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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225659 | Punch press die A punch press tool includes a cylindrical punch guide in which a punch body provided with a punch tip for press forming is fit slidably. The punch tip consists of an appropriate number of long forming punch tips each including a press forming portion in the leading ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7155955 | Crimping assembly A crimping assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes cam profiles on the ends of the arms. The cam profiles are engaged by the crimping tool and control the input force versus displacement of the tool. The cam profile includes a first portion defined by a radius,... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7127923 | Method and apparatus for forming parts from a continuous stock material and associated forge The present invention provides a method and apparatus for forming a plurality of parts, such as spade-type boring bits, from a continuous stock material. Thus, the various steps of the forming method of the present invention can be performed to predetermined portion... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7069764 | Method for manufacturing a hollow rack shaft A hollow rack shaft is manufactured through a first step, a second step and a third step. At the first step, the plate-like workpiece of substantial rectangular shape is press formed into a gutter-like shape. The first die set used at this step is provided with slan... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065856 | Machine tool method A machine tool apparatus is provided employing a plurality of tool heads which may be sequentially or simultaneously automatically controlled to perform preprogrammed operations on either the same or different workpieces. In one form, a plurality of tool heads are s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7010949 | Apparatus for forming optical aperture An apparatus for forming an optical aperture comprises an object having a tip with a pointed end. Stoppers are disposed adjacent the tip. A pressing body applies a loading force to press the pointed end of the tip and at least a part of each of the stoppers to form ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007537 | Clam shell system A work piece has an interior cylindrical component. The interior cylindrical component is composed of a beam. The beam is adapted to apply pressure to remove the work piece. An intermediate cylindrical component has four radial spaced cylindrical control arms, an in... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6966230 | Dynamometric tool A dynamometric tool uses a four-mandrel press. The press head is provided with a specific press geometry which is predefined by the mandrels. The dynamometric tool produces a tool which can determine the actual force of compression in an easy-to-handle manner. The d... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6923037 | Assembly for articulating crimp ring and actuator Assemblies are disclosed for articulating a crimp ring for crimping a fitting relative to an actuator for actuating the crimp ring. The crimp ring includes segments for engaging the fitting, and the actuator includes arms for actuating the segments. Embodiments disc... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6601428 | Method for producing a gear rack, and a stamping device for carrying out the method A method for producing a blank for a gear rack for rack-and-pinion steering of motor vehicles includes the following steps: In a first step, a starting material having an essentially circular cross-section is placed into a stamping apparatus containing at... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6263717 | Press-forming die set including rotary cam having negative-angle forming portion and rotatable about vertical axis A press-forming die set including a first die and a second die which are linearly movable in a press-forming direction for mutual engagement to form a negative-angle portion on a workpiece placed on the second die, the press-forming die further including ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6035521 | Multi-directional crimp plate A crimping apparatus for crimping a workpiece such as a terminal or eyelet around a core such as a wire or a fiber optic cable. The apparatus includes upper and lower identical plates supported for opposing reciprocal motion on respective upper and lower ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5644944 | Pressing instrument for pressing on bushings, cable lug presses, or similar items A pressing instrument for pressing bushings, cable lugs, or similar items upon a work piece reveals two tools that can be brought together with the help of a drive mechanism, forming a pressing chamber, with each tool revealing two opposite pressing cheek... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5632178 | Method and apparatus for forming a T-shaped slot in a sheet material A method and apparatus is described for forming a T-shaped slot a sheet of material. The sheet of material is clamped to a top surface of an arbor. The arbor has a uniform T-shaped cross section having two undersides of the T-shape. The sheet of material ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5619883 | Compression tool A compression tool includes a housing having adjacently disposed first and second oppositely disposed portions defining therebetween a clearance. First and second pivot levers are provided, and each of the levers is pivotally secured to one of the portion... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5287721 | Apparatus and method for forming curved needles Apparatus for forming curved needles from needle blanks of differing sizes and material characteristics having a guide die, driven by a linear actuator, for biasing the needle blank against a forming surface. Bending dies also driven by linear actuators a... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5069056 | Simplified hydraulic forging machine Simplified hydraulic forging machine having four hammers arranged substantially symmetrically, two of the hammers below and two above a horizontal plane passing through the centre (18) of forging, the hammers (12) cooperating with a hammer support (15), t... | 12/03/1991 |
