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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165812 | Side plate with integral boss A side plate according to the invention includes a main body, a first cup-shaped feature formed of the main body, and a second cup-shaped feature formed of the first cup-shaped feature, wherein the second cup-shaped feature has a diameter smaller than the first cup-... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7100789 | Metallic beverage can end with improved chuck wall and countersink The present invention describes a beverage can end which utilizes less material and has an improved internal buckle strength based on the geometric configuration of a chuck wall, inner panel wall and central panel, and which utilizes an inwardly oriented concave arc... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7078108 | Preparation of high-strength nanometer scale twinned coating and foil Very high strength single phase stainless steel coating has been prepared by magnetron sputtering onto a substrate. The coating has a unique microstructure of nanometer spaced twins that are parallel to each other and to the substrate surface. For cases where the co... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6977355 | Tailored blank The present invention provides a tailored blank having a pair of sheet metal constituent parts each having a pair of oppositely directed major surfaces. The first constituent part has an aperture while the second constituent part has an embossment to fit the apertur... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6969821 | Airfoil qualification system and method A method for qualifying airfoil blades includes securing an airfoil blade into a fixture, taking digital measurements of the airfoil blade, comparing the digital measurements of the airfoil blade with measurements of a target model, calculating deviations between th... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6958112 | Methods and systems for high-aspect-ratio gapfill using atomic-oxygen generation Methods and systems are provided for depositing silicon oxide in a gap on a substrate. The silicon oxide is formed by flowing a process gas into a process chamber and forming a plasma having an overall ion density of at least 1011 ions/cm3. The... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6656606 | Electroplated aluminum parts and process of production The invention provides a pretreatment process for electroplating aluminum parts or strip, in which the zincating solution is modified to improve the adhesion of the subsequent electroplate to the substrate. The aluminum part or strip, such as an aluminum ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6649276 | Sheet metal member and method of manufacturing the member According to the invention, an inward collar is integrally shaped on the inner periphery of a cylindrical boss portion. The inward collar is raisedly shaped in the axial direction on the inner periphery of the cylindrical boss portion by a top pattern too... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6432556 | Copper alloy with a golden visual appearance There is provided a copper-base alloy useful for coinage that has a golden visual appearance. The material has a transverse electrical conductivity substantially similar to that of copper alloy C713 and when clad to a copper alloy C110 core, a transverse ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6413650 | Method for repairing superalloy castings using a metallurgically bonded tapered plug A method of repairing cracks, imperfections, and the like in a cast article. A frusto-conical aperture is created in the article in the location of the crack or imperfection. A mating tapered plug is prepared such that the tapered plug can fit into the ap... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6383657 | Aluminum clad zinc bimetallic coin planchet A composite metal laminate coin planchet comprises commercially pure aluminum cladding layers metallurgically bonded to a zinc alloy core. The zinc alloy core may contain a hardening agent, such as copper or titanium, used to increase the hardness of the ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6274250 | Process for manufacture of jewelry and jewelry made thereby Ornamental jewelry is made from a composite wire for manufacturing semifinished products to be subjected to an emptying process. The wire comprises a support core (1) of a nonprecious metal that is removable by chemical or electrochemical means as well as... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6189197 | Method for producing a bimetallic coin Bimetallic coin or a medal and a method for producing the same, which is easy to form a ring and an insert composing the coin or the medal, yet costs low, and can assure a higher joining force between the ring and the insert. The method includes processes... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6044541 | Method of making bimetallic coins or blanks A bimetallic coin or blank is produced from a disc-shaped core and an annular outer component. The metal alloy material of the core is relatively harder than the metal alloy material of the outer member. The two components are bonded to each other by pres... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5915747 | Method of making a rotor with vented hat section and an initial casting The invention is directed to a rotor having a vented hat section and a method of forming the same. Such a rotor includes a hat section having a central mounting face and a cylindrical shoulder or hat wall extending axially from the mounting face to an ann... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5878479 | Method of forming a cross vented rotor and an initial casting for forming a vented rotor The invention is directed to a method of forming a vented rotor for caliper disc brakes and the like. Such a vented rotor includes an outer friction portion having one or more ring sections with opposed friction surfaces adapted to interface with associat... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5811199 | Adhesive compositions containing a photoreactor composition A method of generating reactive species which includes exposing a photoreactor composition to radiation, in which the photoreactor composition comprises a wavelength-specific sensitizer associated with a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. Also de... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5681636 | Magnetic recording disc substrate having a surface texture of non overlapping circular sub-arrays The present invention relates to a process for producing a substrate for a thin film magnetic data storage disc, the process including the steps of: (a) providing a substrate; (b) printing a masking pattern of ink dots onto at//least a portion of the surf... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5256495 | Pin type bearing retainer A pin type retainer for roller bearings is stamped in one piece from flat metal stock. The flat metal is first drawn into a cup shape having a broad flange around an open first end and a closed second end. The closed end provides solid support and alignme... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5143793 | Decorated hollow element A hollow metallic or metalloplastic element drawn or drawn-ironed from a decorated blank, and comprising an outer skirt decorated with an image formed from lines of dots of ink. The skirt has over its entire height which comprises zones of level h:2R at l... