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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7832242 | Method for producing a hardened profile part The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened profiled structural part from a hardenable steel alloy with cathodic corrosion protection. The method includes applying a coating to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy, wherein the coating comprises zi... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7814771 | Method for Cr-plating of mandrel bars, the mandrel bar, and process for producing seamless tubes using the method and the mandrel bar By using a plating bath containing chromic acid: 100 to 250 g/L, sulfate radical: 3.0 to 5.5 g/L, and a catalyst: 100 to 200% (a weight ratio to the chromic acid content) for conducting electroplating, a Cr-plating film which has an increased film crack density is f... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7673485 | Hot press forming method Hot press forming of a steel material is made possible by coating the surface of the steel material with a plated layer of zinc or a zinc alloy and forming thereon a barrier layer which prevents the vaporization of zinc even when heated to 700-1000° C. Corrosion re... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7300706 | High-carbon steel wire with nickel sub coating A wire for external exposure, i.e. without chemical binding with a polymer or rubber matrix. The wire has a steel core, a nickel sub-coating and a zinc or zinc alloy top coating above the nickel sub-coating. The steel core has a carbon content exceeding 0.20%. The w... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300457 | Self-supporting metallic implantable grafts, compliant implantable medical devices and methods of making same Implantable medical grafts fabricated of metallic or pseudometallic films of biocompatible materials having a plurality of microperforations passing through the film in a pattern that imparts fabric-like qualities to the graft or permits the geometric deformation of... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300685 | Steel wire with metal layer and roughnesses Steel wire is coated with a metal layer such that the metal layer has a surface with roughnesses. A surface roughness Ra of above 0.25 μm is reached. Preferably, the roughnesses are randomly dispersed at the surface. The result is an improved visual aspect and an i... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299535 | Methods for making data storage media and the resultant media Methods for forming data storage media and the media formed thereby are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the method for forming a data storage media, comprises: injection molding a substrate comprising surface features, wherein said surface features have greater... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293441 | Production of versatile channel letter coil A versatile system for producing channel letter coil of superior reflectivity and durability is described that includes providing a readily formable substrate. A first reflective material is disposed upon a first surface of the substrate. A second reflective materia... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7195641 | Valvular prostheses having metal or pseudometallic construction and methods of manufacture This invention relates to improvements in prosthetic cardiac and venous valves and implantable medical devices having moveable septa. The inventive prosthetic cardiac and venous valves have metallic or pseudometallic valves coupled to metallic or pseudometallic sten... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179551 | Poly(arylene ether) data storage media A storage media comprises: a substrate comprising a plastic resin portion, wherein to plastic resin portion comprises poly(arylene ether) and a styrene material selected from the group consisting of polystyrene, styrenic copolymer(s), and reaction products and combi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178230 | Method of manufacturing a metal housing of an electrical connector An electrical connector having a seamless metal housing and a method for manufacturing the same. The electrical connector includes a plastic base and a metal housing. The housing shields a connection portion of the plastic base and is integrally formed with a top su... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174626 | Method of manufacturing a plated electronic termination A method of making a lead finish incorporating mechanically flattening the plated coating of metal leads. This may be accomplished by mechanical means such as rolling, stamping, peening, coining, forging, or other suitable flattening techniques. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7162902 | Method for drawing brass-plated steel wire This invention relates to steel wires and steel cords used as a reinforcement for rubber articles such as pneumatic tire, industrial belt and the like, particularly steel wires and steel cords having an excellent adhesion property to rubber, in which an amount of ph... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7131308 | Method for making metal cladded metal matrix composite wire A method for forming metal-cladded metal matrix composite wires. The method associates a ductile metal cladding to the exterior surface of a metal matrix composite wire comprising a plurality of continuous, longitudinally positioned fibers in a metal matrix. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7105740 | Stranded copper-plated aluminum cable, and method for its fabrication Aluminum cable type electrical conductor having at least one stranded conductor based on conductive wires with an aluminum core coated with an intermediate layer of copper itself coated by a surface layer of nickel. The surface layer of nickel has a thickness from a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7096922 | Copper casting mold A copper casting mold for the continuous casting of steel melts is provided, in the presence of zinc and or sulfur in the thermally most greatly stressed contact region with the steel melt, with an at least single-layer diffusion barrier layer made of at least one m... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087290 | Data storage media utilizing a substrate including a plastic resin layer, and method thereof In one embodiment, a data storage media comprises: a substrate comprising at least one plastic portion, an edge lift height of less than about 8μ, and an axial displacement peak of less than about 500μ under shock or vibration excitation; and at least one data lay... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082795 | Metal tube and its production method A small diameter metal tube having at least two inner diameters is provided. A method for producing this metal tube is also provided. In this method, a plate member having a development shape of the metal tube is blanked from a metal thin plate so that the plate mem... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066234 | Stamping tool, casting mold and methods for structuring a surface of a work piece A simple, cost-effective stamping or molding in the nanometer range is enabled using a stamping surface or molding face with a surface layer having hollow chambers that have been formed by anodic oxidation. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055237 | Method of forming a drug eluting stent The present invention provides a method of forming a drug eluting stent, the method comprising coupling a stent framework to a mandrel, inserting the mandrel with stent framework into an open die, the die including a forming surface including a plurality of raised i... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7041943 | Electrical heating element for heating units of seats and steering wheels An electrical heating element for heating units of seats and steering wheels is provided. The heating element comprises at least one conductor having at least one core-coated wire that serves as a heat conductor and/or as a contact conductor and/or as a lead for tem... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032768 | Inert-metal lined steel-bodied vessel end-closure device A steel-body vessel, suitable for storing ultra-high purity gases, has a relatively inert metal lining which covers the interior surface of the steel vessel body, preventing the stored gas from making any contact and reacting with the steel vessel body. The relative... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021516 | Driver blade for fastening tool A novel driver blade for use in a fastening tool having a piston is provided comprising an elongate body, a head at one end of the body for coupling to the piston, a tip at the other end of the body for impacting a fastener to drive said fastener into a workpiece, a... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7004004 | Method of making a hardened motor-vehicle part of complex shape A hardened steel part of complex shape is made from a workpiece by first heating the workpiece to an annealing temperature. Then, while the workpiece is still at the annealing temperature, the workpiece is rapidly deformed by a machine into an intermediate shape. Th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6966208 | Method of producing support pillars A method of producing support pillars for use in the fabrication of evacuated glass panels and, in particular, for use in the fabrication of evacuated glazing. The method comprises the steps of: (a) forming in opposite surfaces (15, 16) of a metal blank (1... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6955288 | Metallurgically bonded layered article having a curved surface A layered article having a curved surface made of a supporting metal metallurgically bonded to a supported metal. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6948350 | Wave-processing method and wave-processing die for core metal of wet friction material A ring-shaped core metal is pressed and compressed by a main punch and a counter punch so as to have a wave shape. Moreover, each group of three micro-protrusions provided on each of top points of the wave shape are cut in the core metal. Then, three notches are cut... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6854309 | Gas-barrier synthetic resin vessel, device for producing the same, and article-received gas-barrier synthetic resin vessel A gas barrier synthetic resin container 10 has an opening portion 12 defined by a flange 12A, a body portion 14 having the opening portion 12, and a bottom portion 16 for closing the end of the body portion 14. The co... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6820455 | Metal working machine The invention metal working machine includes a stationary frame and a moving frame. Both the stationary frame and the moving frame carry opposite corresponding tool dies that perform metal working operations when the moving frame translates relative to the stationar... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6711925 | Process for manufacturing a conductive wire suitable for use in semiconductor packages In a process for manufacturing a conductive wire that is suitable for use in semiconductor packages, a core wire of an extensible metal other than gold is first prepared to have a diameter ranging from 300 μm to 500 μm. Thereafter, a gold-containing outer layer ha... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6598441 | Method for forming metal parts by cold deformation The invention concerns a method for forming metal parts by cold deformation, consisting in: (i) mechanically depositing a metal zinc layer on the free surface of the blank of the part to be produced; and (ii) forming said part by plastic deformation.... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6598287 | Apparatus and method for sizing a galvanized tube A method and apparatus for sizing a galvanized tube, in which two sizing stations are used. A first sizing station having at least one sizing roll is used for sizing the tube prior to the galvanizing process. A second sizing station is then used, the stat... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6564604 | Process for the manufacture of a part with very high mechanical properties, formed by stamping of a strip of rolled steel sheet and more particularly hot rolled and coated A process for the manufacture of a part with very high mechanical properties, formed by stamping of a strip of rolled steel sheet and more particularly hot rolled and coated with a metal or metal alloy ensuring protection of the surface and the steel, whe... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6410098 | Process for preparing copper-film-plated steel cord for vehicle tire A process is disclosed for preparing copper-film-plated steel cord suitable for use in vehicle tires comprising plating zinc or tin on the surface of steel cord, drawing the zinc or tin-plated cord, and then plating copper film onto the zinc or tin plated... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6209197 | Method of manufacturing tappet in an internal combustion engine A method of manufacturing and Al alloy tappet, used in an internal combustion engine, includes supplying wear resistant particles on a surface of a light metal tappet body, the surface slideably contacting a cam, kneading said particles with a surface lay... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6205643 | Method for manufacturing an electrically conductive metallic strip The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of an electrically conductive metallic strip for the production of plug contact elements. A starting strip of copper or a copper alloy having an initial thickness which is greater than its final thickn... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205831 | Method for making a cathode can from metal strip Cathode cans for use in air depolarized cells, and cells made with such cans. The side wall is stronger than the bottom wall, and has a smoother outwardly-disposed surface than the respective bottom wall surface. Strength, and thus hardness, of the side w... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6180171 | Method of producing a plated product having recesses A plated product and apparatus for forming recesses or grooves on material to be plated to produce such a product. The product includes material having a surface having many recesses, each having an opening of size d, where d is in the range 5-100 microns... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6132888 | Stainless steel wire and producing method thereof A stainless steel wire is plated with nickel (Ni) to a thickness of from not less than 1 μm to not more than 5 μm. An inorganic salt coat film mainly composed of at least one of potassium sulfate and borax (borate) and free from fluorine (F) or chlorine... | 10/17/2000 |
