Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8074355 | Method for manufacturing a connecting rod for an engine A method for manufacturing a connecting rod for an engine contemplates creating a rough connecting rod from high carbon steel. The rough connecting rod is normalized to provide strength and toughness characteristics to the core of the connecting rod for functional o... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7574795 | Method of manufacturing connecting rod To manufacture a connecting rod including positioning grooves having a function of positioning a bearing metal at low cost. A big end part of a split type connecting rod is fractured in two after inserting an approximately cylindrical die into a bearing hole. The di... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7281449 | Connecting rod and bearing-equipped connecting rod To provide a connecting rod assembly and a bearing-equipped connecting rod both manufacturable easily and inexpensively, a connecting rod assembly 2 includes a plurality of separate rod segments 3A and 3B each having a big end portion 3 | 10/16/2007 |
| 7174763 | Hotformed hubs and method A method of manufacturing an irregularly shaped forging includes heating a billet to a predetermined temperature, placing the heated billet within the cavity of a die, advancing a punch into the cavity to begin to disperse the material into a plurality of radially e... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7159559 | Split connecting rod, engine and vehicle A split connecting rod includes a fracture start groove that extends in an axial direction X and is located at the approximate center of each of opposing positions on an inner surface of a crank pin opening. A bearing securing groove is provided on either or both of... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143915 | Process to fracture connecting rods and the like with resonance-fatigue A process to fracture connecting rods and the like, that are made of high strength materials, comprises of the following mechanisms: (a) Fatigue: fluctuation of stresses in a pre-notched connecting rod due to the use of harmonic excitation will extend t... | 12/05/2006 |
| 6915568 | Method of manufacturing connecting rods A streamlined method for the mass production of connecting rods is disclosed, with particular applicability for anticipated in the production of rods made from powdered metal materials. The method contemplates the rough grinding of a work piece, followed by the use ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6874229 | Connecting rod with ellipitical opening and method for production A connecting rod with an elliptical opening couples with a crankshaft without the use of a separate bearing element. The elliptical opening deforms under axial tension during operation to provide proper clearance between an inner surface of the opening and an outer ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6742253 | Process for eliminating vertical flash on an as-forged connecting rod A presently-preferred process for manufacturing a connecting rod comprises placing a heated preform suitable for being formed into the connecting rod into a closed forge die, and forging the preform in a first forging operation while the preform is at a forging temp... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6502480 | High performance forged aluminum connecting rod and method of making the same An improved high performance aluminum connecting rod and a method of manufacturing such a connecting rod which is capable of carrying particularly high compressive loads with a substantially reduced deformation resulting from such high compressive loads i... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6490790 | Method of manufacturing preform for connecting rod A preform for a connecting rod of an engine is manufactured with a good productivity. The preform has a large-end mass portion which corresponds to a large-end portion of the connecting rod, a small-end mass portion which corresponds to a small-end portio... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6427326 | Method of manufacturing connecting rod A connecting rod is formed by cold forging in a single pressing cycle at a good accuracy without separately preparing a large-end cap, to thereby reduce the manufacturing cost. A double-action type of forging apparatus is made up of an upper die, a lower ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6422755 | Precisely repositioning powder metal components A sintered powder metal (P/M) component has an integrally formed tapered boss surrounding its bolt hole which extends into counterbores in a component to which it is assembled and produces plastic conformance between the boss and the counterbore when the ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6263720 | Method for making wing-shaped parts and resulting parts A method including the following successive operations carried out on a tube section: a) swaging one end to form at least two longitudinal strips folded down edge to edge and radially projecting outwards; b) cutting out the external projection of the stri... | 07/24/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5974663 | Method of manufacturing connecting rod An integral cast-iron connecting rod blank having a smaller-diameter end, a shank, and a larger-diameter end with a crank opening is set on an inclined base, and the tip end of a laser beam applying device is positioned in the larger-diameter end. While a... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5941651 | Process for the fabrication of parts made of cast alloys with reinforcement zones The process is remarkable in that after the slug of the part to be obtained has been made, one or more inserts are provided which can be centered and introduced into the opening or openings, (1.1) and/or the recess or recesses, and/or the blind hole or ho... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5878323 | Process for producing split type mechanical part A plurality of blanks divided at a division end face 5 or a blank-bonded product comprising a plurality of blanks sintered and bonded together are or is compressed in the same mold, so that they are plastically deformed until the division end faces 5 are ... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5787763 | Process for manufacturing a connecting rod made of sheet metal A one-piece or multi-part connecting rod includes a connecting rod eye, connecting rod shaft and a connecting rod head which is manufactured from at least one sheet metal strip. The sheet metal strip is shaped on both sides with essentially perpendicular ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5655296 | Method of manufacturing connecting rods Method of manufacturing, in one piece, forged connecting rods. The method includes cutting blanks from a bar. Each blank is worked in several steps, until it assumes its final shape. During the various working steps, a groove made in each blank is caused ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5544413 | Method and apparatus for manfacturing a flashless metal connecting rod A flashless metal connecting rod of the type having a one-piece construction and being fracturable into a cap portion and a body portion is produced by providing a precise preform of predetermined dimensions and a precise weight, induction heating the pre... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5428896 | Method for producing a monoblock composite connecting rod by placing preimpregnated fibers on an extractable mandrel A method for producing a connecting rod, particularly a monoblock composite connecting rod, by placing preimpregnated fibers on an extractable mandrel, with the following successive stages. Embodying on a rigid central shaft a meltable mandrel with a shap... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5353500 | Making a fractured powder metal connecting rod A method of making a connecting rod for attachment to a bearing journal by separation of parts of the connecting rod, including: (a) forging a powder metal sintered preform to provide a one-piece connecting rod having an annular wall defining a crank open... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5218763 | Method for manufacturing a swaged piston assembly for an automotive air conditioning compressor A method of forming a composite piston assembly for an automotive air conditioning compressor includes providing 1018 steel alloy, solid connecting rod with an aluminum alloy head. An axial receiving bore is provided in the piston head, which is also fabr... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5109605 | Making a fractured powder metal connecting rod A method of making a connecting rod for attachment to a bearing journal by separation of parts of the connecting rod, comprising: (a) forging a powder metal sintered preform to provide a one-piece connecting rod having an annular wall defining a crank ope... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5065934 | Method of manufacturing rod end joint There is provided an improved method of manufacturing a rod end joint comprising a rod and one or more ball sections formed at an end or ends of the rod. Said method comprises the steps of rigidly fitting a ball or balls to the end or ends of the rod to f... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4993134 | Making a fractured powder metal connecting rod A method of making a connecting rod for attachment to a bearing journal by separation of parts of the connecting rod, comprising: (a) forging a powder metal sintered preform to provide a one-piece connecting rod having an annular wall defining a crank ope... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4939952 | Connecting rod for an axial piston compressor There is provided a connecting rod for connecting a crank pin of an electric motor to a reciprocated piston. The connecting rod includes a sheet metal shaped member that at each end has a deep drawn cylinder mounting which in turn mounts a bushing that is... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4270255 | Method of manufacturing a swash plate assembly An improved method of manufacturing a swash plate assembly for use in a compressor, fluid motor or similar device in which a plurality of pistons are connected, by means of connecting rods, to a swash plate which drives (or is driven by) the pistons. A pl... | 06/02/1981 |
