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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364062 | Magnetic pulse welding of steel propshafts A method of magnetically welding an end fitting to a metal tube includes assembling a driver ring over an end of the tube and inserting a length of the end fitting into a bore of the tube. An overlap region of the tube, the driver ring and the cylinder are encompass... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7303104 | Power generator of nail drive A power generator of a nail drive comprises a body; a cylinder in the body; a plug in the cylinder; a plug in the cylinder; and a magnetic element on the plug. The movement of the plug will drive the magnetic element to pass through the induction coil so that the in... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7256373 | Apparatus and method for manufacture of a driveshaft by a pulsed magnetic force process An apparatus (30) and method for forming of a vehicle's driveshaft (32) is provided which makes use of a PMF process. The coil device used in the PMF apparatus is assembled around the shaft from two or more coil sections (40, 41, 43; 42, 44, 45)... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7119309 | Liquid phase diffusion bonding method for dissimilar metal sheets and liquid phase diffusion bonding apparatus for the same A liquid phase diffusion bonding method for dissimilar metal sheets by allowing a galvanized steel sheet and an aluminum alloy sheet to come into close contact with each other and pressing both sheets by using a first mold of a liquid phase diffusion bonding apparat... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7044610 | Method and apparatus for preventing debris contamination of optical elements used for imaging The imaging debris produced by imaging a media with a higher power laser is prevented from accumulating on an optical imaging element by establishing a substantially non-turbulent fluid flow across the optical element. The non-turbulent flow forms a barrier between ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7015435 | Method of magnetic pulse welding an end fitting to a driveshaft tube of a vehicular driveshaft A method for securing components of a vehicular driveshaft includes disposing a neck of an end fitting into the open end of a driveshaft tube. The end fitting is held with respect to the driveshaft tube so that an annular gap is formed between the neck and the drive... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6977361 | Molecular bonding of vehicle frame components using magnetic impulse welding techniques A method for manufacturing a vehicle frame assembly includes the initial steps of providing first and second structural components, disposing portions of the first and second structural components in an overlapping relationship, and generating an electromagnetic fie... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6891137 | Method of magnetic pulse welding an end fitting to a driveshaft tube of a vehicular driveshaft A method for securing components of a vehicular driveshaft includes disposing a neck of an end fitting into the open end of a driveshaft tube. The end fitting is held with respect to the driveshaft tube so that an annular gap is formed between the neck and the drive... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6860013 | Method for joining suspension components A method of joining two vehicle suspension components made from the same or dissimilar materials includes providing a first suspension component, and providing a second suspension component made from a material which is same/dissimilar to the material used to make t... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6813818 | Method for joining vehicle frame components A method for joining vehicle components together to form a vehicle frame assembly where the components are formed from dissimilar materials such as metallic and non-metallic materials. A composite body mount bracket may be attached to a structural component of a veh... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6703594 | Method of magnetic pulse welding an end fitting to a driveshaft tube of a vehicular driveshaft A method for securing components of a vehicular driveshaft includes disposing a neck of an end fitting into the open end of a driveshaft tube. The end fitting is held with respect to the driveshaft tube so that an annular gap is formed between the neck an... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6542217 | Scent storage device, ticket and passive sequential resistor array for use with same A resistor array including a series of spaced first conductor members, a series of initially substantially non-conductive switches respectively connecting adjacent first conductor members to one another, at least one second conductor member in spaced rela... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6531688 | Method of magnetic pulse welding an end fitting to a driveshaft tube of a vehicular driveshaft A method for securing components of a vehicular driveshaft includes disposing a neck of an end fitting into the open end of a driveshaft tube. The end fitting is held with respect to the driveshaft tube so that an annular gap is formed between the neck an... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6423943 | Connecting clamp, connecting apparatus and connecting method A connecting clamp includes a heating member which surrounds a portion to be connected of a steel pipe and heats the portion to be connected, and a first clamp section and second clamp section positioned on opposite sides of the portion to be connected an... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6362461 | Method and device for induction sealing A sealing device for sealing non-circular, in particular polygonal, for example tetragonal, hexagonal, octagonal or elliptical, container openings comprises one or a plurality of induction loops (11, 38, 41) for sealing purposes. Containers (2) comprise j... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6166359 | Induction heating apparatus and method for pipeline welding operations Induction heating apparatus for use in welding an end of a first length of pipe (26) to the exterior surface of a second length of pipe (28), consists of heating assemblies (20, 24) each comprising at least one electrical induction coil (32, 36) wound on ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6078031 | Method and device for joining oilfield tubulars A method for joining well and other oilfield tubulars by amorphous bonding comprises the steps of positioning a body of amorphous material (16) between adjacent and surfaces of a pair of oilfield tubulars (3, 4) that are to be joined and using induction h... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5981921 | Method of magnetic pulse welding an end fitting to a driveshaft tube of a vehicular driveshaft A method for securing components of a vehicular driveshaft includes disposing a neck of an end fitting into the open end of a driveshaft tube. The end fitting is held with respect to the driveshaft tube so that an annular gap is formed between the neck an... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5966813 | Method for joining vehicle frame components A method of joining two vehicle frame components made from dissimilar materials includes providing a first frame component, and providing a second frame component made from a material which is dissimilar to the material used to make the first frame compon... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5919387 | Inductive systems for bonding and joining pipes A method for bonding or joining plastic or metallic pipe using induced energy is provided. A susceptor is placed between the two pipes to be joined and a magnetic flux is induced onto the susceptor. The second pipe may be a coupling device. The magnetic f... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5777299 | Induction generator to heat metallic pipes with a continuous process under a controlled atmosphere An induction heating generator is described for braze-welding metallic pipes with a continuous process under a controlled atmosphere, comprising at least one heating inductor composed of two half-inductors in series whose winding directions for their wind... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5721413 | Method for heating closely spaced portions of two pipes A method for heating pipes with closely spaced end portions that are to be joined by forge welding or the like. Two diametrically opposed contacts are attached to each end portion for supplying high frequency alternating current for resistance heating of ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5338920 | Method of manufacturing and joining electro-fusion fitting An electro-fusion fitting includes a body, and a magnetic alloy member which is continuous in the axial direction is embedded in the vicinity of a joint surface of the body. A shield member is arranged on the outer surface of the body in a portion where a... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5329099 | Method of maintaining housing of reactor pressure vessel and heat treatment equipment therefor A method of maintaining the housing of a reactor pressure vessel having: a reactor pressure vessel into which cooling water is introduced; a cylindrical housing which penetrates an end bracket of the reactor pressure vessel; and a circumferential weld for... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5294769 | Electric joining method of material including ceramics The present invention provides an electric joining method of a body to be jointed including the butted portion of at least between electroconductive ceramics to be jointed or between an electroconductive ceramics and a metal to be jointed, whereby the bod... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5240167 | Friction welding method with induction heat treating A method and an apparatus for friction welding two elements together are disclosed in which the areas of the two elements to be welded are heated by an induction heater. The induction heater may be used to heat the areas to be welded prior to contact betw... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5208443 | Temperature auto-regulating, self-heating recoverable articles This invention relates to heat-recoverable devices that are self-heating and auto-regulating. The heat-recoverable articles of this invention comprise the combination of a heat-recoverable material and lossy heating particles, such as ferromanetic or ferr... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5186755 | Girth weld heating and coating system A system for heating and coating a weld joint in a pipe comprising; a heating and coating ring for placement on the pipe over the center of the weld joint; the ring having an open position to permit the same to be placed over the pipe and a closed positio... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5097585 | Method of forming a composite tubular unit by expanding, low-frequency induction heating and successively quenching A multi-walled composite tube member is formed from two superimposed pipes having a gap therebetween. The inner pipe is forcibly expanded in excess of the gap to deform and expand the outer pipe. The expander including a mandrel is forced through the alig... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5053595 | Heat shrink sleeve with high mu material A connector which acts upon itself contains a fusible bonding the connector forming a part of a temperature autoregulating electrical heater whereby upon application of a generally constant a.c. current to the heater, the temperature of the heater rises t... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4947462 | Induction welding apparatus and method Arrangement in connection with induction butt-welding of the aubstantially pipe- or bolt-shaped elements of metal, which are provided close to each other along substantially the same center axis, and which at their welding edges define a narrow gap or joi... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4807801 | Method of ameliorating the residual stresses in metallic duplex tubes and the like and apparatus therefor A method of ameliorating the residual stresses in a metallic duplex tube and the like and an apparatus therefor, wherein the duplex tube includes a main tube defining the outer tube, and a thermal sleeve defining the inner tube which is inserted to the ou... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4736084 | Method and apparatus for heating opposing surfaces of two elements to be joined In a method for heating metal elements (1,2) which are to be joined, for example by forge welding, there is used a high frequency resistance heating. The elements are provided with surfaces to be welded and are positioned so that said surfaces constituted... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4694131 | Induction heating method and apparatus for relieving residual stress in welded joint between main and branch pipes A heating method and heating apparatus for uniformly or substantially uniformly heating a predetermined portion of main and branch pipes including a welded joint therebetween of a main-and-branch-pipe assembly, thereby relieving the residual stress in the... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4687892 | Inert atmosphere control for induction heated pressure welding system A method and apparatus is disclosed for purging air from multiple surfaces of members to be welded together. The apparatus includes a hood with the inert gas entering the hood at about 150 cubic feet per minute at between 2-5 pounds per square inch gauge ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4687894 | Induction heating method and apparatus for relieving residual stress in welded joints in pipe line A heating method and apparatus for effecting the residual-stress-relief treatment of a welded joint in a pipe line. A welded joint between main pipes, between a main pipe and a branch pipe, between a main pipe and a pipe base or between a branch pipe and ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4584453 | Method and an apparatus for inductively welding a front fork of bicycle The present invention discloses a method for welding the front fork of a bicycle which makes each junctures among the joint, the handlebar, and the fork blades simultaneously reach the melting temperature of a weld metal, so that the weld metal located in... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4418258 | Method for heat treating metal A method for relieving stress in the microstructure welds and the heat affected zone in the adjacent base metal in low alloy steel by induction heating in a second post-weld heat treatment. The heated area is monitored with a radiation pyrometer to ensure... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4357512 | Apparatus for continuous manufacture of butt-welded pipe An apparatus for continuous manufacture of butt-welded pipes is constituted by a heating furnace for heating a skelp continuously passed therethrough up to a predetermined temperature less than the butt-welding temperature for the material of the skelp, h... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4197441 | High frequency induction welding with return current paths on surfaces to be heated Methods of heating and welding together portions of a metal part or parts in which the portions are positioned in facing, generally parallel and spaced apart relation and an induction coil overlies the part or parts and is positioned so as to induce oppos... | 04/08/1980 |
