Class 29/90.7 - By shot peening or blasting

Subclass of Class 29 - Metal working
Definition: Process or apparatus wherein the condensing, compacting,
No. of patents: 104
Last issue date: 01/10/2012

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8091192	Device for surface blasting component A device for surface blasting, e.g., for ultrasonic shot blasting, components, e.g., gas turbine components, includes at least one vibrator having an oscillating surface, e.g., having at least one ultrasonic sonotrode, the or each oscillating surface of the or each ...	01/10/2012
8024846	Preparation of an article surface having a surface compressive texture A method for preparing a surface includes providing an article having an article surface, thereafter first processing the article surface to establish a first residual compressive stress state and a first surface roughness in the article surface, and thereafter seco...	09/27/2011
7987569	Method of surface densification of a powder metal component A high performance main bearing cap has particular surfaces densified for improved fatigue crack resistance. The surfaces densified are the bolted face inside of a perimetral margin and outside of bolt head interface areas around the main bolt holes, the surfaces of...	08/02/2011
7984537	Method of shot peening coil springs Both the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of a coil spring are peened by passing sequential segments of the spring around offset pulleys mounted within a peening cabinet. As the spring is pulled around one of the pulleys, the coils fan out from the pulley to...	07/26/2011
7950121	Method for rounding the edges of parts A method for rounding edges of parts, in particular of turbo engines, is disclosed. An edge to the surfaces is rounded, the edge being created by at least two adjacent surfaces of the part. A blasting jet consisting mostly of abrasive particles is directed at its ce...	05/31/2011
7946009	Peening method for vehicle suspension spring A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, such as a helical coil spring, includes the step of rotating a first impeller to project ceramic peening media in a first direction toward the vehicle suspension component to peen a surface section of the veh...	05/24/2011
7520039	Method for the post-treatment of deformed high-grade steel blanks A method for post-treatment of single high-grade steel blanks produced from deep-drawable circles or sections of high-grade steel by deep-drawing, pressing, rolling and deformation. According to this invention, the completed blanks are post-treated directly after be...	04/21/2009
7421872	Shot-blasting installation for blasting work pieces made from light metal alloys A shot-blasting installation (1) for blasting work pieces (30) made from light metal alloys, comprising at least one blasting chamber (3) for receiving the work pieces that are to be blasted, at least two blasting wheels (6) arranged in w...	09/09/2008
RE40446	Strength-enhancing apparatus for metal part Disclosed is a strength-enhancing apparatus for a metal part comprising a recovery mechanism for sucking powder flow dust generated from glass beads crushed on a surface of a gear in a chamber to recover it together with drainage, wherein the recovery mechanism incl...	08/05/2008
7389662	Method and apparatus for self indexing portable automated tenon peening A self indexing portable automated tenon peening device including: a peening machine in operable communication with a mounting arm; a circumferential slide assembly including a circumferential rail in operable communication with the mounting arm; an axial slide asse...	06/24/2008
7360846	Ceramic balance beads and method of tire balancing A container 10 is filled with ceramic balancing beads 20. The container is held closed by a removable clip 15, 16 or a mild adhesive 14. The beads are high density and therefore low in volume with regular surfaces, spherical or ellipsoid,...	04/22/2008
7356898	Surgical knife production method A method for producing a surgical knife of a very small size for use in ophthalmic surgery under a microscopic environment having a sharp edge without causing reflection of lights. The surgical knife comprises a handle, and a blade attached to the handle. The blade ...	04/15/2008
7284308	Method for manufacturing a leaf spring Leaf springs have improved durability in spite of using inexpensive spring steel such as SUP9 and SUP11 as materials. While a spring main body, made of the spring steel in which Brinell hardness is under 555 HBW and not less than 388 HBW (corresponding to a diameter...	10/23/2007
7228621	Inner terminal installation jig used to install an inner electrode terminal An inner terminal installation jig used to install an inner electrode terminal mount formed on an inner peripheral surface of a hollow cylindrical sensor element of a gas sensor. ...	06/12/2007
7204005	Manufacturing method of endless metal belt and manufacturing apparatus of endless metal belt A manufacturing method of an endless metal belt having metal rings built up and differing in circumference, includes the following steps of: a first circumference correction step of expanding each of the metal rings; and a second circumference correction step of exp...	04/17/2007
7181944	Method and device for shaping structural parts by shot blasting or peening A structural part includes a plate-shaped base body and ribs that extend longitudinally approximately parallel to one another, and that are joined integrally to and protrude orthogonally from the base body. In a shaping method, the structural part is shaped by parti...	02/27/2007
7178212	Device and method for the blasting treatment of channel inner walls Device for carrying out a blasting treatment of the inner wall of a channel with a stream of balls which, for treating curved channels, has a tube for introducing the stream of balls into a channel, a stream deflection and outlet device at the end of the tube on the...	02/20/2007
7168142	Method of manufacturing a shaped titanium article A method of manufacturing a metallic blank into a shaped article useful as an enclosure for an implantable medical device is described. The method entails a plurality of steps in a particular order to obtain certain finish characteristics. Some of them are a surface...	01/30/2007
7159425	Method and apparatus for providing a layer of compressive residual stress in the surface of a part The shot peening method and apparatus (FIG. 13) of the present invention utilizes control of the shot peening coverage to provide higher surface compression and comparable depth of compression to conventional 100% coverage peening but with reduced cold workin...	01/09/2007
7140216	laser aligned shotpeen nozzle A shotpeen nozzle includes a tubular core mounted in a casing. The casing has an inlet for receiving shot in a stream of pressurized air, and the core includes an outlet for discharging the stream. A laser is mounted to the casing for projecting a laser beam in para...	11/28/2006
