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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7469455 | Apparatus for performing stamping and/or milling, welding and/or bonding operations on large area, three-dimensional plastics parts An apparatus for sequentially effected performance of stamping and milling, welding and/or bonding operations on large area parts, e.g. fenders for motor vehicles, includes a holder for the plastic parts is stationary, as well as an underneath tool and an upper tool... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7418773 | Punch and drill machine for a structural angle A machine is provided for making holes in the legs of a structural angle oriented lengthwise along the X-axis of a mutually orthogonal X, Y, and Z-axis coordinate system. The machine includes a first or main frame, a second frame moveable along the Y-axis relative t... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7383622 | Adjusting device for adjusting the length of a blank for a forging machine An adjusting device for adjusting the length of a blank for a forging machine is provided. The device includes a cutter mounted on a support; an adjustment seat disposed movably on the support; a stop member fixed to the adjustment seat to stop and abut against an e... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7370397 | Tool kit and method for repairing a damage vehicle body member with a hem flange A method and kit for repairing vehicle door skins by reorienting vehicle hem flanges from a closed orientation to an open orientation to allow removal of a damaged door skin from a door frame and replacing with a new door skin with an open orientation hem flange tha... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7360290 | Method of manufacturing rocker arm The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a rocker arm, having a process of rough processing, in which a metallic stock is subjected to compression-forming by cold forging to form a connecting portion, side wall lower portions of two side wall portion... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343772 | Device for applying outer skin to an automotive door frame A device for applying an outer skin to an automotive frame. The device comprises at least one member formed from a preselected material and having a predetermined shape and a substantially U-shaped notch formed closely adjacent a first end of the at least one member... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7303160 | System and method for processing waste on a continuous basis A system for processing waste on a continuous basis comprises an infeed assembly, a vessel held at a non-ambient pressure and/or temperature, and an outfeed assembly. The infeed assembly includes: a sleeve where waste is delivered; a gate construction that moves bet... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7260970 | Hot forge forming facility A hot forge forming facility includes at least a material supply device, a heating device, a guiding device and a punching device. The material supply device carries a continuous supply of metal material in rolls. The heating device heats and softens the metal mater... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257873 | Method for manufacturing hand guards The present invention addresses an ATV clamp assembly. The clamp assembly includes a central body having a handlebar leg and a hand guard leg, a handlebar clamp pivotally connected to the handlebar leg and removably clamped to the ATV's handlebar and a hand guard me... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7168364 | Method and apparatus for marking workpieces A method and an apparatus are provided for marking a sheet-shaped workpiece using a marking tool. The marking tool is mounted in a punch holder of a punch press and a counter-support is fixed in place on a side opposite of a marking surface of the workpiece to be ma... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7096558 | Method of manufacturing golf club head A method of manufacturing a golf club head comprises: hot forging a material of a beta titanium alloy into the face plate, slow cooling the forged face plate; and assembling a golf club head from the face plate and other component(s). ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7040001 | Metal encaustic tile making machine A metal encaustic tile making machine includes a machine base, a corrugation forming roller unit controlled to corrugate a continuous sheet of metal sheet material into a corrugated metal sheet, an angle forming unit controlled to stamp the corrugated metal sheet in... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7013594 | Pivoting split shot attachment and removal tool A fishing tool is designed to attach and remove split shot to/from fishing line. The tool comprises a top member, which is a flexible bowed strip of spring metal, pivotally connected to a base member, which is a rigid strip of sheet metal. The top member comprises a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010880 | Split shot attachment and removal tool A fishing tool designed to attach and remove split shot to/from fishing line is disclosed. The tool comprises a top member, which is a flexible bowed strip of spring metal, pivotally connected to a base member, which is a rigid strip of sheet metal. Split shot is at... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6968665 | Pool grating and a method of installation A grate for a swimming pool structure is constructed by placing a multiple of grate bars in an elevated position above the gutter which is parallel to the pools edge including any curvatures. The grate bars follow the curvatures of the pool's edge. When in the eleva... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6935021 | Method for the plastic molding of the hub recess for fast running turbine component A method for plastic molding of a hub recess for a fast-running turbine component is provided. The plastic molding of the hub recess occurs by hydraulic expansion, by way of a hydraulic fluid introduced into the hub recess of the turbine component under high pressur... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6912776 | Pierce nut installation apparatus A pierce nut installation apparatus having a feed passage, a plunger passage and a plunger which reciprocates through the plunger passage to engage and install a pierce nut in a panel opposite the plunger passage, wherein the end of the plunger passage includes a nu... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6802289 | Valve timing control system for internal combustion engine A valve timing control system for an internal combustion engine includes a housing having and a cover member mounted thereto, a phase adjusting mechanism accommodated in the housing to hydraulically change the rotation phase of a crankshaft and a camshaft, a supply/... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6792786 | Fabrication method of metal shell of spark plug A fabrication method of a metal shell to be installed on a park plug is provided which is made up of a small-diameter portion, a large-diameter portion, and a wrapping portion. The wrapping portion is to be wrapped by staking about the spark plug to achieve installa... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6779441 | Automatic metal printer Disclosed is an automatic metal printer which prints a camera-photographed and computer-processed image on a surface of a hard material, such as a metal sheet, through a dot matrix printing type method wherein brightness of the printed image is expressed in accordan... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6745468 | Method of manufacturing a boat steering wheel with finger grip indentations A formed stainless steel steering wheel is produced by a process that includes starting with a linear stock of round tubing which is then formed into a generally circular shape with an oval-shaped cross-section. The two ends of the curved tubing are then welded toge... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6688001 | Method and apparatus of working plain bearing There is provided a method of working a plain bearing and a working apparatus of the plain bearing, which make it easy to perform working by forming a plurality of inclined surfaces of different angles in portions on both sides of the inner peripheral sur... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6665926 | Method and apparatus for improved valve seating of a fuel injector by coining and a valve made thereby A method for making a valve assembly is disclosed. The method includes providing a first work piece having a longitudinal axis and a first end and providing a second work piece having a surface. The method also includes disposing the first work piece and ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6557244 | Wafer level board/card assembly apparatus An integrated wafer level board/card assembly method combines wafer level packaging, testing and assembly process. The integrated process includes the steps of first wafer sorting, laser repairing, second wafer sorting, wafer level burn-in, wafer level pa... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6341409 | Clip disk assembly for carrying candle wick eyelets A clip disk assembly according to the invention includes an adapter hub which attaches to the motor of an existing crimping machine and a plurality of clip disks, each being removably attachable to the adapter hub. Each clip disk is provided with a differ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6266858 | Apparatus for manufacturing a header pipe The end faces of the edge portions of a flat plate, which have been respectively cut into a given shape according to a trimming operation, are then respectively face-struck into a linear shape. Also, in the trimming operation, each of the edge portions of... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6193788 | Electric dust collecting apparatus and manufacturing method of the same An electric dust collecting apparatus includes at least one needle electrode for charging floating particles in air by generating a corona discharge around needle points; at least one collecting electrode provided on cell-liked arrangement corresponding t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6128811 | Apparatus and method for forming table aprons An apron forming apparatus and method for bending and joining the ends of a pair of apron half segments includes a series of four apron support surfaces lying in a common plane. A clamping arrangement is mounted on each of the apron support surfaces for s... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6039788 | Melting and casting of high purity chromium with controlled oxygen content The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing high purity chromium suitable for deposition onto a semiconductor wafer or other substrate by sputtering. The process increases productivity, expands melting capability and provides consistent hig... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5943757 | One-step insertion die for a threaded fitting An insertion die for the installation of an internally-threaded flange into a drum head by means of a single stroke cycle of a cooperating press includes components arranged for piercing a hole in the drum head and crimping a raised embossment which is fo... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5876525 | Bobbin body and process for producing the same In order to simplify the production of a nigh-resistance bobbin body made of an aluminum alloy, the following process steps are performed: (a) extruding or flow extruding an essentially cylindrical bobbin blank; (b) cutting the bobbin blank to a length in... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5852859 | Method and apparatus for making piston rings A method and apparatus for making non-circular piston rings which will precisely sealably conform to the cylinder wall of an internal combustion engine. In accordance with the method of the invention a metal strip of special cross-sectional configuration ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5842267 | Method and apparatus for forming parts of a predetermined shape from a continuous stock material The present invention provides a method and apparatus for forming a plurality of parts, such as spade-type boring bits, from a continuous stock material. Thus, the various steps of the forming method of the present invention can be performed to predetermi... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5775215 | Machine tool equipped with marking apparatus A machine tool system includes a machine tool and a marking apparatus. The marking apparatus can mark parts-data on workpiece parts at high speed, without occupying any tool mounting station and without having any limitation in the number, the sequence di... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5766044 | Multiple-post connectors and method of making multiple-post connectors Connectors having multiple posts upstanding from a common cross-connection bus are produced by a method that includes the steps of making an extrusion that encompasses the end projection of the connector including the bus and the posts, and then using hol... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5722139 | Installation apparatus for attaching a fastener to a panel An improved installation apparatus and method of attaching a female fastener element, such as a self-riveting nut fastener, to a metal panel, wherein a small hole is first formed in the panel and the annular riveting portion of the fastener is driven thro... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5685051 | Method and apparatus for aligning battery lugs Apparatus and method to prepare battery plate lugs for use with automated machines for cast on operations. The apparatus comprises an anvil having top and opposite side walls for receiving a battery cell including a plurality of plates with lugs attached ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5669128 | Index-feed machining system An index-feed machining system comprising a plurality of machining units, each having a cassettes having a plurality of machining means and detachably fitted to a machining unit proper, disposed at intervals of mP (m being a given positive integer, and P ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5608965 | Method of making electrical connectors Elongated generally rectangular in-section conductive metal bar stock is formed by extrusion to form a post type electrical bus connector. The shorter dimension is approximately the diameter of the posts to be formed, while the longer dimension is approxi... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5603153 | Methodology for forming stamped sheet metal parts of complex configuration A method and apparatus for forming sheet metal parts of complex configuration and/or sheet metal parts including inherent joints. The part is formed in a continuous run through a stamping press wherein a strip of sheet metal is moved incrementally and con... | 02/18/1997 |
