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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7347438 | Cycle bracket having multiple drop-outs The present invention includes a front fork assembly for a cycle. The assembly includes a steering tube, front furcations fixed to the steering tube, and a drop-out bracket device fixed to a distal end of each front furcation. The drop-out bracket device has a tubul... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7257872 | Electrode tip dresser An electrode tip dresser is disclosed which can dress a pair of electrode tips to a usable state while achieving a desired accuracy of a tip surface of each electrode tip including an angular portion at a peripheral edge of the tip surface, without separating each e... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7186054 | Anchor assembly for a road post A ground anchor assembly for a guide post, the ground anchor assembly having a first part and a second part, the first part adapted to be pounded into the ground, the first part comprising a head portion and a tail portion, the tail portion being insertable into the... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7124930 | Welding method and tubular member and gear pump made using the welding method A gear pump having an inner rotor and an outer rotor is covered by a cylindrical outer casing and side casings. The cylindrical outer casing has two outer circumferential edges which are welded over the entire circumference thereof to the outer edges of the side cas... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7082992 | Oil well steel pipe for embedding-expanding An oil well steel pipe for embedding-expanding excellent in the SSC resistance after expanding. The pipe is made of a steel consisting of, by mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.45%, Si: 0.1 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.1 to 3.0%, P: 0.03% or less, S: 0.01% or less, sol.Al: 0.05% or less, and t... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7022932 | Outer shell unit and method of manufacturing the unit A manufacturing method for an outer shell unit (10) provided with a cylindrical outer shell (3) housing a damping force generating mechanism and a knuckle bracket (7) mounted on the outer shell (3) to connect a knuckle. The knuckle bracke... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6960333 | High performance heat exchangers Disclosed are means for improving the service-life of indirect tubesheet type heat exchangers used in chemical reactors, particularly those exposed to reducing, nitridizing and/or carburizing environments. Such means include the use of certain ferrules within the he... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955288 | Metallurgically bonded layered article having a curved surface A layered article having a curved surface made of a supporting metal metallurgically bonded to a supported metal. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953907 | Method for metallurgically joining a tube to a member A method for metallurgically joining a tube to a member. A tube having a flange is obtained, and a member is obtained. The tube and the member are positioned with the flange contacting the member directly and/or indirectly through an intervening welding/brazing join... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948649 | Method of producing steel pipes, and welded pipes The high yield ratio problem intrinsic in high-strength steel pipes is solved and a method of producing a steel pipe, while securing the pipe roundness is provided. A steel pipe produced from a steel plate by forming and welding is subjected to 0.3 to 1.2% of expans... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6928732 | Method of manufacturing piping having joining portion An arbitrary position of a pipe is clamped and a connector is engaged with the pipe. Then, an end portion of the pipe is expanded with a tool such as a diameter expanding punch so as to caulk the pipe to the connector from inside. As a pipe fluctuation-absorbing por... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926189 | Welding method and apparatus An apparatus for welding closed one end of each of a multiplicity of open-ended tubes suitable for use as brachytherapy capsules includes a welding station having a welding position for welding closed one end of a tube, a rotatable platform having an outside edge, a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910618 | Method for preparing pipe for butt welding A steel pipe is welded to a threaded connector that has an end with a desired nominal inner diameter. A swage is forced over an end of the pipe, reducing an outer diameter and an initial inner diameter of the end of the pipe. A die is then forced into the end of the... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6732906 | Tapered tower manufacturing method and apparatus Method and apparatus for the manufacture of large-diameter, elongated, generally conical members in a continuous operation. ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6688513 | Process for producing longitudinally welded tubes In a process for producing longitudinally welded tubes, a metal strip, which is continuously pulled from a supply, is gradually formed into a slit tube and the longitudinal slit of said slit tube is welded. The metal strip (2) is pulled through a pluralit... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6687995 | Heat exchanger and method for producing a heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising two manifolds (10). Profiled pipe sections (11) are accommodated with a lamella configuration (12) between said manifolds. According to the invention, an obstructing means (13) for preventing the flow o... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6644535 | Truss core sandwich panels and methods for making same A structural material includes a plurality of discrete, interwoven wires disposed between and fastened to two solid face sheets. Each of the plurality of wires further includes at least two points of contact with each of the two face sheets. Methods for f... