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| 20080196471 | Method and Device for Cutting High-Tensile Sheet Metal, and Press - In a method of cutting high-tensile workpieces, in particular sheet metals of martensite steel, the workpiece is subjected to a bending stress prior and during a shearing process. The bending stress causes a substantial component of a tensile force transverse to a desired cutting contour. Tensile stresses are superimposed to the shearing stresses, which favor the beginning of the workpiece separation. The bending stress is preferably selected so that the resulting tensile stress exists at a side facing the cutting tool. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080257006 | Method of bending sheet materials and sheet therefor - A sheet of material formed for bending along a bend line including a sheet of material ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080264136 | System of Conformation of a Metallic or Non Metallic Element that Includes: Conforming Means that Restrict the Movement of a First, Second and Third Region of Said Metallic Element and that Permit inducing Rotation From 0 to 180 Degrees of Said Third Region with Respect to Said First and Second Regions | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080271511 | SHEET MATERIAL WITH BEND CONTROLLING DISPLACEMENTS AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME - A method of preparing a sheet of material for bending along a bend line comprising the step of forming of at least one displacement in the thickness direction of the sheet of material with a portion of the periphery of the displacement closest to the bend line providing an edge and opposed face configured in position to produce edge-to-face engagement of the sheet on opposite sides of the periphery during bending. The forming step is preferably accomplished using one of a stamping process, a punching process, a roll-forming process and an embossing process. A sheet of material suitable for bending using the process also is disclosed, as are the use of coatings, shin guards and displacing the area of the sheet between bending inducing slits. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090056403 | METHOD OF HOT STAMPING METAL PARTS - A method of producing a stamped composite part, the method comprising spot welding two or more metal component parts to each other to hold the component parts in a selected position as a composite part, heating the composite part, and stamping the composite part into a desired shape. The invention also contemplates the further step of welding the two or more metal component parts to each other in the composite part. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090282887 | METHOD FOR MARKING SHEET METAL BLANKS AND FOR WELDING CAN BODIES FROM MARKED SHEET METAL BLANKS - A method for marking tin coated sheet metal blanks is provided in which the marking is indicative whether the blank comprises an edge region that includes a tin coating thicker than the rest of the blank. This marking is preferably brought on the blanks when a plurality of blanks is cut from a sheet metal plate. In the alternative the marking may have been applied to the sheet metal plate already. The sheet metal blanks thus marked are provided in form of a stack comprising marked and unmarked blanks, depending on whether there is a thicker edge region coating present on the individual blank or not. When making container bodies of these blanks by de-stacking and rounding the sheet metal blanks and welding the longitudinal seam of the rounded container body blanks, the marking is read in the container making apparatus and at least one welding parameter is changed for welding container body blanks with a marking in comparison with container body blanks without marking. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090314048 | Workpiece deforming press including a safety device - A workpiece deforming press, including a safety device, comprises a press housing for housing therein a plurality of dies and punches arranged in a horizontal plane, wherein a press housing delimiting wall comprises a top horizontal guide bearing a sliding slide, wherein said sliding slide bears, through a linear actuator, a first overturning plane, supported by a fulcrum and adapted to be actuated by a linear actuator, and wherein said sliding slide further bears a second overturning plane supported by a fulcrum and adapted to be actuated by a cylinder-piston unit. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100162785 | Method of manufacturing an articulated shaft structure - In a method of manufacturing an articulated shaft structure for the transfer of torque from a transmission to a differential drive, including a connecting flange having a tube section, a shaft plate disposed between the connecting flange and a transmission output flange and forming a torsion element for accommodating some articulation of the connecting flange relative to the output flange, and a centering part extending from the connecting flange for aligning the articulated shaft relative to a transmission shaft, the connecting flange is formed integrally with the tube section by deep-drawing in follow-on tool the tube section and, in the same manufacturing step, punching openings into the flange, and deep-drawing the centering part and pressing it into the tube section. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100186474 | METHOD OF MAKING THROUGH-PASSAGES IN SHEET METAL PARTS - In a method of making through-passages in a perforated U-shaped sheet metal part, an inner core is positioned between confronting legs of the sheet metal part in an area of holes, and a support bar is inserted through one hole into the sheet metal part for support of a backside of the inner core. A shaping punch is inserted through another opposite hole into the inner core, thereby forming an inwardly directed collar. After retracting the support bar and the shaping punch and transferring the sheet metal part to replace the first inner core with a second inner core, a centering bar is inserted through the collared hole into the sheet metal part to center the sheet metal part in relation to the centering bar and to support a backside of the other inner core. A further shaping punch is then inserted into the second inner core through the first hole, thereby forming an inwardly directed collar so that the two collars are aligned and form through-passages. