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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7805824 | Control of white-etched layer during machining A machining system includes a support configured to retain an article, such as a rotor disk, having an area, such as a surface of a slot in the disk. A cutting tool, for example, a broach, is movable relative to the support to cut the area. A heating member, such as... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7412762 | Method and device for introducing weakened lines into a component rigid per se For introducing a weakened line into a component 10, which is rigid per se and does not conform to a supporting mold or a receiving means in correspondence with the true shape, especially into an injection-molded part such as an instrument panel of an automob... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7365280 | Switch and manufacturing method thereof A switch provided with a fixed contact and a movable contact coming into contact with each other and separating from each other. The surface of at least one of the fixed contact and the movable contact is provided with a plurality of recesses whose edges are overlap... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363692 | Tool and method for fine machining work pieces A tool for fine machining of work pieces involving metal removal is proposed having at least one cutter (13) for preliminary machining with a geometrically defined cutting edge (15) and having at least one cutter (21) for final machining with a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356915 | Stripper tool for sheathed cable A stripper tool is provided for cutting an outer sheath of an electrical cable. Inside the sheath is parallel spaced apart insulation covered wires and a core member containing an uncovered ground wire between the insulation covered wires. The sheath has spaced apar... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359129 | Clutched jig A clutched jig includes a housing and a clutching mechanism. The housing has a hollow hole formed along the axis of the housing, a conical hole formed in the end of the hollow hole. The clutching mechanism is received in the hollow hole of the housing. Each of clutc... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346968 | Method and apparatus for connecting loops of barbed tape to each other A method and apparatus for automatically attaching loops of a coil together at desired points. The apparatus comprises a frame, a rotatable barrel, wire separators, alignment fingers, a clipping rack further comprising pincers, and a clipping gun. The barrel, wire s... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340812 | System for processing a cable using at least two tools The system (1) for processing a cable (5) comprises a first set of tools (30(i)), a second set of tools (35(j)) and a processing device (10) for executing different processing steps for processing a cable (5) u... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337523 | Methods and apparatus for an annular core cutter An annular core cutting apparatus includes a cutting head including a generally cylindrical sidewall having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a cutting edge, and wherein the sidewall includes a plurality of openings having at least one sharpene... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334716 | Stapler capable of cutting staple legs one after another A stapler includes a base, a cover, two clips, a feeding device and a bending and cutting device. The cover is installed on the base. The clips connect the cover with the base. The feeding device feeds staples. The security device ensures normal movement of the cove... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318271 | Device for assembling connector A process and device for assembling a connector is provided, by which the production efficiency can be improved by preventing the problem of insertion error from occurring in a step of terminal insertion into a connector housing in the manufacturing process of the w... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7302753 | Electrical gripping testing and installation device A method and apparatus for the safe and easy installation of wall-mounted electrical outlets and switches utilizing a multi-functional tool. Two different but similar tools are provided, each in the form of an insulated handle that may be detachably engaged with eit... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7284325 | Retractable finning tool and method of using An improved tool and method for enhancing the surface of a heat transfer tube are provided. The tool, which can be easily added to existing manufacturing equipment, includes cutting bits that may be retracted with a housing. The cutting bits include a cutting edge t... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7266873 | Throw-away burnishing tool for outside diameter and for inside diameter A throw-away burnishing tool for an outside diameter includes: a tool holder having a rectilinear I-shaped portion and a protrusion portion; a hard material tip detachably attached to a tip holder; a holder pin connected to the tip holder and accommodated in the pro... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257879 | Combination apparatus for machining material with a milling cutter and a laser The invention is directed to an apparatus for cutting material by means of a milling cutter and laser radiation. The apparatus comprises a milling unit, a work spindle, a milling cutter, a laser, deflecting elements, focusing optics, and a work table. According to t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7188507 | Coaxial cable fitting and crimping tool A crimping tool for connecting a cable fitting to the end of a cable is made up of an elongated body having a lever arm pivoted at one end of the body to actuate a plunger having a chuck at one end toward and away from axially slidable die portions on the body, and ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171734 | Apparatus for aligning female connector in fixture for use in reconditioning of articulated connector An apparatus for semi-automatically reconditioning an articulated connector while it is still mounted to the end structure of a rail car is disclosed. The apparatus is mountable to the connector and measures to find areas and amounts of wear on portions of the conne... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159749 | Stapler capable of cutting staple legs A stapler includes a base, a cover put movably on the base, a feeding device for feeding staples, and a bending and cutting device provided between the base and the cover for bending and cutting the legs of each staple. The cutting device includes a seat provided on... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7131181 | Tool for manufacturing ballpoint pens A tool and method of manufacturing a tool for making ballpoint pen tips, called rough tips, in their seat zone and preferably in their cone zone. The tool is mounted in fast-rotating precision spindles and the position of the tool may be adjusted to adjust the dimen... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126132 | Apparatus for preparing a TEM sample holder The preferred embodiment further includes a press for cutting a TEM sample holder from a TEM coupon and joining a probe-tip point with an attached sample to the TEM sample holder. The press includes: an outer die; an inner die situated inside the outer die; a former... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124926 | Stapler capable of cutting staple legs A stapler includes a base, a cover coupled to the base, a driver for driving a leading staple from a supply of staples into a workpiece, a handle constructed and arranged to actuate the driver and move the cover towards the base, and a cutting assembly. The cutting ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7125205 | Cutting tool for rough and finish milling A milling cutter comprises a cutter body having two concentric annular rings. An outer ring is provided for rough milling and includes a plurality of cutting inserts equally spaced about the periphery of a cutter body. An inner finish ring comprises a ring member ha... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111389 | Apparatus for adhering a clamp to a hose An apparatus for attaching a clamp to a hose assembly, preferably automatic or semi-automatic, incorporates precisely located mounting devices for receiving clamp tooling, cooperating hose guiding and positioning tooling which can support a unique hose assembly and ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108165 | Stapler capable of cutting staple legs one after another A stapler includes a base, a cover installed on the base, a feeding device for feeding staples, a connecting device for connecting the base, the cover and the feeding device with one another, and a bending and cutting device installed between the base and the cover ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103973 | Method, device, and tool for chamfering the front-end edges of the inter-teeth grooves of a gear A method for the manufacture of a toothed gear from a gear blank wherein the gear blank loaded into a machine tool and rotationally driven is machined by a hobbing cutter disposed on a rotationally driven tool shaft and the rough-hobbed gear, once produced, is subse... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077867 | Prosthetic knee joint having at least one diamond articulation surface Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for man... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073699 | Fastening tool A fastening tool applies parts, in particular plastic parts, to objects. The plastic parts are supplied in the form of a belt in which the plastic parts are linked together by at least one flexible web. The fastening tool transports the belt by a feed mechanism such... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069637 | Wirelaying tool A wirelaying apparatus and method using a tool (30) having a cutter/cutting tip (31) operatively opening a cut in the interior bore surface (11) of a cylindrical pipe fitting (10), laying wire (12) into the cut and closing the cut ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7053480 | Integrated circuit with offset pins The invention relates to the fabrication and testing of a chip with a package (2) having connecting pins (1) as well as to mounting the package (2) on a board (5), whereby in order to combine the advantages of a package (2) with in... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7024752 | Crimping press with contact feed A crimping press has a tool receptacle arranged at a lower end of a pressing slider provided with a force-sensing device. The forces arising during the crimping operation are transmitted from the supporting surfaces of an upper tool to several points on the force-se... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021108 | Punching tool for connecting decking panels together A crimping tool including a frame, a die fixedly and non-pivotally supported by the frame, a punch arm pivotally mounted on the frame, a mating die affixed to the punch arm, and an actuator interconnected to the punch arm for moving the mating die between a first po... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021182 | Indexible turning tool for chipforming machining An indexible turning tool for chip forming machining, includes a holder equipped with insert pockets receiving replaceable inserts, as well as a securing portion intended to be received in a tool machine. At least one of the replaceable inserts has a main plane that... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010857 | Process of crimping a contact on strands of wire Disclosed is a two-step method for crimping a contact (1) comprising a sleeve (7), the sleeve being provided with a cylindrical portion (14) and a truncated portion (18), about one end (2) of a cable (3) inserted in this sle... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6996890 | Holding device for a tarpaulin-like or cloth-like object to be processed The invention relates to a holding device for a tarpaulin-like or cloth-like object to be processed. To provide a holding device that means are provided for releasably pressing at least a part of the object to be processed against a processing head connectabl... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6978533 | Method of manufacturing rare earth-iron bond magnet A powder molded magnet manufactured by a method comprising the steps of: (1) forming a granular compound of diameter of not more than 250 μm with a rare earth-iron rapid-quenched flake, which has not more than 150 μm in diameter, being coarsely ground if necessary... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959478 | Shockproof spindle A shockproof spindle includes a spindle inserted into an elastomer having a compressible structure, and a sleeve having a hollow cylinder, sequentially. The sleeve caps the elastomer while the elastomer is pressed on the top of the base fixed at the bottom end the s... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945850 | Saw blade with abrasive surface The present invention relates to a saw blade for cutting and finishing the surface of a work piece. The saw blade having a set of teeth disposed about the outer edge for making a cut in a work piece and an abrasive secured to the lateral surface of the saw blade. Th... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6938452 | Method and apparatus for fastening steel framing by crimping A punch having wings is driven through framing members and then rotated. Rotation of the punch causes the wings to crimp the framing members together. An angular crimping technique where piercing members are driven through framing members in at least two different d... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6848174 | Apparatus and method for processing electronic components The invention relates to an apparatus for processing electronic components, such as semi-conductor products, comprising at least two processing stations, at least one supply/discharge position for electronic components, a robot arm with engaging means for engaging t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6839953 | Combination gear hobber, chamfer/debur and shaver apparatus and method An apparatus is provided for manufacturing a gear component. The apparatus includes a plurality of tooling stocks movable relative to a base. The tooling stocks function to retain a component, as well as operably driving a combination hob/shaver tool and a combinati... | 01/11/2005 |
