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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7334312 | Method of forming axles with internally thickened wall sections A method for forming a variable wall thickness axle or tube with internally thickened wall sections comprises extruding a tubular metal blank within an elongated die. An elongated punch pushes the blank through the die. The punch has an end abutting and pushing the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7249654 | Heat insulating acoustical structure and carbody shell structure using the same To obtain a wide passenger compartment space, the thickness of a heat insulating acoustical layer is reduced, and for this purpose, a comfortable in-car environment is obtained by using a vacuum insulating panel which combines high heat insulating performance and so... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7152699 | Connection rod and method for production thereof A connection rod (1) for rock drilling includes a first rod part (2) whidh has an external thread (4) provided at one end thereof, wherein the end of the rod opposite to the one end includes an end portion (6) which carries an internal th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6976855 | Solder reserve transfer device and process A solder transfer method which uses an electrically-conductive, e.g., metal, surface, of a stamping or pin or pad as a vehicle to transfer molten solder from a remote solder reserve to a solder joint to be made. In one of the preferred embodiments, a solder deposit ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6971889 | Electrical connector with continuous strip contacts An electrical connector contact strip including spaced electrical contacts, a body and fusible elements. The spaced electrical contacts each have a main section and a tab section extending from an end of the main section. The body includes dielectric material molded... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6957127 | Dynamic current-to-pneumatic converter and pneumatic amplifier A dynamically balanced pneumatic relay amplifier and a current-to-pneumatic converter are disclosed. The relay has a balance plug, a supply plug positioned on top of the balance plug, a bead chain connecting the balance plug and the supply plug, and a vent plug posi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6938816 | Methods of manufacturing diffusion bonded products and products manufactured by such methods A method is provided for diffusion bonding a first member (20) and a second member (3) to each other. According to this method, a first joint portion (24) of the first member and a second joint portion (34) of the second member are fitted... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6904657 | Brittle wire extrusion method and apparatus A method and apparatus is presented for the manufacture of brittle wire by the co-extrusion, or filled billet method. The invention involves a step by step method by which a billet can is specially prepared with a chamfered front end and a concave, collapsible front... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6821293 | Mandrel and method for making stents A patterned sheet having two long sides is wrapped around a mandrel. The mandrel is provided with at least one flat surface. The long sides of the sheet are secured adjacent to the flat surface of the mandrel and points along the long sides of the sheet are connecte... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6805277 | Process for soldering electric connector onto circuit board In a process of soldering an electric connector on a circuit board, the connector has an insulator and a plurality of leads mounted inside the insulator. Each lead has a first end extending into a soldering terminal to a bonding surface of the insulator. A soft sold... | 10/19/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6637091 | Method for making titanium wire face guard A method of making a face mask including the steps of providing a plurality of lengths of Grade 2, commercially pure titanium wire, having a diameter of from about 0.21 to about 0.24 inches; forming each length at room temperature to a desired bend angle ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6568583 | Conductive element and manufacturing method thereof A conductive element having good solderability and the manufacturing method thereof. A metal wire having a circular section and tin-plated along its whole circumference is prepared and pressed by a pressing machine from the side directions until the metal... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6474532 | Apparatus for forming wire bonds from circuitry on a substrate to a semiconductor chip, and methods of forming semiconductor chip assemblies The invention encompasses a method of forming a semiconductor chip assembly. A substrate is provided. Such substrate has a pair of opposing surfaces and circuitry formed on one of the opposing surfaces. A semiconductor chip is joined to the substrate. The... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6449834 | Electrical conductor coils and methods of making same Methods of making electrical conductors by twisting a plurality of strands to form a bundle, winding the bundle to form a coil, fusing some of the strands together, optionally drawing the bundle prior to winding and fusing utilising materials and coatings... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6367684 | Method and device for working a weld on a support sleeve A method for smoothing and compacting a weld on a cylindrical support sleeve includes mounting the support sleeve on an abutment and moving a device across the support sleeve such that a roller on the support sleeve rolls on the weld under pressure so tha... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6241256 | Gasket for heat exchanger and method and apparatus for manufacturing same An apparatus for manufacturing a large-diameter gasket in which a pair of holding presses have press members which selectively bears against an elongate band while a bending press pivots against a portion of the band. The drive press bears against a porti... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6152352 | Continuous hot rolling method of metal blocks, as well as a metal block joining apparatus, a table roller for conveying the metal blocks, a poor joined portion removing apparatus and a metal block cooling apparatus which are used to carry out said method The invention comprises a continuous hot rolling method in which a rear end portion of a preceding metal block and a fore end portion of a succeeding metal block are cut and the metal blocks are joined to each other by heng and pressing followed by a f... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6126061 | Element made of composite material including electrical continuity through the element The subject of the invention is an element made of composite material comprising an organic matrix which is reinforced with mineral or organic fibers, as well as at least one assembly with partial superposition of at least two electrically conductive elon... | 10/03/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6056187 | Modular wire band stent A radially expandable device particularly adaptable for use as an endoprothesis is described along with a method of fabrication. The method begins by obtaining a number of individual, separate generally circular hoops by a number of ways, such as cutting ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6045031 | Method and device for manufacturing wire-lattice mats A method and apparatus for producing wire grid mats from longitudinal wires and transverse wires (L, Q) crossing one another at right angles and welded at the crossing points, in which the longitudinal wires are advanced incrementally and the transverse w... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5967399 | Electric wire pressure welding apparatus and pressure welding method An electric wire pressure welding apparatus and pressure welding method capable of exactly specifying the end of an electric wire in a solderless connector and capable of pressure-welding wires from above and below the connector, wherein a wire chuck has ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5901900 | Thermocouple assemblies A temperature sensing device includes a head piece having a solid metal body with a mounting surface and a recess within the mounting surface for receiving a thermocouple therein. The body has an attachment end, and hole extending through the attachment e... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5890645 | Continuous feed wire uncoiler An apparatus for continuously feeding the wire to a wire cutting apparatus. The present invention provides a pair of mandrels provided in an in-line configuration and provided on a turntable. An active coil is loaded onto one of the mandrels while a idle ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5824043 | Endoprosthesis having graft member and exposed welded end junctions, method and procedure An endoprosthesis is provided which includes a stent component and a graft component capturing a portion of the stent component. The stent component is made of generally malleable material arranged to provide the stent component with a collapsed translumi... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5727727 | Flowing solder in a gap The invention features a method for flowing solder in a gap between two surfaces. A supply of solder is heated to cause it to reflow and flow in the gap. The solder is directed to flow as a main stream in the gap and to flow as peripheral streams from the... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5695110 | Procedure for soldering an insulated wire This disclosure describes a procedure for soldering an insulated wire where the wire end features a U- or V-shaped hook with one bending point and is introduced such into the soldering hole of a printed circuit board that the bending point protrudes from ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5679604 | Wire diamond lattice structure for phased array side lobe suppression and fabrication method A diamond matrix metallic mesh suppresses RF energy, and particularly side lobe energy, in a phased array antenna, while passing main beam energy. The metal mesh emulates the structure of the bond segments joining the carbon atoms in a diamond structure. ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5667131 | Method and apparatus for pressure-welding an electric wire to a pressure terminal A method and apparatus for pressure-welding an electric wire to a pressure terminal in a manner that minimizes the deformation of pressure-welding cutters when the connection wire is pressed fit into the pressure terminal and provides electrical connectio... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5647110 | System for the continuous production of building elements Plant for the continuous production of building elements which consist of two parallel flat grid meshes made from welded longitudinal and transverse wires, of straight web wires holding the grid meshes at a predetermined mutual spacing and of an insulatin... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5497936 | Method and apparatus for soldering a coil winding wire to a terminal pin A method is provided for soldering a coil winding to a terminal pin. A specific quantity of solder is applied onto the terminal pin, the terminal pin having a winding end wrapped therearound. The solder, for example, can be applied by immersing the pin en... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5488768 | Method of forming a defibrillation electrode connection A method for electrically attaching electrode wire to a conductor in a defibrillation lead is disclosed. The method comprises melting the end of the wire with a hydrogen torch to form a ball of metal, then crimping or welding the ball to the conductor or ... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5277356 | Wire bonding method A method of bonding an end of an aluminum wire to a lead comprises the steps of: forming a plurality of parallel bonding grooves on a surface of the lead; pressing the wire end against the grooved surface of the lead with the wire end held in parallel to ... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5251805 | Wire bonding method and apparatus A wire bonding method and apparatus for welding a wire with at least one end formed with a ball and a pad of a printed wiring board. A bonding head moves downward slowly to crush the ball to form a flat surface, and will move upward once to adjust a relat... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5228613 | Machine for the automatic and continuous production of wire winding spools This invention concerns a machine for the automatic and continuous production of wire winding spools, and in particular metal welding wire for welding machines. The machine in question consists of three successive operating stations through which two para... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5195675 | Method for producing a composite pipe Method for producing a composite pipe made of material which is resistant to an internal and/or external environment at a specific internal and/or external temperature and a specific internal and/or external pressure, the pipe being provided with a reinfo... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5191701 | Method for the automated manufacture of wound electrical components by contacting thin insulated wires to terminal elements on the basis of laser welding In a method for automated manufacture of wound electrical components by contacting thin insulated wires to terminal elements on the basis of laser welding, only the terminal element is melted by direct laser irradiation to form a welding spot at the locat... | 03/09/1993 |
