Bizarre Patents
A simulation environment for the sport of boxing utilizing a robotic machine interface system which carries a person.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7421314 | Method and device for controlling robot A method for controlling a robot during an interpolation of a trajectory or motion to any prescribed position, comprises the steps of a) ignoring at least one of the three originally prescribed or interpolated tool center point orientation values; b) finding new too... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414220 | Orbital weld head An orbital weld head includes a metal insert and rotor. The covers are made from mica laminate. A metal spring/brush that is preferably one piece side loads the rotor against the insert. The rotor and insert have interengaging portions, preferably trapezoidal, that ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7330774 | Reception system An operation control unit of a reception system includes a visitor ID information DB for storing therein visitor comparison information and visitor ID information including a phone number of a receiver of a visitor; an identifying unit for identifying the visitor wh... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321808 | Robot and multiple robot control method When braking of a motion of a part of a first robot is assumed to be started at points in time, a first stop position of the first robot part is estimated at each point in time. When braking of a motion of a part of a second robot is assumed to be started at the poi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7304267 | Method and a device for depositing a welding material in an annular facing machined in a spherical wall Welding material is deposited automatically in the annular facing. A welding torch is causes to rotate about an axis of rotation that extends in a direction that is radial relative to the spherical wall and that passes through a point of the concave inside surface o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7293342 | Method of manufacturing stator for electric motor A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine stator includes inserting straight portions of conductor segments into a plurality of slots of a stator core. The conductor segments are then bent so that connection ends of the conductor segments that are disposed... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288736 | Connection between two components A method of connecting two components includes providing an assembly including a first component and a second component, optically sensing a connection region between the first component and the second component to produce an image, defining a substantially elliptic... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7246736 | Supplying shielding gas A flexible articulate tubular device has a shank, a plurality of pivot rings, and a terminus with heat sensors and a fiber optic device. The flexible articulate tubular device is initially positioned, either manually or automatically, near a target weld path with th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232974 | All position automatic welding head and method for operating the same A welding head which can easily move the torch portion of the welding head in the circumferential direction and the vertical moving direction of the outer circumference of the to-be-welded tubes even in a narrow gap, includes a torch rotating ring that rotates on th... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225968 | Crack repair using friction stir welding on materials including metal matrix composites, ferrous alloys, non-ferrous alloys, and superalloys A system and method of using friction stir welding and friction stir processing to perform crack repair or preventative maintenance of various materials and structures, wherein the structures include pipeline, ships, and nuclear reactor containment vessels, wherein ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7205500 | Non-consumable electrode welding torch and welding head with the torch An ultra-flat non-consumable electrode welding torch which allows performing a welding operation through a narrow gap between adjacent piping such as welding piping of a boiler panel, to be mounted on a compact automatic welding head, and a welding head provided wit... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199325 | Method for interconnecting tubulars by forge welding A method for interconnecting tubulars by forge welding involves arranging the tubular ends that are to be interconnected at a distance, up to a few millimeters from each other in a shield gas chamber, into which a reducing non-explosive flushing fluid mixture (e.g. ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7171734 | Apparatus for aligning female connector in fixture for use in reconditioning of articulated connector An apparatus for semi-automatically reconditioning an articulated connector while it is still mounted to the end structure of a rail car is disclosed. The apparatus is mountable to the connector and measures to find areas and amounts of wear on portions of the conne... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7161115 | Magnetically impelled arc butt welding of pipelines The present invention is a method and a vehicle-mounted apparatus (30) for laying pipelines in which adjacent pipe (17, 28) are joined by the technique of magnetically impelled arc butt welding (MIAB). A MIAB welding head (13) having a welding a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145976 | Procedure and means for replacing and procedure for repairing a section of a pipe in the primary circuit of a nuclear reactor In a nuclear reactor, cooled by pressurized water, an apparatus is employed for replacing a section of a primary circuit primary pipe that interconnects first and second components of a primary circuit. The apparatus cuts out and removes a section of the primary pip... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129442 | Welding machine A welding machine that includes a welding torch assembly, a first rotary head, a second rotary head, a fixture, a processor and a memory subsystem. The first rotary head is configured to receive and selectively retain a first end of a bar and a first link approximat... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7105765 | System and method for aligning tubes in an orbital welder A novel orbital welder includes a body defining a tube passage, a weld tip, a rotor, a light source disposed to emit light toward the tube passage such that the emitted light will impinge upon one or more tubes placed in the tube passage, and a detector to detect th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7086136 | Method of manufacturing a sequential segment joining type stator coil Provided is a method of manufacturing a sequential segment joining type stator coil for use in an electric rotating machine, capable of achieving satisfactory electrical and thermal contact between end tip portion pairs of segments and basal electrodes and of realiz... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7057137 | Orbital welding internal pressure control The present invention is generally comprised of a tube adaptor, a chamber, a chamber pressure sensor, a calibration pressure sensor, an iris valve, an iris valve drive means, and a control and data processing means. In a calibration mode, the calibration pressure se... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7034244 | Method and apparatus of coordinating operational feedback in a plasma cutter The present invention is directed to a system and method for improved operational feedback from a plasma torch to a plasma-cutting power source. A plasma cutter includes a plasma cutting power source, a plasma torch in communication with the plasma cutting power sou... