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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7310877 | Method of producing sensors for monitoring corrosion of heat-exchanger tubes The present invention relates to a method of producing the sensors for monitoring corrosion of heat exchanger tubes in a thermal power plant. The sensor is made of the tubes taken out from actual heat-exchanger. As a result, the sensor not only has the same material... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7146726 | Cooling tower method and apparatus A cross-flow cooling tower having a frame assembly that is unitarily molded from a plastic material. The frame assembly has opposing top and bottom walls along with opposing side walls and opposing ends. The side walls extend parallel to one another between the top ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7115973 | Dual-sided semiconductor device with a resistive element that requires little silicon surface area A dual-sided semiconductor device is formed on a wafer with a resistive element that is formed through the wafer. By forming the resistive element through the wafer, a resistive element, such as a large resistive element, can be formed on the wafer that requires ver... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109571 | Method of forming a hermetic seal for silicon die with metal feed through structure A semiconductor die is formed in a process that forms a trench opening in the semiconductor material prior to the formation of the contacts and the metal-1 layer. When contacts are then formed to contact circuit structures, such as a doped region in the top surface ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7080437 | Method of manufacturing an axially collapsible driveshaft assembly To manufacture an axially collapsible driveshaft assembly, first and second tubular members are disposed in an axially overlapping relationship. Central portions of the concentric tubular members are then deformed into conformance with a die cavity having a non-circ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7073240 | Duct joint layout tool A layout tool and a means for using the tool to fabricate multi-segment elbows and offset joints from rectangular cross-section fibrous air ductboard material. The tool has a triangular main body having at least one structural feature that defines a plane. At least ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7036200 | Method for making decorative object A separate shaped backing piece is fabricated for each section of the design, and a piece of fabric (or other flexible material) appropriate for that section is placed over the front of the piece and wraps around its borders. The backing pieces are cut or otherwise ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7005388 | Method of forming through-the-wafer metal interconnect structures A semiconductor die is formed in a process that forms a hole through the wafer prior to the formation of the contacts and the metal-1 layer of an interconnect structure. The through-the-wafer hole is formed by using a wafer with a crystallographic orientation ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6968616 | Method of manufacturing nozzle plate A nozzle plate is manufactured by providing a material plate and a punch. The material plate is punched by the punch to form a provisional nozzle orifice hole on the material plate. The punching is repeated such that the provisional holes formed by a given punch are... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6959477 | Method for manufacturing rotary cutting die A lower plywood sheet and an upper plywood sheet which are set on a cylinder are cut in two processes by use of a router to create a 1.4-mm-wide groove in the back of the lower plywood sheet and in the front of the upper plywood sheet. Thus, a rotary cutting die whi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6839962 | Method of producing micromechanical structures A micromechanical structure is described which is disposed on a base body and requires protection from environmental influences by a covering body. Furthermore, electrical contacts are necessary for establishing contacts for the micromechanical structure. By skillfu... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6837147 | No-solids-build-up tank This invention is a self-emptying tank for processing fluids having included solids, such as stainless steel tanks in wineries. The tank has a shell section having a lower end that is fixedly joined to the top perimeter of the tank's bottom section, at a non-horizon... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6792660 | Method for manufacturing a driveshaft assembly that is balanced for rotation A method for manufacturing a driveshaft assembly takes advantage of the asymmetrical nature of the driveshaft tube and end fittings to reduce the initial imbalance of the driveshaft assembly. The method includes the initial steps of providing a driveshaft tube havin... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6749062 | Embroiderable golf bag and method A golf bag is comprised of a base bag including a tube having an open top and a closed bottom and a detachable overcoat; The overcoat surrounds the tube and is attached to it by a first zipper circumferentially attached to an upper portion of the tube, a second zipp... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6722024 | Push-pop coin cell battery compartment and method of use thereof A battery replacement system and method for electronic devices which does not require a back-up battery or storage capacitor. A battery is placed within a tunnel formed in the electronic device. The tunnel has an input opening and an output opening. During use, the ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6711803 | Method of joining steel products, method of processing junction surfaces of steel products, and reinforcing member The present invention enables to firmly assemble a steel-frame structure. To form a steel-frame structure or to join two steel members being reinforcing members thereof, a slip-proof surface having one or plural concentric higher parts and grooves is formed on the j... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6519855 | Method of manufacturing a vehicle body and frame assembly A method for forming a closed channel structural member having a central portion that is enlarged relative to the end portions thereof is disclosed. Initially, first and second tubes are formed in respective hydroforming dies to have desired shapes that a... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6357321 | Split connecting rod for an internal combustion engine and method of production A connecting rod includes an apertured connecting-rod eye portion defining two portions (arms), which is split into a saddle portion and a bearing cap portion by a fracture splitting operation along a desired dividing plane whose location is determined by... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6321434 | Method for manufacturing sealing tool A method for manufacturing sealing tool comprising a socket (3) and a head (4) at one end and the other end of a linear element (2) respectively and a protrusion (11) for locking the head (4) in a head-insertion hole (10) of the socket (3), which comprise... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6317955 | Method of producing a resinous dome forming mold A method of forming a mold for forming a resinous domed article which may be employed as a cover of a monitor camera is provided. The mold consists of a female block and a male block. The female block has formed therein a domed mold cavity which includes ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6240631 | Push-pop coin cell battery compartment and method of use thereof A battery replacement system and method for electronic devices which does not require a back-up battery or storage capacitor. A battery is placed within a tunnel formed in the electronic device. The tunnel has an input opening and an output opening. Durin... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6134779 | High performance forged aluminum connecting rod and method of making the same An improved high performance aluminum connecting rod and a method for manufacturing such a connecting rod are disclosed, the connecting rod being capable of carrying particularly high compressive loads with a substantially reduced deformation resulting fr... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5819388 | Process and device for producing a workpiece The invention concerns the creation of a prototype workpiece or production equipment. To produce such prototypes quickly and cost-effectively and to produce functional prototypes from any type of material, the invention proposes that a defined geometric d... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5759468 | Raised zone retroreflective cube corner article and method of manufacture A cube corner article and method of manufacturing the article from a series of unitary substrates. A plurality of pins are assembled to form a mold having an array of cube corner elements on a surface. Then, a replica of the cube corner element array is p... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5661889 | Process for producing a container and closure assembly A process for producing a container and closure assembly includes molding a preliminary container including a closed bottom portion, a body portion and a shoulder and neck portion. The shoulder and neck portion is separated from the body portion. An open ... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5577323 | Method of manufactoring a race ring for a rolling bearing It is an object of the invention to provide a method of manufacturing an inner ring for a rolling bearing in which the directions of the metal flows of the inner ring can be made substantially parallel to the shape of the race surface of the inner ring to... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5566449 | Process for producing a shaft clamping member A connecting rod as a shaft clamping member includes a rod member and cap, each of which has mating faces at circumferentially opposite ends of a semi-circular recess and which are fastened to each other by bolts by matching the opposed mating faces to ea... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5340221 | Bearing ring with parallel flow internal structure A bearing ring manufactured by the method includes the steps of forming recesses in both ends of an outer peripheral surface of a material ring having fiber flows extending substantially parallel to the outer peripheral surface and cutting into two ring h... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5327643 | Method of and apparatus for wiring board assemblies The present invention provides a wiring method and apparatus to wire two wiring board assemblies, each of which comprises: an insulating substrate; and a plurality of pressure terminals or busbars secured to the substrate, each having a press-connection p... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5261159 | Method of manufacturing bearing ring A method of manufacturing a bearing ring of a bearing. This method includes the steps of forming recesses in both ends of an outer peripheral surface of a material ring having fiber flows extending substantially parallel to the outer peripheral surface an... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5231749 | Method of making a unified interior and exterior design verification model A method of making design models allowing for CAD data verification of interior and exterior styled surfaces comprising the following steps. Initially, the interior and exterior surfaces of the proposed design are mathematically modeled. A series of separ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5223051 | Method of producing cast-to-size tools A process for producing multipiece complementary tooling castings is disclosed in which hollow internal surfaces are cast in a mold having a soft, low strength sand core piece to define such hollow portions and external surfaces are cast against hard, res... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5209137 | Control apparatus for marine engine A control apparatus for a marine engine comprising an operating lever inserting into an opening from the back side to the fore side of hull board and disposed in the fore side of the hull board to control the marine engine by rotating a main body which is... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5046244 | Method for manufacturing stators, in particular extended stators, for pumps or motors with eccentric shafts Extended stators for pumps or motors with eccentric shafts are made by machining. These stators are provided in the direction of their long axis with a dual- or multi-thread inner bore profile having periodically repeated profile pitches of predetermined ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5018272 | Method of making an exhaust catalyst by securing wire mesh onto an arbor A method for producing a tubular-shaped wire mesh which serves as cladding for catalytically coated cylindrical one-piece ceramics units used to decontaminate exhausts of internal combustion engines. These units function as catalysts and have a wire mesh ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5003683 | Forming bores in bendable layered materials A method of forming a circular opening in a layered sheet material to be subsequently bent which causes the layers to shift relative to one another in a direction normal to the bend including the steps of piercing the layers material with an oblong openin... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4986597 | Vehicle space frame and a method for manufacturing of vehicle space frame parts A vehicle space frame comprising load bearing longitudinal structural members (2) formed from an integral extruded multicavity shape being split, reshaped and aligned to secondary complementary shaped members (8) is provided. A new method of joining the s... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4905366 | Method of installing a positive bearing housing seal A positive bearing housing seal is provided in which the stationary seal member, and possibly a reducer having the same peripheral shape of the stationary seal member, is employed for installing and aligning the stationary seal member and the rotary seal ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4894898 | Method of making castellated beams A method of producing castellated beam. A first continuous cut 18 is made along the web of a universal beam, and a second cut 20 is then made along the web on a path differing from the path of the first cut. The cuts are such as to define rectilinear sect... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4759165 | Roofing panel assembly and method of making same A roofing panel assembly including, in combination, a first roofing panel and a second roofing panel. Each roofing panel comprises a body plate portion and an edge attaching portion. The edge attaching portion of the first roofing panel includes an outwar... | 07/26/1988 |
