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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7271367 | Single retainer mounted riser A motor vehicle car body framing apparatus for use at a welding station, the apparatus including a gate having a frame structure and a plurality of tooling members carried by the frame structure for use in positioning components of the vehicle body at the welding st... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7247809 | Welding machine for the production of wire grid sheet A welding machine, operating by the electric resistance welding method, for producing wire grid mat of longitudinal and transverse wires (L, Q) crossing one another and welded together at the crossing points, having a plurality of welding units (1, 1′), loc... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7178227 | Workpiece presenter for a flexible manufacturing system A workpiece presenter for fixturing a workpiece of a vehicle assembly is provided, including a platform 50, and a tooling plate 7 removably connected to the platform, the tooling plate including a planar body 10 for supporting fixture tools 3... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170025 | Welding device IMPROVED RESISTANCE WELDING DEVICE that includes a mobile electrode in a support assisted by a spring, gas cylinder or expansion element, allowing its movement on being compressed so that the time lapse for the welding is sufficiently long to be effective, without a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6952978 | Device for a work element having two degrees of mobility A working element with two degrees of mobility, which, with the assistance of two motors manages to move two movable links, one of them acting on the working element, this is a method which is distinguished in the simultaneous action on a working element with the as... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6926189 | Welding method and apparatus An apparatus for welding closed one end of each of a multiplicity of open-ended tubes suitable for use as brachytherapy capsules includes a welding station having a welding position for welding closed one end of a tube, a rotatable platform having an outside edge, a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921011 | Work piece holder having top mounted robot and method of use The invention relates to a work piece holder with top mounted robot which optimizes floor space for a work piece positioner and a robot. In general, the work piece positioner assembly and the top mounted robot is supported on a base frame. Attached to the base frame... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6912787 | Method of forming a joist assembly and a chord used in such joist assembly A method of forming a joist assembly including the steps of forming a top chord, forming a bottom chord, bending a tubular member into a serpentine configuration, positioning an upper bent portion of the tubular member into the top chord, positioning a lower bent po... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6489593 | Locating and locking unit for welding sheet metal parts of a motor-vehicle body A locating and locking unit for sheet metal parts which are to be assembled by electric spot-welding on a motor-vehicle body, comprising a base platform, for receiving the trolley of a positioning frame equipped with locating and locking devices for the p... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6476349 | Strip guiding device In a method of manufacturing articles to be included in cans, a metal strip (1) is fed to an article forming unit (11), in which it is punched and stamped to form the articles. Before the article forming operations, the strip (1) is provided with laser en... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6420671 | Welding apparatus The present invention can weld two parts of component metal fitting constituting the parts as a welding apparatus used in manufacturing automotive parts such as a strut mount upon positioning and laminating. Furthermore, a welded part can be easily recove... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6191383 | Welding device A device for mutually connecting by laser welding of sheet-metal objects laid flat against each other at least in determined zones, for instance two or more flat or previously profiled plates, for instance stainless steel or other objects for mutual conne... | 02/20/2001 |
| 5944245 | Device for fusing shank and cutting edge of bit A device for fusing a shank and a cutting edge to form a bit is composed of a bottom plate on which a shank locating apparatus, a heater, a cutting edge locating apparatus, a collection apparatus, and a pneumatic-electro control apparatus are mounted. The... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943768 | Automotive framing system An automotive framing system for positioning a lower body component and at least two upper body components together at precise positions relative to each other prior to fixedly securing the body components together. The framing system includes a conveyor ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5921459 | Modular robotic welding station A modular robotic welding station comprises a base skid to which is mounted robotic welding equipment. The base skid defines one or more docking stations. Satellite modules can have either stationary tables or turn tables that hold the workpieces to be we... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5724712 | Method and apparatus for automated processing and handling of welded sheet metal blanks A method and apparatus for automatically welding and handling welded tailored blank composites. The method comprises the steps of transferring first and second sheet component parts from respective input stacks to an assembly table of a welding machine. T... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5634255 | Method and apparatus for automated processing and handling of mash weldedsheet metal blanks A method and apparatus for automatically welding and handling mash welded tailored blank composites. The method comprises the steps of transferring first and second sheet component parts from respective input stacks to an assembly table of a mash welding ... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5471026 | Continuous resistance welding apparatus and method A relatively simple and inexpensive apparatus and method for providing high quality and aesthetically pleasing continuous resistance welded hollow metal articles at constant speed comprises an article workpiece conveying guide means for guiding the articl... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5456635 | Method and apparatus for producing assemblies of headed fasteners A method and apparatus is disclosed for affixing heads to headless fasteners to form webs thereof, wherein the headless fasteners are equally spaced apart a given spacing. The web of headless fasteners is conveyed to and disposed so that each of a first s... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5131581 | Mash seam weld sheet splicer A pair of sheets are supported on a support assembly having skewed support rollers disposed on opposite sides of an elongate guide having a pair of sidewardly opening and vertically overlapping guide grooves. The pair of sheets are disposed on opposite si... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5123161 | Apparatus for setting car body components in motorcar body assembling line An apparatus for use in a motorcar body assembling line for setting car body components including a floor panel, a roof panel, and side panels on a set carrier in a predetermined positional relationship in a setting station at a starting end of the assemb... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4972987 | Plant equipped with revolving tool assemblies for welding automotive vehicle bodies in a single processing station A plant for welding automotive vehicle bodies that are conveyed in succession in an assembly line to a single processing station having equipment for positioning, holding and welding different types of automotive bodies, a pair of opposed stationary frame... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4944445 | Method for automatic joining and machining The invention relates to a method and a device for automatically joining and matching assemblies consisting of several components each and retained on a workpiece carrier (4) in a transfer line with retoolable machining stations (3). In the machining stat... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4917284 | Apparatus for manufacturing building panels The apparatus, for manufacturing building panels for construction walls with antiseismic and thermoacoustic insulation characteristics, includes a horizontal table for assembling a panel formed by at least one layer of insulating material and by a pair of... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4905884 | Apparatus for welding motor vehicle bodies Apparatus for welding motor vehicle bodies which have previously been assembled loosely comprises a station for the forming and welding of the body, a conveyor line for transporting the loosely preassembled bodies to the station, at least two pairs of for... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4902868 | Advanced parallel seam-sealing system An advanced parallel seam-sealing system which includes a control console, computer deck, electronic keyboard and welding robot for automatically sealing electronic and other component packages. The welding robot is designed to have seven (7) degrees of m... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4870241 | Conveyor device for can bodies in a can welding machine Can bodies (1) rounded around an arm (16) are taken over by endless conveying tracks (30;50). These are each guided over guide devices (32;52) and a drive wheel (33;53) and each comprise a run parallel to the arm (16) in order to convey the can bodies (1)... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4856701 | Device for positioning tentering frames into association with a workpiece which is being assembled along a transfer line A device for positioning tentering frames into association with a workpiece which is being assembled along a transfer line which has a working station includes a movable guiding section which extends substantially perpendicular to the transfer line at the... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4853511 | Apparatus for the feeding of transverse wires to the welding line of a grid welding machine Apparatus for the feeding of transverse wires from a feed position to the welding line of a grid welding machine has at least one nozzle (9) which is directed towards the welding line, and which can be supplied with compressed air in time with the welding... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4800249 | Automatic system for assembly and welding metal sheet bodies, particularly car bodies, suitable for high mass production An automatic system for the production of metal sheet bodies, preferably car metal bodies, which is composed of a plurality of forming-welding assemblies contained in stores so that they can be preselected and carried each in correspondence with an assemb... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4774391 | Machine for welding together the longitudinal edges of rounded can bodies Two endless flexible conveying strands (22, 24) run, parallel to one another, over a drive mechanism (26, 28), a guide mechanism (30, 32, 34) and a conveying track for the body blanks (10). The two conveying strands (22, 24) are displaceable in relation t... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4761532 | Resistance welding apparatus A resistance welding apparatus (10) is disclosed which is particularly adapted for use in welding parts (27) into the interior surface of a metal tube (17) in a pre-determined pattern obtained by longitudinal and rotational indexing of the tube. An elonga... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4754116 | Projection welder A projection welder for welding a nut to one side of a work has a movable upper electrode and a stationary lower electrode provided with a removable electrode tip for receiving and holding thereon the nut against which the work is urged by the upper elect... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4741468 | Apparatus for conveying rounded body blanks through a welding zone On a machine for welding the longitudinal edges (12,14) of rounded body blanks (10), two groups of movable guide elements (36), which exert radial guiding forces on the blanks (10), are arranged lying opposite one another with respect to the blanks. The g... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4728766 | Welding machine for welding tongues onto sheet-metal parts For welding tongues (12) onto sheet-metal parts (10), particularly tear-open can parts, a welding machine having at least one pair of welding electrodes (62, 63) is provided. The sheet-metal parts (10) can be moved through the machine steps between the we... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4719328 | Touch-up welding apparatus for motorcar body A touch-up welding apparatus for welding such portions of a motorcar body which remain unwelded after the body has passed along a main welding portion of an assembly line. Plural welding gun magazines holding differing welding guns are disposed along side... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4716268 | Method and apparatus for producing bimetallic contacts, especially bimetallic welded contacts An arrangement for bimetallic contacts, especially bimetallic welded contacts, in which wires of metals having different conductivity, e.g. silver and iron, are butt-welded with one another by electrical resistance welding without noticeable deformation o... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4714814 | Welding machine for welding tongues onto sheet-metal members Sheet-metal members (10), particularly tear-open can members, can be moved rhythmically, one behind the other, through a welding station (19) by a sheet-metal conveyor (15) and located in a defined position (17) in the welding station (19) by a positionin... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4682722 | Welding systems for motor vehicles bodies In a system for the automatic welding of motor vehicle bodies, adapted to operate on at least two different types of body, the parts of a loosely preassembled body accurately positioned, in order to be welded by programmable welding robots, by means of po... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4667866 | Car body assembling apparatus and method Different car body parts needed for a complete main body are preworked at a subassembly station and then are releasably attached to corresponding jig units, each unit having a universal frame on which is mounted a set of special jigs conforming to the kin... | 05/26/1987 |