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5135810 | Method of machining and structure of machined pinion gear A method for machining a part with gear teeth onto an unmachined part to form drive pinion gears is disclosed. A center bore is formed at one end of the part and receives a tool center to mount the part for machining. The center bore includes a plurality ... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5094922 | Bimetallic coin blank, particularly for coins and the like A coin blank, particularly for minting of coins and the like, is formed by an external element of metal or metal alloy having a central aperture, on the edge surface of which are cut perimetrally a series of spaced grooves, and by an internal element, of ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5062021 | Selectively textured magnetic recording media Magnetic recording media are controllably textured, particularly over areas designated for contact with data transducing heads. In connection with rigid media, the process includes polishing an aluminum nickel-phosphorous substrate to a specular finish, t... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4970125 | Cantilevered integral airfoil casting and method An outer stabilizing band or bands at the unsupported end portion of the air foils changes the configuration from an unsupported cantilevered airfoil to a baband supported airfoil during the forming of the mold and casting of the product. Such band or ban... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4967890 | Clutch plate The present invention is an improved disc useful as a clutch plate. The disc has a major surface, preferably a flat planar surface, and a hole, having a hole circumference, through the disc at the major surface. Preferably the disc is circular with a conc... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4887179 | Substrate for rigid disk storage media and method and apparatus for making the same A substrate including a disk having a pair of opposed faces and being coined to provide a sub-micron flatness and smoothness for the disk faces. The coined disk can then be coated with a layer of storage material and used as a storage medium. Apparatus an... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4870524 | Substrate for rigid disk storage media A substrate including a disk having a pair of opposed faces and being coined to provide a sub-micron flatness and smoothness for the disk faces. The coined disk can then be coated with a layer of storage material and used as a storage medium. Apparatus an... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4857412 | Method for forming a planar sheet or plate to a curved shape The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for deforming sheet metal plates and more particularly aluminium and steel plates. The objectives of this disclosure are realized by laminating a plate of sheet metal in juxtaposed and parallel s... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4735863 | Shell for can The disclosure relates to a novel shell such as used in the manufacture of can ends, and to a method and tools for making such a shell. A non-circular blank having rounded corners is cut from thin metal. The blank is oblong in a direction transverse to th... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4711115 | Method for forming memory discs by forging A flat, smooth material, e.g., metal sheet, suitable for use as a disc substrate for applying a recording media thereto for data storage devices, and a method of making same, are disclosed. The flat and smooth substrate is formed by applying sufficient pr... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4701383 | Lignosulfonate-phenol-formaldehyde resin binder in sheet material and method of making said sheet material A method of manufacturing a lignosulfonate-phenol-formaldehyde resin includes heating a mixture of phenol, formaldehyde, lignosulfonate and alkali at a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C. and a pH of 8-13. The lignosulfonate comprises about 5 to about 80 p... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4663241 | Powder metal disk with selective fatigue strengthening Disclosed is a gas turbine disk made from powder metal, wherein the bore has improved fatigue life compared to conventional articles because the bore is formed from a fine fraction of powder separated from a lot of conventional powder metal suitable for h... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4637961 | Shell for can ends The disclosure relates to a novel shell such as used in the manufacture of can ends, and to a method and tools for making such a shell. A non-circular blank having rounded corners is cut from thin metal. The blank is oblong in a direction transverse to th... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4579761 | Method of making aureate colored coins, medallions and tokens and products so made An aureate coin, coin blank, medallion, medallion blank, token or token blank has a coin-shaped core with opposed faces and a peripheral side edge and of mintable metallic material. An electroplated coating of copper and tin completely encases the core an... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4503125 | Protective overcoating for magnetic recording discs and method for forming the same A protective overcoating is disclosed for a magnetic alloy thin-film recording disc that includes a magnetic alloy film formed on a disc-shaped substrate or coated substrate. The protective overcoating is formed by first sputtering onto the magnetic mediu... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4472891 | Bimetallic composite coin blank for coins, medals and the like A coin blank for the coining of coins, medals and like products, obtained by the forced joining of two metal parts, each of them being of different metal or metal alloy, one forming the internal central part and the other the external perimetrical part, s... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4464441 | Molybdenum coated with a noble metal A molybdenum disc suitable for the use as a semiconductor. The disc has a thickness of about 0.5 to several mm and is coated with a noble metal that is applied to the molybdenum in a layer thickness of 0.02μ via an intermediate layer of chromium having a... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4430387 | Base plate for magnetic recording disc A base plate for magnetic recording disc is produced by coating thin metal layers containing no impurities for forming defects by an anodizing treatment on one or both sides of a discoid substrate made of a metal such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy or f... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4415634 | Magnetic disk substrate with a core of synthetic material A substrate for a magnetic recording disk employs an annular core of synthetic material having thin metal foils bonded to opposite faces, the metal foils serving to receive a magnetic recording material to form a magnetic recording structure. The inner su... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4383002 | Jewellery post A jewellery post has an elongated member with a longitudinally extending passage adjacent one end, and a plug of bonding material within the passage adjacent this end. The bonding plug is a sliding fit in the passage and has a length which is short compar... | 05/10/1983 |