7131303	Shot peening of orthopaedic implants for tissue adhesion The portion of an orthopaedic implant to which soft tissue adherence is desired is treated by shot peening using microbead having a diameter in the range of about 10 microns–300 microns. This treatment causes indentations on the surface of the implant of about 10 ...	11/07/2006
7094476	Surface-treated product, surface-treatment method, and surface-treatment apparatus There is provided a surface treated product that moves relatively in a fluid, wherein a surface of the surface treated product has continuous dimples, each dimple having a diameter of 10 to 2500 μm and a depth of 50 μm or less. The surface treated product signific...	08/22/2006
7028378	Method of shot blasting and a machine for implementing such a method A part to be shot peened includes at least one thin wall (12″) defining two opposite main faces, the square root of the area of each face being greater than the mean distance between the two faces by a factor of at least five, and preferably by a factor of ...	04/18/2006
7003880	Injector nozzle and method of manufacturing injector nozzle A fuel injector has an orifice member having an aperture for injecting atomizing and metering fuel. The orifice member is made of a plate material. The orifice member is machined to form the aperture. Then, the orifice member is processed by at least two shot blasti...	02/28/2006
6993948	Methods for altering residual stresses using mechanically induced liquid cavitation A mechanical transducer induces liquid cavitation, causing pressure waves in a liquid which are applied against a metal surface to afford localized elastic and plastic tensile microstrain. The pressure waves alter the surface tensile stresses in the treated metal by...	02/07/2006
6948228	Ratchet type one-way clutch and method of manufacturing the same A ratchet type one-way clutch in which an outer ring is made of aluminum is improved in durability. In order to solve such problems as an increase in the number of parts, complication, bulkiness, an increase in weight and an increase in cost, there is provided a one...	09/27/2005
6938448	Shaped metal panels and forming same by shot peening A panel, such as is intended for an aircraft wing panel, has continuous ribs extending on one surface. The panel is formed, or given a dihedral bend, by shot peening the ribs at a V-shaped section to expand the V-shaped sections and thus deform the panel. A strong f...	09/06/2005
6931900	Method for producing a high pressure fuel reservoir The invention relates to a method for the production of a high-pressure fuel accumulator of an internal engine fitted with an accumulator injection system, wherein a metal hollow pressure accumulator is produced, branches are subsequently made therein for the connec...	08/23/2005
6881500	Chain A chain including chain pins 15, which connect an inner link plate and an outer link plate, are made of carburized or refined steel, and have the entire surface on which a large number of dimples 17 are provided which are formed through a primary shot ...	04/19/2005
6874214	Anti-corrosion coating applied during shot peening process A sacrificial metal coating to resist corrosion is deposited onto a vehicle component during a shot peening operation. Since the deposition occurs during the shot peening operation, a separate coating step is not necessary. Preferably, the component is a vehicle sus...	04/05/2005
6865807	Cylinder block production method A cylinder block production method is characterized by having, as a step prior to a cast-enclosing step of cast-enclosing a cast iron-made cylinder liner within a cylinder block body, an erosion-wash step of washing an outer peripheral wall surface of the cylinder l...	03/15/2005
6851180	Method of manufacturing a gas sensor A manufacturing method for a gas senor having sensor element on and in which an outer electrode terminal and an inner electrode terminal are press-fitted. The manufacturing method features stability of installation of the outer and inner electrode terminals without ...	02/08/2005
6811149	Fatigue and damage tolerant coil spring Predetermined non-uniform residual compressive stress distributions are induced in the spring wire of metallic coil springs. The residual compressive stress tends to reduce deleterious effects of both fatigue and coil binding impacts on spring performance. Transvers...	11/02/2004
6790294	Spring with excellent fatigue endurance property and surface treatment method for producing the spring Hard metal particles having hardness which is lower than the hardness of a nitrided outermost layer of a spring and in the range of Hv 500 to 800 and a diameter of 500 to 900 μm are protected against the nitrided surface of the spring at a velocity of 40 to 90 m/se...	09/14/2004
6694789	Method and apparatus for controlling shot-peening device A system for shot peening that includes an enclosure in which are provided a workpiece W to be shot peened and a nozzle for projecting the shot particles. A memory stores data for maximizing the anticipated shot-peening intensity at the workpiece based on...	02/24/2004
6658907	Method of shot peening processing and article processed thereby, and peening material and use thereof A method for shot peening wherein peening shot having a Vickers hardness (Hv) in the range of 900-1100 and a Young's modulus of 200,000 MPa or less, is used, and wherein a treated article is obtained by such a method that has a maximum residual compressiv...	12/09/2003
6651299	Method and apparatus for manufacturing endless metallic belt, and the endless metallic belt manufactured by the method A method and apparatus of manufacturing an endless metallic belt adjusts a circumferential length of the belt by subjecting the endless metallic belt to a shot peening treatment. For example, by measuring the circumferential length prior to the shot peeni...	11/25/2003
6618927	Method for manufacturing a gas sensor A sensing element, disposed in a housing, has a gas contact portion exposed to a measured gas. A protective cover extends from a distal end of the housing so as to surround the gas contact portion of the sensing element. A first metallic cover surrounds s...	09/16/2003
6606892	Apparatus for automated peening of tenons connecting turbine buckets and cover plates An automatic machine for peening the tenons on bucket cover plates to secure the cover plates and adjacent buckets of a turbine wheel to one another is provided. The machine includes a fixture having stepped surfaces for locating the freely suspended fixt...	08/19/2003
6544360	Highly strengthened spring and process for producing the same In a production process for highly strengthened springs, the process comprises performing a first shot peening to a spring steel having a hardness of a diameter of 2.7 mm or less on a Brinell ball mark while applying stress to the springs at a warm temper...	04/08/2003

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