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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381476 | Structural element having a metal wall of generally tubular shape At least one plane blank (20) is cut out from a sheet of metal material, the blank comprising a main part having the developed shape of the wall of the structural element and at least one additional overlap and fixing tab (26, 27, 28), the cutout blank... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7354030 | Impact-absorbing member for vehicles An impact-absorbing member includes tabular ribs extending in a direction orthogonal to an impact load input direction, and disposed spaced apart in the impact load input direction and parallel to one another; and a load transmitting member connected with width-wise... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7318302 | Equipment support for a metal building A device for supporting equipment on a wall panel having protruding ribs. Channels are mounted perpendicular to the ribs. The channel has a base wall, and a pair of side walls extending outward from the base wall. The channel also has an outward wall portion communi... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310919 | Grain bin flooring system A grain bin floor panel formed from sheet metal. The grain bin floor panel is comprised of a first flange, a second flange, and a center support disposed between the first flange and the second flange. The center support is connected to the first flange by a first s... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7288327 | Plated structures or components Various structures or components can include plated surfaces or other parts. For example, an article can include a base and a plated part with a limit artifact that results from plating adjacent a non-plateable surface; the limit artifact can be disposed away from t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7281647 | Friction stir weld repair A method of repairing a discrepancy in a casting, weldment or other workpiece comprised of a material characterized by thermoplastic properties includes excising the discrepancy by cutting, milling, or otherwise removing workpiece material surrounding the discrepanc... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7243471 | Friction stir welding method, and hollow shape member for friction stir welding Face plates 11 and 12 of a hollow shape member 10 are abutted against face plates 21 and 22 of a hollow shape member 20. Grooves 18 formed to said face plates 11 and 12 at the abutted region receive proj... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7114304 | Friction stir welding member This invention provides a configuration of a joint that allows a satisfactory welded joint to be formed with reduced deformation of the joint region when two-face structures (panels) are friction-welded end to end. The panels 31, 32 each have two substantiall... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096641 | Hollow profile A hollow profile (1) formed of a flat material (31) having a width (d) has at least one groove (6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2) provided on an outer side of at least one of the plurality of walls (2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 5.2) of the profile (1) and hav... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7052778 | Method and apparatus for cold forging a trailer hitch receiving housing A cold forging process and apparatus for reinforcing an end of a rectangular tube, including a close fitting, rectangular upper mandrel that inserts into the tubing. The upper mandrel has flared corners at the end attached to the upper die. As the upper die is moved... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040436 | Snowmobile slide A snowmobile slide includes a slide member having specific guide members therein for guiding, supporting, and contacting single runner and multiple runner snowmobile skis. The guide members including pairs of raised vertical ribs and a groove. The vertical ribs defi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6920775 | Panel crimping machine having a gap adjustment mechanism The present invention is a crimping machine capable of forming an improved building panel that includes notched inclined side walls. The crimping machine imparts a unique design of notched inclined side walls. The crimping machine incorporates two sets of male and f... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913835 | Metal wire rod for forming slide fastener coupling elements and slide fastener coupling element formed from the same metal wire rod In a Y bar for forming coupling elements, an opening angle of a pair of right and left leg parts is narrower than that of the ordinary ones. Plural bent portions, which are bent inward, are formed successively in an extending direction of the leg parts in a range fr... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6881494 | Method for shaping an initial profile or a similar workpiece using an internal high pressure and profile therefor A process for forming an initial section or like component featuring a hollow interior to a final shape by high internal pressure in the sealed hollow interior using a medium that can flow. In order to shape-form the initial section featuring at least one corner reg... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6790536 | Sheet metal profile support, in particular for automotive construction, and method for producing it A sheet metal profile support (10) for automotive construction, such as a cross member, rocker panel, or frame support is disclosed, with a U-shaped, parabolic, or horseshoe-shaped profile cross section (12), in which, in at least one section (14 | 09/14/2004 |
| 6656624 | Polarized gas separator and liquid coalescer for fuel cell stack assemblies The present invention is a polarized gas separator useful in the bipolar construction of a fuel cell stack. It comprises a porous conductive substrate and a barrier layer, the barrier layer having a first side and a second side, and laterally extending th... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6638641 | Friction welding with conoids A joining process and friction welded structure is disclosed, including a first member with a conoid recess, and a second member with a second conoid tip that is friction welded to the recess in the first member. One, or both, of the conoids may be a non-... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6623812 | Reflector, method for fabrication thereof and reflective liquid crystal display device incorporating the reflector A reflector is disclosed which enables bright image display with a wide angle of view and can be efficiently fabricated by a a simplified process. The reflector includes a resin layer having at its surface microscopic projections and depressions and forme... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6617045 | Metallic carrier, for automobile exhaust gas purification, made of thin metal foil and method of producing the same A metallic carrier for automobile exhaust gas purification made of thin metal foil includes a honeycomb unit composed of 8-25 μm thick corrugated metal foil and flat metal foil joined by solder joints not fewer than 70% of which have a thickness of at le... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6613446 | Conical honeycomb body and method of producing it A conical honeycomb body and method for producing the honeycomb body that avoids the deformations occurring when fixing a conical lamellar body in a conical casing tube is described. Clamping aids are disposed in the casing tube at a distance from its ope... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6599641 | Structural body formed by friction stir welding of hollow extruded frame members End portions of face plates 21 and 22 of a hollow extruded frame member 20 are connected with a rib 24 and these end portions are welded to end portions of face plates 11 and 12 of a hollow extruded frame member 10 using friction stir welding. A visible o... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6582832 | Hollow-shaped material The present invention aims to provide a joint figuration inhibiting decrease in strength resulting from welding at the joint region, in a case where hollow-shaped material is friction stir welded. A face plate 101 (111) between a rib 105 (115) at the end ... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6434903 | Section fixable to an anchoring base A section fixable in a mounted position to an anchoring base by means of fastening screws has at least one fastening segment extending in the mounted position substantially parallel to the anchoring base. The fastening segment is, for example, a fastening... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415581 | Corrugated stiffening member A stiffening member, as well as a diaphragm of a building in which the stiffening member is used, is disclosed. The diaphragm includes a horizontal wide-flange beam, a corrugated deck, and a corrugated stiffening member. The stiffening member is an elonga... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6391468 | Soldered integrated circuit connections Solder paste is deposited using a solder stencil with an aperture having a concave edge in order to reduce the formation of solder balls. The solder deposit may be formed on a pad such that the paste has a concave edge. Solder paste deposits may be made o... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6316129 | Thin, forged magnesium alloy casing and method for producing same A thin, forged magnesium alloy casing is integrally constituted by a thin plate with projections on either or both surfaces, and the thin plate is as thin as about 1.5 mm or less. The thin forged casing can be produced by (a) carrying out a first forging ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6258465 | Energy absorbing member Provided is an energy absorbing member which makes it possible to induce contraction and deformation into a form of bellows, with Euler's buckle being restrained. An energy absorbing member comprises a hollow extrusion which is made of an aluminum alloy a... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6248452 | Soldered integrated circuit connections Solder paste is deposited using a solder stencil with an aperture having a concave edge in order to reduce the formation of solder balls. The solder deposit may be formed on a pad such that the paste has a concave edge. Solder paste deposits may be made o... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6231995 | Aluminum extruded door beam material An aluminum extruded door beam includes an outer flange, an inner flange, and at least one web for connecting the outer flange and the inner flange. The outer corners at the extended ends of the outer flange have a radius R of 2.5 mm or less. The outward ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228511 | Structure and process for thin film interconnect This invention relates generally to a structure and process for thin film interconnect, and more particularly to a structure and process for a multilayer thin film interconnect structure with improved dimensional stability and electrical performance. The ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6221505 | Lap joint welding arrangement and a related welding method for forming the same A first member and a second member have end portions overlapped and welded by irradiating a laser beam on an outer surface of a lap portion. A front end surface of a fused portion slants at an obtuse angle larger than 90° with respect to a naked outer su... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6187451 | Welded joint for armored vehicles A welded joint suitable for connecting armor plates in armored vehicles obtained by providing one of the armor plates, or an interconnecting element, with a semi-circular rounded lobe; and welding the lobe to the plate to be joined to form a U-shaped weld... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6156444 | Structure for and method of manufacturing aerodynamic expanded metal An expanded metal with an aerodynamic cross-section for use in high velocity fluid flows to decrease pressure drop. The expanded metal has a rhomboid cross-section with the acute angle of oriented into the flow. Also disclosed is a method of making the ex... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6114053 | Method of overlaying by laser beam and overlaying structure A method of overlaying by a laser beam, comprises the steps of: relatively moving and irradiating a laser beam with respect to a base metal and simultaneously putting an other metal material than the base metal material on the base metal surface; and form... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6033755 | Base plate for suspension assembly in hard disk drive with tapered inner barrel A base plate wherein the inner barrel of the base plate hub is comprised of two distinct zones. The first zone is an inner diameter sized for use with standard tooling pins in an assembly process as a metric for size control. The second zone is a taper fo... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5952109 | Edge combination for butt welding between plate members with different thicknesses An edge prepared with a groove face leaving a vertical root face is combined with another edge prepared with an opposing groove face, a step for receiving a bottom of that edge to be welded thereto, and another step defined by a vertical abutment face for... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5834127 | Informative card made of sheet metal An informative card, such as a baseball trading card, has a rectangular shape and is made of a single thin sheet of metal in such a way that it is free of pointed corners or exposed raw edges. The informative card has four rounded corners and a double-thi... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830587 | Magnetic devices with enhanced poles A process resulting in enhanced pole performance, relative to permalloy poles, in narrow track magnetic devices. A preferred process includes increasing the anisotropy field of the pole material while maintaining an acceptable coercivity level and near ze... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5820999 | Trimmed aluminum sheet A method and apparatus are provided for reducing or eliminating sliver formation during aluminum sheet trimming operations. By controlling parameters such as trimming angle and cutting blade clearance, aluminum sheet can be trimmed while substantially eli... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5683821 | Metal workpiece obtained by oxygen cutting The workpiece is obtained by cutting a metal product by oxygen cutting. An oxygen cutting jet is sent onto a preheated cutting zone of the product. A peripheral sleeve of additional gas is formed around the oxygen cutting jet so as to send, into the cutti... | 11/04/1997 |
