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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7449657 | Compounds for positioning devices of vehicle seats that can be welded together Components for positioning devices that can be welded together via a resistance welding process. The one component exhibits at least one circulatory embossing that protrudes beyond its surface toward the connection side and that engages in the complementary recess o... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7392929 | Weldable synthetic material A synthetic material is applied to a structure of an article of manufacture such as an automotive vehicle. Typically, the material assists in or at last does not interfere with manufacturing steps applied to the article of manufacture. ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7368035 | Method for brazing and adhesive bonding An improved method for joining together the edge portions of first and second panels includes applying a heat curable adhesive along the edge portion of the first panel and then abutting the edge portion of the second panel with the edge portion of the first panel s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7271362 | Protective covering for welding devices The invention relates to a protective covering for welding devices, in particular spot welding pliers, said covering being resistant to welding projections and being non-flammable. The inventive covering comprises a front panel and a rear panel which can be connecte... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256365 | Electrode holder with integrated ultrasound sensor A connecting element for connecting and/or fixing an electrode with an electrode arm of a welding apparatus has a base body; and a sensor selected from the group consisting of a sensor for introducing ultrasound waves into an electrode, a sensor for receiving ultras... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253374 | Sheet-to-tube welded structure and method Method of welding a metal sheet and metal tubing as well as a welded sheet-to-tube welded structure wherein the tube-to-sheet gage ratio may be reduced to permit use of metal tubing having a reduced wall thickness. One or more intermediate metal bridging members is/... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7091440 | Spot welding assembly A welding assembly including a welding gun for providing spaced welds on opposite sides of members being welded. The welding gun includes two welding tips so that both welds can be formed without moving the gun or the members relative to each other. Preferably one w... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7070086 | Sensor pre-load and weld fixture apparatus and method A sensor pre-load and welding apparatus and method are disclosed. A weld fixture apparatus includes a fixture base upon which a sensor package having a sensor base and a sensor cover is located, and a load bar associated with a spring, wherein the load bar provides ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6932879 | Method of weldbonding An improved method of weldbonding utilizing inclusion bodies, placed directly between materials to be bonded or included in a weldbonding adhesive. The inclusion bodies maintain a gap between the materials to be welded which provides a gas releasing egress route to ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6933459 | Methods and apparatus for fabricating a turbine engine blade A method for fabricating a turbine engine blade. The method includes providing a resistance welding system, and welding a metering plate to the turbine engine blade using the resistance welding system. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6927946 | Micro-actuator integrated lead suspension head terminations A technique for electrically interconnecting a disk drive suspension assembly and a micro-actuator mounting a transducer-carrying slider. A first set of termination pads is provided on a generally planar surface of the micro-actuator, adjacent a front edge portion o... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6791056 | Projection welding of an aluminum sheet A projection coined onto a metal sheet, preferably an aluminum sheet, for projection welding the sheet to an adjacent metal sheet. The projection has a thickness greater than the thickness of the sheet on which it is formed. The wall of the projection surrounds a fi... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6515251 | Welding system and method A method of resistance spot welding is disclosed. The method includes providing a first metallic workpiece having a primary surface and a second metallic workpiece having a secondary surface. The method also includes positioning the primary surface into p... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6515250 | Electric joining method and apparatus and a joined unit of members Disclosed is a novel electric joining method and apparatus that can overcome the defects associated with the prior art while taking advantage of the technology for the pulse excited sintering process such as spark plasma sintering process or the hot-press... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6307173 | Weld gun arm casting An alloy for making weld gun arm castings comprises about 0.35 to 0.8 wt. % Be, about 0.2 to 0.9 wt. % Co and about 1.5 to 2.4 wt. % Ni, with the balance being Cu and incidental impurities, the (Ni+Co)/Be ratio in the alloy being at least about 4.... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6291792 | Welded joint between a sheet-steel component and a light sheet metal component, and a welding method A welded joint is made between a sheet-steel component and a sheet-aluminum component by way of a lap or web weld. Hat-like clip parts are pushed through openings in the sheet-aluminum component. The clip parts are welded at their bottom to the sheet-stee... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6222151 | Low profile welding fixture A fixture for holding two members in alignment and in pressure engagement with each other during partial welding of the two members to each other and for holding the members in alignment and pressure engagement with each other while the two members are re... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6049053 | Apparatus for loosening electrode tip for spot welding The present invention provides an apparatus for loosening an electrode tip. The apparatus includes a clamping means mounted to a casing for clamping the electrode tip, the clamping means defining a through-hole for receiving the electrode tip to be loosen... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6028284 | Electromagnetic relay structure and spot welding machine used for fabricating same An electromagnetic relay structure having a plate spring and a yoke secured to a base by forming a vibration damping portion integral with a terminal and by securing the terminal to the base by insertion molding. The vibration damping portion is disposed ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5961854 | Electrode for resistance spot welding of aluminum sheet For welding conductive materials, using conventional copper electrode caps, with a long service life of the welding tool, a foil section is provided between the electrode cap and the surface of the sheet. The foil section is part of a foil strip which is ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5783792 | Welding gun arm and method of manufacturing same An arm main body of a welding gun is formed of an aluminum alloy. An anodic oxide coating is formed on an entire surface of the arm main body. The arm main body is then machined to remove the anodic oxide coating formed on a power feeing terminal portion ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5755447 | Metal gasket with shim The invention is directed to a metal gasket for sealing a clearance between a pair of clamping members. The metal gasket is formed of a metallic base plate on which at least one opening is defined. An annular metallic shim is welded on the base plate arou... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5739498 | Method of and apparatus for joining plate members by the use of anchor pegs A method of joining a first electroconductive plate member made of metal to a second electroconductive plate member made of metal dissimilar to the metal for the first plate member by the use of at least one anchor peg made of the same metal as the second... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5611944 | Hollow component manufacture In a method of manufacturing a hollow component metallic sheets are diffusion bonded together except where a stop off pattern is applied to the surfaces of the sheets. A gas channel is accommodated in the thickness of the sheets for the entry of pressuris... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5552573 | Resistance welding process for aluminum and aluminum alloy materials A resistance welding process for aluminum and aluminum alloy materials for enabling the remarkable improvement of the electrode life comprises the steps of preparing an insert material having the overall thickness of 0.02 to 1 mm including a sheet-like co... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5478981 | Resistive electrode An improved resistive electrode is disclosed for a welding apparatus for welding a battery terminal post to a battery bushing, The battery terminal post is electrically connected to a battery plate disposed within a battery case and the battery bushing is... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5449878 | Resistance spot welding of metal, particularly aluminum A method and apparatus for resistance spot welding aluminum comprises polishing the electrode tips periodically after a number of welds. During the spot welding, a coating or dust builds up on the electrode tips and this has been generally assumed to be p... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5229566 | Process and apparatus for spot-welding a flexible welding board to a battery cell Process for spot-welding a flexible welding board to at least one and preferably a battery cells to form a battery pack, such as a NiCad battery pack. The flexible welding board is a nickel alloy material, laminated to a polyester film by a co-extruded ad... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5223690 | Process and apparatus for spot-welding a flexible welding board to a battery cell Process for spot-welding a flexible bare backed welding board to at least one and preferably a plurality battery cells to form a battery pack, such as a NiCad battery pack. The flexible bare backed welding board is a nickel or other metal alloy material, ... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5113054 | Method for joint welding of small structural component parts A method for the joint welding, particular resistance welding, of small structural parts by applying heat and pressure thereto, wherein the pressure and heat are applied through a pressure-deformable transmitting material to which pressure is applied by a... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5097109 | Insulated aluminum weld fixture and a method of making same A spot welding fixture for holding worpieces in correct orientation has a water cooled aluminum body processed to have an aluminum oxide coating. The coating electrically insulates the body but provides good thermal conductivity so that a fixed electrode ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5063278 | Method and apparatus for supplying electric power to resistance welding gun A welding electric current is suppled to a tiltable resistance welding gun having a pair of electrodes which grip a workpiece while effecting resistance welding thereon. A power receiver terminal on the resistance welding gun and a power supply unit are c... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5041711 | Spot welding electrode A spot welding electrode includes a plurality of alternating, co-axially first and second sections, the first sections having a first predetermined sized cross section. Each first section has an undercut portion tangential to the second section which defi... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4834440 | Hand device for industrial robot A industrial robot head device for conveying a workpiece to a working apparatus and performing a working operation on the workpiece by the working apparatus is disclosed in which a grasping device provided with claws for grasping the workpiece is pivotall... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4803329 | Welder head A welder head comprises a pair of welding electrodes arranged opposite to each other through workpiece to be welded, an electrode holder including a sliding member for holding one of welding electrodes and a support member for supporting the sliding membe... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4795876 | Method and apparatus for preliminarily tacking structural components to each other Structural components, for example rotor components for a flow-dynamic engine, are first tacked to each other prior to final joining. The tacking is accomplished by a spot resistance welding or a high energy ray welding using a small welding material ball... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4794221 | Apparatus and method for exchanging electrode chips used for resistance welding An apparatus for exchanging electrode chips used for resistance welding. The apparatus includes a base to which a shaft is rotatably mounted. A power source is connected to one end of the shaft to rotate the shaft. An electrode chip-withdrawing knife tool... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4791765 | Synthetic material structural body panel A synthetic material structural body panel is provided which comprises synthetic material suitable for use as structural body panel, for example, as a package tray in an automotive vehicular structural body, wherein an aperture extends through the synthet... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4747205 | Method of producing a motor frame for an electric motor A method of producing a motor for electric motor comprises a step of forming a heat radiation fin by bending a rectangular metallic plate, a step of forming a dummy fin having electrical conductivity, a step of disposing the heat radiation fin and the dum... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4673793 | Connecting metal fittings for resistance welder Connecting metal fittings for resistance welder comprise receiver metal fittings connected to transformer side and clamping metal fittings connected to a resistance welding gun side. The receiver metal fittings include terminal strips and power supply con... | 06/16/1987 |