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026568 | Ceramic weld insulator and metal weld gear combination for an improved micro weld head component of an orbital tube welding apparatus The invention is of an improvement to orbital welding heads and welding systems for welding pipe and tubing butt joints, consisting of a novel combination of materials, including a ceramic weld insulator and a metal weld gear. Such a combination, which has a greater... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019248 | Welding shielding gas flow-control device These shielding gas flow-control devices avoid weld start quality problems often created in typical GMAW systems. They accomplished this while maintaining the common high pressure gas delivery pressures. Higher pressures maintain automatic flow compensation when gas... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6990724 | Dynamoelectric machine winding joining method An intermediate holding member is inserted between a second free end and a third free end from an inner circumferential side in a radial direction, a first radial restraining member presses against a free end at an innermost circumference from radially inside, and a... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6964798 | Multi-layered polymer based thin film structure for medical grade products A multiple layer structure comprising a first and a second skin layer, each skin layer composed of a polypropylene containing polymer, and a radio frequency (“RF”) susceptible layer adhered to and between the first and second skin layers. The RF layer has a firs... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6953909 | External pipe welding apparatus The invention relates to the field of automated welding, and more particularly, to an automated, gas metal arc welding apparatus for externally welding abutting sections of pipe. The apparatus has a motorized main carriage for travelling circumferentially about one ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6943315 | Robot spot welding apparatus for nuclear fuel skeleton and spot welding method using the same The automatic robot spot welding apparatus includes a welding bench including clamping frames, which are uniformly arrayed and have receiving portions for the sparer grids, and have, at both ends of the welding bench, fixing plates for the guide tubes and the instru... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6930425 | Rotary electric machine stator and method of manufacturing the same A rotary electric machine stator includes a stator core having plural slots and a stator winding that is composed of plural conductor segments. Each conductor segment has a straight portion disposed in the slot and connection ends projecting from the slots and welde... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924452 | Welding device and method A welding device and a welding method for butt welding two pipes to be welded are provided. The welding device comprises a welding device body, having an electrode unit with a welding electrode and a fixing clamp for holding the pipes to be welded; and electrode pos... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915943 | Tetherless internal line-up unit for pipeline welding A line-up clamp unit is powered by a diesel engine which drives a hydraulic pump for operating hydraulic equipment in the unit. The unit includes a line-up clamp which has front shoes, rear shoes and expanding copper back-up tiles. Drive wheels are deployed by a hyd... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915556 | Method for assembling conductive segments of a rotor winding or stator winding in a rotary electric machine This process for assembling conductive segments (16) of a rotor or stator winding of a rotary electrical machine comprises the stages consisting in inserting the conductive segments (16) in slots arranged in a core (12) of the rotor or of the st... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6845295 | Method of controlling a robot through a singularity A method of controlling a robot (32) includes the steps of selecting an initial configuration from at least one of a first, second, and third sets to position a TCP at a starting point (44) along a path (33) and selecting a final configuration d... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6834422 | Method of forming stator winding of rotary electric machine A stator winding wound on a cylindrical stator core of a rotary electric machine such as an alternator for use in an automobile vehicle is formed in the following manner. Plural U-shaped conductor segments are inserted into slots formed in the stator core. Pairs seg... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6806442 | Method and apparatus for splicing tubular heater sections An apparatus for splicing a heatable section of a tubular heater to a cold section, the heatable section includes an outer sheath, which has a heating element therein. The cold section includes an outer sheath which has a cold pin therein. The apparatus comprises an... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6781083 | Weld overlay system A process for applying weld overlay material to a tube with a single pass of a weld head. A gas tungsten arc welding process with high frequency wave pulse current is preferably used to apply the overlay material. The overlay material is preferably in the form of we... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6768082 | Parts welding device This invention relates to a device for welding a flange (3) of a part (1) having a shaft (2) and the flange (3) to a steel plate (44). The device comprises a supporting shaft (26), on the end of which a hole (37) for ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6737608 | Automated welding device for the buildup of material An apparatus, for providing a welding bead on a surface to be welded, comprises an arm supporting a welding torch in which the welding torch facilitates welding on a desired surface. A spindle supports the arm and the welding torch and at least a portion of an exter... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6737601 | Method and device for welding together two bodies A method and apparatus for welding together two pipes or plates. The bodies to be welded are placed mutually in line against each other while leaving clear a weld groove. The weld groove is filled with more than one welding layer by a welding torch moved in a longit... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6727465 | Apparatus for overlay welding of a tube exterior An overlay welding apparatus for depositing an overlay weld on rotating tube stock. The apparatus comprises an elongate frame and supports for rotating the tube stock about a central axis thereof. The tube stock is inclined relative to horizontal when supported by t... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6657161 | External pipe welding apparatus The invention relates to the field of automated welding, and more particularly, to an automated, gas metal arc welding apparatus for externally welding abutting sections of pipe. The apparatus has a motorized main carriage for travelling circumferentially... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6653589 | Apparatus for welding An apparatus (10) for welding a bore of a work piece (24) includes a torch tube (18) carrying a welding torch (20). The torch tube is removably connected to a housing (12) which houses a rotating drive motor (14) for rotating the torch tube (18). A feed s... | 11/25/2003 |
