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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7243508 | Ice making section of stream down type ice making machine An ice making section of a stream down type ice making machine for enabling easy cleaning between a pair of ice making plates and for enabling individual replacement of every component, thereby reducing the cost of replacement. A plurality of mounting members... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7037621 | Cell, cell production method, welded article production method and pedestal A metal plate and an electrode in a polymer lithium ion secondary battery or the like are welded certainly, and it is accomplished to further improve the reliability and the durability thereof. Each of an upper metal plate (7a) and a lower metal plate ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038160 | Method for producing permanent integral connections of oxide-dispersed (ODS) metallic materials or components of oxide-dispersed (ODS) metallic materials by welding A method for producing permanent integral connections of oxide-dispersed metallic materials by welding. The materials or components to be connected are overlapped to form an overlapping region in a joining region of the overlapping region. The materials or component... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7019251 | Method for producing lamella packets for adjustable steering columns The invention relates to a method for producing lamella packets (e.g. 70) such as those used for adjustable steering columns in automobiles. According to the invention, at least one of the lamellae (e.g. 71) is provided with a collar (71.1) and ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011893 | Metallic layer with regions of varying material thickness, method for producing such a metallic layer and honeycomb body at least partly produced from such metallic layers A process for producing a metallic layer includes forming structures at least in subregions of the metallic layer. The structures have corrugation troughs and corrugation peaks, an upper bearing surface formed at least in part from the peaks, and a lower bearing sur... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6992261 | Sputtering target assemblies using resistance welding A method of forming a sputtering target assembly and other metal articles is described. Sputtering target assemblies and metal articles are also described. The method includes bonding a sputter target to a backing plate using resistance heating or welding to bond as... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6729926 | Method for making magnetrons A magnetron has an anode cylinder, a plurality of vanes arranged radially within the anode cylinder, a magnetic piece disposed at an open end section of the anode cylinder, an anode vacuum container including a metal container disposed to cover an upper surface of t... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6525290 | Accumulator and manufacturing process thereof Disclosed is an accumulator comprising: a pressure vessel; an elastic bellows in which a compressed gas is sealed, an end of the bellows being fixed to an interior of the pressure vessel; a flow path having an opening communicating with the interior and a... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6222152 | Electric heating treatment method, electric heating treatment apparatus, and electrode for electric heating treatment apparatus Quality localized surface treatment such as remelting a surface portion of a work by electric heating can be achieved easily by supplying electric current between an energization electrode and the work while holding the distal end portion of the energizat... | 04/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6037559 | Process for lap joining two kinds of metallic members having different melting points A circular blank made of a steel plate is lapped onto an Al-based plate in lapped areas of the Al alloy plate and another steel plate. Then, the three members are pressed by a pair of electrodes, and a welding current is allowed to flow between both the e... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5977508 | Resistance welding method and apparatus used in the method A resistance welding method in which a welding current is passed through a welding portion of a material to be welded in a condition that the welding portion is put in between a pair of electrodes, so that the welding portion is fused and welded by use of... | 11/02/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5191710 | Method of forming an electrode unit A forming electrode unit for forming the conductors of the electric wire into the terminal includes a female pressing electrode having an electric wire housing groove, and a male pressing electrode having an electric wire pressing portion which is fitted ... | 03/09/1993 |
| 4677271 | Method for electrical resistance-welding and installation for carrying out said method and use of said method in drum manufacture The leak-tight welding of elongated joints, particularly of circular, interlocked joints, such as, for example, the fluid-tight welding of plugs on drums is achieved by folding over the edge (11), or the circular margins around a circular opening, of the ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4583675 | Method of production of a part formed with an opening A method of production of a part formed with an opening wherein a metal strip material is subjected to rolling at its outer peripheral portion to have its thickness slightly reduced and shape the metal strip material into a ring-shaped blank, and at least... | 04/22/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4336437 | Method of extrusion-fusion welding of lead parts through an aperture in a battery case The present invention provides a novel method of extrusion-fusion welding of lead parts through an aperture in a battery case which uniformly controls the area of contact between members to be welded at the completion of the extrusion process in order to ... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4322597 | Method and apparatus for interconnecting electrochemical cells for a battery Apparatus and method for mechanically and electrically interconnecting the individual electrochemical cells for a battery. A cell-holding fixture maintains the cells in fixed relationship and includes a conductive electrode disposed adjacent each terminal... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4291215 | Bonding a highly conductive arc-resistant electrical contact pad on a metal body One form of the method includes disposing a silver contact pad on only a portion of a metal body. The joint between the silver contact pad and the metal body includes a metal which is metallurgically compatible with the silver contact pad and with the met... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4230925 | Circuit board wire bonding and cutting apparatus Apparatus for weld bonding circuit connection wires to stitch pins in a printed circuit board, including a bonding head which combines an omni-directional cutter in association with an electrode which the circuit wire extends, and structure is provided to... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4187407 | Welded lap joint and method of making the same A welded lap joint is made in sheet metal panels by folding over the margin of one panel to form a U-shaped section and to crimp within the U-section a sheet metal spacer strip thereby producing a three layer configuration. The margin of a second panel is... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4117299 | Method of tipping refractory metal tubulation An improved method for sealing off the refractory metal exhaust tubulation of the ceramic arc tube employed in the high pressure sodium discharge lamp. The method involves a single four-directional crimp of the tubulation to form an X-shaped cross-section... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4098966 | Welded battery elements and process A battery including a plurality of electrochemically negatively and positively polarized elements interleaved with each other and a plurality of appropriate interelement battery separators, wherein each of the elements has a foil-like metal tab extending ... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4060706 | Method of forming a handle by welding A technique for forming and mounting a handle which includes the steps of providing a channel-shaped body of metal with opposed flat lugs at its midportion, inserting a metal rod perpendicularly into the channel-shaped body in tangential surface contact w... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4044218 | Dimensionally stable anode and method and apparatus for forming the same The specification and drawings disclose an anode for use in electrolytic cells, as well as a method and apparatus for forming the same. The anode is characterized in that its anode surfaces are formed from two sheets of metal having the same configuration... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4034152 | Termination system for fusing aluminum-type lead wires An electrical tang type terminal for use in fusing aluminum or aluminum alloy wire thereto. The terminal includes an enlargement to absorb part of the active electrode pressure during heat and pressure application, thereby peventing shearing or undue weak... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4004124 | Method of forming a seam in a body outer panel of a vehicle End portions of first and second panel plates to be joined together are displaced toward the inside and outside of the panel, respectively, by an amount substantially equal to the thickness of the panel plates adjacent a seam to be formed, whereupon, with... | 01/18/1977 |
| 4001542 | Method and apparatus for forming a stream feeder A method of and apparatus for fabricating an orificed wall for a feeder for flowing streams of filament forming material such as molten glass by punching an aperture through a plate from one side to the other and then permanently depressing the plate imme... | 01/04/1977 |
