| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 029525000 | By driven force fit | 44 |
| 20080229569 | Synthetic closure with multiple internal layers, each layer having a variable cross section (VCS) along the closure length - A container closure includes an inner core having a non-cylindrical profile created by a variable longitudinal cross-sectional area. One or more outer layers concentrically surround the core and have a cross-sectional area inversely correlated to the inner core so that the overall container closure has an essentially cylindrical profile. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080282528 | COMPONENTS INTEGRATING STRUCTURE - An exemplary components integrating structure ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090193643 | Method and Jig for Manufacturing Metallic Catalyst Carrier - According to the invention, a manufacturing method for a metallic catalyst carrier including a cylindrical outer casing and a honeycomb unit that is formed of a first metal foil made in a corrugated shape and a second metal foil made in a minutely corrugated shape or a flat shape, the method includes: rolling the first metal foil with the second metal foil in a state that the first metal foil are disposed on the second metal foil, forming a circumferential face of the honeycomb unit into a serrated face, and press fitting the honeycomb unit into the cylindrical outer casing after the forming step. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090217506 | Method for Introducing and Anchoring at Least One Connecting Element Into and in a Workpiece and Device for Carrying Out Said Method - The invention relates to a method for introducing at least one connecting element into a workpiece using a tool composed of at least one part. In said method, before the connecting element is joined and connected to the workpiece, the tool is precisely aligned in relation to the workpiece by means of at least one locating and centering element that engages with a centering region of the workpiece and by the relative displacement of the tool part and the workpiece. The invention also relates to an associated device. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090235512 | Locking system for connecting handles and implements - A locking system for connecting a handle and an implement is provided. The locking system includes a handle having a first thread and a first locking member and an implement having a second thread and a second locking member. The first and second threads are threadably engaged so that the first and second locking members selectively lock the handle to the implement. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090260216 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COUPLING A PIPE FITTING TO A PIPE - A device and method for coupling a pipe and a fitting. The device includes a pipe holder for releasably gripping a pipe, a fitting retainer for releasably retaining a pipe fitting substantially coaxially with a pipe in the pipe holder, and means for driving together the pipe holder and the fitting retainer along a longitudinal axis in a relative motion between them. The device may optionally slide a reinforcing sleeve along the pipe to cover the end of the pipe on the fitting. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090300900 | MECHANICAL SEAL DEVICE - A primary technical goal of a mechanical seal device of the present invention is to decrease assembly cost thereof as well as machining cost thereof and to prevent wear of seal surfaces by preventing occurrence of squealing noises of the seal surfaces. The mechanical seal device comprises a first seal ring which is one of a pair of seal rings and disposes an engagement portion at the outer circumferential surface, a retainer ring which has a first support portion supporting an inner diameter surface of the first seal ring and a second support portion engaging the engagement portion and is fixed with either a seal housing or a shaft, and a gasket which joins the retainer ring and the first seal ring in a sealing manner, wherein an engagement clearance (C) formed in a rotational direction between the engagement portion and the second support portion is within 0.5 mm. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100011562 | NON-WOVEN WITH SELECTED LOCATIONS/REGIONS OF JOINED FIBERS FOR MECHANICAL ATTACHMENT - In a first embodiment, the present disclosure is directed at a non-woven fabric, which provides, at selected locations, the ability to mechanically and releasably join with a hook fastener. The non-woven web may include entangled fibers which have been overprinted with dots, lines or designs to create defined locations of joined fibers which may engage with a corresponding hook profile. The print material may include thermoplastic and thermoset binder systems. The binder systems may include a gas expanding substrate (e.g. gas-filled microspheres) which may provide a relatively thicker location for joining with the corresponding hook engaging material. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100024197 | Closure system with orientation and removal capability - A positive orientation container and closure combination is provided. The container includes at least one flange segment having a front and a back face. The container further includes a gap defined by the front face of one of the flange segments and the back face of one of the flange segments. The closure includes a plurality of collar segments. The closure includes at least one collar segment having an engagement face to establish a positive orientation of the closure at a predetermined position. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100050417 | WIRE LOCK RING INSERTION TOOL KIT AND METHOD - A process is disclosed for inserting a piston pin wire lock ring, particularly Circlips and the like, into a locking groove of a wrist pin bore of a piston. The wire lock ring is radially pre-compressed and thus reduced in size in such a manner that its outside diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the piston wrist pin bore. The wire lock ring is subsequently inserted, in its compressed state, into the pin bore where it is then uncompressed and released into the locking groove of the piston bore. A kit is disclosed for permitting the installation of a wire lock ring into a groove in a bore of a piston assembly. The disclosed invention comprises a cylindrical sleeve/tube and a plunger that slips into the sleeve/tube. The sleeve/tube has an outside diameter just slightly less than the diameter of the piston wrist pin bore containing the groove in which the lock ring is inserted. The inside diameter of the sleeve/tube is sufficiently large enough to accept the wire lock ring without over compressing, thus bending and/or compromising the wire lock ring. A plunger is also disclosed that slides through the inside diameter of the disclosed sleeve/tube, pressing the wire lock ring out of the sleeve/tube and into its awaiting groove of the bore of the piston assembly, where it will expand and lock into place. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100058574 | GASKET FOR PRESS-ON TWIST-OFF CLOSURE - A press-on, twist-off container assembly of the type that is used, for example, and baby food containers includes a container that has, as conventional, a finish portion with at least one external thread and a closure that is mounted on the container. The closure is of the press-on, twist-off type and includes a panel portion and a skirt portion that together define a generally cylindrical interior recess. As is conventional, a deformable gasket is mounted within the interior recess that has a thread engaging portion that is deformed so as to at least partially conform to the external threads of said finish portion of said container. The thread engaging portion advantageously has a plurality of inwardly extending raised flutes that are circumferentially spaced irregularly about the thread engaging portion. At least some of the flutes are in contact with at least one of the external threads at respective points of contact, and each external thread has a total distance spanned by such points of contact. As a result of the irregular spacing of the flutes, the container assembly will have an aggregate distance spanned that is a sum of the total distance spanned for all of the external threads that is less than it would be were the flutes spaced regularly. Accordingly, the amount of torque that is necessary to remove the closure is comparatively reduced. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100107398 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A CABLE TO THE HOUSING OF AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - The invention relates to the attachment of a multiple-conductor electronic cable to an electronic circuit in a sealed housing. The cable is placed in a sheath of a heat-deformable material and the method comprises the following steps: placing a rigid bushing ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100139077 | Method of Forming A High Friction Joint - There is provided a method of forming a high friction joint between a first tubular metal body and a second tubular metal body, the method comprising: selecting a first tubular metal body having a first outer face at a first end portion thereof and selecting a second tubular body having a second inner face at a second end portion thereof, the first and second faces being capable of overlap to enable the first and second tmbs to fit together; treating the first outer face of the first tubular metal body and/or the second inner face of the second tubular metal body by introducing a friction enhancing agent to at least part of one or both thereof; inserting the first end portion of the first tubular metal body inside the second end portion of the second tubular metal body such as to form a low friction joint therebetween; and moving the first end portion of the first tubular body relative to the second end portion of the second tubular body to create rubbing at the first and second faces to activate the friction enhancing agent and to thereby form said high friction joint. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100199484 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A METALLIC CONTAINER - A method of forming a metallic container includes the steps of providing body and lid portions, placing the body and lid portions together, keeping portions of the body and lid portions in contact with one another, and reciprocally rotating the lid portion with respect to the body portion, thereby generating frictional heat and forming a friction weld therebetween. An apparatus for attaching the lid and body portions of a metallic container includes a base to support the body, a support assembly to support a flange of the body, and a sonitrode for contacting a flange of the lid, wherein the flanges of the lid and body are held together between the support assembly and the sonitrode. A motor reciprocally rotates the sonitrode relative to the support assembly, thereby moving the flanges relative one another to generate frictional heat and create a friction weld therebetween. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100251533 | SUBMERGED NOZZLE SUPPORTING-REPLACING MECHANISM, AND LOWER-NOZZLE/DIPPED-NOZZLE SEALING METHOD - To alleviate a bending stress to be applied to a lower nozzle, by joining a ring-shaped taper portion of the lower nozzle to a receiving taper portion of a receiving member, to thereby prevent generation of a vertical cracking, and further to improve a sealing property of the lower nozzle and a submerged nozzle with a seal material, provided are a submerged nozzle supporting-replacing mechanism and a lower-nozzle/submerged-nozzle sealing method, in which, when an upper surface of a submerged nozzle ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100275434 | PRESS-FITTING METHOD OF MEMBER AND PRESS-FITTING APPARATUS - The invention provides a press-fitting method of a member and a press-fitting apparatus in which press-fitting errors can be reduced, without using a dummy pin. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100293775 | REVERSIBLE ATTACHMENT MECHANISMS - Mechanically interlocking releasable fastener systems include a reinforced shape memory polymer for forming one of the interlocking components. The reinforced shape memory polymer includes a filler material in the form of a fiber and/or platelet. The filler can include an electrically conductive filler, a thermally conductive filler, a dielectric fillers, and mixtures thereof. Also disclosed herein are processes for using the releasable fastener systems. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299908 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HOSE - An assembly for manufacturing a hose with a nozzle, which is connected with a hose via an annular outlet and preferably has a perforation inside the annular outlet, the hose having a mount on its end opposing the nozzle and the mount having a perforation. This makes it possible to also lead a cooling medium against the direction of the extrusion through the extruded hose. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110099793 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING A BUSH AROUND A PART OF A SHAFT BY MEANS OF A TIGHT FITTING - Method for mounting a bush round a part ( | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110232070 | COUPLER - Couplers for attaching an accessory to an excavator arm of an excavator. Couplers having a first side for attaching the coupler to the excavator arm and a second side onto which the accessory will be coupled. The coupler includes a latch for selectively securing and releasing an attachment pin of the accessory in a jaw, groove, hook or slot in the second side of the coupler. The coupler is fully controllable from within the cab of the excavator and it allows improved security in the securement of the accessory to the coupler, i.e. preventing accidental decouplings, but while still allowing intentional decoupling operations to be carried out without undue burden. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110258834 | Bore Plug - An apparatus and method for plugging a tubular bore is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises: a shaft member; one or more cylindrical compressible seals slideably disposed around the shaft member, wherein the shaft member passes axially through the one or more cylindrical seals; one or more cylindrical hard sleeves having one or more conical ends slideably disposed around the shaft member and adjacent to the one or more cylindrical seals; a flange attached at or near a distal end of the shaft member, wherein the flange retains the cylindrical sleeves and cylindrical seals on the shaft member; and a pulling mechanism disposed at or near a proximal end of the shaft member, wherein the seal is positioned between the flange and the one or more cylindrical hard sleeves such that compression of the seal causes it to expand away from the shaft member. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110277307 | MODULAR RATCHET CAP - A method of assembling selected modular ratchet cap assemblies. In one aspect, the method includes the acts of providing identical threaded portions, providing identical cover portions, providing a first vent module, providing a second vent module different from the first vent module, selecting the first vent module and coupling together the first vent module with one of the identical threaded portions and one of the identical cover portions to form a first cap assembly, and selecting the second vent module and coupling together the second vent module with another one of the identical threaded portions and another one of the identical cover portions to form a second cap assembly. In other aspects, the method includes assembling first and second cap assemblies with identical cover portions and threaded portions, but having different pawl members providing different cap-installing torque limits. In other aspects, the method includes providing first and second cap assemblies with similar components, but having covers or portions thereof provided with different individualized characteristics for different applications. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110314655 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIATION MODULES - Profiled hollow cylinders attached to a cylinder-shaped body as modules for radiating fluid media with electromagnetic radiation. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110314656 | APPARATUS FOR THE VARIABLE SETTING OF THE CONTROL TIMES OF GAS EXCHANGE VALVES OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An apparatus for variable setting of control times of gas exchange valves of an internal combustion engine which has a drive element, an output element and a side cover. The drive element is brought into drive connection with a crankshaft, the output element is brought into drive connection with a camshaft, and the output element is arranged such that it can be pivoted with respect to the drive element. The side cover, which has a sealing cover with an opening and a mating element, axially delimits the output element and/or the drive element, and is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the drive or output element by means of a fastening element. The fastening element reaches at least partially through the opening and interacts with the fastening element producing a rotationally fixed connection between the side cover and output element or drive element. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120017418 | METHOD OF MAKING A MONITOR FRAME - A method of making a monitor frame includes producing separately a transparent plate made of plastic, a middle sheet, and a looped framing plate made of plastic and defining a frame opening, the middle sheet having a middle opening extending through opposite first and second surfaces thereof; attaching the second surface of the middle sheet to a press face of a tool through a vacuum suction force; moving the press face of the tool to abut against the transparent plate and press the middle sheet against the transparent plate such that the first surface of the middle sheet is adhered flatly to the transparent plate; moving the tool away from the second surface of the middle sheet; and adhering the looped framing plate to the second surface of the middle sheet such that the frame opening is aligned with the middle opening. