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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122748 | Hose fitting A machine, tooling and method for cold forming complex metal parts such as a banjo style hose fitting starting with a near net shape volume of wire and continuing with multiple forging blows and an intermediate rotation of the blank to produce a hose coupling shell ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8061177 | Refractory metal pots Computer-implemented processes for making refractory metal pots, including: cutting an a refractory metal ingot into a first workpiece; subjecting the first workpiece to multiple upset forgings, annealings in a vacuum or inert gas to a temperature sufficiently high ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8006533 | Flanged housing member, forming method and forming device A flanged housing member is formed using a forming method and a forming device from a forming material having a pre-flanged forming portion 2 is disposed at one end of a trunk portion 1. The entire external surface of the flanged housing member can be ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7971467 | Stamping device and stamping method The present application provides a technique for simultaneously bending and drawing. In a stamping device, the timing at which an upper pad moves downward and grips a work piece between the upper pad and a first supporting surface is adjusted so as not to be ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971466 | Press-formed member having corner portion, press-formed member manufacturing apparatus and press-formed member manufacturing method A press-formed member includes a first wall with a first thickness, a second wall with a second thickness, and a first corner portion. The first corner portion is disposed between the first and second walls, with the first corner portion having an increased thicknes... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7895873 | Method and system for simultaneously forging two parts In a method or system for simultaneously forging parts, a forging die is provided with a bottom part and a top part, the forging die having a first forging cavity, a second forging cavity surrounding the first forging cavity, and a connecting opening between the fir... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7866198 | Method of producing a stepped shaft A method for forming a stepped shaft includes: forming a billet of a predetermined mass; heating the billet; cross-wedge rolling the billet to form an intermediate workpiece having a first cylindrical portion and a second cylindrical portion that are axially spaced ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7836745 | Method for cold forging high strength fastener with austenitic 300 series material The present invention pertains to a method for cold forging high strength fastener with austenitic 300 series material comprising the procedures of initially preparing a raw austenitic shaft and then proceeding through a cold forging method to reduce its diameter fo... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7832247 | Apparatus and method for manufacturing sprocket segment Disclosed therein are an apparatus and method for manufacturing a sprocket segment, which can manufacture the sprocket segment through a simplified process including hot precision forging, through hardening and painting, thereby reducing manufacturing period and cos... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7823432 | Method of forming spring washer blind-holes into a piston for an automobile transmission The problem to be solved by the present invention is to clear up an eccentric load onto a pin and a problem of deformation and cavity due to flowing material during extrusion when spring washer blind-holes in a piston for an automobile transmission are formed by ext... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7581424 | Method for the reinforcement of a wall region of a three-dimensional attachment A method for the reinforcement of a wall region of a three-dimensional attachment for high torque loads, wherein, a plate with a substantially evenly curved outer contour is cut out of a flat strip and the plate is formed and fine blanked into a pot-shaped body with... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7536895 | Deformed forging A method of manufacturing a forging for forming a split casing comprising the steps of creating a forging, for example, by a ring rolling process and then deforming the forging by compressing it along a first axis and/or extending it along a second axis. ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7530251 | Annular component fabricating method, die for use in such fabricating method and annular component fabricated thereby A method of fabricating an annular component part is disclosed wherein press forming is carried out to prepare an annular body having a cylindrical wall, having a root portion and a distal end, and an annular flange portion. The fabricating method comprises expandin... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7523635 | Method of producing wheel and the wheel A method of producing a light alloy wheel with a forging technique, aiming for producing the wheel having a large-diameter disk by use of a small-scale press device, comprising: heating an intermediate product that is formed by casting or forging and has a discoid a... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7503199 | Pulley block straps A method of forming a U-shaped strap for a pulley block starts with providing a strip-like blank of a metal which may be work-hardened and having an elongate central region and two end portions extending one from each end of the two opposed ends of the central regio... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7392683 | Method for producing a rolled edge The invention relates to a method for the production of a rolled edge from an edge section (11) of a tube, wherein a flanging die is driven onto the edge section and flanges it into a roll. According to the invention, an initial area (14) of the edge s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7360389 | Manufacturing method of armature shaft, armature shaft and rotary electric machine In a forging process step, a small diameter portion 12 is formed in the leading end portion of a cylindrical shaft material 30, and an installation depressed portion 11d is formed on a base end face of the shaft material 30 for ins... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360290 | Method of manufacturing rocker arm The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a rocker arm, having a process of rough processing, in which a metallic stock is subjected to compression-forming by cold forging to form a connecting portion, side wall lower portions of two side wall portion... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350391 | Method for manufacturing clutch housing A method for manufacturing a clutch housing comprises: a first step of forming a work into a pre-product having a shaft portion and an outer drum portion enclosing the shaft portion integrally with the shaft portion; a second step of subjecting the pre-product to pr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347077 | Method of manufacturing outer ring member for constant velocity joint A method of manufacturing an outer ring member for a constant velocity joint, comprising the steps of forming a secondary molding by applying a preliminary upsetting to a work after applying a forward extrusion-molding to the work, forming intermediate pre-molded bo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347075 | Methods for the cold extrusion of metallic elements with dead or through holes and plant for carrying out said methods Cold extrusion procedures for obtaining metal elements such as for example bushings, nuts or other elements with dead or through holes, screws, standard and special shape extruded or pressed products, etc. on a machining center comprising a series of hydraulic press... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337647 | Gear and method and device for manufacturing the gear A method for manufacturing a gear, wherein the gear is formed on a forging process by a die having an inner peripheral surface. A plurality of top surfaces corresponding to a bottom surface of the gear and both projected side surfaces corresponding to tooth surfaces... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7322224 | Drawing method and drawing die assembly A drawing method for forming a reflective curved surface by pressing a metal plate fitted in a fixed die with a movable die. The fixed die is composed of a lower die and a core, and the movable die is composed of an upper die and a presser. During the drawing, the m... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7305861 | Single action press for manufacturing shells for can ends A single action press for forming a shell used to make a can end includes a first tool and an opposed second tool. The first tool includes a die center insert that performs a forming operation on disc cut from a sheet of end material. The first tool is configured an... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7296456 | Methods and apparatus for manufacturing flanged articles A method for manufacturing an article (420) having a peripheral portion (422) may include reverse squeezing an initial peripheral portion (22) of an initial article (20) to form a first intermediate article (12) having a first inte... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7281329 | Method for fabricating a roller follower assembly The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a roller follower assembly, comprising the steps of fabricating a lash adjuster body, fabricating a roller follower body, fabricating a leakdown plunger, fabricating a socket, wherein at least one of the lash... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278288 | Method and device for transferring a workpiece Aspects of the invention relate to a method and a device for transferring workpieces. In the method, at least one first handling device positions and/or securely holds at least one workpiece in a working region of a shaping machine, and, in at least one shaping proc... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275407 | Process for producing rotationally symmetrical components A process for producing a hollow monoblock shaft from a pipe, the pipe initially having a constant diameter and a constant wall thickness, and the monoblock component including at least one area of its length being of a smaller outside diameter and a greater wall th... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7260970 | Hot forge forming facility A hot forge forming facility includes at least a material supply device, a heating device, a guiding device and a punching device. The material supply device carries a continuous supply of metal material in rolls. The heating device heats and softens the metal mater... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257981 | Closed forging method, forging production system using the method, forging die used in the method and system, and preform or yoke produced by the method and system A closed forging method for producing a forged product includes preparing as a forging material a cylindrical cast ingot that has a volume the same as the volume of a forged product and assumes a shape having an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface and ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7243522 | Method and device for transferring a workpiece Aspects of the invention relate to a method and a device for transferring workpieces. In the method, at least one first handling device positions and/or securely holds at least one workpiece in a working region of a shaping machine, and, in at least one shaping proc... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234223 | Method for forging/molding a coarse blank of an aluminum transmission shaft A method for forging/molding a coarse blank of an aluminum transmission shaft, 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 t... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231716 | Method of making a thin wall nozzle A novel method of making a nozzle by forcing a malleable metallic disk into a series of cavities in progression using punches to draw down a formed section so metal can be pulled into the shape of the next cavity in the series. Each cavity differs in size and shape,... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225541 | Method for producing hollow rack bar A method for forging a rack bar from a blank pipe. Prior to the rack forging process, a blank pipe is subjected to a process for obtaining an adjustment of a cross-sectional shape of the blank pipe. Such a preliminary adjustment is constructed by a swaging process f... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7213436 | Stamping apparatus for forming rod with configured ends A method comprises steps of providing bar stock, cutting the stock to form a rod-shaped blank, and stamp-forming a ball section on a first end of the blank in a transfer die. The method further includes stamp-forming an apertured flattened section on a second end of... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201031 | Flanging process improvement for reducing variation in can body flange width A flange forming process uses first and second stages. The first stage produces a partially formed flange on an article. The second stage forces the partially formed flange into a die so a stepped surface of a knockout punch that is disposed in the die, produces a p... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185524 | Grindless surgical needle manufacture A method for manufacturing a surgical needle devoid of a grinding process includes the steps of swaging a needle blank to define a substantially tapered or conical needle end, pressing the tapered needle to form a plurality of intersecting surfaces and forming cutti... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181823 | Method for manufacturing integrated bicycle crank arm and spider assembly and the crank arm and spider assembly made thereby A method for manufacturing a crank arm and spider assembly includes the following steps: (1) providing a blank; (2) shaping the blank to form a crank billet comprising an elongate body having a first end on which a spider is integrally formed and an opposite end hav... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171838 | Method and apparatus for producing thin walled tubular product with thick walled flange Method and apparatus for producing a thin walled tubular product with thickened flange. A first stage metalworking (drawing) of a circular plate material A is done by using a first die set 22 having a conical die 24 and a drawing punch 26 is don... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171840 | Metal container with thread A metal container with thread capable of preventing such a defect that the strength of a lower end of a mouth part and an upper end of a shoulder part of a container main body is non-resistant to a pressing force in radial and axial directions, and a part of the con... | 02/06/2007 |
