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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922066 | Method of manufacturing a rotary sputtering target using a mold The process that is the subject of this invention is a method of making a rotary sputtering target having the steps of providing a cylinder of sputtering target material having an adhesion-wetting layer on its inside surface; providing a stainless steel sputtering t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7367099 | Method for assembling two parts having accurate dimensions and use for brazing of a linac RFQ accelerator A method of assembling two parts of which the dimensions of one of the parts or the final assembly are to be adhered to with precision. In the part whose dimensions are to be adhered to with the highest level of precision, a groove is machined to have a depth greate... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7310866 | Method for manufacturing a percussion instrument A method of manufacturing a percussion instrument has the steps of providing a first member into a liquid with the first member having a first diameter. The first member has a first end and a second end. The method also has the step of heating the liquid and stretch... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7232053 | Seam-welded air hardenable steel constructions The present invention provides seam-welded, air hardenable steel tubes, methods of manufacturing seam-welded air hardenable steel tubes, tube mills for practicing such methods and applications for using seam-welded, air hardenable steel tubing of the present inventi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7194804 | Method of forming a hydroform A reinforced hydroform member having an outer structural member reinforced by a structural foam supported by the outer structural member. The structural foam extends along at least a portion of the length of the outer structural member. The structural foam is a heat... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6993841 | Process for the production of filled wire and plate strip to create bi-color ornamental items as well as similarly made items A ribbon of color A metal is combined with a thin layer of soldering alloy, bent and soldered to form a tube, it is then filled with a core of color B metal. The compound is then drawn and/or laminated until it is transformed into a long ribbon or into a wire, exter... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6921583 | Al-Cu bonded structure and method for making the same With an Al—Cu bonded structure, an Ag layer can be remained at the Al—Cu bonding interlayer providing ductile deformation behavior and a tensile strength at the bonded interlayer similar to that of the Al base material. This results in superior bonding character... | 07/26/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6694615 | Method for manufacturing a welded hydraulic cylinder for reducing hoop stress A method for manufacturing a welded cylinder is provided wherein a seal (such as an O-ring seal or a cured polymeric sealant) is disposed between the tube of a cylinder and its welded end plug. The seal is spaced away from the circumferential weld that jo... | 02/24/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6390352 | Method for bonding a tubular part in coaxial relationship with a part having a bore therein A tubular part is brazed into coaxial relationship with the bore in a metal body part having a counterbore for receiving the tubular part. In a first embodiment a tubular sleeve is fitted within the bores of the metal body and the tubular part. The parts ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6250535 | Method for bonding a tubular part in coaxial relationship with a part having a bore therein A tubular part is brazed into coaxial relationship with the bore of a second part having a counter bore for receiving the tubular part by providing a tubular sleeve within the bores of the two parts prior to brazing. After the braze material has cooled th... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6213385 | Method of cladding tubing and manufacturing condensor cores A method of manufacturing a clad product in which a metallic substrate material is extruded and a cladding material is then brought into intimate contact with the heated extrudate before the extrudate has had an opportunity to cool to room temperature. Th... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6045025 | Method and apparatus for soldering and soldering land of a printed circuit board A pair of soldering irons are fixed to a sliding plate at a predetermined interval. The soldering irons are integrally moved so as to reciprocate in a rectangular direction relative to a conveyor belt. One of the soldering irons is conveyed to a working p... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5881946 | Method of manufacturing a hollow spindle A method of manufacturing a hollow spindle, especially for the pivotal mounting of valve-actuating levers to control exhaust-and-intake valves of an internal combustion engine. The spindle has an outer tube, in the interior of which a shaped tubular body ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5871140 | Hollow shaft and method of making same The invention provides methods of manufacturing stainless steel tubing, pipe and shafts by utilizing air hardenable stainless steel. Such pipe, tubing and shafts have the important characteristics of low weight, shaft flex, torque, bend point and strength... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5683028 | Bonding of silicon carbide components A method of bonding a first silicon carbide part to a second silicon carbide part is provided. The first silicon carbide part provides a receiving female joint member and the second silicon carbide part provides an insertion male joint member. The male an... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5584428 | Process for manufacturing clad pipe Clad pipe having an inner pipe and an outer pipe metallurgically bonded to each other is manufactured by a process comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an inner pipe and an outer pipe made of different metallic materials, the outer pipe having an inner ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5439257 | Brazed hydraulic fittings with interference fit and method of making same The present invention is a brazed fitting suitable for use as a hydraulic coupling for pressurized fluids. In the first embodiment, the male component has a tapered surface which mates and creates an interface with a similarly tapered surface of a female ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5411368 | Ceramic-to-metal stator vane assembly with braze A stator vane assembly for a gas turbine engine that includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced ceramic vanes, each of which has an inner and outer ceramic shroud, and a ceramic post extending from one of the shrouds, and a metallic platform having ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5358168 | Brazed hydraulic fittings and method of making same The present invention is a brazed fitting suitable for use as a hydraulic coupling for pressurized fluids. A male component has a tapered surface which mates and creates an interface with a similarly tapered surface of a female component. A brazing materi... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5137202 | Pipe joint lead stop and method An article for providing a barrier between solder in a piping joint and the interior of the piping joint so that drinking water flowing therethrough is not contaminated by lead particles resulting from water flow erosion of the solder. The barrier article... | 08/11/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5069381 | Non-corrosive double-walled tube and proces for making the same A process for brazing non-ferritic steel surfaces such as nickel chromium or stainless steel to which a suitable brazing alloy such as copper has been mechanically attached which includes the steps of instantaneously elevating the surface of the stainless... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5048745 | Roll stamper for molding substrate used for optical recording medium, process for preparing same, and process for preparing optical recording medium making use of it A roll stamper for continuously preparing a substrate used for optical recording mediums, having a convexity and concavity preformat pattern, is prepared by a process comprising the steps of forming a low-melting metal layer on a roll substrate, and formi... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5005755 | Flexible tube of endoscope and method of and apparatus for producing the same An elongated flexible tube that constitutes an insert part of an endoscope. The flexible tube comprises: a spiral tube made of a precipitation hardening metal and having a groove which is recessed inwardly from the outer surface of the tube, the groove ex... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5004143 | Method of manufacturing clad bar The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a clad bar and is basically characterized in that a columnar core member is fitted in a cylindrical outside layer member and the resulting assembly is heated, and then the heated assembly is rolle... | 04/02/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4923108 | Process for internally strengthening tubes The strengthening and stiffening of long, curved or tapered tubes is achieved by using internal strengtheners. The strengthening element conforms to the internal shape of the tube as it is inserted into the tube. The parts of the strengthening element whi... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4881679 | Subassembly for use in manufacturing a 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... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4798320 | Ceramic-metal brazed joint for turbochargers A rotor-shaft assembly which includes a ceramic, solid hubbed turbine rotor having an integral stub shaft brazed within one end of a generally cylindrically shaped sleeve member. A metal shaft is either brazed or cold press fitted within the other end of ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4743137 | Tool having a hard metal part with a solder and lining type connection This invention relates to a tool with at least one wear-resistant hard metal part which serves to process production pieces, stones, or the like, wherein the hard metal part is firmly connected with a metallic carrier by solder located in at least one sol... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4723863 | Method and means for joining a ceramic shaft and metal sleeve A joint for joining a ceramic shaft to a metal sleeve includes a gap separating the outer surface of the ceramic shaft from the inner surface of an overlapping portion of a metal sleeve. A brazing filler material is provided in only the portion of the gap... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4694864 | Double-wall tube for a heat exchanger A double-wall tube for a heat exchanger and method for producing same, the tube being formed by two tubular walls (1, 2) mounted one inside the other with a very small clearance (3)and then made to have a tight fit therebetween, the outer surface of the i... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4676124 | Drag bit with improved cutter mount An earth boring drag bit is shown having polycrystalline diamond cutters mounted in cavities within the body thereof in a manner that, at the juncture of the dissimilar geometry of the cutters and the body, defines voids adjacent the cutters. These voids ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4668118 | Tool This invention relates to a tool with at least one wear-resistant hard metal part which serves to process production pieces, stones, or the like, wherein the hard metal part is firmly connected with a metallic carrier by solder located in at least one sol... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4655384 | Method of fabricating fiber-reinforced metal composites A method of fabricating a fiber-reinforced metal matrix composite including the steps of mounting of a braided fiber tube on a substrate, wrapping a braze foil about the braided fiber tube to form an assembly that is encapsulated by a metal capsule which ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4620662 | Two-position sleeve brazing process A process for brazing a sleeve within a tube which is resistant to longitudinal expansion is disclosed herein. In the first step of the process, a thermally induced radial expansion is induced in the tube in a first longitudinal section of the tube which ... | 11/04/1986 |