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120060349 | Method of Forming Paneled Corners - A method of forming paneled corners including the step of providing first and second components. The first components can each have a pair of first legs forming an exterior angle of greater than 180 degrees, and can have a first connector. The second components can each have a pair of second legs forming an interior angle of less than 180, and can have a second connector. The method can further include the steps of choosing an outside corner from an outside corner and an inside corner, selecting one of the first components, placing the one first component over the outside corner, securing the one first component, placing panels on the first legs, selecting one of the second components, pushing the one second component onto the one first selected component to engage their respective second and first connectors, thereby capturing the edges of the two panels. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120073112 | HYDRAULICALLY DRIVEN PRESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRESSING A FITTING - A method of using a hydraulically driven pressing device for pressing a fitting on a tube is provided. The pressing device includes a piston and a cylinder for acting on pressing jaws. A piston shaft is connected to rollers. The pressing device can be used to carry out pressing operations requiring different levels of pressing power, by using an adjustable stop which is provided in the direction of displacement of the piston in order to achieve different end positions for the piston during the piston return stroke. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20130086791 | Tube Applicator - Apparatus to insert a spigot into a flexible tube comprises a support for holding and advancing a spigot, actuated by a motor, and a grip for holding a flexible tube, its opening and closing controlled by a motor. On operation of the apparatus, the support is advanced to urge the spigot into the flexible tube. To prevent catching or snagging of the tube on the spigot preventing insertion, after forward motion of the spigot, the jaws are opened, and the spigot is retreated a short distance, the jaws are to closed and the spigot is advanced again. This cycle is then repeated until the spigot is fully within the tube. The jaws have a front section and a separate back section, mounted against a resistance, to hold the tube. The front section will be urged back against the resistance on insertion of the spigot, which will not reach the back section. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130174405 | DISCONNECT DEVICE - A disconnect assembly includes a head coupler portion and a tool coupler portion. The head coupler portion includes: a threaded portion on a first part of an exterior surface to connect to a wedge frame, a longitudinal bore, a rod configured to slide longitudinally within the longitudinal bore, and a set of annular protrusions on a second part of the exterior surface. The tool coupler portion includes: a threaded bore configured to mechanically attach the tool coupler portion to the tool, and a channel to receive a head coupler portion. The channel includes a set of grooves corresponding to the set of annular protrusions on the head coupler portion. When the head coupler portion is connected to the tool coupler portion, a ram from the hydraulic tool engages the rod to apply force to an object in the wedge frame. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130199019 | Markers for a medical ultrasound imaging catheter - A catheter is provided for medical ultrasound imaging that can be effectively used in combination with other imaging modalities to detect medical structures of interest as well as the catheter. Markers are added to the catheter with precision, which provides a means to merge the images from different modalities. Using a template, apertures for marker placement are formed in the catheter after creating the catheter housing. The ultrasound array may be used for accurate positioning of the template. Alternatively or additionally, a rigid insert with markers connects with the array. The insert holds the markers in place and may reduce artifacts in ultrasound scanning due to flexing of the array. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130239397 | Apparatus and Method for Inserting a Component Through the Surface of a Workpiece - A rotary tool ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130312243 | METHOD OF FASTENING A CAPTIVE SCREW TO A PANEL - A method for securing a captive screw assembly within a hole in a panel cover with a press. The press is centered over a hole in the panel and clamped to the panel. A force arm on the press is lowered to drive the captive screw into the hole and then the press is released from the panel. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130326859 | STEM WITH PRESSFIT POROUS ELEMENT - An implant assembly comprises a stem and an augment. The augment includes a porous outer region which is integrally formed onto a solid inner region. The augment further includes, solid posts integrally formed on the solid inner region and extend through the porous outer region to the outer surface of the augment. The posts are integrally formed with and surrounded by the porous region and are designed to allow assembly of the augment to the stem without damaging the structure of the porous region. A method of attaching the augment is described, wherein a tool is designed to grip to posts of the augment and apply loads through these posts during assembly. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140075736 | ANCHORING IN A CONSTRUCTION MODEL - An anchoring device including an anchoring element suitable for being anchored an object of construction material with the aid of mechanical vibrations. The anchoring element includes a thermoplastic material and a tool. The thermoplastic material forms at least a part of a radially outer surface of the anchoring element, and the tool has a proximal portion and a broadening portion distally of the proximal portion. The broadening portion has an outer second cross-section, the second cross section being larger than the first cross section but being adapted to the first cross section so that the tool can be moved with respect to the anchoring element while the broadening portion is in the axially-extending opening and locally expands the anchoring element while thermoplastic material of the anchoring element that surrounds the broadening portion is in a solid state. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140237802 | STRESS REDUCING TOOL MOUNT - According to aspects of one or more exemplary implementations, disclosed is a plastic tool mount and system with a tool connector head with a back side, nose and distal end of said nose; a shaft guide having a channel is formed within said head open at the distal end of said nose; said channel further having a raised bump section of plastic extending from a wall of said shaft guide into the shaft guide channel; and, wherein the diameter of the shaft guide channel at the location of the raised bump is diminished. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140298637 | SLIDE TOOL AND BRAKE DISK - The invention relates to a slide tool, in particular for press-fitting or crimping a friction ring of a brake disc with a pot of the brake disc. The invention furthermore relates to a brake disc, in particular of a motor vehicle, having a pot, which has a floor and a wall that protrudes from and encloses it, and having a friction ring, which has an opening in which the wall is arranged. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140345113 | METHOD AND PRESSING DEVICE FOR FORMING A PRESS CONNECTION BETWEEN A FITTING ELEMENT AND A PRE-PUNCHED COMPONENT - In order to reliably ensure a press-in connection between joining elements, in particular a press-in nut and a pre-punched component, a press-in device contains a die which has a die ring and a die mandrel. The die mandrel is mounted counter to a spring force in the manner of a pilot pin. In addition, the die ring is also mounted counter to a spring force such that a two-stage press-in operation is carried out. Preferably, during a first press-in stage an anti-rotation lock is formed between the press-in nut and the component and in a second press-in stage an axial pull-out prevention measure is formed. To this end, the die mandrel deforms a nut flange. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150052731 | HEAT SINK STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A heat sink structure and a method of manufacturing same are disclosed. The heat sink structure includes a main body and a plurality of radiating fins. The main body has a plurality of coupling flutes circumferentially spaced along an outer surface thereof and longitudinally extended from a first end to a second thereof. The radiating fins respectively have a bent section integrally located between a first and a second heat radiating section. To quickly assemble the radiating fins to the main body, the radiating fins are disposed in a forming mold, and the main body is mechanically driven into the forming mold at a high speed, so that the bent sections of the radiating fins are longitudinally forced into the coupling flutes from the first to the second end of the main body to thereby tightly connect the radiating fins to the main body. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150107086 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARRIER BODY WITH A DAMPER MASS FOR MODIFYING THE VIBRATION FOR A BRAKE LINING OF A DISK BRAKE - In order to improve a method for producing a carrier body for a friction lining of a disk brake in such a way that the rigid connection between a friction lining carrier plate of the carrier body and a first damper mass of the carrier body is more robust, it is proposed to exert a force which is directed perpendicularly onto the first pin-shaped projection, by way of pressing, until the first pin-shaped projection is upset to such an extent that it forms a positively locking connection with an inner wall of the first hole in regions inside the first hole. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20160036191 | DISCONNECT DEVICE - A method for installing a wedge connector positioned between two conductive cables includes connecting a head coupler portion of a disconnect assembly to a wedge frame, wherein the head coupler portion includes an extension rod within a longitudinal bore; positioning the wedge frame and a first end of the extension rod against the wedge connector; connecting the head coupler portion to a tool coupler portion of the disconnect assembly, wherein the tool coupler portion is connected to a hydraulic drive tool that includes a ram; causing the hydraulic drive tool to apply force to a second end of the extension rod, wherein applying the force to the second end causes the first end to apply force to the wedge connector; and disconnecting the head coupler portion from the tool coupler portion. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160129571 | PRESS-FIT INSTALLATION TOOL WITH DYNAMIC LOAD ASSIST AND METHOD OF PRESS-FITTING - A tool has a biased piston, a plunger, and a base contained in a tool body. The plunger is positioned between the biased piston and the base and in contact with the base. A tool head is fixed to the base and extends outside of the tool body. The tool body is configured to be movable along a longitudinal axis relative to the base and plunger to move the plunger to load the piston when a load is applied to the tool body along a first load path. The tool body, the base, and the biased piston are configured to align the plunger with the longitudinal axis only when the load applied along the first load path is at least a first predetermined load, and thereby release stored energy of the piston as a dynamic load applied to the tool head along a second load path. | 05-12-2016 |
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| 20160252148 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARRIER BODY HAVING A DAMPER MASS FOR CHANGING THE VIBRATION FOR A BRAKE LINING OF A DISK BRAKE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20170233046 | COUPLING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE TO ENABLE FLUID COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A MULTI-PORT MECHANICAL SWITCH AND A PRIMARY DIVE REGULATOR | 08-17-2017 |
