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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7322086 | Method of attaching a functional element; die; functional element; component assembly A method of attaching a functional element (10, 210), in particular a fastener element to a sheet metal part (12, 212), optionally in liquid and/or gas-tight manner, is characterized in that the functional element (10, 210, 410) is pressed again... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7287411 | Die for a tool set for mechanical joining A die for a tool set includes at least one punch and a die which defines a cavity for effecting joining. The die comprises an anvil opposite the punch. Die segments adjoin the said anvil and define the cavity in the circumferential direction. When the punch is being... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7241117 | Motor shaft assembly and method A method for assembling a motor shaft with a bearing, a motor housing, and an impeller is disclosed. A motor shaft extension is used to retain the impeller axially on the motor shaft and allows the motor shaft to drive an additional component, such as an impeller, l... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7207107 | Method and device for through-hole plating of substrates and printed circuit boards A method and apparatus for through-contacting flexible substrates 1, in particular circuit boards, having electrically conductive contact zones 4, 41 present on two opposing surfaces 1a, 1b of the substrate provides that a c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7152846 | Gripping tool with orthogonal handles A gripping tool having a handle oriented orthogonally to the plier jaws to facilitate various operations, such as pulling a wire through a drawplate. ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150086 | Tool that connects pieces through a process of riveting A tool, for making clinching connections, which has a multi-part matrix with matrix sheathing pieces that move to the outside and with counteracting springs. These springs are one-piece connected with each other through a connecting section. There are at least three... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7147106 | Mattress and bedding package with full perimeter protection and handling piece A mattress package with a full perimeter protection and handling piece combines a barrier layer which encapsulates a mattress with a perimeter piece attached about a perimeter of the mattress proximate to the border of the mattress and preferably extending over the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143514 | Method for manufacturing a vehicular body panel A vehicular body panel or component part having a reinforcing backing plate reconciled or joined to a part of a blank material at a position wherein a bending formation is implemented. The backing plate has one or more apertures formed in at least one lateral row at... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7126132 | Apparatus for preparing a TEM sample holder The preferred embodiment further includes a press for cutting a TEM sample holder from a TEM coupon and joining a probe-tip point with an attached sample to the TEM sample holder. The press includes: an outer die; an inner die situated inside the outer die; a former... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126133 | Kit for preparing a tem sample holder A kit for preparing TEM sample holders includes at least one TEM coupon made of a sheet of material and having one or more paths from its edge to a TEM sample holder form embodied in the TEM coupon. There is at least one hole in the coupon defining the outer boundar... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7065854 | Abutting clinch-joining method An in-expensive method to join metals or other materials by a slug that is compressed or clinched into a punched or machined substantially rectangular slot in two adjoining pieces. The final assembly is flat and of the same thickness as the clinched material. It cou... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7051388 | Stay-put sheet covers A bedding system for inhibiting sheets being inadvertently pulled out from between a mattress and a box spring. The bedding system includes a pair of cover members comprising a main portion and a friction enhancing portion. The main portion of one of the cover membe... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6973724 | Method for making a tubular element and resulting tubular element A method for making a tubular element, in particular a motor vehicle front cross member (1), for forming at least an air conduit (2,3,4) including at least two half-shells (5,6) assembled on two outer longitudinal edges (5a, 6 | 12/13/2005 |
| 6938452 | Method and apparatus for fastening steel framing by crimping A punch having wings is driven through framing members and then rotated. Rotation of the punch causes the wings to crimp the framing members together. An angular crimping technique where piercing members are driven through framing members in at least two different d... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6446407 | Grid tee with integrally stitched web A grid tee of the double web type in which the elements of the web are integrally stitched together to prevent their separation. The stitches are created in an inexpensive rolling process that does not require control of the position of the stitches relat... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6041564 | Clinched double web grid tee A grid tee of the double-web type in which the elements of the web are tied together by a plurality of clinched openings spaced apart along the length of the grid tee. The clinched openings are sized and shaped for receiving wires which support the grid t... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5992206 | Clinching die having metallic restoring member A tool set for clinch-connecting superposed sheet materials is disclosed, the tool set comprising a punch and a die. The die includes an anvil and shaping elements displaceably disposed on the anvil. All shaping elements are positioned by one single metal... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5946782 | Tool for making joints between sheet-formed members A tool for making joints between sheet-formed members (4, 5) comprising a first tool-part (1, 2, 3) with a punch (1) and a side pressing element (2) and a second tool-part(6 ,11) provided with a support surface (9) from which an anvil (8) erects, a matrix... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5884405 | Method and tool for joining sheet metal structures A method and tool for joining a first metal structure, such as a sheet metal stud and a second metal structure, such as a sheet metal runner is disclosed. The tool includes a first clamp and a second clamp for moving with respect to each other to clamp th... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5617619 | Rivet fastening apparatus and method A rivet fastening apparatus and method for joining two pieces by forming a rivet from the material of the pieces. First and second dies are used and the second die is moved into the first die to form a punched out hole and circumferentially spaced tabs in... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5509290 | Tools for cold flow forming of assembly points in sheet metal Improvements relating to tools for cold flow forming of assembly points in sheet metal. The tools comprise first tool (1) with a punch (6) and a blank holder (5) and a second tool (10) with a guiding surface (16) from which extends a finger (14) terminate... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5490310 | Apparatus and method for forming a clinch joint An apparatus for forming a clinch joint in overlapping sheets of deformable material and the related method is disclosed. The apparatus includes a die assembly which cooperates with a punch. The die assembly includes an elongated mandrel having an anvil p... | 02/13/1996 |
