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Patents Published on 09/04/2001


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NumberTitleIssue Date
6282757Flexible closure
A flexible closure capable of closing a flexible opening. The closure is comprised of two or more strip-like elements that are oriented in a parallel series and have ends that are attached together. The strip-like elements are alternately deformed in grou...
09/04/2001
6282758Lock assembly for a roller-blades
A lock assembly for roller-blades is disclosed. The lock assemble has a plate with a lock stub mounted thereon, a lock block pivotally mounted on the plate and at least one lock device mounted on the lock block. The block has a cavity corresponding to the...
09/04/2001
6282759Automatic cable clamping vice
An automatic cable clamping vice with insertion of the cable (1) between an upper tightening member (2) and a lower tightening member (3) anchored through an eyelet (12) is described. In accordance with the present invention the connection between the tig...
09/04/2001
6282760Magnetic attachment device
A device for magnetically attaching jewelry, name tags or the like to garments and apparel items. The device includes inner (36) and outer (42) magnets and an anchor (48) attached to the outer magnet (42). A pin-secured jewelry article or name tag is secu...
09/04/2001
6282761Heat sink pressure clip
A pressure clip for contacting a heat sink device to a heat sink by means of a pressure bond having thermal resistance of less than about 5 K/kW/cm2. The pressure clip includes a mounting block, a clamp block; a spacer disposed between the moun...
09/04/2001
6282762Connecting element for sheet piles
A connecting element for sheet piles has a cross-section the shape of which is reminiscent of a seahorse, insofar as it forms two hook bars (3, 4) having relatively large inner spaces (8, 14). The hook bars (3, 4) securely grasp the hook bars (21, 22) of ...
09/04/2001
6282763Burial container and methods of making
A molded burial container and method for forming such having a seamless single piece base with a bottom, sides and ends, each of which has an inner wall and an outer wall and a seamless single piece lid having an inner and outer wall, the lid being releas...
09/04/2001
6282764Process for personalizing a mounting plate
A process for personalizing a mounting plate of a plurality of layers of a mounting plate material and a plurality of layers of fibrous material layered over the layers of mounting plate material, which involves joining the fibrous material layers to the ...
09/04/2001
6282765Method and device for aligning eyelets of harness elements
A drawing-in machine includes a harness element provided with an eyelet; an arrangement for displacing the harness element in a direction parallel to the length dimension of the harness element; and a device for aligning the eyelet with a desired drawing-...
09/04/2001
6282766Roll cutter
The present invention discloses a roll cutter. The roll cutter has a housing. To the housing, there is attached a base, a cutter assembly, and an optional hoist assembly. The hoist assembly is a telescoping tower that allows the user to engage a roll usin...
09/04/2001
6282767Method to roll strip and plate and rolling line which performs such method
Method line to roll strip and plate starting from thin slabs produced by continuous casting, whereby the cast product is subjected to at least one descaling operation followed by a roughing operation and by a finishing operation before being wound in coil...
09/04/2001
6282768Tool and seal cover for shaft assembly
A tool for driving an annular seal into a cavity defined by a shaft assembly housing that surrounds a rotatable shaft includes an elongated body having an interior cavity that opens at a first end of the body for receiving the shaft. The body defines an a...
09/04/2001
6282769Motor vehicle end module assembly
An end module assembly has an internal support structure. An exterior fascia is mounted to the internal support structure. The fascia is configured to be a portion of a vehicle body assembly when the end module assembly is installed on the vehicle. An ext...
09/04/2001
6282770Sliding door hardware assembly and method
A hardware assembly is provided for cabinet sliding doors as are used with entertainment centers. The hardware assembly includes a u-shaped spacer which is attached to a slotted plate in selective fashion to provide infinite relative positioning. The hard...
09/04/2001
6282771Method for forming constant radius convex mirror assembly
A safety mirror lens assembly includes a mirror unit with a mirror lens that has a three-dimensional convex/ellipsoid reflective surface which terminates in an oval or round or other shape peripheral edge. The reflective surface is such that a notional li...
09/04/2001
6282772Method of making a chrome-plated bodyside molding for a vehicle
A multiple piece bodyside molding includes a cover piece connected to a base piece. The cover is formed in a manner and shape so that it may be chrome-plated while reducing the likelihood of bath/tank contamination during the chrome-plating process. Subse...
09/04/2001
6282773Apparatus for producing winding slot insulators and inserting same into the stator core of an electromechanical machine
Insulating slot liners for insertion into stator core winding slots are formed from a narrow-width reel of insulating material. The width of the material is determined by the inner circumferential surface of the winding slot that must be insulated, instea...
09/04/2001
6282774Electrolysis apparatus and process for manufacturing same
When applied to an electrolyser for producing halogen gases from aqueous alkali halogenide solution using several plate-like electrolysis cells arranged side by side in a stack whilst electrically connected, each cell being encased in two semi-shells made...
09/04/2001
6282775Methods for injecting stator winding coil groups into a stator core
An apparatus for injecting a plurality of coil groups into a stator core of a dynamoelectric machine is described. The injection apparatus includes, in one embodiment, a stripper assembly including a first stripper. The first stripper includes an injectio...
09/04/2001
6282777Component placement machine
In a component placement machine, a placement head (4) is driven by a linear motor (5). The stationary part (7) of the motor is attached to the machine frame (1) on which a PCB (8) is attached. The movable part (6) of the motor is connected to a slide (2)...
