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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7846555 | Panel fastening method and panel member for automobile A panel member for an automobile includes a hem portion roll-fastened in a state of overlapping an outer panel and an inner panel. At the hem portion of the panel member, the outer panel and the inner panel are roll-fastened in a state that a front end face of the o... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7255930 | Cap nut for envelopment casting, casting including the cap nut and method of enveloping the cap nut in casting A cap nut to be enveloped in a casting made of casting material includes a substantially cylindrical body. The body has a first end and a second end adjacent to a top end surface of the body. The body has a hole and an outer peripheral surface to be enveloped in the... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7190506 | Electrochromic device with nanoparticles and UV-absorbers in the protective coating An electrochromic device which carries a coating comprising at least one UV absorber and nanoparticles is effectively protected against destruction by UV light. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177384 | Aluminum composite material, manufacturing method therefor, and basket and cask using the same A basket has a lattice-like section for accommodating individual used nuclear fuel in predetermined positions in a cask. The basket is made from aluminum composite material having good neutron absorption ability, excellent mechanical property and workability. The al... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169241 | Ni-based superalloy having high oxidation resistance and gas turbine part A Ni-based alloy hardened with the γ′ phase, which is able to exhibit not only superior strength at high temperatures, but also excellent hot corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance at high temperatures in spite of containing no Re or reducing the amount of... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7132173 | Self-centering braze assembly Braze and electrode wire assemblies, e.g., used with an implantable microstimulator, include a wire welded in the through-hole of an electrode, which electrode is brazed to a ceramic case that is brazed to a metal ring that is welded to a metal can. The braze joints... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7106489 | Electrochromic device An electrochromic device comprising a pair of glass, plastic plates or plastic films At least one plate or film, is provided with an electrically conductive coating. At least one plate or film and its conductive coating are transparent and the other may be mirrored.... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7060367 | Cutting blade and method of producing the same A blade with improved sharpness and durability is disclosed. The blade includes a base plate having an edge and a coating layer for coating the edge. The coating layer is formed of a material handling metal, and a tip of the coating layer is sharpened. It is preferr... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6986949 | Fugitive patterns for investment casting A fugitive pattern of an article to be investment cast wherein the pattern includes a plurality of locator embossments disposed in an array to provide a datum reference system by which the pattern can be held and positioned by a manipulator, such as for example a gr... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6958563 | Riser commutators Rotary switches, and in particular riser-style commutators, are detailed together with featured strips from which they are made. Segments formed from the strips may include anchor notches and slots for receiving reinforcing rings. The structure of the strip addition... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6913835 | Metal wire rod for forming slide fastener coupling elements and slide fastener coupling element formed from the same metal wire rod In a Y bar for forming coupling elements, an opening angle of a pair of right and left leg parts is narrower than that of the ordinary ones. Plural bent portions, which are bent inward, are formed successively in an extending direction of the leg parts in a range fr... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6872463 | Reinforcing rod for body and/or chassis elements for a motor vehicle A reinforcing bar for body and/or chassis parts of a motor vehicle includes a one-piece element (8) extending from one end of the bar to the other and having a median portion (10) with closed tubular cross-section and at least one end portion (12 | 03/29/2005 |
| 6774066 | Composite structural reinforcement device A composite structural reinforcement device to be applied to structural members by wrapping in successive overlying layers includes a body formed of a first ply of resin impregnated high tensile strength material, a second ply of resin impregnated high tensile stren... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6638639 | Turbine components comprising thin skins bonded to superalloy substrates High efficiency, thin-walled turbine components such as turbine blade airfoils comprise a superalloy substrate covered by a thin skin. The thin skin may be bonded to the inner spar structure of a turbine blade airfoil by a transient liquid phase bonding p... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6607841 | Silicon steel sheet An improved silicon steel sheet has two lateral ends each having a side edge narrower than the width of the silicon sheet. The side edge has two end points linking respectively to two lateral sides of the silicon steel sheet to form two symmetrical slant ... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6600589 | Electrochromic device with a yellow filter The invention relates to a light-protected electrochromic device containing a pair of glass or plastic sheets or plastic films. One side of at least one of said sheets or films, preferably both sheets or films, is provided with an electroconductive coatin... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6492040 | Welding construction and heat exchanger using the welding construction To make stress corrosion cracking caused by precipitation of a ଲ layer (Mg2 Al3) in a welding part (5) or in the periphery of the welding part (5) hard to occur. An apparatus body (1) and a header (3) formed of an aluminum allo... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6395404 | Blank used for manufacturing single-headed piston, and method of producing the blank Method of producing a blank for manufacturing a single-headed piston having a head portion and a neck portion formed integrally with the head portion, for engagement with a drive member, the method including: a step of manufacturing a body member includin... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6251527 | Alclad inset into grooved ingot The present invention is directed to the application of a liner material which is corrosion resistant to a strong and tough core aluminum alloy which has been grooved out creating a liner bed resulting in an Alclad structure.... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6207292 | Electrochromic indicating device Electrochromic display devices, whose plates having conductive coatings are subdivided into segments which are electrically separated from one another, can be contacted individually and, between the plates, contain a solvent, specific electrochromic subst... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6183878 | Electrochromic system The invention concerns an electrochrome system comprising a mixture of reducible and oxidizable substances RED1 and OX2, at lest one RED1 '-OX2 ' pair being covalently interlinked via a bridge and, for at least ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6165626 | Laminated assembly and method of manufacture A laminated magnetic core assembly and method of manufacture having at least one notch formed along opposite sides of a strip material from which the laminations are formed. The notches on the opposite sides of the strip are punched out and separated from... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5130207 | Thin wall steel cartridge cases High strength, high precision thin-walled cartridge cases are manufactured from a metal of interest selected from low alloy and carbon steels utilizing an extrusion and heat treating process. The cartridge blanks are extruded to a length greater than that... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5106699 | Apparatus for filling in an opening in a wall of a safe A simple cylindrical steel element, having a tapered portion at an insertion end and a plug of a difficult-to-machine material securely attached therein, is forcibly inserted into a previously formed hole, e.g., in a hard inner layer of a multilayer wall ... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5055143 | Re-entrant angle closure on superplastically formed structure A superplastically formed and diffusion bonded structure formed with two or more sheets and upset forging the material at the perimeter to provide the expulsive material between the inner most sheets so as to close the entrance angle formed between the ex... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5019455 | Sow mold and sow ingot A mold for the casting of aluminum sow ingots includes a mold box having a bottom wall and side walls that define a generally rectangular mold cavity. The bottom wall includes a central raised longitudinally extending protrusion and side longitudinally ex... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4839236 | Ingot form An ingot formed as an elongate structure characterized by a rectangular center body and reduced section handle structures on the ends of the body each provided with recesses for receipt of manipulative tools. The rectangular center body moreover, includes... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4816346 | Screw fastener blank A bi-metallic screw fastener blank for a self drilling screw of a given root diameter is disclosed. The screw blank comprises a metallic head and shank member made of a first material that is welded to a metallic slug member that is of equal diameter to t... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4683174 | Raw casting blank for fluid actuated ram assembly A raw casting for a metallic article such as a hydraulically actuated ram assembly, which has a rear portion having a bifurcated end as well as front portion having a bifurcated end. The raw casting may also include a barrel portion having an internal bor... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4518660 | Shaped blanks, methods for their production and improvements to the universal rolling of rails The primary blank 1, which is to be transformed into a finished rail by means of universal passes, edging passes and a finishing pass, is characterized by a symmetric `.UPSILON.` section the thickness of which always varies in the same way. It is designed... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4310363 | Sealed electric passages A process for obtaining sealed electric passages through an insulating body nvolves subjecting a titanium oxide ceramic forming a portion of the insulating body to a reduction process at selected places where the passages are desired. The reduction process... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4293942 | Waterproof watch and method for making A waterproof watch having a case and a base which are sealed in a water tight manner without the use of screw threads, is provided. The watch base is composed of a memory form alloy which may or may not be reversible. The watch base is deformed while in i... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4273983 | Method of resistance welding An improved method for resistance welding two metallic articles, made of dissimilar metals which form brittle intermetallic compounds when melted together. A first one of the metallic articles is provided with a tapered, flat-topped projection which is pr... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4269902 | Extruding and tapping screw and blank for manufacture of such screw A threaded fastener particularly designed for extruding and forming threads in a sheet metal material. A threaded shank region and threaded, generally, conical point region are interconnected by a thread forming and extruding region which includes a plura... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4255493 | Powdered metal part A powdered metal part is provided with a side recess or notch which is shaped to receive a threaded member or screw. The part is made from powdered metal formed under high pressure by punches and a die and the part is then sintered. The threaded member is... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4206266 | Printer arm blank An arm for holding the impact stylus of a high speed dot matrix printer is fabricated from a single stamping which when properly folded defines two members having C-shaped cross-sections joined by a thin web. The web is folded around the stylus to bring t... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4156054 | Bonded assembly and method for obtaining same The disclosure teaches a method for joining metal-plastic laminates and a firmly bonded assembly prepared thereby. In accordance with the disclosed method, two sheet like metal-plastic laminates, each of which has at least one layered edge portion, are fi... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4104446 | Self-tapping or thread-forming screw An improved self-tapping or thread-forming screw where the thread configuration on the screw end swages or forms the thread in an object to be threaded rather than cutting and removing a portion of the material of the object. The screw is provided with a ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 3999471 | Filter hood device A filter hood device containing a gas treating filter and having a clean gas outlet aperture which is closed by a blank diffuser mounting panel. The blank diffuser mounting panel is adapted to be modified at a jobsite to receive a diffuser which is suitab... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3979815 | Method of shaping sheet metal of inferior formability In regard to sheet metals of inferior formability as typified by titanium alloys, each end face of a blank is covered with a cover plate of a metal which surpasses the blank material in formability, and the covered blank is subjected to a usual shaping op... | 09/14/1976 |