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6629632 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing hollow shafts An apparatus and method for welding a shaft having an open seam defined between opposed longitudinal edges. The method comprising passing the shaft along its longitudinal axis through an array of pressure rollers which contact the surface of the shaft at ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6604283 | Method of making precurved, modiolar-hugging cochlear electrode A method of manufacturing an electrode array has an elongate flexible carrier that is much more flexible in a first direction than in a second direction orthogonal thereto. The elongate flexible carrier is formed with a bias force that causes the array to... | 08/12/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6513700 | Welded structure and welding method for boss and bracket To provide such a boss welding structure for the arm of a working implement that is light in weight and easy in manufacture. A cylindrical body formed of one sheet metal, there are formed a first hole and a second hole of predetermined shapes. A boss is e... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6474535 | Welding method and apparatus In a method for welding closed one end of each of a multiplicity of open-ended tubes suitable for use as brachytherapy capsules (100), each tube is loaded into a holder (52), brought to a welding station (80), has one end welded closed and is then release... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6433296 | Method of forming a frame joint structure A seat frame assembly of a motorcycle has upper and lower pipes made of an aluminum alloy and having a rectangular cross-sectional shape. The upper and lower pipes have front ends constructed as joints, and solid spacers made of an aluminum alloy and havi... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6421913 | Retention feature for assembling a pole pieces into a tube of a fuel injector A method is provided for assembling a pole piece into an internal fuel passage of a fuel injector. The assembly method includes the steps of: (a) providing an endoskeletal injector tube, where the injector tube provides the fuel passage for the fuel injec... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6401323 | Method of producing welded Cu and Cu alloy pipes A process for producing welded pipes, from Cu and Cu alloys in a combined production line, having a casting installation for raw materials, a hot-rolling mill, a pipe-shaping and welding section and a drawing device for the welded pipe. The process has th... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6365865 | Process for welding fixture pipes to opposite ends of hollow stabilizer's suspension arm for vehicle A welding process in which fixture pipes 3 are resistance welded to opposite ends of a hollow stabilizer's suspension arm 1 for a vehicle and thereafter, these two parts are subjected to arc welding, but with a first step of the ends of the hollow stabili... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6350533 | Welded sheet metal component A sheet metal component, obtained by press-forming a one-piece metal sheet comprised of two metal sheets into a desired shape, has an expanding portion having an external appearance varying in dependence on a weld state of a weld portion of the one-piece ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6260271 | Tubular body having integral branch tubes and method for producing the same A tubular body having integral branch tubes for use in a distribution tank of a car air conditioner and a method for producing such tubular body. The tubular body is produced almost solely by a deformation process. The process for forming the tubular body... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6250689 | Reinforced tube joint A reinforced tube joint formed by a first tube having an end portion; a stress collar fitted, with an interference fit, about the first tube so that the end portion of the first tube extends beyond the stress collar; and a second tube having an end rigidl... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6250657 | Method for mutually connecting two tubular parts The invention concerns the production of a mechanical assembly (10) comprising two tubular parts (11, 12) mutually connected, the tubular part (11), called bearer part, forming a housing (13) by means of which the tubular part (12) called borne part, is a... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6220498 | Apparatus and method for welding and inspecting coiled tubing An apparatus and method for use in welding together sections of coiled tubing (6) in the oil industry, wherein the apparatus has a container (14), legs (12) which can be adjusted to adjust the height of the container (14), welding apparatus in the contain... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6169268 | Method and apparatus for forming the ends of metallic tubes A method and apparatus for forming constricted ends on tube products on an automatic continuous basis. The apparatus includes a feeding station including a spindle for supporting a metallic tube. A forming station is positioned downstream from the feeding... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6098866 | Diffusion bonding apparatus for pipes A diffusion bonding apparatus for pipes that are supplied downward from above comprising a lower block for holding a lower pipe and an upper block for holding and pressing an upper pipe against the lower pipe. In the apparatus, three or more hydrraulic cy... | 08/08/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6016877 | Implement frame construction including tube within a tube An implement frame construction includes a fore-and-aft extending apertured tube with transversely extending tool mounting tubes with cross section matching the shape of the apertures. The tubes are inserted through the apertures to provide a mechanical c... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6000719 | Body bracket and welding technique A body bracket is provided for attachment to a vehicle frame. The body bracket includes a top wall having an attachment hole therein. A pair of sidewalls extend from the top wall. The sidewalls include an upper end and a lower end. The sidewalls are flare... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5990441 | Damper tube closure A closed end tube particularly for use in a vehicle suspension damper includes a tubular body with an attachment fitting fixed to the end of the tube where the closed end of the tube is manufactured according to a multi-step process. Initially, the proces... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5885318 | Bushing base plate and process of preparing same A bushing base plate comprised of a bushing base raw plate containing a circular or irregular aperture having inner surfaces and inner diameters; and a hollow tube having outer surfaces and out diameters which is inserted into the aperture and bonded ther... | 03/23/1999 |
