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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8429944 | Method of making wire support A wire support and a method of making is disclosed for supporting an object from a base surface. The wire support comprises a plurality of wires with each of the wires having a lower section, an intermediate section and an upper section. The plurality of wires are t... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8393191 | Wire forming apparatus A wire forming apparatus which feeds out a wire (W) from a distal end portion of a wire guide (402), forcibly bends, curves, or winds the wire by using a forming tool (T1-T5) and forms the wire into a part with a desired shape by using a cutting... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8371147 | Apparatus and method for the manufacture of a spring unit Apparatus and methods for use in the manufacture of a spring unit for incorporation into an upholstered article, for example, a mattress, cushion or the like. Coil formation apparatus includes a drive shaft to control movement of a coil pitch guide member and a link... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8136379 | Helical part manufacturing apparatus and control method thereof This invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing a helical part by feeding a wire W toward a pointing tool 21 and pushing the wire W against the pointing tool 21 to forcibly wind the wire. The apparatus comprises: a feed roller 12 for feed... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8006529 | Methods for manufacturing coil springs The systems and methods include a feed mechanism supplying multi-strand wire to a coil-spring winder. The coil spring typically has a plurality of turns and is resilient. The multi-strand wire is typically steel, but may be of other suitable material, or a combinati... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7797977 | System for producing a helical stator In a system for producing a helical stator, a stator core strip is provided having a base portion with spaced tangs extending from the base portion. The strip is driven in a feed direction toward a bending region. At the bending region the strip is bent with an outs... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7765843 | Flexible rod manufacturing apparatus and method for a spinal fixation and the flexible rod manufactured through the same The present invention relates to a rod capable of securely connecting pedicle screws in a pedicle screw system for correcting a damaged or transformed spine and a method and an apparatus for fabricating the same and, more particularly, to a flexible pedicle rod with... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7458243 | Spring winding machine and a method for controlling a spring winding machine The spring winding machine (1) comprises a measuring device (25a) with a measuring sensor (27) which is arranged in front of the shaper (11) with respect to the conveyor direction of the wire (13) to be shaped. The activatio... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7412993 | Expandable stent A medical apparatus is fabricated by providing a coil that has a plurality of primary loops along a longitudinal direction, and for each of one or more of the primary loops, forming one or more secondary loops on the primary loop. ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7353680 | Universal compression spring former The compression spring former disclosed by the present invention contains an external diameter mechanism, spacing mechanism, wire-feeding mechanism, cutting mechanism, length-detecting mechanism, sorting mechanism, and microcomputer control mechanism. Within the wor... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7343766 | Spring manufacturing apparatus A spring manufacturing apparatus with a reduced number of driving sources, yet capable of adjusting the relative positions among the bending dices with higher precision when manufacturing a spring is to be provided. A second bending dice mounting slider and a third ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7258296 | Spiral winder and a method of spirally winding A spiral winder is disclosed adapted to implement a new method for spirally winding a product of indefinite length, such as pipe, into a coil for packaging and/or transport to an end user. The spiral winder consists primarily of a rotor assembly (1) supportin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246767 | Winding machine for rolled or drawn wire/rod with a turn clutch device for automatic winding Winding machine for rolled or drawn wire/rod with turn clutch device for automatic winding of the type comprising a reel with a mandrel and base flange and an external mobile containment counter flange, wherein the counter flange is openable to allow the axial extra... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7198187 | Spring manufacturing machine To improve a spring processing performance, a spring manufacturing machine is structured such that a rotating casing (26) is rotated around a common center line (C1), a final wire rod guide (17) is rotated around the common center line (C1 | 04/03/2007 |
| 7117703 | Wire-stranded hollow coil body, a medical equipment made therefrom and a method of making the same A wire-stranded hollow coil body (1) has a multitude of coil line elements (2) stranded along a predetermined circular line to form a flexible wire tube having a central axial hollow portion (3), the flexible wire tube is stranded under a strand... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107806 | Spring manufacturing machine In order that a moving locus of a leading end of a tool 55 provided to a tool mounting device 54 is aligned with a direction orthogonal to a center line W of a wire rod passage (not shown) of a final wire rod guide 13, a tool operating apparatus... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087162 | Accessible well for brine tank A well (12) outside of a brine tank (10) is provided which provides better accessibility to the brine refill valve (112) or other components within the well. Also, apertures (42–48) of differing elevations above the bottom of the brine ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7041385 | Composite sheet material for brazing The invention relates to a coiled composite sheet material far brazing, the composite sheet material having a structure comprising a substrate, the substrate including an aluminium substrate and/or an aluminium alloy substrate, on at least one side coupled to a carr... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7010846 | Method of manufacturing stator core of vehicle rotary electric machine Each tooth of a stator core has circumferential projections at an inner tooth edge and circumferential notches at a base portion adjacent to a core back. A width of the teeth at the base portion is larger than a width of the same at the tooth edge. Therefore, the ma... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6910360 | Multiple wire feed for spring coiling machine and method An apparatus for making mattress and upholstery spring coils. The apparatus has a wire feeding device and a wire guide adapted to support first and second wires of different diameters. The wire guide is movable to first and second positions to align the first and se... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6874233 | Methods and systems for the continuous in-line coating and fabrication of hoop steel rebar for concrete structures Methods and systems are provided for the continuous coating and fabrication of spiraled steel rebar product for concrete structures. Specifically, methods and systems are provided by which linear uncoated rebar is supplied to a polymeric (preferably, epoxy) powder-c... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6758079 | Coil spring forming machine A coil spring forming machine for forming a coil spring having a dimensional characteristic, such as a coil diameter and a coil pitch, includes a frame, a control tool movably mounted on the frame, and a control mechanism mounted on the frame and coupled to the cont... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6691414 | Method and system for coating and fabricating spiral rebar Methods and systems are provided for the continuous coating and fabrication of spiraled steel rebar product for concrete structures. Specifically, methods and systems are provided by which linear uncoated rebar is supplied to a polymeric (preferably, epox... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6584823 | Two wire spring making machine and method A method and machine for selectively manufacturing wire springs from two different wires by feeding the wires through a pair of continuously rotatable opposed feed rollers, which rollers are operative to feed only one of the wires at a time into engagemen... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6571591 | Spring manufacturing apparatus and wire guide used for the same A wire feeder (300) includes a cross table (302) placed to be movable in the back-and-forth direction along a wire feed direction (D), and upper and lower tables (304, 305) which can move in the up-and-down direction along a direction perpendicular to the... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6494847 | Guide wire with multiple polymer jackets over distal and intermediate core sections The invention is directed to a guide wire having at least two different polymeric jackets that impart different handling characteristics to the portions of the guide wire they surround. Preferably, the guide wire may have jackets of different grades of po... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6470572 | Apparatus and method for making a shaped-spring assembly for use in a magnetic head-to-media backer device A method and apparatus for making a shaped-spring assembly. The method and apparatus utilizes a spring forming apparatus which facilitates the forming of shaped springs without adversely effecting the characteristics of the spring, and a magazine arrangem... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6378854 | Methods for manufacturing coils and apparatus for same A spring assembly having a coil containing a core and methods and apparatus for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The coil includes a core between reduced portions of the coil. One device for manufacturing the coil includes a coiling machine having an... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6378352 | Method and apparatus for winding thin walled tubing A system and method of winding a length of tubing into a coil. The system uses a mandrel to wind a length of tubing into the form of a coil. The length of tubing is both internally pressurized and placed under tension prior to being wound around the mandr... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375629 | Core wire with shapeable tip The present invention provides an improved core wire for use in a medical catheter. In one aspect, the invention provides a core wire with a shapeable tip and method of manufacturing the same. A core wire previously made superelastic is subject to additio... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6374655 | Spring winding automatic machine Spring coiling machine with a drive, a wire guide, a cutter mechanism and a coiler mechanism, in which the drive is adapted for optionally driving one or other of at least two wires sitting in the wire guide at the same time.... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6313395 | Interconnect structure for solar cells and method of making same An interconnect structure for use with solar cells and like devices which are subject to compressive and/or expansive forces through packaging or in application comprises a flattened spiral of a metal strip. The interconnect is fabricated by first providi... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6223574 | Thin-walled ring-shaped member and method of manufacturing same A sheet of strip material of metal is coiled into a ring-like member, with a broader surface thereof being oriented in a radial direction. Opposite ends of the sheet of strip material are connected together by a joint. The joint includes a concave portion... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6190332 | Core wire with shapeable tip The present invention provides an improved core wire for use in a medical catheter. In one aspect, the invention provides a core wire with a shapeable tip and method of manufacturing the same. A core wire previously made superelastic is subject to additio... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6185981 | Transmission control system for a wire forming machine A transmission control system for a wire forming machine includes a slide base and a transmission control device attached thereto. A feed unit is slidably mounted on the slide base and has a screw base mounted thereon. The slide base has a through hole th... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6163757 | Method of and apparatus for analyzing linear object and recording medium having linear object analyzing program stored thereon The characteristics of the wire are calculated, the wire having a cross-sectional shape which is substantially uniform along its length and having a length long enough in comparison with a diameter being deformed. The wire is divided into a plurality of e... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6089490 | Method of and apparatus for transferring extruded metal wire rings in protective tubs Wire rings or coils in tubs pass from a cooling conveyor onto a rotatable framework in which the tub carrier can be raised toward a transfer conveyor. The framework is then tilted to deposit the wire ring on the transfer conveyor, whereupon the tub is rai... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6080191 | Method for making a stent A stent comprising a coil including a plurality of arcuate sections that alternate directions around a central axis, each arcuate section including a pair of curved turns joined by a cusp, and the cusps of adjacent arcuate sections intermeshing and defini... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6067829 | Wire-spiralling machine A wire-spiralling machine continuously produces a tubular structure comprising a spiral winding, particularly a pressure-armor layer, from two noninterlocking wires of large cross section delivered from two reels of wire and two locking wires delivered fr... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6006572 | Spring manufacturing machine A spring manufacturing machine enhances an efficiency of operation. A desired one of wire passages in wire feeding rollers is aligned with a wire passage in an auxiliary wire guide and a wire passage in a final wire guide by adjusting a position of a forw... | 12/28/1999 |
