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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7275521 | Joint structure of diverging branch pipe in fuel rail for internal combustion engine, diverging branch pipe and manufacture method of its diverging branch pipe A joint structure connects a diverging branch pipe to a fuel rail for an internal combustion engine. The fuel rail is stainless steel or steel with rust prevention processing on at least the inner face. The diverging branch pipe is a double pipe with inner and outer... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7204234 | High-pressure fuel injection pipe A high-pressure fuel injection pipe, which has an outside diameter (φ) of 6.35 mm, an inside diameter (φ) of 4.35 to 2.95 mm, and a wall thickness (t)of about 1.0 to 1.7 mm, can serve as a high-pressure fuel injection pipe for in-cylinder injection type gasoline e... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7181821 | Joining expandable tubulars A method of joining expandable tubulars includes joining the tubulars by forge welding and flushing a reducing flushing gas around the heated tubular ends during at least part of the forge welding operation such that oxides are removed from the forge welded tubular ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 6953140 | Friction stir welding apparatus of piston for swash plate type compressor with variable capacity A friction stir welding apparatus of a piston for variable capacity swash plate type compressor bonds two pistons through frictions stir welding without forming a hole in welded portions of the piston members. The friction stir welding apparatus includes: A support ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945332 | Aeration tine device A highly durable aeration tine device attached to a soil aerator has a tubular tine member extending cylindrically and a hard metal tip made of a hard metal material and typically made in a frustum shape of a cone, which is in an area contact with the tubular tine m... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935554 | Metal/ceramic bonding article and method for producing same There is provided a method for producing a metal/ceramic bonding article, the method including the steps of: arranging a metal plate 12 of an overall-rate solid solution type alloy on a ceramic substrate 10; and heating the metal plate 12 and th... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6885104 | Semiconductor copper bond pad surface protection Electronic packages with uninsulated portions of copper circuits protected with coating layers having thicknesses that are suitable for soldering without fluxing and are sufficiently frangible when being joined to another metal surface to obtain metal-to-metal conta... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6769163 | Method and apparatus for bonding a connecting ring to a flow tube and balance bar having different thermal coefficients of expansion in a Coriolis flowmeter A Coriolis flowmeter having a single flow tube surrounded by connecting rings and a balance bar whose ends are connected by the connecting rings to the flow tube. The balance bar has a thermal coefficient of expansion greater than that of the connecting rings and th... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6529580 | Explosion bonded anode stem of an x-ray tube assembly An x-ray imaging apparatus having an anode stem assembly with explosion-bonded joints is provided. Explosion-bonding the components of an anode stem assembly to one another provides a hermetic seal with increased reliability as well as reducing the anode ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6514631 | Heating furnace tube and method of manufacturing the same A heating furnace tube, a method of using the same and a method of manufacturing the same which have been developed with a view to eliminating inconveniences occurring when a carbon-containing fluid is made to flow in the heating furnace tube. The heating... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6255631 | Apparatus and method for joining vehicle frame components An apparatus and method for joining two or more vehicle components together to form a joint in a vehicle body and frame assembly is disclosed. The frame assembly can include a pair of longitudinally extending side rails having a plurality of transverse cr... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6085964 | Method of sealing a hole A configuration for forming a gastight space is prevented from being projected from a housing, so that a projection is not formed on the housing. A sealed contact device includes a housing including a container body having an opening end portion, the cont... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6065664 | Method of installing heat pipes using internal vapor pressure The disclosure is for a method of installing a heat pipe within another structure. A completely processed heat pipe is coated with solder and inserted into a cylindrical hole within the structure with sliding clearance. The casing of the heat pipe is then... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5858556 | Multilayer composite tubular structure and method of making A multilayer composite tubular structure for use as a stent in surgical procedures has an outer layer of biocompatible material, a middle layer of radiopaque material, and an inner layer of biocompatible material. The layers are metallurgically bonded, to... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5642853 | Method for bonding steel to copper A method is used to bond dissimilar metals, such as for an x-ray tube. Copper and steel tubular components are provided. An interlayer material situated between the metal layers is used to bond the copper and steel tubular components by solid state diffus... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5588582 | Method for manufacturing a cooling drum for a continuous casting system A cooling drum can continuously cast a favorable band-shaped cast piece having little thermal deformation. The cooling drum comprises a three-layer structure including a rigid member, a cooling member metallurgically bonded to the outside of the rigid mem... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5447179 | Non-corrosive double-walled steel tube characterized in that the steel has a face-centered cubic grain structure A seamless double-walled metal tube which has an outer wall composed of steel having a face-centered cubic grain structure, an inner wall concentrically disposed within the outer wall, the inner wall composed of a steel having a face-centered cubic grain ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5265793 | Small thick-walled composite metal tubing and process of producing the same A small thick-walled composite metal fuel injection tubing for a diesel engine, for example, is manufactured from an outer carbon steel pipe, and an inner stainless steel pipe press-fitted in the large diameter carbon steel pipe by drawing. The press-fitt... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5259547 | Method of manufacturing bi-metallic tubing This invention relates to a method for producing bi-metallic tubing wherein a layer (3,31) of a first metal is metallurgically bonded to the exterior surface of a core component (1,29) of a second metal incompatible for solid state bonding with the first ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5203488 | Method for joining ceramic composite bodies and articles formed thereby This invention relates generally to a novel method for joining at least one first self-supporting body, to at least one second self-supporting body which is similar in composition to or different in composition from said at least one first self-supporting... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5176309 | Method of manufacturing circuit board According to this invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a highly reliable circuit board in which a copper member is strongly, directly bonded to a substrate made of an aluminum nitride sintered body, thereby obtaining high peel strength. ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5131583 | Method of manufacturing high pressure fluid supply pipe A method of manufacturing a high pressure fluid supply pipe of a double pipe structure in which an outer pipe is tightly fit over the outer circumference of an inner pipe, wherein the method comprises a step of forming a double pipe by tightly fitting an ... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5025975 | Composite tubular products A method of making a composite tubular product which comprises inner and outer tubes of different chemical compositions and in which the stresses produced at the interface between the outer and inner tubes during cooling from a diffusion bonding temperatu... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5005756 | Method of producing bimetallic tubes and the tubes obtained by this method The method according to the invention relates to the production of a bimetallic tube, the cross-section of which comprises an outer annular zone and an inner annular zone, these zones being of different compositions. The method resides in preparing a blan... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5000368 | Method for cladding the ends of a pre-clad tubular product in preparation for threading A method of cladding the ends of a length of previously clad pipe with a clad of greater thickness than the clad for the balance of the length in order to allow for threading, including the steps of boring, facing and turning the end of the pipe, plating ... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4953777 | Method for repairing by solid state diffusion metal parts having damaged holes A method is provided for repairing by solid state diffusion a damaged portion of an inner surface of a hole of a metal part. The method comprises machining the hole to a cylindrical diameter sufficient to remove the damaged portion therefrom and provide a... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4936504 | Process for producing a clad plate The present invention provides a process for producing a clad plate which comprises a first step of forming a coil by taking up two or more metal sheets as clad materials and a thin sheet of heat-resistant steel which works as a separator material while t... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4934579 | Attachment of dissimilar metals A method of joining titanium to a dissimilar metal wherein a predetermined amount of heat and pressure is applied sufficient to plastically deform only one of the metals being joined. The heat and pressure combine to flow one metal into shaped surfaces ex... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4899923 | High pressure bonding process Fabrication of the test structure is functionally illustrated in FIG. 9. More specifically, the first step in the process is to machine the cavity 40 in the third body of austenitic material 42, as functionally illustrated at reference numeral 80. After t... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4810672 | Method of securing electronic components to a substrate In order to secure electronic components, and particularly large-area power semiconductors, to a substrate, first a paste formed of metal powder and a solvent is applied in the form of a layer to a contacting layer of the component and/or a contact surfac... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4765529 | Method of manufacturing an externally clad tubular product A method of manufacturing an externally clad tubular product employing a tubular host such as steel, including the steps of plating the external surface of the tubular host with a low melting point bonding metal alloy, assembling a tubular clad member, su... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4754911 | Method of manufacturing a large diameter internally clad tubular product A method of manufacturing an internally clad tubular product employing a tubular host such as steel, including the steps of plating the internal surface of the tubular host with a low melting point bonding metal alloy, inserting a tubular cladding member,... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4744504 | Method of manufacturing a clad tubular product by extrusion A method of manufacturing an internally clad tubular product employing a cylindrical host formed such as of a first nickel base alloy including the steps of plating the internal surface of the host with a low melting point bonding metal alloy, inserting a... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4741796 | Method for positioning and bonding a solid body to a support base A method and arrangement for the positioning and bonding of a solid body (2), in which one part of the solid body (2) together with the bonding agent (6) is to be attached to a further element (7) and bonded to a base (4) is to be capable of positioning t... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4738714 | Powder filled tube and a method for the continuous manufacture of such tube A powder filled tube has a steel outer wall which consists of two layers formed as two complete turns of a spiral made from a single strip and welded together at their interface to form a unitary wall. The method for the continuous manufacture of this tub... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4620660 | Method of manufacturing an internally clad tubular product A method of manufacturing an internally clad tubular product employing a tubular host such as steel, including the steps of plating the internal surface of the tubular host with a low melting point bonding metal alloy, inserting a tubular clad member, suc... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4605156 | Cold welded joint Disclosed is a method and apparatus for forming a cold weld joint between parts comprising a sleeve (or coupling) to receive the ends of conductors (or pipes). The sleeve is provided with weld pads which when the sleeve cools will engage one of the conduc... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4449281 | Method of producing multiple-wall, composite tubular structures A double-wall composite pipe is produced by inserting an inner pipe in an outer pipe, filling the inner pipe with cold water under pressure to cause the inner pipe to expand plastically into tight contact with the outer pipe, applying heat to the outer pa... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4334122 | Bimetallic electrical connector and method for making such connector A bimetallic electrical terminator, formed from aluminum and copper members and having a hot pressure bond lock between its members is disclosed. A method for forming such a terminator is also disclosed. The bimetallic electrical terminator may be used wi... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4186473 | Turbine rotor fabrication by thermal methods A method of fabricating a hybrid dual property wheel assembly includes the steps of preforming a bladed ring of a highly solidified alloy material including a base with a large diameter central opening therethrough and thereafter supporting a metal disc t... | 02/05/1980 |
