphery with the exception of a place forming a passage so as to define between the two of them a cavity, and the primary p... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7222912 | Automotive vehicle body with hydroformed cowl An automotive vehicle body includes a generally tubular, hydroformed cowl with integral mounting flanges which are welded to an engine compartment structural member and a cowlside member. The cowl may be hydroformed from several different preforms having both symmet... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7210611 | Formed structural assembly and associated preform and method A superplastically formed structural assembly is provided, as is an associated preform and method for forming such an assembly. The assembly includes a skin member and a support member that are joined to define a space between the members and between the joints. The... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7178711 | Method and device to elongate a solder joint A method and device to elongate a solder joint are provided. The method begins by forming an elongator on a first substrate. The elongator comprises an expander and an encapsulant to encapsulate the expander. A solder joint is formed to connect the first substrate t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170185 | Solvent assisted burnishing of pre-underfilled solder bumped wafers for flipchip bonding The present invention relates to a method for connecting an integrated circuit chip to a circuit substrate. The method includes the step of pre-applying adhesive directly to a bumped side of an integrated circuit chip. The method also includes the steps of removing ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163121 | High temperature isostatic pressure bonding of hollow beryllium pressure vessels using a bonding flange A bond joint and process of bonding metal parts to one another to form seamless, hollow metal articles, particularly made from beryllium. Tooling is assembled to the parts, prior to hot pressing, to cause pressure to be applied to flanges that extend peripherally fr... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7146727 | Multisheet sandwich panel using superplastic forming and adhesive bonding We combine superplastic forming (SPF) with adhesive bonding (AB) to produce quality multisheet sandwich panel structures, especially those using a superplastic aluminum alloy, such as A1 2004, A1 8090, or A1 1570. We produce the parts with improved energy efficiency... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134176 | Superplastic forming and diffusion bonding process A process of forming a structure by diffusion bonding and superplastic forming includes forming a pack from at least one skin sheet and at least one core sheet, placing the pack in a mould and heating it. A gas is injected between the skin sheet and the core sheet t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132721 | Bonding for a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) and MEMS based devices A method of bonding and packaging components of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and MEMS based devices using a Solid-Liquid InterDiffusion (SLID) process is provided. A micro-machine is bonded to a micro-machine chip using bonding materials. A layer of chrom... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119309 | Liquid phase diffusion bonding method for dissimilar metal sheets and liquid phase diffusion bonding apparatus for the same A liquid phase diffusion bonding method for dissimilar metal sheets by allowing a galvanized steel sheet and an aluminum alloy sheet to come into close contact with each other and pressing both sheets by using a first mold of a liquid phase diffusion bonding apparat... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100259 | Method of metallic sandwiched foam composite forming Disclosed is a method of forming metallic composite structures The method utilizes superplastic and quickplastic formation methodologies in conjunction with the use of appended engineered metallic foams to provide energy absorbing materials. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094502 | Methods for transferring holographic images into metal surfaces A method for impressing holographic images or holograms in the surface of metal objects such as aluminum cans, sheet metal or metal foil. The surfaces of metal shims and print rolls bearing holograms are hardened as by coating them with thin amorphous diamond coatin... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7036872 | Vehicle midgate A vehicle midgate includes a generally U-shaped reinforcement member that cooperates with an inner panel and an outer panel to define a cavity for containing a selectively retractable window. The U-shaped reinforcement member has a closed cross section so as to form... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6974070 | Joining of advanced materials by superplastic deformation A method for utilizing superplastic deformation with or without a novel joint compound that leads to the joining of advanced ceramic materials, intermetallics, and cermets. A joint formed by this approach is as strong as or stronger than the materials joined. The me... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6929035 | Thin walled compartmented tubular structure and its manufacturing process Thin walled compartmented tubular structure and its manufacturing process. The elbow or T-shaped structure, includes an external wall (14)and continuous internal walls (22) made in one piece. This therefore materializes, between the inlet (10... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6922882 | Method of joining tubular members A method of joining tubular members together includes the steps of providing an internal tubular member, providing an external tubular member, and heating the external tubular member and/or cooling the internal tubular member. The method also includes the steps of j... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6910619 | Brazing of alumina coated honeycomb and fiber metal Process of brazing an alumina-coated honeycomb and fiber metal material to a substrate, in which a mask material is applied to a portion of the honeycomb and fiber metal prior to deposition of the Al2O3, and the mask material is removed after d... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6903303 | Method and equipment for welding conductors to substrates A method of welding conductors to substrates with a stud attached to the substrate consists in welding to the substrate a stud which has the same composition by volume as the conductor and fastening the conductor to the stud by laser spot welding. ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6883220 | Method for forming a tube-walled article A method for forming an article having a wall that is at least partially fabricated from tubing. The methodology employs a pressurized fluid to deform the tubing such that an outer surface of the tubing substantially conforms to a predetermined first wall configurat... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6820796 | Diffusion bonded multisheet SPF structure A multisheet structure is made using compression diffusion bonding according to the present invention using a CRES template to apply increased pressure in the areas designated for diffusion bonds (DB) to improve the bond quality and to reduce the processing time. Th... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6810572 | Combined superplastic forming and adhesive bonding We combine superplastic forming (SPF) with adhesive bonding (AB) to produce quality multisheet sandwich panel structures, especially those using a superplastic aluminum alloy, such as Al 2004, Al 8090, or Al 1570. We produce the parts with improved energy efficiency... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6739029 | Manufacturing process for a grooved structure and structure obtained by this process A structure (10) in the shape of an aerodynamic panel in which adjacent cells (20a, 20b) are formed by placing a stack of three metal plates in a mold. After diffusion welding of the plates at the required locations, a first variab... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6715667 | Method of joining steel tubes with aluminum ribs In a method for joining a steel tube with an aluminum rib, a zinc-aluminum alloy layer, having an aluminum content of 0.5% by wt. to 20% by wt., is applied to the surface of the steel tube or the aluminum rib, and then a fluxing agent in the form of cesium-aluminum ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6705510 | Valve housing fabrication process enabling complete coverage of joint surfaces with protective coating A value housing having overlapped inner and outer members is fabricated by a process including placing the members in position where one side of the joint is accessible for welding and the opposite side is inaccessible, single welding from the accessible side and br... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6704981 | Superplastic forming method A method of forming sheets of superplastically formable material into a three dimensional article, the sheets being joined together along diffusion bonds to form discrete cells, at least one gas path being provided through the bond between cells. The sheets are heat... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6679417 | Tailored solutionizing of aluminum sheets An efficient and effective process for manufacturing of hardened aluminum components is achieved by coordinating the material preparation steps with the forming steps. The resulting product is a hardened aluminum component with desirable strength characte... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6644535 | Truss core sandwich panels and methods for making same A structural material includes a plurality of discrete, interwoven wires disposed between and fastened to two solid face sheets. Each of the plurality of wires further includes at least two points of contact with each of the two face sheets. Methods for f... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6626351 | Method and apparatus for the manufacturing of structural members By utilizing a roll bonding process and appropriately forming steps, a load bearing structure is created which is capable of handling and appropriately transferring loads. One preferred method includes the combination of roll bonding and hydroforming to e... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6530514 | Method of manufacturing heat transfer tubes The invention relates to a method of manufacturing heat transfer tubes for a heat exchanger such as an automobile radiator. The tubes are preferably formed of copper or a copper alloy. A sheet of the material is folded into a shape that resembles a B and ... | 03/11/2003 |
