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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7467741 | Method of forming a sputtering target assembly and assembly made therefrom A method of forming a sputtering target assembly and the sputtering target assembly made therefrom are described. The method includes bonding a sputtering target to a backing plate at a low temperature. Also described is a method of forming a sputtering target assem... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7406849 | Preform, hydroforming method, and hydroformed product A preform with edges overlapped and jointed each other and first and second outer members for forming outer surfaces of a hydroformed product, and reinforcement members that are jointed to the first and second outer members to form reinforcement ribs that divide a h... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7367360 | Integrated piping plate, machining method for same, machining apparatus for same, and machining equipment for same A machining method for an integrated piping plate, for example, composed of a plurality of plates joined together, and in which an instrument and a component constituting an apparatus, or the instrument, or the component are or is disposed on one surface or both sur... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360676 | Welded aluminum alloy structure A method of welding age-hardenable aluminum alloys to improve strength properties in the heat affected zone and the weld zone, the method comprising the steps of providing precipitation hardenable aluminum alloy members to be welded and subjecting said members to a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357290 | Workpiece support structures and system for controlling same In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, set forth is a welding system including a plurality of adjustable welding support structures positioned in relationship to each other to permit welding of a workpiece held by a plurality of adjustabl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347350 | Welding workpiece support structures In accordance with one embodiment of the present application, provided is a welding support structure arrangement to support an elongated assembled weldment preparatory to positional welding. The arrangement includes at least one support structure having a support b... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334312 | Method of forming axles with internally thickened wall sections A method for forming a variable wall thickness axle or tube with internally thickened wall sections comprises extruding a tubular metal blank within an elongated die. An elongated punch pushes the blank through the die. The punch has an end abutting and pushing the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322508 | Tool, apparatus, and method for welding workpieces A joining portion of an opposed surface of workpieces is heated by generating an induced current due to a change of a magnetic field as well as by applying a frictional heat to the joining portion, so that productivity and quality of welding can be improved. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7266914 | Wear plate assembly A bucket assembly is provided with a kit that includes a base plate for permanent connection to a lower part of the bucket, and sacrificial, impermanent replaceable wear edge segments for the forward lip and corner leading edges of an excavator or loader bucket. The... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7152321 | Method of producing a gas generator housing part, gas generator including such housing part and gas bag module A gas generator housing part is produced of a thin-walled tube having a wall thickness which amounts to a maximum of 10% of a tube external diameter and a minimum tensile strength which amounts to at least approximately 800 N/mm2, and a connecting piece h... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7125227 | Process for manufacturing or repairing a monobloc bladed disc A monobloc bladed disc and a process for manufacturing or repairing a monobloc bladed disc, where the process includes forming, on a protruding projection belonging to a disc and extending from an upstream end to a downstream end along a protruding projection chord,... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114643 | Friction fit target assembly for high power sputtering operation The present application pertains to unconventional sputter target/backing plate assemblies (10) for high power operation and to the low temperature method of making them. The sputter target/backing plate assemblies (10) comprise targets (12) and... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090113 | Inertia welded shaft and method therefor A method is provided for assembling a shaft having a metal matrix composite mid shaft and monolithic high strength alloy forward and aft shafts. The forward and aft shafts are each inertia friction welded to separate annular transition pieces which include a barrier... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090112 | Method and sealant for joints A joint between one or more structural members and an associated method are provided. The joint includes a friction weld joint or other connection between faying surfaces of the members, and an exothermically reacted sealant disposed in an interface defined by the f... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7066375 | Aluminum coating for the corrosion protection of welds A method for coating and an associated assembly including such a coating are provided. The assembly includes a workpiece defining a weld portion, such as a friction weld joint and a heat affected zone. A coating is disposed on the weld portion to at least partially ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7017792 | Integrated piping plate, machining method for same, machining apparatus for same, and machining equipment for same A machining method for an integrated piping plate, for example, composed of a plurality of plates joined together, and in which an instrument and a component constituting an apparatus, or the instrument, or the component are or is disposed on one surface or both sur... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011244 | Centering insert and a method of assembling and welding together two pipe elements A centering insert device for centering two pipe elements that are to be welded together end to end, the device comprising a central body supporting a plurality of clamps. The clamps located at the center section planes have a circular conforming effect in at least ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6957761 | Inertia or friction welding of conical components into elliptically-shaped holes in a pipe or tube A method of joining tubular structures using friction welding is disclosed. The invention provides a method of joining a first tubular structure having a conical contact surface to a second tubular member with an elliptical contact orifice by placing the conical sur... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6922924 | Plow cutting edge A plow moldboard cutting edge includes a cutting edge blade having a front (leading) face and a rear (trailing) face, with one or more receiving apertures defined therebetween. An elastic bushing is then provided in each of the receiving apertures of the cutting edg... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6892928 | Method of manufacturing tubular body, by friction stir welding Method of manufacturing a tubular end product, wherein an aluminum plate is formed into a generally cylindrical body such that opposite end sections of the cylindrical body are flattened and butted together along a joint region extending parallel to an axis of the c... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883700 | Turbine blade closure system A turbine blade closure system composed of a closure member capable of being friction welded in an aperture in a hollow-cast turbine blade to prevent the escape of cooling fluids from an internal cavity in the turbine blade. In one embodiment, the aperture is formed... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6854634 | Method of manufacturing rivets having high strength and formability A rivet having improved formability is provided. The rivet has a shank having a head at one end. The shank and the head have a refined grain structure. The rivet is manufactured from the region of the workpiece having a refined grain structure by first forming a reg... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6833199 | Joined structure of different metal materials A joined structure has high strength, which is used for manufacturing a joint made from different metal materials. In the joined structure in which the different metal materials are joined, a reaction product layer to be generated on the joined interface is set to h... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6749103 | Low temperature sputter target bonding method and target assemblies produced thereby A low temperature target and backing plate bonding process and assemblies made thereby. A plurality of projections are formed in the harder member of the assembly. The assembly is bonded by conventional techniques around the peripheral assembly boundaries. The assem... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6736305 | Method and apparatus for friction welding The present invention relates to rotary friction welding and non-rotary motion friction welding, providing means for controlling ductilities of the components during the welding process so as to bias the welding process in favor of a first component or to match the ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6691910 | Method of joining different metal materials by friction welding A rod material made of Ti alloy has a larger diameter portion at the end, which is joined with the end of material made of Ti--Al intermetallic compound, by friction welding, to form a poppet valve for an internal combustion engine. Instead of providing s... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6660106 | Methods of manufacture of spin-forming blanks, particularly for fabrication of rocket domes Large diameter dome tanks made of a plurality of plates friction stir welded together to form a blank and spun and/or stretched into form. The dome tanks may be for holding liquid rocket fuel. Methods of forming include friction stir welding two or more f... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6659331 | Plasma-resistant, welded aluminum structures for use in semiconductor apparatus We have discovered a method of producing a complex-shaped aluminum alloy article, where welding has been employed to form the article, where an anodized aluminum coating is produced over a surface of the article including the weld joint, and where the ano... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6581819 | Panel structure, a friction stir welding method, and a panel This invention provides a configuration of a joint that allows a satisfactory welded joint to be formed with reduced deformation of the joint region when two-face structures (panels) are friction-welded end to end. The panels 31, 32 each have two substant... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6568582 | Application of friction stir welding to superplastically formed structural assemblies The superplastically formed structural assembly includes first and second structural members having facing surfaces. The first and second structural members can include a first outer structural member, a second outer structural member or at least one inte... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6516992 | Friction stir welding with simultaneous cooling A method and apparatus for friction stir welding that produces a weld of significantly reduced surface roughness at significantly higher welding rates, in materials that are difficult to weld, such as non-extrudable aluminum alloys. The method includes co... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6367682 | Airbag inflator and an airbag apparatus An airbag inflator, whose overall size is reduced and which is not adversely affected by the removed weld burrs and can effectively utilize the shape of the projecting weld burrs, is provided in the airbag inflator, in which the interior of the housing ha... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6334571 | Thin interlayer friction welding A method of welding an assembly comprising two aligned cylindrical end pieces and an interposed transverse intermediate piece, the method comprising friction welding the end pieces to the intermediate piece, where the intermediate piece is held in a cavit... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6247634 | Method and apparatus for forming a stir welded joint at meeting cylindrical edges A knock-down anvil assembly provides a rotary anvil ring inside the cylindrical end portions of tank sections to be stir welded together as a butt joint, and an external reactive roller unit is provided which bears against the outer faces of these end por... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6230958 | Friction pull plug welding: dual chamfered plate hole Friction Pull Plug Welding (FPPW) is a solid state repair process for defects up to one inch in length, only requiring single sided tooling (OSL) for usage on flight hardware. Early attempts with FPPW followed the matching plug/plate geometry precedence o... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6213379 | Friction plug welding Friction plug welding (FPW) usage is advantageous for friction stir welding (FSW) hole close-outs and weld repairs in 2195 Al--Cu--Li fusion or friction stir welds. Current fusion welding methods of Al--Cu--Li have produced welds containing varied defects... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6199745 | Welding head A welding head including upper and lower probe members and probe pin. The upper and lower probe members are independently actuatable and biased to follow the profile of a workpiece and supply a balance load to opposed surfaces of a workpiece during weldin... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6193136 | Component mounting method and apparatus Sealant 11 is supplied in advance to one or both of the electrical bonding areas 5,6 of the component 3 and the mounting surface 4, and as the component 3 is brought in contact with the mounting surface 4, the sealant 11 is compressed and filled therebetw... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6168067 | High strength friction stir welding A method for reducing material property degradation during friction stir welding. More specifically, the method includes the steps of solution heat treating first and second structural members at a first predetermined temperature schedule. The first and s... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6152351 | Process for manufacturing a wheel for a motor vehicle A process for manufacturing a wheel for a motor vehicle, in which a wheel spider and a rim ring are connected with one another by means of friction welding. At least one of these wheel parts consists of a magnesium alloy. The controlling of the speed of t... | 11/28/2000 |
