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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7355142 | Resistance welding electrode, welded copper flex lead, and method for making same A method and an electrode for welding a stranded metal workpiece to a substrate workpiece using electrical-resistance welding is provided and a weldment article of manufacture made thereby. More particularly, the method and electrode are best suited for welding a st... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7138598 | Apparatus and method for accommodating part mismatch during joining A method of joining a pair of overlapping workpieces, the method includes: inserting a filler material between the pair of overlapping workpieces; applying a pressure to at least one of the workpieces so that the filler material is crushed; and joining the two workp... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128621 | Connecting structure and its connecting method, and rotating machinery and alternating current A connecting structure in which the electric cable having an insulated coating and the electrically conductive member with non-insulated coating are connected through a connecting terminal having a junction support member by applying an electric current, heating and... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7053330 | Projection weld-bonding system and method A method of welding and a projection weld bond system is disclosed. A first workpiece is provided that is made of a material that conducts electricity, and a second workpeiece is provided that is made of a material that conducts electricity and has a plurality of pr... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7053328 | Method for connecting film-coated wire to subject member A film-coated wire is wound around a terminal at least one turn and pressed by an upper electrode of a resistance welding machine. A current is passed through the upper electrode when the wire is pressed, and heat is produced. The heat melts a film on the wire. The ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6955509 | Method for producing a rim and a rim, particularly for a bicycle The invention relates to a rim and to a method for its production, in particular for bicycles, using a machining device for the working a welding burr of the rim. The machining device comprises a machining means working the outer contour of the rim and a another mac... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6737603 | SW micro welder for directly welding enameled wires This invention deals with a spot electrical welding machine which is technically applied to the electronics industry and micro-electronic industry. A spot electrical welder optimally directly welds enameled wires, fine wires or relevant thin sheets of metal, and met... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6639171 | Method for joining coil wire having heat resistant coating to coil terminal An end portion of a coil wire is wound around a coil terminal to form a wound portion. Then, air is supplied to the wound portion. While the air is supplied to the wound portion, heat is supplied in a first stage to the coil terminal, and thus a heat resi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6635843 | Strip connecting apparatus and method therefore To provide a strip connecting apparatus and a method therefor which are less costly, short in welding time and high in welding quality. A strip connecting apparatus is provided with: a surface coating removing device for removing insulative surface coatin... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6528750 | Heat/pressure fusing wire to terminal apparatus and method A method and apparatus of making an electrical bobbin including applying to the wire/terminal assembly fusing pressure and heat. Sensing the temperature of an electrode zone near one of its fusing surfaces, and controlling the application and cessation of... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6518532 | Method and apparatus for joining pins and wires A method and apparatus of fusing a pin to a wire to reliably form a good quality fusion joint includes placing the pin and insulated or uninsulated wire in a notch of a lower fusing electrode so that the pin is spaced a predetermined distance above the wi... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6369346 | Method for welding a double layer sheet to a jointing sheet The invention relates to a method for welding a double layer sheet metal (1, 2) having an intermediate layer (5), in particular, a sheet metal with knobs, with a bonding sheet metal (8) by spot or roll seam welding. Before welding of the bonding sheet met... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6326580 | Joining apparatus After the initiation of a first current-supplying time an insulator of a coated wired W1 cuts off an electrically conductive path and hence a secondary current I2 for melting and removing the insulator is caused to flow from an upper... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6294751 | Method of electrically welding a part such as a screw or a bolt onto a bore in a composite metal sheet A method of electrically welding a part such as a bolt around a bore of a composite sheet comprising an intermediate layer of a substantially insulating material disposed between two metal layers. Said sheet is pre-heated in the vicinity of said bore in o... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6063507 | Double-layered sheet metal; process for its production and use of such double-layered sheet metal The invention relates to a double-layered sheet metal with a first layer (5) of sheet metal comprising indented knobs (4I -4IV ; 4V -4VII ; 4VIII -4XIII), with several of these knobs forming ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6011233 | Welding method of a connection terminal piece for a deflection yoke coil and the structure thereof A structure is provided by a welding method of connecting a connection terminal piece to lead wires extending from a deflection yoke coil for deflecting electron beams. The lead wires are led out from a winding body and consist of one or more conductive c... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6008462 | Mar resistant, corrosion inhibiting, weldable coating containing iron powder for metal substrates A weldable heat curable liquid coating composition for steel is provided that exhibits improved mar resistance without impairing the weldability characteristics of the coating. To this end, the composition contains a conductive welding aid of iron dust. T... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5866868 | Spot welding apparatus An object to the invention is to narrow the region burned by the preheating current at the spot welding. Structure is provided for allowing conventional welding current to be flowed between a first welding electrode tip and a contact member intermittently... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5587091 | Method and apparatus for controlling resistance welding A control apparatus for resistance welding includes a time measuring device for measuring an energization time of a welding current, the energization time being required by a given electrode displacement during welding between an electrical conductive wel... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5547122 | Joints in bonding of electrical wires A method is disclosed for improving the metallurgical bond between the end of an armature wire of an electric motor and the connector riser or tine on the motor armature. The armature wire has a titanium oxide-containing insulation coating. The titanium o... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5524406 | Insulating apparatus and method for attaching an insulating pad to a support A method for making an insulating apparatus and an insulating apparatus made from such method having an insulating pad made up of a plurality of layers of metal foil, wherein at least two of the layers are separated from each other such that there are gas... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5428202 | Methods and apparatus for fusing electrical conductors Methods and apparatus for fusing together electrical conductors to a commutator are provided. A precise, timed, and controlled delivery of electric current to the fusing electrode of the fusing machine is achieved. A generic supply signal is converted int... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5308948 | Method for welding together electrically conductive members A method for welding together electrically conductive members, comprises detecting step for detecting a removal of an electrically insulating member between a first electrically conductive member and a second electrically conductive member, and welding st... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5300753 | Methods and apparatus for fusing electrical conductors Methods and apparatus for fusing together electrical conductors to a commutator are provided. A precise, timed, and controlled delivery of electric current to the fusing electrode of the fusing machine is achieved. A generic supply signal is converted int... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5180189 | Vehicle steering column installation A steering column bracket assembly for a steering column of a vehicle body includes a filled polymeric plastic modular unit carried by the vehicle body having a U-shaped beam with an inner surface and an outer surface and a panel. The panel and the U-shap... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4964210 | Method of connecting stator coil of motor A method of connecting an end portion of a stator coil of a motor to a terminal, including the steps of locating an insulating plate on one end surface of a stator; positioning the terminal on one side of the insulating plate opposite to the other side wh... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4873411 | Method of spot-welding flat-type electrical wires to metal terminals In a method of spot-welding flat-type electrical conductors, sandwiched between insulators, to metal terminals, a portion of one insulator layer is removed from an end portion of a flat-type electrical conductor to expose the electrical conductors on one ... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4835356 | Spot welding machine A spot welding machine comprising a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, whereby a workpiece, including, e.g., a conductor wire coated with a heat-resistant resin film and a terminal to be welded to the conductor wire, is... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4788411 | Welding method which provides a weld with corrosion protection A welding method for metal parts includes preparing the surface areas of the parts to be welded to provide bare metal surfaces which are clean and dry, clamping said parts together, coating the bare metal surface with a liquid coating comprised of zinc du... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4687900 | Fusing methods and apparatus therefor Methods and apparatus for fusing elements such as wires to one another. The elements to be fused are engaged in a notch or channel in one electrode, so that a first element, typically a stranded wire, contacts this electrode and also contacts the other el... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4675494 | Preheat time compensating weld control A spot weld controller includes a current transformer, a current amplitude detector, a keypad data entry, a solenoid, an air valve and pneumatic cylinder, welding electrodes, a connection to an electric power supply, a source of pressurized air, and progr... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4661675 | Welding sealants for metals and method of use A weldable sealant composition is made by adding ferrous metal particles to a sealant having a viscosity of at least 6 million centipoises. The sealant composition is placed between two metal plates and permits resistance welding, i.e. spot welding, to ta... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4614855 | Resistance weld securement device A weld attachment device and method are disclosed for effecting resistance welding connections through an insulating layer to a metallic substrate without necessarily having access to the rear surface of the substrate. The apparatus comprises a spaced par... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4580713 | Method for bonding an aluminum wire A method for bonding an aluminum wire to a minute pad of an electronic circuit by an ultrasonic bonding technique. An anodized aluminum wire having its surface subjected to insulating coating is used. The bonding is effected such that this anodized alumin... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4543462 | Method for establishing a galvanic bond between an insulated work piece and a welding electrode and an electrode arrangement for the execution and its use In the use of U-shaped electrodes with a current supply and return in regards to the working area whereby for the stripping of insulated work pieces a heating current is applied before the welding operation, different conductor cross section requirements ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4538045 | Electric wiring terminal and method of making same An electrical terminal having a wire clamping tab connected thereto by an essentially thin neck portion about which a wire coated with a resin-type, high temperature insulation is adapted to be wound so that, when the tab is bent back against the terminal... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4465913 | Parallel gap welder A welder having two generally parallel, closely spaced electrodes for manual or automatic welding of wire having displaceable insulation, for use particularly in the wiring of electronic circuit boards. The two electrodes have independent suspensions elec... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4396819 | Method of forming a conductive connection A method of forming a conductive connection between predominantly miniature members by pressing the members together and heating by means of electrodes through which three successive pulses of electric current are passed. First and second pulses act to br... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4323751 | Method of welding wear member for railway vehicle A wear member for use between a pair of relatively movable components of a railway vehicle and method of making same are provided and such wear member comprises a metal support adapted to be supported on one of the pair of components and a liner attached ... | 04/06/1982 |