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100223974 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD - A method of forming a clevis link having a substantially common wall thickness in a die begins with feeding a metallic strip having a uniform thickness of a predetermined value to the die. The metallic strip is trimmed to form a blank having volume necessary for forming the clevis link to the dimensional configuration required to support the motor vehicle, while maintaining substantially constant wall thickness. The clevis link has center of gravity to provide a necessary moment of inertia thereby enabling the clevis link to support the mass of the motor vehicle. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100236314 | PRESSING DEVICE FOR CUTTING MEANS AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FINISHING CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACES ON CYLINDRICAL PARTS OF A WORKPIECE - A pressing device ( | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100275669 | METAL SHEET, METHOD FOR FIXING SAID METAL SHEET BY FLOW DRILLING AND ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAME - The invention concerns a flow drilling and tapping method for assembling thin metal sheets. A tubular extension ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100313623 | METHOD FOR MAKING BICYCLE PEDAL - Disclosed is a method for making a bicycle pedal, comprising the following steps: (A) cutting, in which an elongate metal plate is formed by pressing and two coupling holes are formed through the plate; (B) bending, in which the metal plate is bent to have the opposite ends jointed to each other, forming a circumferentially enclosed hollow pedal frame with the two coupling holes concentrically located and spaced from and opposing each other; and (C) welding, in which a collar is mounted outside the pedal frame concentric with respect to each of the coupling holes through welding to provide a sufficient contact area for rotatably receiving and supporting a spindle therein, whereby the pedal frame is rotatable about the spindle for pedaling operation of a bicycle. This method overcomes the various drawbacks occurring in metal-cast or plastic injection-molded bicycle pedals, providing economic advantages for high-mix low-volume productions. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110000272 | Compression punch for a rotary press - A compression punch for a rotary press, with a shaft, a punch head disposed at one shaft end and a compression zone disposed at the other shaft end, wherein the punch head features an upper mirror surface, an outer cylinder surface and a curved transition zone between the mirror surface and the cylinder surface, wherein the mirror surface and the transition zone form a three-dimensional surface, whose course in at least one radial direction can be described by a mathematical function whose second derivative is continuous. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110016943 | Brake disk producing method and brake disk - A brake disk producing method, comprising a periphery pressing step for forming an outer peripheral shape ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110048095 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING LAMINATIONS - The present invention concerns a process and an apparatus for positioning blanks in a tool provided with at least one die, at least one locating device for centring the lamination and at least one stripper element for separating the blank from the locating device. The locating device has an engaging portion having shape and dimensions so as to engage the contour of a centring hole placed inside the profile of the lamination obtained as final product and having the shape of a portion previously blanked. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110072876 | New-Type Thin Shredder Blade Having Blade Points without Steps, Blade Sets and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention provides a new-type thin shredder blade having blade points without steps, comprising at least one blade body and at least one cutting part that is located on the periphery of the blade body and includes a blade point, wherein the cutting part further comprises a protrusion which protrudes from the cutting part and includes a top, a inclined plane extends between the top and the blade point, and an acute angle is formed by the inclined plane and the blade body, preferably, the inclined plane is an inverted triangle, the cutting part further includes a first hemline and a second hemline extending respectively from the blade body and intersecting to the 10 blade point, a first plane extends between the top and the first hemline and intersects with the inclined plane, the blade body includes at least one large protrusion which protrudes in the same direction as the protrusion, the blade sets formed by the above-mentioned new-type thin blades and the manufacturing method of the above-mentioned new-type thin blades are also provided, with the blade sets formed by the new-type thin shredder blade having blade points without steps of the present invention, the shredder can reduce the production cost and the energy consumption greatly, while meet the same cutting requirement of the common shredder entirely. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110174044 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING WINDOW/DOOR FRAMES OR BENT METAL PRODUCTS - Provided is an apparatus for manufacturing window/door frames or bent metal products, in which a forming roll set that forms window/door frames or bent metal products includes upper and lower surface support rollers, left and right side support rollers and forming rollers, and that makes the upper and lower surface support rollers and the left and right side support rollers transfer a uniform force to a plate-shaped or sheet member, to thus prevent a reaction force to be caused by the forming rollers that form the plate-shaped member and to thereby fundamentally block a wave phenomenon from occurring in the plate-shaped or sheet member that passes through the forming roll set. