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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7549565 | Conveyor for sheet-shaped thin plate and method of conveying same A conveyor for guiding and conveying a plurality of sheet-shaped thin plates in rows arranged side by side to a welding position at which ends of the adjacent thin plates are butted and welded to each other, includes a plurality of conveying paths, which are adjacen... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7156276 | Apparatus and system for welding preforms and associated method An assembly for positioning a structural assembly for friction stir welding, and a system and method for friction stir welding the structural assembly are provided. The assembly includes a frame defining an aperture therein, and at least one structural member positi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7121447 | Ultrasonic welding apparatus In an ultrasonic welding apparatus comprising an ultrasonic sonotrode and a backing plate, flat workpieces to be welded are pressed between the sonotrode and the backing plate. Projections are provided on a portion of the surface of the sonotrode and on a portion of... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7048174 | Adaptable spring force clamping apparatus and methods Adaptable spring force clamping apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes at least one elongated member adapted to be positioned proximate to a surface of a work piece. The elongated member includes first and second end portions a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6976617 | Uninterrupted continuous rolling of bar and rod products Discrete billets are rolled through a plurality of roll stands arranged along a rolling mill pass line to produce successive product lengths having reduced cross sections and front and tail ends. At a selected location along the pass line, the tail end of each produ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6959574 | Continuous pickling and cold-rolling equipment and operating method thereof A new configuration and operating method therefore improves conventional continuous pickling and cold-rolling systems in response to increasing demands for high-propertied steel plates. The continuous pickling and cold-rolling equipment system comprises a uncoiling ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955287 | Method of bonding metal plates, apparatus therefor and hot strip mill An upper shearing blade equipped with a protrusion of a triangle-columnar shape and a lower shearing blade equipped with a protrusion of the same shape are applied onto the overlapped portion of metal plates to be bonded, and then pressed into the metal plates in an... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956187 | Steel plate splicing facility utilizing shear joining A steel plate splicing facility includes, a steel plate heating apparatus for retrieving and heating a preceding steel plate and a following steel plate, and a shear-joining apparatus for clamping a tail end portion of the preceding steel plate and a leading end por... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6907721 | Spliced yarn and method for forming the same A method for producing a spliced yarn comprising alternating predetermined lengths of a first and a second yarn and to the yarn is disclosed. A predetermined length of a first yarn is drawn through an intermingling jet. A leading portion of a second yarn is f... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908787 | System and method for increasing the strength of a bond made by a small diameter wire in ball bonding A system and method is disclosed for increasing the strength of a bond made by a small diameter wire in ball bonding. In one embodiment of the invention a structure for receiving a ball bond comprises substrate material that has portions that form a substrate cavity... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6770834 | Welding machine An improved apparatus and method for the prevention of deformation and buckling of metal plates during welding processes is disclosed. The improved apparatus and method are used to apply pressure to a welded seam created between two metal plates during the welding p... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6759622 | Interconnection between two-surface of multi-surface thin strip-shaped layers that lie one on top of the other, in particular, between two strips undergoing a continuous processing The invention relates to an interconnection between two overlapping end sections of metallic strips (10, 20) in which a quick and economical interconnetion should be produced. To this end, the invention provides that several annular welds (30) are prov... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6612477 | Strip joining apparatus A strip joining apparatus is provided wherein a time which a line is stopped is shortened, a number of installation spaces is decreased and precise notching may be performed. The strip joining apparatus comprising a first carriage 3 comprising a shearing ... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6572003 | Seam welding apparatus and seam welding method To provide a seam welding apparatus and a seam welding method that may operate at a low pressure to obtain a suitable overlapped alignment amount. In the seam welding apparatus, a trailing plate clamp moving means is provided with link mechanisms for over... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6540126 | Clamping band manufacturing machine and method of manufacturing clamping band The clamping band manufacturing machine is capable of full-automatically manufacturing the clamping bands and highly increasing the manufacturing efficiency. The machine comprises a main machine part and parts feeding mechanisms. In the main machine part,... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6538228 | Method and device for welding A welding device for butt welding of bars as well as blooms, slabs, or billets produced by continuous casting, includes a roller conveyor for simultaneous conveying of at least two bars along a rolling line, jaws for gripping the bars, and electric power ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6518535 | Device and method for seaming welding This invention relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a member which makes a part of a car body of an automobile or the like by mash-seam welding a plurality of blanks. Standby areas (B) are provided at both right and left sides of an weld... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6494360 | Method and device for producing straight bead welded pipes from flat sheet metal blanks An apparatus to produce straight bead welded tubes from flat sheet metal blanks with two parallel longitudinal edges includes two form tool halves. The two form tool halves have outer cylindrical half shells borne by a tool support, and are disposed later... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491210 | Method and apparatus of butt welding A method of butt welding is performed in the following steps: a step of pressing first and second blank materials onto first and second loading bases respectively by clamping devices thereby fixing them; a step of shearing end surfaces of the first and se... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6478212 | Bond pad structure and method for reduced downward force wirebonding A bond pad structure for an integrated circuit has bondable base member for receiving a wire bonded thereon. A cavity is formed within the base member, with the cavity being configured to capture the wire therein. The cavity has one end having a first wid... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6460757 | Apparatus and method for forming slotted wire screens An apparatus and method for forming slotted wire screens is provided. According to one embodiment, the method involves the steps of (1) providing support ring material; (2) positioning a wire on the support ring material; (3) joining the wire and the supp... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6457227 | Device and process for producing a steel strip A device for producing a thin steel strip, comprising at least one or more continuous-casting machines (1) for casting thin steel slabs, a furnace device (7) which is suitable for heating and/or homogenizing a slab, and at least one rolling device for red... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6409071 | Method for assembling, by welding, a coil with an integrated circuit or an electronic unit of small dimensions Method for welding two end portions (6, 8) of a coil (not shown) onto two electric contact pads or bumps (24, 26) of an integrated circuit (2) or an electronic unit of small dimensions. This welding method is characterised in that, prior to the actual wel... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6405917 | Welding head for a looping machine A welding head for looping machine is provided with a strap guide (7) for passing the looping strap (5) through the welding head (1), a strap fixing element (14) for holding the lapping strap sections (3, 4) which are to be welded together, a welding set ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6402010 | Method and plant for the rolling of a continuous billet fed from a billet-heating furnace set upstream of a roll train The invention regards a method for rolling a continuous billet (15) 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 an operation of welding, durin... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6386420 | Apparatus for continuously rolling steel billets A plurality of materials are rolled in an upstream stand. While the transfer speed of a succeeding material and the front end position thereof are detected, the transfer speed and the rear end position of a preceding material are detected by a measuring r... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6340108 | Hot rolling method and equipment Assuming that the processes of joining, rolling, coiling, etc. of a material is evaluated by a preset speed pattern after the extraction from a heating furnace, the required time is predicted and calculated for both of a preceding material and a following... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6273324 | Apparatus for continuous rolling by welding the rolled materials at an intermediate stage of a rolling line A plurality of materials are rolled in an upstream stand. While the transfer speed of a succeeding material and the front end position thereof are detected, the transfer speed and the rear end position of a preceding material are detected by a measuring r... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6244494 | Apparatus and method for leveling the clamping surface to provide proper heat sink for narrow strips in coil end joiner An apparatus and method for leveling the clamping surface to obtain proper heat sink for narrow strips in a coil end joiner which includes a coil material support table and a retaining plate which is positioned against the upper surface of the coil materi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6213381 | Method of bonding metal plates, apparatus therefor and hot strip mill A bonding apparatus for bonding metal plates, includes an overlapping mechanism for overlapping end portions of the metal plates, at least two supports for supporting the overlapped portion of the metal plates at one side of the metal plates, and a sheari... | 04/10/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6116496 | Method and apparatus for continuous rolling by reheating locally cold portions produced by clamping during flash-butt welding A method of continuous rolling comprises the steps of: forming a continuous billet 20 by joining a rear end of preceding billet 21 with a front end of succeeding billet 21 by flash-butt welding 3; removing burr on welded portions of the continuous billets... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6089441 | Method and apparatus for continuous rolling by welding the rolled materials at an intermediate stage of a rolling line A plurality of materials are rolled in an upstream stand. While the transfer speed of a succeeding material and the front end position thereof are detected, the transfer speed and the rear end position of a preceding material are detected by a measuring r... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6053392 | Method and apparatus for connecting two metallic workpieces together In a process for joining two metallic workpieces together, the pieces are butted together to form a butt joint and are joined to one another in the region of the butt joint. During this operation, the workpieces are subjected to a magnetic attraction forc... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6041993 | Method and apparatus of continuous rolling using multiple synchronously moving welders for tanden welding A method for continuous rolling includes flash-butt welding to form a continuous billet by joining a rear end of a preceding billet with a front end of a succeeding billet, removing burrs from a welded portion of the joined part, and continuously rolling ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5994665 | Method of continuous hot rolling and apparatus for welding steel bars thereof Sheet bars are effectively joined while they are traveling and subjected to continuous hot rolling without causing defects in quality and without requiring large expensive apparatus such as a swing roller etc. The present invention is to provide a continuous h... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992001 | Method and apparatus for connecting billets A continuously cast strand is cut into elongated billets having ends and the billets are run through a rolling stand. after cutting the strand into billets and before rolling the billets one of the billets is engaged in the rolling stand and a trailing en... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5992726 | Apparatus and method for setting welding run-off tabs in a coil end joiner Apparatus and method for setting welding run-off tabs in a coil end joiner which includes a support table having a U-channel therein, the U-channel having an opening through a base portion thereof, a left hold down clamp and a right hold down clamp positi... | 11/30/1999 |
