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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7383713 | Method of manufacturing a consumable filler metal for use in a welding operation Method of manufacturing consumable filler metal wire, rod, or stick, and the like, of predetermined length and cross-section for use in welding, including: providing an ingot of a first metal and one or more different further metals; forming composite product by pro... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7325429 | Method for manufacturing seamless steel pipe or tube A round billet containing, by mass %, 10.50 to 14.00% of Cr with a value represented by the equation of “Cr+4Si−(22C+0.5Mn+1.5Ni+30N)” of not more than 9.0%, wherein the symbols of the elements represent the contents, by mass %, of the elements in the steel, i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316143 | Seamless steel tubes and method for producing the same A seamless steel tube comprising, in mass %, C: 0.30 to 0.50%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 0.15 to 1.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.05%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.05%, N: 0.02% or less, B: 0.0005 to 0.01% and O (oxygen): 0.0050% or less, wh... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7260966 | Tube shell for manufacturing a seamless steel pipe and a method for its manufacture A pierced shell of an austenitic stainless steel having a good inner surface condition is provided, and a means is established which can perform mass production on an industrial scale of a good quality seamless steel pipe of stainless steel. An austenitic stainless ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7168283 | Cobalt chrome forging of femoral knee implants and other components A method of creating a cobalt chronic femoral knee component includes the steps of: providing a forging press including first and second bust forging die parts spaced apart from each other and movable toward each other, the first and second bust forging die parts in... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168142 | Method of manufacturing a shaped titanium article A method of manufacturing a metallic blank into a shaped article useful as an enclosure for an implantable medical device is described. The method entails a plurality of steps in a particular order to obtain certain finish characteristics. Some of them are a surface... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7140224 | Moderate temperature bending of magnesium alloy tubes A method for bending magnesium alloy tubes. The method includes heating the tube at moderate temperature in the range of about 100° C. to 200° C., and bending the tube to a bend angle or forming the tube to a desired shape. ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131191 | Method for manufacturing noble metal electric discharge chips for spark plugs In a wire drawing process for forming a wire rod containing iridium as a main component and which further contains nickel and at least one of platinum, rhodium and ruthenium, and having a cross-sectional area of not smaller than 0.05 mm2 and not larger th... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7017382 | Methods of forming aluminum-comprising physical vapor deposition targets; sputtered films; and target constructions The invention includes a method of forming an aluminum-comprising physical vapor deposition target. An aluminum-comprising mass is deformed by equal channel angular extrusion. The mass is at least 99.99% aluminum and further comprises less than or equal to about 1,0... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6852181 | Flattened U-bolt and method A method for cold forming a flattened, end-threaded rod into a U-bolt answers the need for high-strength steel rods that can be bent into flattened U-bolts by spring and suspension repair facilities or the like. By controlling the amount of work put into the end-thr... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6579579 | Container made of a light metal alloy and process for its manufacture A container, in particular a container with a tube-shaped wall, made of a light metal alloy for use as a reaction chamber in a process for manufacturing wafers. The container wall is made by way of extrusion or ring-rolling, and the container wall is made... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6534194 | Method of making reactive multilayer foil and resulting product In accordance with the invention a reactive multilayer foil is fabricated by providing an assembly (stack or multilayer) of reactive layers, inserting the assembly into a jacket, deforming the jacketed assembly to reduce its cross sectional area, flatteni... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6329079 | Lined alloy tubing and process for manufacturing the same A tube for a cracker unit in which ethylene is produced withstands, without oxidizing or losing its strength, the elevated temperatures required to effect cracking, yet retards coking. The tube has a shell formed from stainless steel or high nickel alloy ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6258465 | Energy absorbing member Provided is an energy absorbing member which makes it possible to induce contraction and deformation into a form of bellows, with Euler's buckle being restrained. An energy absorbing member comprises a hollow extrusion which is made of an aluminum alloy a... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6250127 | Heat-dissipating aluminum silicon carbide composite manufacturing method A process for low cost manufacturing light-weight, heat-dissipating structures such as heatsinks, heat spreaders, and covers or lids for microelectronic components such as flip-chip integrated circuits from difficult-to-machine metal matrix composites suc... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6221506 | Bushing base with mounted nozzles The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a bushing baseplate, and to a bushing baseplate. The bushing baseplate is characterized in that it comprises tips (18) constituted by hollow tubular elements of outside diameter slightly smaller than the ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6187455 | Decorative roll-patterned strip and process of making same A decorative roll-patterned metal strip or sheet, preferably aluminium strip or sheet, having: a thickness of about 0.05-1.0 mm, preferably about 0.1-0.8 mm, with a surface having a plurality of indentations of a depth of about 0.001-0.05 mm, preferably a... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6163961 | Plain bearing with overlay A method of making a multi-layer plain bearing comprises roll-bonding a relatively soft aluminum-tin alloy to a harder aluminum-based bearing substrate and then roll-bonding the composite to a steel backing. Following heat treatment conventional for retic... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6153316 | Mechanically textured aluminum alloy sheet Non-directional and diffuse reflecting photometric properties may be imbued to a metal sheet stock, particularly aluminum alloy sheet stock, by directly creating a textured surface on one or more surfaces of the sheet stock through mechanical texturing wi... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5896642 | Die-formed amorphous metallic articles and their fabrication A metallic article is fabricated by providing a die and a piece of a bulk-solidifying amorphous metallic alloy having a glass transition temperature. The bulk-solidifying amorphous metallic alloy is heated to a forming temperature of from about 0.75 T | 04/27/1999 |
