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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127978 | Swelling packer and method of construction A swelling element packer is made with internal rings that are either split or scrolled. After the swelling element is built on a temporary mandrel a longitudinal seam of a variety of designs is cut through the element. This allows the rapid deployment of the elemen... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8038048 | Cold weld A cold weld is formed in a multilayer material. A first pin is coupled to a first block. A second pin is coupled to a second block. The multilayer material is disposed between the first pin and the second pin. The first pin opposes the second pin. The multilayer mat... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7959057 | Tool and method for assembling metal parts by impacting with the aid of a magnetic force using two electromagnetic coils movable with respect to each other A tool for assembling a part made of a ferromagnetic material with a part made of a paramagnetic material. The tool includes a first tool part including a first abutment and a first electromagnetic coil. The tool also includes a second part including a second abutme... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7905384 | Cold formed battery terminal A method and apparatus for cold forming a battery terminal having a battery coupling portion and an electrical coupling portion are provided. The battery coupling portion defines a first longitudinal axis and the electrical coupling portion defines a second longitud... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7677430 | Cold-pressure welding method and metal product welded by the method A welded metal product includes a first metal plate having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface; and a second metal plate being cold-pressure welded with the second surface of the first metal plate by directly pressing the first metal pl... | 03/16/2010 |
| RE41101 | Method for securing a yoke to a tube using magnetic pulse welding techniques A magnetic pulse welding operation is performed to secure first and second metallic components together, such as a yoke and a driveshaft tube in a vehicular driveshaft assembly. The yoke includes a first portion, such as a body portion, and a second portion, such as... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7641100 | Cold formed battery terminal A method and apparatus for cold forming a battery terminal having a base and an insert. The insert includes a first portion encapsulated within the base and a second portion that extends beyond a first side of the base. ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7407082 | Advanced erosion resistant carbonitride cermets The invention includes a cermet composition represented by the formula (PQ)(RS) comprising: a ceramic phase (PQ) and a binder phase (RS) wherein, P is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7364062 | Magnetic pulse welding of steel propshafts A method of magnetically welding an end fitting to a metal tube includes assembling a driver ring over an end of the tube and inserting a length of the end fitting into a bore of the tube. An overlap region of the tube, the driver ring and the cylinder are encompass... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350386 | Method and apparatus for making tubes In a method of making a tube, a sheet metal blank is placed in a U-shaped cavity of a lower mold of a shaping tool, and pressed into the cavity by a ram to shape the blank into a U-shaped configuration. In a next process step, the U-shaped blank is formed between an... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348523 | Method of induction weld forming with shear displacement step A shear-assisted solid state welding method for joining of metal parts, involves a first step of heating opposing surfaces in a non-passivating environment to a temperature in the hot working temperature range of the metal. A second step involves bringing the opposi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325300 | Method of manufacturing printed wiring boards In a heat and press stage of manufacturing printed wiring boards, a functional surface layer having release property is provided on a surface of a cushion, and a blocking layer is prepared between the functional surface layer and an inner layer having cushion proper... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7246425 | Method of manufacturing a speaker In manufacturing a speaker, ultrasonic complex vibration welding is applied at least to: a process of fixedly putting together a magnet, a pot yoke a the pole piece; a process of fixing, to a portion of an inner circumference of a frame, an outer periphery of a spid... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241975 | Igniter systems with associated lead frame Resistive igniter systems are provided that comprise a metal substrate with an associated resistive igniter element in electrical connection through braze applied to the metal substrate. Igniter systems of the invention can enable significantly simplified manufactur... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7146703 | Low temperature sputter target/backing plate method and assembly A sputtering target and a backing plate are diffusion-bonded with or without an insert or inserts interposed there-between so as to have a solid phase diffusion-bonded interface. The sputtering target substantially maintains its metallurgical characteristic and prop... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140530 | Method for joining axle components A method of joining two vehicle axle housing components made from the same or dissimilar materials includes providing a first axle housing component, and providing a second axle housing component, where one of the first and second axle housing components is a metall... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131567 | Method and device for joining of metal components, particularly light metal components Method for joining components of metals and alloys, particularly components of light metals, including alloys of light metals and possibly hybrids/composites containing light metals. Oxide on the surfaces to be joined is removed immediately prior to joining, and the... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7080561 | Visual documentation of micro-cracks during tensile coupon testing A test method for visual documentation of micro-cracks during tensile coupon testing includes the steps of: assembling a test unit; inserting a carbon-reinforced composite specimen having a prepared edge into the tensile coupon testing machine; illuminating the prep... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7036709 | Method and structure for implementing column attach coupled noise suppressor A method and structure are provided for implementing a column attach coupled noise suppressor for a solder column structure of the type used to join a substrate to a circuit card. The electrical noise suppressor structure includes a plurality of elongated through op... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036710 | Method and structures for implementing impedance-controlled coupled noise suppressor for differential interface solder column array A method and structures are provided for implementing an impedance-controlled coupled noise suppressor for a differential interface solder column array used to join a substrate to a circuit card. The impedance-controlled coupled noise suppressor structure includes a... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025245 | Magnetic welder A magnetic welding and joining device is provided. The device has a separable induction coil that can be selectively coupled to provide an induction coil to be positioned around workpieces that are to be magnetically welded or joined. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7022934 | Connecting adapter for weld electrode An electrically and thermally conductive adapter for connecting a weld electrode to a tip holder portion of a welding device. The adapter has a first, threaded end, for removable engagement with a like-threaded receiving cavity in the tip holder. The threads may be ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019942 | Electrical feedthrough in a hermetically sealed data storage device An electrical feedthrough is provided to establish an electrical conduction path from an interior of a hermetically sealed housing to an exterior environment. The feedthrough comprises an elongated electrically conductive pin having opposing proximal and distal ends... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011350 | Flash welded joint structure and method for making a joint structure An energy absorbing assembly for a vehicle including an elongated crash box having ends with circular cross sections. One end of the crash box is received in a bumper beam and is friction welded to an inside surface of the beam. The other end of the crash box is fri... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6977361 | Molecular bonding of vehicle frame components using magnetic impulse welding techniques A method for manufacturing a vehicle frame assembly includes the initial steps of providing first and second structural components, disposing portions of the first and second structural components in an overlapping relationship, and generating an electromagnetic fie... | 12/20/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6955852 | Method of manufacturing sputter targets with internal cooling channels The present invention pertains to low temperature pressure consolidation methods which provide for bonding of target material (10) to the backing plate material (15) capable of withstanding the stresses imposed by high sputtering rates. The sputter tar... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953141 | Joining of tubulars through the use of explosives Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods and apparatus of connecting wellbore tubulars by explosive welding, using a frangible anvil, and reforming a surface of wellbore tubulars at a connection. In one embodiment, a first tubular is aligned ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6953143 | Explosion welded design for cooling components A method and apparatus are described for making a coldplate. A first component of, for example copper, is explosion welded to a second component of, for example aluminum. The first metal component has a top surface opposite the second metal component and at least on... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6921013 | Method and apparatus for performing a magnetic pulse welding operation A pair of metallic components are co-axially aligned prior to full energization of the magnetic pulse welding inductor to provide for improved control of the magnetic pulse welding process. To accomplish this, either or both of the components are supported in a floa... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6910617 | Method for securing a yoke to a tube using magnetic pulse welding techniques A magnetic pulse welding operation is performed to secure first and second metallic components together, such as a yoke and a driveshaft tube in a vehicular driveshaft assembly. The yoke includes a first portion, such as a body portion, and a second portion, such as... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908023 | Apparatus for securing a yoke to a tube using magnetic pulse welding techniques An apparatus for supporting a workpiece, such as a yoke having a body portion and a pair of opposed yoke arms, during a magnetic pulse welding operation includes a lower jaw, an upper jaw, and a support pin extending therebetween. During the magnetic pulse welding o... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908024 | Simultaneous magnetic pulse framing A method is performed for permanently attaching framing structural members to an underbody of an automotive vehicle. An underbody structural member including one or more cross members and a plurality of metallic structural members are provided at a workstation. The ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905061 | Method of making a golf club head A method of making a titanium golf club head includes steps. One adopts Ti-4-6 Titanium alloy as SPDF material under isothermal forging conditions, sets the SPDF temperature at between 870-970 degrees Celsius, while heating the molds and workpieces simultaneously in... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904921 | Indium or tin bonded megasonic transducer systems A megasonic cleaning system comprised of a container, a resonator, one or more piezoelectric crystals and a bonding layer comprised of indium or tin for attaching the piezoelectric crystal to the resonator. The resonator comprises a material selected from the group ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6902095 | Two part cold formed battery terminal A method of cold forming a two-part battery terminal and a two-part cold formed battery terminal comprising a cold formed lead or lead alloy slug having a male fastener protruding from a one side of the cold formed slug with a head portion of the fastener rotational... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892929 | Yoke structure that is adapted to be secured to a tube using magnetic pulse welding techniques A magnetic pulse welding operation is performed to secure first and second metallic components together, such as a yoke and a driveshaft tube in a vehicular driveshaft assembly. The yoke includes a first portion, such as a body portion, and a second portion, such as... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6854635 | Method of attaching a balancing mass A method of attaching a balancing mass to a rotational member which has to be balanced and comprises a longitudinal axis X. The method uses magnetic pulse welding, wherein the balancing mass, at a high speed, is radially moved towards the longitudinal axis of the ro... | 02/15/2005 |
