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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7922067 | Tailor welded blank assembly and method A tailor weld blank assembly and method for making the blank assembly include providing a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet having at least one different characteristic from the first sheet. Complementary interlocking structures are provided on adjoining ed... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7438523 | Blade for a turbine engine and method for production of said blade A blade for a turbine engine is described, having a base body, made from a titanium alloy, with a first and a second component piece, which are connected in the connection region by means of a bonding process. A groove with a groove wall runs through the connection ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7406767 | Method for making a section of a support strut member of an offshore oil-drilling rig The invention concerns a method for making a section of a support strut member of an offshore oil-drilling rig comprising steps which consist in: a) machining each longitudinal edge of a semi-cylindrical stiffener (13) to provide along the longitudinal edge, ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7329829 | Optical cable unit An optical cable unit has a metal tube with a longitudinal laser-welded seam and at least one optical waveguide in the interior of the metal tube. The metal tube has a first inner layer and a second outer layer, where the first inner layer is made from copper and th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7257873 | Method for manufacturing hand guards The present invention addresses an ATV clamp assembly. The clamp assembly includes a central body having a handlebar leg and a hand guard leg, a handlebar clamp pivotally connected to the handlebar leg and removably clamped to the ATV's handlebar and a hand guard me... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7225717 | Vehicle armor system An armor system is provided for installation in a vehicle having a body structure. The armor system includes frame members joined to form a framework having openings. The framework is joined to the inside of the body structure of the vehicle. Brackets are joined to ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6749002 | Method of spray joining articles The present invention relates to a method of providing a spray formed composite article. The method comprises providing a first article. The first article is a spray formed article. A second article is located adjacent the first article. Metallic particles are spray... | 06/15/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6742698 | Refractory metal backing material for weld repair The present invention relates to a method for repairing components such as blades used in turbine engines. The method comprises the steps of placing a piece of refractory metal material over an area of the component to be repaired and depositing a repair filler meta... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6729529 | System and method for cutting and orbital welding thin-walled tubing A system for providing cutting and orbitally welding thin-walled tubing. The system includes a plurality of clamping blocks that hold the tubing while the tubing is trimmed and orbitally welded. The system further includes at least one tooling plate to which the cla... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6634541 | Method of manufacturing metal containers A method of manufacturing a container formed of five rectangular metal panels including a bottom panel, opposed side panels and opposed end panels, each panel having peripheral edges there around, including the steps of forming spaced apart notches leavin... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6609649 | Method for manufacturing banjo-type axle housings A method for manufacturing a banjo-type drive axle housing for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The first step is the operation of forming the substantially identical upper and lower half members having a U-shaped cross-section along entire length thereof wi... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6588648 | Method and device for transferring a hollow-profile blank During manufacture of certain hollow profiles suitable for use in car body construction the welded profiles are subjected to a further deformation process, namely hydroforming. At present the corresponding welding machines are charged manually. The invent... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6539631 | Tapered trailer with horizontal seams and support rails A process for manufacturing a sidewall for a trailer in the shape of a trapezoid having a right edge and a left edge of differing lengths and the top edge perpendicular to the right and left edges. A first rectangular sheet has lengths of a top and a bott... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6516993 | Control rod A fabricated control rod is disclosed having a spacer with a "C" or "U-shaped" channel cross-section. The spacer also has a bushing tube welded to each of its ends. Each end of the spacer is shaped to have a substantially continuous mating engagement with... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6403918 | Laser welding system The present invention relates generally to an improved laser welded work piece, such as an automotive body panel, and a system and method for the manufacture thereof. The invention is also directed to an improved system for manufacturing the welded work p... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6371358 | Method and plant for rolling multiple billets fed from a billet-heating furnace set upstream of a roll train The invention regards a method for rolling billets fed from a billet-heating furnace (10) set upstream of a roll train, in which, between the furnace (10) and a first stand (11) of the roll train is provided a space for transfer of the billets coming out ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6352194 | Method and apparatus for cutting pieces from, and welding pieces into, sheet metal A damaged area of a metal sheet, such a conveyor belt, is repaired by affixing frames to upper and lower sides of the sheet, and rotating a center element that is rotatably mounted in one of the frames, whereby a chip-removing cutting blade disposed on th... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6193131 | Solder sleeve and a method for the forming thereof The invention relates to a solder sleeve comprising a split sleeve of solder material having end surfaces of which take the form of form-fitting coupling elements, and to a method for forming such a solder sleeve, comprising of: i) providing a strip of so... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6189763 | Rolled plate joining apparatus and continuous hot rolling apparatus equipped with the same There is provided a rolled plate joining apparatus equipped with a truck that can travel reversibly in the rolling direction, tailing end pinch rolls that are mounted on the truck and can be moved vertically with the tailing end of a preceding rolled plat... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6079612 | Big scale (500cc) golf club head fabrication method A big scale (500 cc) golf club head fabrication method includes the step of preparing molds for making a top cover panel, a bottom cover panel and a face panel, the step of preparing metal alloy plate materials and then cutting the metal alloy plate mater... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6076725 | Method for fabricating welded aluminum structure Sections 1 and 2 each in the form of a welded pipe (square pipe) are provided. The sections 1 and 2 are brought into abutment with each other so that the respective end faces 3a and 3b abut each other at a predetermined angle ଲ between each section ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6073828 | End effector for substrate handling and method for making the same An end effector has a tower with non-stacked spatulas. Tolerance stacking is avoided by making grooves in the tower relative to a common reference surface, and mounting the spatulas in such grooves. The grooves are provided in separate planar walls of the... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6062762 | Angle joint for chassis parts in a motor vehicle An angle joint for chassis parts in a motor vehicle, especially a strut joint, in which a tubular housing, which is cylindrical on the outside, and a shaft, which has a profile adapted to the outer contour of the housing on the front side and partially su... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6048628 | Multiple-plate structure of zonal design for a shaped part A formed part having a multiple-plate structure of zonal design includes a base plate and a plurality of reinforcing plates fastened to the base plate. The multiple-plate structure is configured so that its strength is largely adapted to the load profile ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6045033 | Pipe connection and method A method of forming lengths of pipe for assembly together to form fluid flow conduits includes the steps of providing a pipe having a first inner diameter and a central longitudinal axis, providing a ferrule which has an annular first end, having an inner... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6010055 | Rolled plate joining apparatus and continuous hot rolling apparatus equipped with the same There is provided a rolled plate joining apparatus equipped with a truck that can travel reversibly in the rolling direction, tailing end pinch rolls that are mounted on the truck and can be moved vertically with the tailing end of a preceding rolled plat... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5957368 | Method of continuously hot rolling steel pieces A continuous hot rolling method is available for continuously hot finish rolling steel pieces. The trailing end of a preceding steel piece and the leading end of a succeeding steel piece are cut by a drum shear which sandwiches the steel piece between its... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5930882 | Method of making injection molding cooled thread split inserts A method of making pairs of thread splits inserts used to injection mold bottle preforms. Machining a hollow outer part of the pair of thread split inserts with an opening therethrough and outer portions of two cooling conduits extending from the opening ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931370 | Method to weld billets leaving a furnace and a rolling line adopting the method Method is for welding billets leaving a heating furnace in a rolling line, the line including, in the segment (10) between the heating furnace (11) and the first rolling stand, at least a drawing unit (14), a rollerway to transport the billets, a movable ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5871137 | Automated butt splicer for copper-based tapes Method and apparatus for reliable splices to be made in hard-rolled copper and alloy tapes without buckling or overlap and with splices that are stronger than the tape metal, itself. The invention permits an operator to load a second reel of tape in posit... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5839643 | Method of weld-recoulping front cover and pump shell of torque converter In a weld-coupling portion 3 which is formed by fitting an inner peripheral surface 2b of an end portion of a pump shell 2 to a lower-step surface 4a of a stepped portion 4 formed on an outer peripheral surface of an end portion of a front cover 1 of a to... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5720425 | Method of splicing rolled plates and aparatus for the same The invention provides a method of splicing rolled plates with each other, including the steps of (a) positioning a rear end portion of a leading rolled plate above a front end portion of a following rolled plate by a distance slightly greater than a diam... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5607259 | Process for assembling long sections of booms of support legs of an oil platform The process for assembling long sections (11) of booms of support legs of an oil platform comprises machining an inclined flat surface (15) on the whole of the length of each main face of a rectangular plate (12), machining a groove behind each flat surfa... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5516593 | Article with material absorption cavities to reduce buckling during diffusion bonding An airfoil and its sub components for a gas turbine engine have a convex wall and a concave wall that are connected at leading and trailing edges. Internal supports extending from the convex and concave walls define a series of airfoil supports that have ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5505365 | Method of accurately joining together two sheet sections The invention relates to a method of accurately joining together two sheet sections along edges of the sheets having complementary shapes, and wherein the edge of at least one sheet section is formed by means of a numerically controlled machine with the s... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5497544 | Stator frame fabrication A stator frame comprises a connection end (CE) casting having at least one CE integral partial tie bar extending from an inboard side of the CE casting and a pinion end (PE) casting having at least one PE integral partial tie bar extending from an inboard... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5456405 | Dual bias weld for continuous coiled tubing A dual bias weld is an improved weld for joining strips to be formed into coiled tubing. Tubing is formed from a first strip and a second strip, the first and second strips being of the same width. A planar end surface is formed on an end of the first str... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5445309 | Method for making a joint between a main pipe and a branch pipe and apparatus for use in the method In a method for making a joined pipe, a main pipe is cut so that two V-shaped edges of a right angle are formed in the diametrical positions on the periphery of the main pipe, and a branch pipe is cut so that two peaked edges of a right angle are formed i... | 08/29/1995 |