09/04/2001
6282778Coaxial cable
A flexible coaxial cable comprises a core including at least one inner conductor and a closed cell foam dielectric surrounding the inner conductor. The flexible coaxial cable also includes a tubular metallic sheath closely surrounding and preferably bonde...
09/04/2001
6282779Device and method for mounting electronic parts
In a component mounting apparatus, a component (8) is held, positioned and mounted at a predetermined position of a member (4) to be mounted. After the component (8) is mounted to the member (4), a component holding member (5) is raised by a distance corr...
09/04/2001
6282780Bump forming method and its forming apparatus.
In a bump forming method and its forming apparatus, a torch is made to approach a bottom end of a wire extended from a capillary tool to form a ball, thereafter the wire is held by first clampers to lower the capillary tool, and the ball is inserted into ...
09/04/2001
6282781Resin package fabrication process
A resin package fabrication processes comprises three steps. At the first step, a thermosetting resin-containing resin substrate is machined. At the second step carried out after the first step, the resin substrate is heated to an original glass transitio...
09/04/2001
6282782Forming plugs in vias of circuit board layers and subassemblies
A method of forming a subassembly for use in a printed circuit board is described. This method includes providing a subassembly including a circuit board layer laminated to two sheets of conductive material with two intermediate sheets of prepreg material...
09/04/2001
6282783Composite electrical insulator, method of assembling same and method of manufacturing same
Methods of manufacturing and assembling a composite insulator are provided. At least one metal end fitting is provided having a sleeve portion which defines a bore with a first diameter, d1. An insulator subassembly is then formed. The insulator subassemb...
09/04/2001
6282784Method of assembling internal combustion engine connecting rod
Forged connecting rod, in particular of an internal combustion engine, including a body (1), a connecting rod small end (2) and a connecting rod big end (3), forming two connecting rod small end and connecting rod big end bearings for receiving respective...
09/04/2001
6282785Torque converter blades brazed to a housing using a magnetic heating process
A method for making a torque converter includes the steps of forming a blade having a tab extending outward from the blade and along a portion of a length of the blade. A recess is formed in the housing sized to receive the first tab. The recess defines a...
09/04/2001
6282786Method of making injection formed hybrid airfoil
A hybrid gas turbine engine airfoil is made by forming a metal airfoil with a pocket in one side thereof. The pocket is covered by a caul. An elastomeric fluid is injected into the pocket and cured therein for bonding thereto. The caul is removed from the...
09/04/2001
6282787Manufacturing method for an electronic part absorbing nozzle
A nozzle rod is formed by fixing a thick diamond chip to a tip of a nozzle pipe made of a super hard metal, the other end of the nozzle pipe is thinned and the nozzle rod is joined with a shank by way of this end, a tip of the nozzle rod and vicinities th...
09/04/2001
6282788Vehicle wheel and method for producing same
An improved vehicle wheel and method for producing the same includes a wheel rim and a wheel disc joined together by a weld. The wheel disc includes a generally centrally located wheel mounting portion which defines a vertical axis and an outer annular fl...
09/04/2001
6282789Method of manufacturing traction rollers for continuously variable transmissions and traction rollers resulting therefrom
A method of manufacturing a traction roller for a continuously variable transmission comprises placing a layer on a hollow cylindrical material having the volume substantially equal to the traction roller, performing axial pressure forging of the cylindri...
09/04/2001
6282790Hydroformed space frame and method of manufacturing the same
A space frame includes a pair of laterally spaced, longitudinally extending side rail structures and longitudinally spaced pairs of laterally spaced upright structures having joints at their lower ends with the pair of side rail structures. The longitudin...
09/04/2001
6282791Method of making an automotive vehicle convertible roof
A composite roof bow includes a flexible plastic segment and a rigid reinforcing segment. In another aspect of the present invention, the flexible plastic segment is insert molded to the reinforcing segment. In another aspect of the present invention, the...
09/04/2001
6282792Bearing bush with center flange
A bearing bush that can be installed without any auxiliary components and ensures a secure fit has a backing which comprises at least one layer, an overlay (4), on its inner surface and at least one flange (6, 6a, 6b) in the form of a circumferential clos...
09/04/2001
6282793Coping saw attachment for a hand held power jig saw
A coping saw attachment for a hand held power jig saw which is capable of being quickly and easily attached to a standard hand held power jig saw. The coping saw attachment for a hand held power jig saw generally includes a substantially "c-shaped" coping...
09/04/2001
6282794Rotary cutter with a blade cartridge
The present invention is directed to a cutter having a disposable blade cartridge, a grip for handling by a user, and a coupling arrangement for coupling the cartridge to the grip in such a manner to prevent undesired rotation of the cartridge with respec...
09/04/2001
6282795Wallpaper scarifying device
A wallpaper scarifying device including a plate and at least one scarifying assembly coupled to the plate. The scarifying assembly includes a swivel fixture rotatably coupled to the plate about an axis of rotation and rotatably carrying a cutting disk at ...
09/04/2001
6282796Hole-punching pliers
An improved hole-punching pliers has a holding part and a pressing part that are in pivotal combination with each other by way of a pair of connection plates. The holding part and the pressing part are provided respectively with a dentate engaging section...
09/04/2001
6282797Cutting mechanism for saber saw
A saber saw includes a housing. A motor is contained in the housing. A second shaft is rotatably connected to the housing, and is rotated by the motor. A plunger connected to the housing is used for holding a saw blade. The plunger is free to reciprocate....
09/04/2001
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