| 4928388 | Single station hemming tooling A single station hemming device for hemming the upstanding peripheral flange of an outer element to overlie the periphery of an inner element to thereby join the outer element to the inner element. The hemming device has a series of hemming tools position... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4928370 | Tool set for connecting superposed sheet metal work pieces A press-driven tool set for joining sheet metal work pieces comprises a die member and a punch member. The die member includes an anvil spaced by a deep gap from a forming member. Deformed material may flow into the gap without filling it so as to cope wi... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4905362 | Clinching tool A clinching tool including a punch and a die assembly. The die assembly includes a collet, an anvil pin, and a backing plate. The collet is formed of a relatively thin flat plate and includes a clinching section adjacent one end of the plate and a mountin... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4856316 | Apparatus for forming joints A method and apparatus for forming pierce type or pierceless clinch joints in two sheets of material, such as sheet metal, employs a drive system which eliminates the need for camming mechanisms and periodic adjustment of worn cams. A die and anvil are re... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4827595 | Method for hemming overlapped sheet material A single station hemming device for hemming the upstanding peripheral flange of an outer element to overlie the periphery of an inner element to thereby join the outer element to the inner element. The hemming device has a series of hemming tools position... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4825519 | Machine for making awnings A machine for assembling awning slats having a front longitudinal side edge portion curled downwardly and rearwardly along the length of the slat, and having a rear longitudinal side edge portion curled upwardly and forwardly along the length of the slat ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4825525 | Clinching tool A clinching tool including a punch and a die assembly. The die assembly includes a collet and a pin. The collet is formed of bar stock and includes a lower central knock out bore and an upper central pin bore coacting at their juncture to form an annular ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4760632 | Method and apparatus for joining plates by stamping pressing and swaging dies A method for joining stacked thin plates (metal sheets in particular) or plate sections by stamping dies, and an apparatus for performing the method, in which stacked plate portions are severed by stamping them along a longitudinal portion of their periph... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4752993 | Fastener and method of attachment to sheet material A fastener and method of attachment of such fastener to sheet material to provide attachment of a tubular fastener to the sheet material by extruding, without severing, portions of the sheet material completely through openings on the base portion of the ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4688316 | Method of making hollow integral rivet in components A method of joining together two or more pieces of malleable material. The method includes the steps of placing thoroughly cleaned surfaces of the pieces in intimate contact with each other and forming a flanged hole through all of them at the same time. ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4658502 | Sheet metal joining apparatus A method and apparatus for joining two adjacent sheets of metal the complementary engaging of a male die and a female die, during one stroke, only one of the two sheets is provided with incisions and the material of the other sheet is pressed through the ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4611381 | Method of joining two or more pieces of malleable material A method of joining together two or more pieces of malleable material. The method includes the steps of placing thoroughly cleaned surfaces of the pieces in intimate contact with each other and forming a flanged hole through all of them at the same time. ... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4607418 | Means for interlocking overlapping sheet material A device for fastening superimposed sheets of metal or the like together by punching corresponding portions of the sheets into displaced positions relative to the adjacent areas of the sheets, then spreading one displaced portion of one sheet, under press... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4571975 | Fluid actuated tool A fluid actuated tool for securing together sheet metal parts comprising a power pack unit including a piston and cylinder assembly to which there is connected a jaw housing having a pair of complementary jaw members that are actuated between operative an... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4534092 | Apparatus for joining lengths of metal strip A joint between the overlapped ends of two metal strips comprising strip portions defined by parallel straight longitudinal slits cut through the thickness of both strips, adjacent strip portions being deflected in opposite directions to define a transver... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4465740 | Decorative medallion and method and machine for manufacture The disclosure concerns a thonged medallion, method of assembling the same and apparatus for performing that method. The medallion includes a domed piece of metal having a flap bent into the interior of the dome, and the flap having a hook-like formation ... | 08/14/1984 |
| 4403409 | Fastening apparatus and control systems therefor Apparatus operable to fasten together overlying metal sheets has a cooperating piercing-and-forming punch and die set, which partially sever and displace a localized region of the sheets out of the planes thereof, and a flattening punch which then operate... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4394794 | Metal fastening system and method A method and apparatus is disclosed for connecting a plurality of metal sheets or the like without fasteners or welding. A die set is disclosed which is operable to cut ribbons of material from each sheet and to displace the ribbons to one side of the she... | 07/26/1983 |
