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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136380 | Spline member manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method A spline member manufacturing apparatus includes a shaving punch, a shaving die, a spline punch, and a stripper. The stripper supports a first surface of a base plate portion and an outer circumferential surface of a boss portion. The shaving punch is advanced relat... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8087279 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing a legged annular member A method and apparatus for manufacturing a legged annular member. In one aspect, a work member is formed from a ring-like raw material, and has an annular part and an outer wall part, which is formed from a leg part and a connecting part. The connecting part is remo... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7389668 | Metal molding method and machine, and metal molded body The present invention provides a metal molding method, a metal molding machine and a metal molded body, wherein using a mold in which a molding space having a predetermined shape and a metal body lead-in space which is communicated with the molding space are formed,... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377042 | Method of cold-forming near net shape metal roller blanks for anti-friction bearings A machine, method and tooling to precision cold-form roller blanks for anti-friction bearings. The machine is a multistage progressive former using floating die cavities to enable simultaneous shaping of the ends of the roller with high accuracy and without flash. T... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7273026 | Roller follower body The present invention relates to a roller follower, comprising an outer surface, enclosing a first cavity, a second cavity, and a transition opening, wherein the first cavity includes a first inner surface configured to house a cylindrical insert the second cavity i... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7219524 | Method for manufacturing high-pressure piping part and structure thereof A high-pressure piping part includes a body structure forged in a closed space. The body structure is formed to include a main body portion formed by forward extrusion and side arm portions formed by side extrusion. The main body portion has therein a fiber flow for... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7197908 | Method of manufacturing a member having toothed portion A method of manufacturing a member having a toothed portion, comprises a first step of cutting a work piece into predetermined dimensions and then deburring the same, and a second step, in succession with the first step, of pressing an axially end face of a portion ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194882 | Cold forging apparatus and method for forming complex articles A cold forging apparatus for forming complex shapes at a single station includes a plurality of multiple function punch assemblies disposed on intersecting axes. Each of the multiple function punch assemblies includes an inner or a center punch and an outer or ring-... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172483 | Method of making metallic shell for spark plug, method of making spark plug having metallic shell and spark plug produced by the same A method of making a metallic shell for a spark plug. The metallic shell includes a multi-stepped through hole, an intermediate tubular portion, a tip end side tubular portion and a base end side tubular portion. The through hole includes a large diameter hole secti... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7143624 | Forging apparatus and conveyor for forming complex articles A cold forging apparatus for forming complex shapes at a single station includes a first multiple function punch assembly having an inner and outer punch. A third punch or a second multiple function punch assembly is provided in a confronting relationship with the f... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7055359 | Method for forging/molding a coarse blank of an oil cylinder A method for forging/molding a coarse blank of an oil cylinder, including steps of: placing burn-in softened aluminum material into a preheated mold; using a first punch head to first forge the aluminum material in the mold cavity from outer side of the molding hole... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047787 | Method of forming spline and keyway for sheet metal rotating member with boss part An annular excess portion is disposed, a spline forming male mold is passed through a boss of a sheet metal-made rotary member in which a root portion of the boss and a peripheral portion are previously displaced, and the boss is set to a stationary mold with being ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036349 | Scallop output shaft tools A die for forming a work-piece having a complex geometry includes a die insert having an interior surface that defines a first portion of the complex geometry and a retainer ring that selectively engages the die insert. The retainer ring includes a circumferential i... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7013696 | Method of making a flanged tubular metallic part A method of making a flanged tubular metallic part by cold forging is provided. The method comprises a step of forming an axial depression in a blank and a flange forming step of making the depression axially deeper while causing a metal of the blank to flow radiall... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6324883 | Method and tool for formation of an enlarged end portion of a bar A method and apparatus for the formation of an enlarged end portion of a bar (48) by upset forging. Before upsetting, the bar end portion (46) is heated to a forging temperature and passed through a passage (40) of a form part (2,4) and into a cavity (44)... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6058591 | Clutch drum and method of manufacture A clutch drum is formed from a single piece of material. The clutch drum includes an inner surface having a plurality of spline portions interspersed with inner wall spaces. Each spline portion includes at least one slot to form at least one snap ring gro... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6032508 | Apparatus and method for near net warm forging of complex parts from axi-symmetrical workpieces A female die and a punch for forming relatively complex parts from axi-symmetrical workpieces, and the method of using the female die and punch to form the parts from the workpieces are disclosed. The female die and punch are used in a forging apparatus t... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6006564 | Application of dry lubricant to forming dies and forging dies that operate with high force The present invention applies dry lubricant to appropriate components of a forming die of a stamping press to minimize frictional force against such components during operation of the forming die or to appropriate components of a forging die of a forging ... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5970610 | Structure of a contact point of a terminal piece and production method therefor According to a production method for a structure of a contact point of a terminal piece, it is possible to heighten the durability of the terminal piece by thickening the contact point without raising material cost and processing costs. Materials for a co... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5931042 | Method of forming a key portion of a sheet metal member having a cylindrical portion The present invention relates to a method of forming a key portion on a sheet metal member, the key portion being useful in coupling of a shaft to a member such as a pulley used in an automobile. According to the method of the invention, an inner metal pa... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5758536 | Device and method for cold forging double cylindrical pulley Method for forming a double cylindrical pulley, in which a work piece placed in a die is pressed by a punch to cause the work piece to make a plastic deformation, for forming an inner ring and an outer ring of the pulley to have the same hardnesses and le... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5749257 | Rivet in a converted can end, method of manufacture, and tooling An easy open can end having an improved rivet structure integrally formed thereon for the attachment of a pull tab, a method of further forming a can end to incorporate the improved rivet, and tooling for accomplishing the method. The further formation of... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5606887 | Apparatus and method for cold forming an L-shaped lead alloy battery terminal A method and apparatus to cold form an L-shaped lead battery terminal. The apparatus includes a forming station for cold forming an L-shaped lead battery terminal having a tower offset from the head. The forming station includes a split die for forming a ... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5575172 | Device for producing hollow bodies according to an internal high pressure metal forming process A device for producing a hollow body according to an internal high pressure metal forming process has a tool which is divided along a mold joint into a stationary tool part and a liftable tool part. The tool has an impression for receiving a tube-shaped b... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5546647 | Method of making an ejector tube for molds A method of making the ejector tubes which serve to guide the ejectors used in molds, for example those used in injection molding comprises a series of operating stages performed on a tube which is the starting point. The first stage is the cutting of a l... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5524464 | Workpiece-bore processing apparatus and method A plurality of processing balls with different outer diameters are prepared at a slidable or rotatable upper stage. One ball, selected from the plurality of prepared balls in correspondence with the inner diameter of a bore of a workpiece, is inserted thr... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5493888 | Precision forming apparatus, method and article Precision forming apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a die with a cavity which conforms with the shape of a portion of a part to be formed, a punch with a cavity which conforms with the shape of another portion of the part to be formed, and m... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5492001 | Method and apparatus for working burred portion of workpiece The periphery of a workpiece which has already been subjected to burring is at least partially punched by a periphery punch and a periphery die. The burred portion is then further pressed by the periphery punch and a die surface including an annular porti... | 02/20/1996 |
| 5297414 | Method for necking containers A method of die-necking the open end of a can body to form a reduced diameter neck having a smooth profile comprising first forming a reduced diameter control neck at the open end of the sidewall of the can body, and then totally reforming the control nec... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5125256 | Method of manufacturing outside ring An outside ring manufacturing method comprises a first step of blanking out from a metal sheet a blank with a circular body portion and tongue portions which protrude at several places from the outer peripheral edge of this body portion, a second step of ... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5018379 | Apparatus and method for crimping end of can body There is disclosed a method for crimping an open end of a can body. A male die is inserted into the can body through the open end in such a manner as to be coaxial therewith. Then, the female die is caused to fit on the opening end, and the female die is ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4803880 | Hollow article forging process A process for forging hollow elongated articles from superalloys and titanium alloys. The process employs preconditioned material which has low strength and high ductility. The process is performed in a forging press and has an initial step which converts... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4299112 | Method and device for producing synchronizer ring A planar blank material to be press-formed is confined in a space formed by punch means having peripheral flange part provided with gear teeth corresponding to those of the hollow product, a mandrel provided slidably in the central hole of said punch mean... | 11/10/1981 |
| 3942353 | High energy rate counterblow forming machine A high energy rate counterblow forming machine having opposing independently movable coaxial rams movable within pressure chambers containing a compressible working fluid for impelling the rams toward one another at high velocity from retracted cocked pos... | 03/09/1976 |