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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370505 | Method of forming blind holes in a sheet of material A method of forming blind holes in a sheet material is provided. The method includes punching the sheet material to define a hollow projection through the material and shearing a layer of material from the sheet material to form a sealed end over an opening of the h... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353584 | Deck tool A tool that can be used to join adjacent deck sections along their side edges. The tool can include a handle portion that is used by the operator to maneuver the tool and a cutting and folding assembly that is at the base of the tool. The cutting and folding assembl... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340935 | Equipment for producing corrugate fin The equipment for producing a corrugate fin is capable of forming corrugated sections by one closing action. The equipment comprises: a plurality of punches respectively having projections, each of which is upwardly projected from an upper face of the punch and has ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7303083 | Easy moulding filter element support tube A filter element support tube has a pair of axially extending spines and first and second sets of oppositely laterally extending half-rings axially offset from each other. The support tube is efficiently manufacturable, and desirably provides a constant diameter alo... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7240529 | Partially reinforcing method and apparatus of metal material The present invention intends to provide the partially reinforcing method and apparatus for reinforcing the required part of the metal material having good forming property and relatively low strength (hardness and yield stress) by the press processing. The p... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225659 | Punch press die A punch press tool includes a cylindrical punch guide in which a punch body provided with a punch tip for press forming is fit slidably. The punch tip consists of an appropriate number of long forming punch tips each including a press forming portion in the leading ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220494 | Metal dusting resistant product A product resistant or immune to carburization, metal dusting, coking, oxidation, and having sufficient mechanical strength for use at temperatures greater than 400° C. The product consists of a load-bearing member and a corrosion resistant member, wherein the corr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207107 | Method and device for through-hole plating of substrates and printed circuit boards A method and apparatus for through-contacting flexible substrates 1, in particular circuit boards, having electrically conductive contact zones 4, 41 present on two opposing surfaces 1a, 1b of the substrate provides that a c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204357 | High performance clutch pack assembly for powerglide transmission A high performance clutch pack for use in the high gear clutch of a POWERGLIDE transmission is disclosed. The present clutch pack is disposed in a modified clutch drum including fluid exhaust vents to reduce piston drag and weight reduction features for accommodatin... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7152515 | Wire cutter for artificial flower stems Cutter suitable for artificial flower stems. Typically, plastic coated wire stems are cut with hand cutters to various lengths in preparing artificial floral arrangements. The invention requires far less physical effort by the operator than is required when using co... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7137284 | Chain cutter A compact chain cutting apparatus for automatically shearing and opening a chain link of a selected thickness in one operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a first shearing member, a second shearing member, and an electro-hydraulic actuator system... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7080538 | Roofing panel notching, shearing, and hemming tool A notching, shearing, and hemming tool constructed with a table which receives the roofing panel, at least two notching devices (notchers), a pan shear pivotally mounted on the table, and a hemming tool pivotally mounted on the table. To prepare a finished end piece... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077170 | Method of forming leads of a semiconductor device In a lead forming apparatus for a semiconductor device, a holder holds a semiconductor device with leads to be formed, the semiconductor device having leads extending from a package. Two die assemblies (for bending, for cutting, or the like) are set in parallel, eac... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074094 | Compliant pin and electrical connector utilizing compliant pin A compliant pin comprises a contact portion, an end portion, and a press-fit portion. The press-fit portion is arranged between the contact portion and the end portion. The press-fit portion is deformable in a radial direction. The press-fit portion has a first tape... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069758 | Metal stud punch system and a method of manufacture A portable metal stud punching system has an alignment frame with an infeed alignment port in a first side and an outfeed alignment port in an opposite side. There is a punch and die positioned within the alignment frame. A length of metal stud is inserted through t... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7032429 | Pipe shut off tool A pipe shut off tool is provided which may comprise a jaw that may be engaged to a defective pipe and a pump operative to translate the jaw between a crimping position and a release position. The jaw and pump may be connected to each other via an elongate flexible h... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021109 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing slip stopper An easy manufacturing method of a slip stopper, and apparatus therefor, that has a great slip stopping effect and can be used for a location where a problem occurs if a though hole is opened therein. After a protruding portion is formed on a steel plate, by using a ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7021110 | Apparatus for preparing U-shaped spacers for insulating units A device is disclosed for preparing a U-shaped spacer having a longitudinal axis, wherein the spacer has first and second opposing sides extending from a spacer bottom, and wherein the spacer is to be used as a spacer between glass sheets on insulating frames. A met... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017461 | Dual position automatic notcher A device for consecutively forming one or more notches in a first surface and one or more notches in second surface of a hollow workpiece. The notching device including a first die and a second die that is fixed relative to the first die; and a shiftable punch havin... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013694 | Portable, metal bending apparatus A metal bending apparatus which has a base member and a cross member connected together by two posts extending therebetween. A spring and sleeve are slidably positioned on each post, and a wedge is secured between the sleeves, the wedge includes a pointed end direct... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004751 | Gas burner assemblies, methods for assembling, and gas fired appliances employing same A gas burner assembly includes in one embodiment a top plate having at least one port for discharging fuel and a downwardly-depending, peripheral edge having a plurality of spaced-apart slots, and a bottom base having a peripheral edge disposed within the downwardly... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6964095 | Method for producing a crimp ear A method of manufacturing an electrical contact with a crimp ear from a flat ribbon of conductive material including applying a force to the ribbon to form an adjacent pair of approximately semicylindrical depressions on opposite sides of the centerline of the ear, ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964185 | Apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum sheet A bending apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum metal sheet. The bending apparatus includes a central retaining portion that has gripping elements mounted on the central retaining portion for retaining an aluminum metal sheet. There is also included a b... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6880378 | Chain cutter A compact chain cutting apparatus for automatically shearing and opening a chain link of a selected thickness in one operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a first shearing member, a second shearing member, and an electro-hydraulic actuator system... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6840078 | Tool for shaping a workpiece The present invention relates to a tool for shaping a workpiece. The tool has two pivotally connected arms that are stroked between open and closed positions. Each arm has a handle, an intermediate coupling portion and a working portion. One working portion has a cu... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6761054 | Method for making a four-sided electrical contact A method and apparatus for the precise manufacture of high quality, four-sided electrical contacts by means of a closely controlled material skiving process. The apparatus is designed so that the starting material from which the four-sided electrical contacts are ma... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6705147 | 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... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6640602 | Dual notcher A device for simultaneously forming multiple notches in opposing surfaces of a hollow workpiece in a single action. The device includes a first die and a first punch that is fixed relative to the first die. A second die and a second punch are fixed relati... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6604399 | Stamping die for cutting and forming sheet material The present invention aims at providing a blade for use with a development device, method of manufacturing the same, die for manufacturing the same, and development device and image-forming device having the same that can more stably form a high quality i... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6591506 | Hand operated end cutting sheet metal shear This invention describes a hand operated, end cutting, sheet metal shear that makes cuts perpendicular to the axis of the tool handle. The shearing surfaces consist of a moving shear blade with a fixed rake angle and shear angle, cutting along a blunt anv... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6526798 | Method of blanking element for belt for continuously variable transmission The cutting edge of a die and the cutting edge of a punch are spaced more widely from each other in a range of an element which includes a neck and undercuts than in the other range of the element. The element is blanked out of a metal sheet by the die an... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6523387 | Apparatus for making a four-sided electrical contact A method and apparatus for the precise manufacture of high quality, four-sided electrical contacts by means of a closely controlled material skiving process. The apparatus is designed so that the starting material from which the four-sided electrical cont... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6513237 | Method for producing pressin contact A method for producing a press in contact having a press-fitting portion having a U-shaped or V-shaped groove in cross-section to be press-fitted in a cylindrical through-hole of a printed circuit board. A block element having a rectangular cross-section ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6502447 | Device and method for manufacturing turbulators for use in compact heat exchangers A progressive die for forming a turbulator having multiple rows of axial corrugations. The corrugations are slit and offset such that artificial turbulence is generated as it passes through the corrugations. The device includes a plurality of dies dispose... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6460393 | Method for forming bucklings in a plate member, tool and plate A method and tool for forming convexities (3, 4) in a plate body (1), which plate body (1) comprises a main face (2) and a plurality of side edges. The plate body (1) is inserted between two tool halves (11, 12), which are brought together and interact to... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6453711 | Flat turbulator for a tube and method of making same A tube and turbulator and method of making the same for a heat exchanger including a base, a top spaced from and opposing the base, a first side interposed between the base and the top along one side thereof, and a second side interposed between the base ... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6397469 | Method of securing workpieces together A power assisted combination shear used for forming structural louvers in the crimped seam of structural steel decking comprises a frame supporting a pair of jaws which are opened and closed by means of an operator-controlled pneumatic cylinder. One jaw t... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6382009 | Method of adjusting height of magnetic head A magnetic head 1 provided with head chips 3 at distal end portions 2a of base plates 2. A punch 12 is abutted against each of the base plates 2 which is placed on a die 11, and a shearing force is applied to the base plate to plastically deform the dista... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6378349 | Tool and use thereof for forming a sheet metal tube end A sheet metal cutting and forming tool is used in preparing the ends of square sheet metal tubes used in building construction as framing struts and studs. The tool receives a tube end axially wherein four cutting edges sever the tube at its four corners.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6353989 | Method of making recesses in metallic workpieces for use in torque transmitting apparatus A selected portion of a surface of a metallic workpiece such as the end surface of a tubular workpiece, is provided with one or more recesses by resorting to a tool having a preferably pointed tip and being driven into the surface to displace the material... | 03/12/2002 |