| 5853553 | Sacrificial anode and method of making same A sacrificial anode and method of making a sacrificial anode are provided. The anode includes an extruded galvanically active metal rod and integrally formed end cap which has a cylindrically shaped portion with a threaded exterior surface. The anode is f... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5833771 | Stainless steel wire for reinforcing the crown of tires A stainless steel wire for reinforcing the crown (1) of tires (100), comping at least 0.02% and at most 0.2% carbon, at least 6% and at most 10% nickel, at least 16% and at most 20% chromium, the content of molybdenum of the steel being zero or at most e... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5758420 | Process of manufacturing an aneurysm clip A process for manufacturing an aneurysm clip (10) having a coil spring (22), a first arm (26) ending in a first clamping jaw, and a second arm (34) ending in a second clamping jaw (40). The method includes: (a) providing a cylindrical starting rod (1) of ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5759305 | Grain size control in nickel base superalloys A method for forming nickel base superalloy articles of manufacture by a combination of hot die forging, isothermal forging and heat treatment below and above the solvus.... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5704998 | Hot rolling high-strength steel structural members High strength steel structural members and a method of making same are disclosed by providing high-strength steel material having a specific chemical composition and preferably a tensile strength of at least about 120,000 psi and a yield strength of at le... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5664453 | Hollow extruder die for extruding a hollow member of a zinc-containing aluminum alloy A hollow extruding die for extruding a hollow section of a zinc-containing aluminum alloy is provided. The die is protected from cracks and has an extended life, without requiring any substantial structural changes to the die. In the die mandrel of the di... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5649439 | Tool for sealing superplastic tube A tool for sealing two ends of a tube of superplastic material in preparation for superplastically forming the tube against inside surfaces of a die by gas pressure inside of the tube. The tool has a longitudinal axis that is coincident with the longitudi... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5642851 | Method of producing a circular fibre-reinforced metal article, and apparatus for use in said method An apparatus for producing a circular metal article reinforced by fibres in selected parts of its cross-section is described in which a metal blank of the article is formed and provided with at least one annular groove opening in the axial direction, pref... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5632827 | Aluminum alloy and process for producing the same A aluminum alloy in the form of bulk includes an aluminum matrix and carbon particles having an average particle size of 100 nm or less and dispersed in the aluminum matrix in an amount of 1 to 40 atomic % with respect to the total atoms constituting the ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5538566 | Warm forming high strength steel parts High strength steel parts and method of making are disclosed by providing a blank of high-strength steel material having a tensile strength of at least about 120,000 psi and a yield strength of at least about 90,000 psi and warm forming the blank to provi... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5529239 | Spherical lng-tank and a production method for such a tank A large spherical vessel is produced by welding commercially available large plane metal plates together to form a composite plane plate, cutting the composite plane plate to a form adaptable to a spherical surface, and thereafter forming the resulting co... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5528920 | Process for laminating a thin film of lihium by controlled detachment A film of lithium capable for example of providing the anode of a polymer electrolyte battery is produced by laminating a lithium sheet between two working rolls. At the outlet, the film remains attached to one of the two rolls up to a given point of the ... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5496425 | Cold formed high-strength steel structural members A method of making high-strength steel structural members is disclosed by providing a blank of high-strength steel having a ferrite-pearlite microstructure and high-strength mechanical properties and cold forming the blank by rolling, upsetting, forging, ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5485736 | Seamless cylinder shell construction A method of forming a seamless cylinder shell in which a layer of nickel is electroplated on a steel sheet so that a composite sheet is formed. The composite sheet is then preferably cut into a circular blank before further processing. The circular blank ... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5484098 | Spherical LNG-tank and a production method for such a tank A large spherical vessel is produced by welding commercially available large plane metal plates together to form a composite plane plate, cutting the composite plane plate to a form adaptable to a spherical surface, and thereafter forming the resulting co... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5461768 | Electrically heatable caulking system and method An electrical caulking method for a work made from a magnesium or a magnesium alloy wherein a caulking pin integrally projects from a body, wherein an electric caulking apparatus having two opposing electrodes is used. The work is held between the opposin... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5454888 | Warm forming high-strength steel structural members High strength steel structural members and method of making are disclosed by providing a blank of high-strength steel material having a tensile strength of at least about 120,000 psi and a yield strength of at least about 90,000 psi and warm forming the b... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5453139 | Method of making cold formed high-strength steel parts A method of making high-strength steel parts is disclosed by providing a blank of high-strength steel having a ferrite-pearlite microstructure and high-strength mechanical properties and cold forming the blank by upsetting, forging, or extrusion to provid... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5344508 | Flow forming of aluminum alloy products Rapidly solidified aluminum base alloy is flow formed into tubes and tubular components using conventional flow forming equipment. A preform of preselected configuration and wall thickness for either forward or back spinning is fabricated. Flow forming is... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5340415 | Ferritic stainless steel plates and foils and method for their production A heat-resistant ferritic stainless steel plate or foil having improved toughness as well as workability is disclosed, which consists essentially of: C: not larger than 0.020%, N: not larger than 0.020%, wherein, C(%)+N(%): not larger than 0.030%, Si: not larg... | 08/23/1994 |
