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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151434 | Method of grinding a brake disk mounting surface with an annular recess using an inclined grinding wheel A brake disk mounting surface is ground by bringing it into contact with an annular grinding wheel, while an inner ring having the brake disk mounting surface is rotated around its center axis, in a state where a part of the annular grinding wheel overlaps with a re... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151435 | Method for forging a spindle housing A manufacturing method includes shearing or cutting an elongated rod blank from bar stock, forge-forming a through hole in the rod blank that extends longitudinally through opposing ends of the rod blank, forge-forming a radially-extending collar on the rod blank be... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8112870 | Bone screw and method for manufacturing the same A faceted bone screw and a method for manufacturing the same includes a screw thread configuration having facets that are substantially transverse to the thread. The facets are generally made up of a plurality of transitioning peaks and valleys which vary the depth ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8087150 | Method for shaping a lens by cutting out A method of shaping an optical lens (100) includes at least one operation of edging along a desired outline that includes cutting through the material of the lens (100) includes a cutting-out tool (637). Cutting out includes a plurality of passe... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8046902 | Method for the production of a connection flange A method for the production of an annular connection flange includes producing the annular connection flange from an element in the form of a circular ring. The element in the form of a circular ring has a substantially triangular profile. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8028395 | Method for manufacturing high flow insufflation needle stylet A method for forming a high flow insufflation needle stylet having distal, intermediate and proximal sections includes providing a flat sheet of metal and forming pilot holes in the sheet proximate opposed edges of the sheet. A profile of a flat pattern of the style... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024851 | Method of producing a radially expandable prosthesis A method for producing a radially expandable prosthesis by cutting a pattern in a tubular member, which member has an outer diameter at least as great as the expanded diameter of the prosthesis. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7992282 | Reversible flange plate methods Methods of refinishing differently configured brakes are disclosed that include constructing a reversible flange plate by forming a body with a hollow bore extending through the center of the body, installing rings adjacent a hollow bore in the body, and manipulatin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7918011 | Method for providing radiopaque nitinol alloys for medical devices A radiopaque nitinol medical device such as a stent for use with or implantation in a body lumen is disclosed. The stent is made from a superelastic alloy such as nickel-titanium or nitinol, and includes a ternary element selected from the group of chemical elements... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913374 | Processing method for brake rotor-equipped wheel bearing devices An outer member and an inner member constituting a wheel bearing device are assembled and the brake rotor is fixed to the hub ring of the inner member. In this state, the pad slide surfaces of the brake rotor are lathed with the reference provided by a wheel pilot e... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908733 | Method for manufacturing injection hole member A lead hole is formed in a base material of an injection hole member with a straight punch, and then, a taper hole is formed in the base material by widening the lead hole with a taper punch. An intersection line between a virtual plane perpendicular to a central ax... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7845061 | Low clearance centralizer and method of making centralizer A bow-spring centralizer includes a center assembly having a plurality of bow springs and a pair of generally tubular moving collars secured one to each end of each bow spring, the center assembly formed intermediate a pair of generally tubular stop collars. Each mo... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7836573 | Method of machining a part A method and apparatus are provided for total profile machining of a part, such as from a block of thermoplastic polymer. A first side of the part is machined together with an encircling recess. A registration/potting fixture is placed into the encircling recess. Th... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7814641 | Method of forming a power tool A method of forming a power tool includes forming and balancing an armature by securing a lamination stack having slots therein on an armature shaft securing a commutator on one end of the armature shaft, winding magnet wires in the slots in the lamination stack and... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814640 | Manufacturing method of die for manufacturing liquid ejecting head, and material block used in the same In order to manufacture a die for forming recesses in a metallic plate which are adapted to be pressure generating chambers in a liquid ejecting head, it is prepared a metallic block adapted to allow a plurality of dies arrayed in a first direction to be cut out, an... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7735210 | Process of machining inner or outer joint parts with parallel pairs of tracks A process of machining outer joint parts (11) and inner joint parts (21) of constant velocity universal ball joints, which outer joint parts (11) and inner joint parts (21) each comprise a longitudinal axis and a number of ball tracks ( | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721409 | Cold formed differential housing with integrated ring gear A method for making a differential housing having a ring gear integrally formed therein includes the steps of providing a differential housing having an annular rim integrally preformed therein; supporting the differential housing between upper and lower halves of a... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7703190 | Tooling system and method A tooling system includes a plurality of elements arranged in an array, each element being moveable longitudinally relative to the other elements in the array and having a first end. The system further includes a device, adapted to adjust the relative longitudinal p... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7690098 | Method of manufacturing a face with different thickness distribution A method of manufacturing a face with different thickness distribution is cutting a slice metal board with predestination shape from a metal board and stamping the slice metal board into an uneven metal board with predestination shape of rough and uneven on it then,... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681300 | Method of broaching a work-piece A device for centering a work piece with respect to a centerline of a tool includes a radially-stationary component rigidly secured with respect to the tool such that the radially-stationary component and the tool are concentric. A biasing mechanism is biased away f... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7653980 | Spin milled grooves for a golf club The present invention is directed to a method of forming a golf club head with an improved striking surface. The grooves are machined into the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves have sharp edges, radiused ends, and a draft angle between about 2° and ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7647687 | Method of manufacturing a stent A stent, an intermediate article in the manufacture of a stent, and a method of forming a stent from a workpiece are disclosed. A portion of the wall thickness of a workpiece may be removed, demarcating the structural framework of a stent from the remainder of the w... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7627940 | Orbital hole match drilling Methods are disclosed for producing a hole in a work-piece having first and second layers of material. The first layer of material contains a full-sized hole through the first layer of material. The first layer of material is positioned adjacent the second layer of ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7617586 | Method of manufacturing metal accessory for a sports shoe Metal accessory for a sports shoe of the buckle type, comprising a decoration and/or gripping zone (10) on its upper surface (2), wherein this decoration and/or gripping zone (10) comprises reliefs formed by the intersection of at least two non-... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7607211 | Device for producing plates designed for a fast prototyping process, method for machining and assembling said plates and resulting plates and prototype workpieces A device for producing plates made of metal, plastic or a metallo-plastic composite material, including thermofusible, thermoplastic and thermosettable materials, by machining with a machining tool in a fast prototyping process, includes a plate mold integrated in t... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7584531 | Method of manufacturing a golf club head with a variable thickness face A method of manufacturing a golf club head with a variable thickness face having a central thickened region surrounded by a transition region tapering from the central thickened region to a thinner peripheral region. The method includes locating a ball end mill revo... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7581302 | Solenoid valve combining a core and cartridge in a single piece A magnetic gap in a solenoid core is formed by a non-magnetic brazing material bonded into a groove encircling the core in the region of the magnetic gap. A bore through a single piece core and valve cartridge is dimensioned to intersect the brazing material and rem... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7578045 | Method of manufacturing a trunnion A trunnion for toroidal continuously variable transmission, includes: an oblique surface, a bottom surface, an inclining shaft having an end surface and an inclining end surface, a pivot hole, an inner flat plane, and a crossing lubrication hole. The trunnion is obt... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7552521 | Method and apparatus for improved baffle plate An apparatus related to plasma chambers used for processing semiconductor substrates and specifically to improvements in pumping baffle plates used in plasma sources. An apparatus and method for making a baffle plate assembly formed from a modified baffle plate blan... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7546670 | Method for producing thermally matched probe assembly A method to fabricate a high density, minimal pitch, thermally matched contactor assembly to maintain electrical contact with contact regions on fully processed semiconductors, preferably while still in wafer form, and throughout a range of temperatures. A guide pla... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7533453 | E-facet optical lens A method and system design and manufacture of the monogrammed faceted and stone adorned eyeglass lenses via a computer program allowing a design, intricate facet cuts and stone placement on a computer lens model. Software may utilize a touch probe or laser scanner t... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7523535 | Railcar truck bolster side bearing mounting pad milling machine and method A railcar truck bolster side bearing mounting pad milling machine and method. A milling machine of the present invention includes a pair of milling heads and associated cutters suspended from an overhead frame member. A sliding saddle unit is provided for transporti... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7520045 | Heat treating method for golf club head A heat treating method for a golf club head includes preparing a golf club head having at least one heat treating zone. A protrusion is provided on the heat treating zone. Heat treatment is carried out on the protrusion by a high-energy beam, and the protrusion is r... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7487580 | Method of forming a self dissipating snow abatement system A snow fence system made of snow itself, intended for use around construction sites, like raised pads, commonly used in oil, mining and construction. The snow fence is built in stages. After the first significant snowfall, the pad is cleared by pushing the snow to t... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7475469 | Process of producing profiles, more particularly, profiled tracks for joint parts A process of producing profiled tracks for joint parts is provided, wherein a cutting tool acts on the workpiece, a workpiece machining being performed with the cutting tool during the relative forward movement between workpiece and tool, and a workpiece machining b... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7472467 | Method for frictionally connecting the front surfaces of two machine components for transmitting high torques or transverse forces Method for frictionally connecting the front surfaces of two machine components (1′, 2″; 2′, 3″; 3′, 4″) for transmitting high torques or transverse forces, wherein elevations (20) are provided on one (1′, 2′, 3′) of the surfac... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441331 | Turbine engine component manufacture methods A cooled turbine engine component is made by providing first and second pieces respectively having first and second surfaces. At least one circuit is formed in at least one of the first and second surfaces. A first plurality of apertures is provided in the first pie... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7418775 | Machined manifold and method of making same A manifold for conveying injection molding material into a mold from a molding material supply and method for making same includes a main flow member having a central flow passage extending through the main flow member along a longitudinal axis of the main flow memb... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7398585 | Method for manufacturing an internal core for injection mold tool An internal core is separated along a horizontal plane delineated at the transition point between the tapered wall portion and the parallel wall portion of the core to divide the core into a tapered wall component part manufactured by a WEDM process to obtain the de... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7384241 | Fan with ring and method of producing the same To provide a method of forming a fan with ring in one piece from a single metal plate and to provide the fan formed using the method, the metal plate is plastically worked into a shallow pan shape so as to form a cylindrical ring portion 1 on the periphery. A... | 06/10/2008 |
