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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7278661 | Connecting structure of branch connector in fuel pressure accumulating container A branch connector in a fuel pressure accumulating container is joined with a through hole formed on a peripheral wall of the pressure accumulating container. The branch connector is inserted deeply into the through hole until the distal end of the branch connector ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7107680 | Manufacturing method of heat exchanger and structure thereof A first plate and a second plate have brazing paste on the surface thereof. When the first plate is combined with the second plate while an inner fin is disposed therein, a protrusion forms a clearance there between. Heat is added to evaporate the organic substances... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6993949 | Power or manually operated pipe grooving tool A pipe grooving tool is disclosed having a housing on which a back-up roller and a grooving roller are rotatably mounted. The grooving roller is pivotably movable toward the back-up roller and has a raised tool surface engageable with the outer surface of the pipe. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6936762 | Cable protector A device for installing a cable into a raceway member is disclosed. The device includes an elongate member having a first end portion and a second end portion adjacent to the first end portion. The second end portion is adapted to removably engage the raceway member... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935152 | Orbiting roller groover for pipe An apparatus and method for forming grooves in a pipe for receiving mechanical pipe clamps are disclosed. The apparatus includes a holding fixture for securing the pipe and a carriage rotatably mounted on the holding fixture. Two arms are pivotably mounted on the ca... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918617 | Self-centering soldered feed-through A soldered feed-through device that is inserted into a bulkhead opening has one or more sets of laterally protruding and symmetrically distributed teeth that cut through the bulkhead material as the feed-through is inserted into the bulkhead opening. The teeth autom... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6253989 | Press fit joint with puddle weld retention An improved press fit joint is particularly useful for iron parts. An outer part receives an inner part which is press fit into a bore in the outer part. The outer part has a hole, and the inner part has a dimple which is aligned with the hole when the in... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6225206 | Flip chip C4 extension structure and process An electrical structure, and associated method of fabrication, for reducing thermally induced strain in a conductive structure that couples a first substrate to a second substrate. The first substrate may include a chip or a module. The second substrate m... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6221505 | Lap joint welding arrangement and a related welding method for forming the same A first member and a second member have end portions overlapped and welded by irradiating a laser beam on an outer surface of a lap portion. A front end surface of a fused portion slants at an obtuse angle larger than 90° with respect to a naked outer su... | 04/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5380048 | Tube joint Circumferentially spaced bosses concentrically position a male tube end within a female tube end. The bosses have a preferred shape which permits molten brazing material to flow evenly between the tubes, ensuring a void-free joint. The bosses provide a re... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5324133 | Aluminum bearer for a bearer joint in a vehicle body work and method of replacement A bearer joint for a vehicle bodywork, and in particular a longitudinal front bearer joint, and a process for placing an aluminum bearer on the bearer joint in the vehicle bodywork. The bearer joint comprises a cast aluminum connector for joining together... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5172477 | Method of producing a flexible hose assembly for a manometer mercury line A flexible hose assembly for a mercury line for a manometer, and including a length of convoluted hose having an end, an inner sleeve positioned over the hose and having an end welded to the hose end, a hose fitting having an end and a welding section spa... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5127110 | Sanitary faucet for surface attachment A domestic plumbing installation of a generally simple design which is easy to manufacture, is obtained in the following manner: a connecting end of the water-conduit element is merely pushed into a connection-receiving part and includes at least one lock... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5104031 | Distributor tube end former A method of forming a joint between a workable tubing of a first diameter and a tubing of a second, larger diameter proceeds with the formation of a bell in the end of the workable tubing. The workable tubing is clamped, with the end of the workable tubin... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5101889 | Heat exchanger u-bend dipped joint with vent for clearance space A heat exchanger, in particular for an automotive vehicle, includes a bundle of tubes with a plurality of assemblies of first tubular elements with second tubular elements, so as to constitute a continuous circuit for circulation of fluid within the heat ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5020729 | Fluid jet apparatus An improved fluid jet apparatus which may be used to ensure a consistent and precise jet of fluid in a vibrating or otherwise unstable environment and a method of manufacturing such an apparatus. The apparatus generally comprises stainless steel base and ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4900049 | Bicycle frame A bicycle frame having an improved lug design is disclosed. The inner lug has a first external diameter and a second external diameter with the first external diameter being longer than the second external diameter the circumference of the second external... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4899615 | Device for assembling a cam member with a cam shaft A cam member is formed with an axial bore slightly larger than the outer diameter of a cam shaft so as to enable easy insertion of the cam shaft therein when forming an assembly. A recess is provided between the axial bore and the cam shaft and a joinder ... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4813359 | Single axle railroad truck with frame improvements A railroad single axle truck having a pair of wheels with one wheel at each end of the axle, the truck including a frame having a pair of longitudinal spaced apart parallel horizontal side tubes of substantially equal length, the frame also including a pa... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4706365 | Method and apparatus for assembling a ring pipe arrangement Method and apparatus effective for emplacing a ring (52) at a selected axial location of a pipe (45) by reducing its diameter and establishing a circumferential bulge (146) adjacent to the selected location and ring (52), said bulge (146) cooperatively re... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4679960 | Ceramic and metal brazed articles Several articles are disclosed consisting essentially of a ceramic shaft which fits into a recess in a metal shaft. The ceramic shaft is joined to the metal shaft by a ductile active brazing alloy.... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4584453 | Method and an apparatus for inductively welding a front fork of bicycle The present invention discloses a method for welding the front fork of a bicycle which makes each junctures among the joint, the handlebar, and the fork blades simultaneously reach the melting temperature of a weld metal, so that the weld metal located in... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4565383 | Front and rear wheel drop outs for bicycle frames Front and rear wheel drop outs for bicycle frames that are specially suited for bicycle frames of the tubular strut type used in light weight high performance high quality bicycles, the frames of which comprise a plurality of tubular strut members interco... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4542280 | Method of welding aluminum driveshaft components A method of welding a pair of aluminum driveshaft components together is disclosed. A first driveshaft component is formed with a hollow cylindrical end portion having an inside diameter and a flat radially-extending end surface. A second driveshaft compo... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4527819 | Frost-free metal hose construction A braided hose which has a frost-free socket joint made by placing a ring of brazing material above the joint and heating the joint below the ring. This way, the brazing material flows into the joint so that its external and exposed edge of the joint is c... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4506431 | Method of making pressure resistant accumulator device Method of manufacturing an accumulator device including a shell portion having an open mouth and a cap member affixed over the open mouth after a bladder assembly has been secured within the shell portion of the pressure vessel. The method comprises in th... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4307833 | Method of manufacturing a yoke and tube arrangement A method of manufacturing a yoke and tube arrangement utilizes a forged yoke having an attaching collar with an unmachined outer conical surface. A tube is pressed on the conical surface wedging the tube end radially outward inducing residual compressive ... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4301959 | Method series production of an outer column of a safety steering column for automotive vehicles A method for series production of an outer column for a safety steering column for motor vehicles in which a first tubular blank is stepwise moved to a plurality of working stations in which the blank is deformed respectively punched to form a substantial... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4161273 | Tube joint and method of making same A tube joint including a male end which has a rounded inner edge having its original surface finish and a female end which is expanded to receive the male end. The male end is formed by chamfering the end outer diameter and flaring the end inner diameter ... | 07/17/1979 |
| 4089453 | Soldered tube end An initially loose fitting aluminum sleeve is pre-tinned with fluxless solder and, while the solder is molten, is swaged down and rotated to form a tight soldered joint connecting two aluminum tube ends, or an aluminum tube end to a copper tube end.... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4078820 | Bail for push-pull scraper An improved bail for a push-pull scraper includes a straight tubular members having a plurality of longitudinal slots provided in the ends thereof, and curved members having end portions of reduced diameter and having longitudinal ridges provided thereon ... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4077559 | Oval bell concept This invention relates to apparatus for facilitating the construction of a heat exchanger, such as a condenser or evaporator employed in an air conditioning system, wherein exchanger tubes extending through a plate fin assembly are joined together by mean... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4018375 | Method of manufacturing a nonconsumable copper-zirconium electrode A method of manufacturing nonconsumable copper-zirconium electrodes in two stages. First, an intermediate layer of cold-deformed copper of a thickness substantially equal to the diameter of a zirconium core is cold deformed on the core. Second, a copper s... | 04/19/1977 |
| 3998376 | Method for forming a connection between two tubes A method for forming a connection between two tubes or pipes is disclosed in which a depression is formed around the opening in the primary tube which receives the end of the secondary tube. A suitable solder material, such as a brazing compound, is appli... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3994431 | Method for anchorage and splicing of wires on wire-wrapped cylindrical prestressed structures In the production of wire-wrapped pressure vessels and pipe the ends of the wire are anchored or spliced by welding the end hoop to the next adjoining hoop, while the stresses in those hoops subjected to welding are minimized by providing a greater wire d... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3985950 | Connection between coaxial conductor pairs The outer conductors of two coaxial pairs each is received by slotted axial ends of a sleeve, so that the respective fingers engage the outer conductors, and wherein annular solder on the fingers and in the slots holds the fingers on the conductors and pr... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3971500 | Method of metallurgically joining tubing to a wall segment The method of joining tube members including a cicumferentially arranged lip means to a wall segment having an aperture wherein the lip means and said wall segment are coated with a layer of solder and a heated forming means is applied to the lip and wall... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3964772 | Connector for flexible metallic conduit and method This is concerned with a fabricated connector, and method of making it, for joining flexible conduit to a terminus, such as a box or enclosure or the like. The connector has a sheet metal fabricated housing that free-wheels on the flanged end of a body me... | 06/22/1976 |
