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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7866535 | Preform for forming complex contour structural assemblies A preform for forming a structural assembly that defines a complex contour is provided. The preform and, hence, the structural assembly includes first and second skin members and a cellular core member between the first and second skin members. The skin members and/... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7823764 | Method and device for brazing material application, method for producing a honeycomb body, exhaust gas treatment unit and vehicle A device and a method for applying brazing material to an at least partially structured metal foil include a) providing at least one flat metal foil, b) shaping the at least one metal foil to produce a structure, and c) applying brazing material to the at least one ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7562805 | Honeycomb structure and method for applying adhesive and brazing material to the structure A method for gluing and brazing a honeycomb structure includes at least one partially structured foil with a pitch and a wave height. The method includes the steps of choosing a mean brazing material diameter of a powder brazing material, said diameter being 15% sma... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7431196 | Method and apparatus for forming complex contour structural assemblies A method and associated preform for forming a structural assembly that defines a complex contour are provided. The preform and, hence, the structural assembly includes first and second skin members and a cellular core member between the first and second skin members... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424967 | Method for manufacture of truss core sandwich structures and related structures thereof An embodiment provides a method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising: providing at least one truss layer comprised of at least one truss unit, at least one of the truss units being comprised of truss members; providing at least one pa... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7406849 | Preform, hydroforming method, and hydroformed product A preform with edges overlapped and jointed each other and first and second outer members for forming outer surfaces of a hydroformed product, and reinforcement members that are jointed to the first and second outer members to form reinforcement ribs that divide a h... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7353980 | Process for producing aluminum-containing honeycomb bodies using radiant heaters A method for producing aluminum-containing honeycomb bodies includes providing at least partly structured aluminum-based metal foils. The at least partly structured metal foils are stacked and/or wound to form a honeycomb structure having passages. The metal foils a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347355 | Method for brazing metal components for use in medical equipment, metal assembly produced by the method and endoscope provided with the metal assembly A method for brazing two or more of stainless steel components for use in medical equipment, in which one component is joined to other component using a brazing material containing Au of which amount is 62.5 wt % or higher, the method comprising the steps of: a firs... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7210213 | Method for manufacturing a dynamic speaker A speaker collective substrate with component insertion hole sections and electrode sections has a plurality of speaker forming areas. An electrical speaker section, which comprises a magnetic circuit section and a vibration section, is inserted into each of the com... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207756 | Seat mounting rail, particularly for a commercial aircraft A seat mounting rail suitable for mounting passenger seats to a floor, for example an aircraft cabin floor, is divided into an upper section for securing a seat and a lower section for mounting the rail to the floor. The upper section is preferably made of a titaniu... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197852 | Internally stiffened composite panels and methods for their manufacture Internally stiffened composite panels and associated manufacturing methods. In one embodiment, an internally stiffened composite panel includes a first face sheet, a second face sheet offset from the first face sheet, and at least one core portion sandwiched between... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197822 | Metallic honeycomb structure and process for producing the same A honeycomb structure includes a plurality of substantially parallel channels, a layer of at least partially structured metal foils and a housing. The layer includes a number N of at least partially structured metal foils and a number N+1 of smooth metal foils. The ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7156284 | Low temperature methods of bonding components and related structures Methods of bonding two components may include positioning the components relative to one another to obtain a desired orientation. Once the desired orientation is obtained, the components can be bonded in the desired orientation with metal wherein a temperature of bo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7137225 | Foundation wall system A wall system uses panels constituted by a sandwich of two polyolefin sheets and an interior layer of glass fiberboard. Such structural panels are used with a system of steel studs and channels to form walls of high strength and light weight. These walls are particu... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131198 | Process and device for producing metallic honeycomb bodies using radiation heaters A method for producing metallic honeycomb bodies contains the step of stacking and/or winding of at least partially structured metallic foils to form a honeycomb structure with channels. The metallic foils are heated using at least one radiant heater from the open f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124496 | Method of manufacturing head suspension for disk drive A head suspension for a disk drive has a base plate (19) to be attached to a carriage of the disk drive and a load beam (21) consisting of a rigid part (27) and a resilient part (29), to apply load onto a slider. The rigid part and resili... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111393 | Process for producing a metallic honeycomb body with a receptacle for a sensor A metal honeycomb body that is particularly suited for use in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine is prepped for receiving a sensor that reaches into the interior of the honeycomb body. First, voids such as recesses and/or elongated holes are formed i... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108168 | Honeycomb structure and method for applying adhesive and brazing material to the structure A method for gluing and brazing a honeycomb structure includes at least one partially structured foil with a pitch and a wave height. The method includes the steps of choosing a mean brazing material diameter of a powder brazing material, said diameter being 15% sma... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105218 | Cover plate for household devices A cover plate for household devices comprises a decorative part and a reinforcer with integrated molded functional elements, where the reinforcer has the structure of a sheet or box or crate and has a closed lower side. The decorative part used is preferably compose... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100885 | Seat mounting rail, particularly for a commercial aircraft A seat mounting rail for securing seats to a floor of a passenger aircraft is made of a seat securing upper section and a rail mounting lower section. Both sections are made of different metals. The upper section is made of a titanium alloy for corrosion protection.... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101602 | Sheet-metal foil with sliding structure, honeycomb body and process for producing the same A honeycomb body has sheet-metal layers and sheet-metal foils to be joined with brazing powder. Each of the foils has at least one sliding structure enabling the adjacent layers to slide over one another. A honeycomb body, particularly a catalyst carrier body for an... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093470 | Methods of making integrally stiffened axial load carrying skin panels for primary aircraft structure and fuel tank structures Methods for making skin panels suitable for use in aircraft structures and fuel tank structures, such as fuselages and reusable launch vehicle propellant tanks. A first method includes the following steps: machining a starting plate to a final part geometry; and exp... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7073700 | Process and apparatus for applying brazing material to a metallic structure through the use of vibration A process and an apparatus for applying a brazing material to a metallic structure, especially a honeycomb body, include bringing the metallic structure into contact with a pulverulent brazing material in such a way that the brazing material at least partially adher... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6971155 | Method of manufacturing a magnetic head One joint member having a melting point different from that of the other joint member is joined to each bonding pad of a slider and further joined to each bonding pad of a suspension through the other joint member. The slider is exfoliated from the suspension in the... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6943315 | Robot spot welding apparatus for nuclear fuel skeleton and spot welding method using the same The automatic robot spot welding apparatus includes a welding bench including clamping frames, which are uniformly arrayed and have receiving portions for the sparer grids, and have, at both ends of the welding bench, fixing plates for the guide tubes and the instru... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935555 | Method of brazing and article made therefrom A method of brazing stainless steel components to form a complex shape such as an impeller. The method includes the steps of providing the stainless steel components shaped and formed from a selected stainless steel alloy; providing a brazing alloy having a selected... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6915555 | Method for manufacturing speaker A method of manufacturing a loudspeaker comprises: continuously forming diaphragm portions and alignment portions on a band resin film; positioning one of a frame and a protector at an upper die or lower die; aligning other alignment portions formed on the frame, th... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910619 | Brazing of alumina coated honeycomb and fiber metal Process of brazing an alumina-coated honeycomb and fiber metal material to a substrate, in which a mask material is applied to a portion of the honeycomb and fiber metal prior to deposition of the Al2O3, and the mask material is removed after d... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6908028 | Method of manufacturing honeycomb body The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a honeycomb body (1) formed by winding a flat metal foil (3) and a corrugated metal foil (4) in layers and brazing them, capable of reducing the equipment cost of honeycomb body manufactur... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6886236 | Stator for an automotive alternator A stator for an automotive alternator is provided with good installation characteristics for stator coils and which can lower noise. The stator includes a stator core in which a plurality of slots are formed at an inner circumference thereof and stator coils which a... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6821639 | Metal substrate for carrying catalyst and method for manufacturing the same A wide sheet formed of a metal foil is wound a plurality of times around outer peripheral surfaces of four honeycomb matrices arranged in series to form an intermediate tube. As a result, a subassembly is formed. A brazing filler material is wound around an outer pe... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6811071 | Method for the manufacture of a metal structure and device for wetting a metal structure with an adhesive A method for manufacturing a metal structure in which the metal structure has separate walls forming channels through which a fluid can flow includes at least partially wetting the walls inside the channels with an adhesive, bringing the metal structure into contact... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6793895 | Method and device for producing a metallic honeycomb body A method for producing a metallic honeycomb body, according to which at least partly structured metal sheet is coiled, laminated or looped to form a matrix. The matrix is oscillated by an external excitation and during or after the external excitation is introduced ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6761305 | Self-contained honeycomb structure from flexible film strips and method for its production A honeycomb structure with a plurality of flexible material strips which are arranged next to one another and are connected to one another is presented. The material strips have a corrugated shape with U-shaped cross section of essentially straight, vertical partial... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6761857 | Diffusion bonded metallic catalyst carrier and production thereof A honeycomb body, which is composed in such a manner that a strip of corrugated foil made of heat-resistant stainless steel containing aluminum and a strip of flat foil made of stainless steel are alternately wound or laminated on each other, is incorporated into an... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6758388 | Titanium aluminide honeycomb panel structures and fabrication method for the same Disclosed are different titanium aluminide (Ti—Al) honeycomb panel structures formed from a gamma-based Ti—Al (γ-Ti—Al) or orthorhombic Ti—Al (O—Ti—Al) honeycomb core brazed to a γ-Ti—Al or O—Ti—Al facing sheet(s), where a metal braze filler foil... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6745931 | Method for the production of a sealing element A method for the production of a sealing element with a backing 1 and a honeycomb structure 2 attached to this backing 1, in which the cellular arrangement of the honeycomb structure 2 is formed by individual, profiled layers 3 to ... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6720086 | Liquid interface diffusion bonding of nickel-based superalloys A liquid interface diffusion bonded composition comprises a metal honeycomb core such as a nickel-alloy honeycomb core and a nickel-alloy facing sheet bonded thereto. The composition and method of this invention are useful in applications where high strength, heat r... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6689328 | Metal honeycomb body for exhaust gas purification catalyst and method for producing the same In order to improve solid phase diffusion bondability at contact portions between a metal flat foil and a metal corrugated foil together constituting a metal honeycomb body for a catalyst converter used for purifying an exhaust gas and to improve engine d... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6673466 | Housing with a passivation layer, catalyst carrier body with a housing and method for producing a catalyst carrier body with such a housing A housing for a honeycomb body includes a jacket tube with an inner wall surface. The jacket tube has a passivation layer in at least one section of the inner wall surface in order to deliberately modify a connection to the honeycomb body by joining. A me... | 01/06/2004 |