| 5058415 | Rolling bearing seal ring crimp tooling A stamping press tool assembly for delivering parallel forces to a plurality of points angularly spaced around a ring-shaped workpiece, whereby the ring-shaped workpiece is positioned beneath a shouldered hub centered inside the tool assembly, and having ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4715210 | Method for making steering rack bars A die for forming a Y-form rack portion of a steering rack bar from a blank by forging in which the die has at least three forming elements (44, 47, 48) relatively movable on application of forging pressure to the die to converge on a blank therein, a fir... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4667500 | Flaring device for pipe ends A flaring device for pipe ends including an insert member centrally insertable into a pipe end, the insert member having mounted thereon synchronously operable pressure plungers arranged at the outer circumference thereof and bringable into engagement wit... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4641514 | Tooling for manufacture of electrical contacts Tooling connected to the punch pad and die pad bolsters of a progressive die operable as the contacts are being punched out to hug or impact opposite side edges of a contact and thereby form mounting and/or electrical energy transfer surfaces on the side ... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4615207 | Progressive metal mold apparatus for production of laminated iron cores In a metallic mold apparatus, a rotational power for a skewing operation and a rotational power for an indexing operation are applied through a differential gear device to a rotatably supported die. More specifically, the skew power from such an electric ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4571982 | Apparatus for making steering rack bars A die for forming a Y-form rack portion of a steering rack bar from a blank by forging in which the die has at least three forming elements (44, 47, 48) relatively movable on application of forging pressure to the die to converge on a blank therein, a fir... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571981 | Spike straightening apparatus An apparatus for straightening a rail spike or the like includes a pair of said facing support arms mounted for pivotal movement about spaced axes on a frame, male die blocks mounted on the arms for movement therewith toward confronting angularly related ... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4571233 | Paper container bottom expander A bottom expander for a flat bottom paper container of noncircular cross-section comprises a ring having an aperture surface for closely embracing the bottom rim of a container and plate-like tool elements, each having a radially outer edge surface which ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4430880 | Device for straightening suspension bars removed from the cathode plates in electrolytic refining plants An apparatus for straightening suspension bars removed from cathode plates includes a horizontal press, a vertical press, a vertically movable stop plate, and an ejector in the horizontal press. The horizontal press pushes the suspension bar against the s... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4321818 | Closed forging press In a hydraulic forging press having one or a plurality of press rams actuated reciprocatively through working oil by reciprocating motion of pump ram given by mechanical driving means, a closed forging press being provided with one or a plurality of punch... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4175419 | No-size squeezing of 180 degree boiler-tube return bends An apparatus for reducing the radius of the bend in a U-shaped tube comprises two squeeze dies and a back die. The back die is hollowed to form a chamber that accommodates the bent section of the tube and supports the entire circumference of the tube at t... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4114417 | Method and apparatus for making metal parts A method and apparatus for making a housing member with a projecting bracket receiving adaptor from a sheet of flat material in which the material is formed in progressive dies by displacing material in the direction of die movement and also transversely ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4091652 | Apparatus for shaping metal sheets A device is disclosed for conforming a blank metal sheet, preferably aluminum, to the shape of a die which includes pressure means for holding the blank metal sheet firmly against the die surface while actuating cam members to conform the blank metal shee... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4004446 | Tool for preforming a section of a tubular connector A tool for preforming a section of a tubular connector, the connector used for joining two optical fibres in end to end relationship. A plurality of forming members extend radially in a holder and spaced circumferentially around the tubular member support... | 01/25/1977 |