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110239724 | Lever plate in VGS type turbocharger and method of manufacturing the same - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel method of manufacturing a lever plate that is made of a material having a relatively small thickness but nonetheless has an engaging protrusion having an adequate thickness and an adequate height. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120067099 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RING-SHAPED OR PLATE-LIKE ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method for producing a ring-shaped or plate-like element, in particular for a metal-sealing material-feedthrough, in particular for devices which are subjected to high pressures, preferably igniters for airbags or belt tensioning devices, whereby a blank, especially in the embodiment of a wire-shaped material is provided and the blank is subjected to processing so that a feedthrough-opening can be incorporated into a ring-shaped or plate-like element created from the blank. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120073347 | System And Method For Manufacturing An F-Temper 7xxx Series Aluminum Alloy - A system and a method of processing an F-temper aluminum alloy. An F-temper aluminum alloy blank may be heated and positioned in the die set such that the blank does not touch the die set. The blank may be formed into a part and quenched when the die set is closed. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120131976 | METHOD FOR THE MULTI-CORE DEBURRING OF WIRES AND ASSOCIATE - The invention relates to a method for the multi-core deburring of wires, preferably wires ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120180543 | THREADED REBAR MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention comprise forming a billet from molten steel and hot rolling the billet to reduce the cross sectional area of the billet. Thereafter, the billet is hot rolled into a lead pass bar having a cross-sectional area comprising a reduced width dimension located adjacent to the center longitudinal axis of the bar. In one embodiment of the invention, the billet can be formed into a lead pass bar having a cross-sectional area in the shape of an hourglass or peanut by feeding the billet through a first set of rolls. After the lead pass bar is formed, it is passed through a second set of rolls in order to form the substantially continuous threaded rebar without longitudinal ribs. The cross-sectional area of the lead pass bar helps to produce a substantially continuous threaded rebar product without longitudinal ribs using standard rebar manufacturing tooling and equipment. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120186320 | METHOD AND MACHINE TOOL FOR THE PROCESSING AND HARDENING OF METALLIC WORKPIECES - A method and a machine tool are disclosed for processing and hardening metallic workpieces. The workpieces are clamped in workpiece holders and are first processed with metal cutting by means of a processing device and are then hardened by means of a hardening device. For hardening, the processed workpiece is first heated by means of a heating unit and then quenched by means of a quenching unit. The quenching occurs by means of a cryogenic cooling medium, e.g., liquid or gaseous nitrogen. Because the processing and hardening of the workpiece occurs in a clamping device, and the fast quenching of the heated workpiece, a high processing quality and short processing and/or cycle times are achieved. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120227457 | Corewire Design and Construction for Medical Devices - A guidewire for use in ear, nose and throat procedures may include an elongate core wire having a proximal region and a distal region. The distal region of the core wire may include a flattened portion adapted to provide preferential flexure along at least one axis of the wire. The distal region of the core wire may include a tip portion distal of the flattened portion, where at least one cross-sectional dimension of the tip portion is greater than at least one cross-sectional dimension of the flattened portion. The guidewire may include an outer coil disposed around at least a portion of the elongate core wire. The guidewire may also include an atraumatic tip coupled to the core wire or the outer coil. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120234068 | Decorative Room Panel - A decorative panel is manufactured for installation on a surface of a room. The decorative panel is formed from a material that can be shaped having a decorative portion, two female mounting portions and two male portions. The female portions have punched holes for fastening the panels directly to a surface, and the male portions of an adjacent panel are positioned into the female portions to partially hold the adjacent panel and to obscure from view the punched holes and fastening hardware. The panel design and installation method allows the decorative panels to be attached directly to a building material such as sheet rock without any intervening supporting structure. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120247168 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FABRICATING A SEAL RING - A method is provided for fabricating a seal ring. The method includes positioning a mount assembly adjacent to at least one of an inner diameter and an outer diameter of an annular seal ring, and securing the annular seal ring to the mounting assembly. The method also includes forming at least one of an admission side hook and a steam joint side hook in the annular seal ring. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120255337 | PRESS WORKING APPARATUS - A press working apparatus for processing a heated workpiece is provided with a base part which is relatively movable so as to advance and retreat with respect to the workpiece, a pad provided on the base part and configured to hold the workpiece, a working tool provided on the base part to pass through the pad and adapted to process the workpiece, and a support member configured to movably support the working tool in a direction perpendicular to an advance and retreat direction of the base part. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120272707 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SIDE PANEL - A side panel including a first member and a second member having a higher strength is manufactured by arranging a corner portion of the second member in a recessed portion of the first member, and by simultaneously press-working the first member and the second member. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120297851 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING PANELS FOR VEHICLES - Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for manufacturing a panel for a vehicle. When a steel sheet is machined to form a panel for a vehicle, a blanking-texturing machine conducts a blanking process for cutting the steel sheet and a texturing process for forming depressions in the steel sheet at the same time. Therefore, the present invention reduces the number of manufacturing processes, thus enhancing the productivity, and reducing the production cost and provides a steel sheet with uniform depressions across the surface of the steel sheet, thereby reducing the coefficient of friction during the pressing process consistently. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120318032 | FOLLOW-ON AND/OR TRANSFER METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRIPS - In a first aspect, a method for producing a strip from a web material using a follow-on and/or transfer method, wherein the strip to be produced has a first length of 20 cm or more in the longitudinal direction and has a U-shaped cross section, wherein the U-shaped cross section has an opening width of 6 mm or less and extends in the longitudinal direction in a first curvature and a second curvature, wherein the centre point of the first curvature lies to the side of a limb of the U-shaped cross section and the centre point of the second curvature lies above or below an opening in the U-shaped cross section. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120318033 | Method Of Molding Forged Product From Roughly Shaped Material - A forged product having thick end parts, and a thin part between the thick parts, is formed by extruding a forging stock such that the cross section of the forging stock varies along the direction of extrusion, wherein in any cross section in a direction perpendicular to the direction of extrusion, the forging stock has two thick end parts, a thin part intermediate the end parts and transitional parts with varying thickness between the thin part and each of the thick end parts; cutting the forging stock in the direction perpendicular to the direction of extrusion to form cut portions; and forging each of the cut portions such that the thick end parts of the cut portions form the thick end parts of the forged product and the thin part of the cut portions forms the thin part of the forged product. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120324975 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TISSUE ADHESION - Shape memory tissue engagement elements ( | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130067980 | GUIDE CUTTING TOOL AND SPACER FOR USE IN CUTTING METAL STUDS - A guide cutting tool for use in cutting metal studs used in wall construction includes a plate having generally opposite notches. Each notch has a straight notch guide wall extending generally inwardly towards the corresponding straight notch guide wall of the opposite notch at a generally perpendicular orientation from a corresponding side of the plate, with the two straight notch guide walls being generally collinear with one another. A spacer, for use in cutting metal studs, is formed with a guide cutting tool located at each longitudinal end of a connector member. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130091918 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURE - The system and method of the present application can include machining complex part features in a flat metal sheet, and subsequently forming the machined flat metal sheet to have the desired shape and contours. Prior to the step of machining the complex part features, the method can include calculating a scaled location of the complex part features so that the subsequent forming step acts to translate and deform the complex part features into a desired location. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130118223 | GRID RUNNER CAP ANCHORING LANCE - An elongated grid runner, and its manufacture, comprising a pair of overlying metal strips roll-formed together into a shape suitable for use in a rectangular grid to support ceiling panels, one of said strips serving as a visible cap for concealing the other strip forming the main body of the grid runner when the grid member is employed in a completed ceiling, the strips being lanced at each end of the grid runner to lock the cap strip on the main body strip whereby when the overlying strips are simultaneously cut to a finish length prior to finish roll-forming, the ends of the strip are maintained in substantially overlying end-to-end registration where the cap is visible in a finished ceiling. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130118224 | PIPE BENDER - A pipe bender, including: a base; a frame including a position switching mechanism, a first position switching assembly, and a bending stand including a second position switching assembly; a calibration device; a feeding device; a cutting device; a feeding path arranged transversely; a bending device; a receiving device arranged longitudinally; and a controller. The calibration device includes two calibration mechanisms including separate processing paths to calibrate two kinds of pipes having different diameters. The feeding device includes two feeding channels for transporting the two kinds of pipes, and the first position switching assembly is used for aligning the two feeding channels with the feeding path in turn. The bending device includes two bending channels for bending the two kinds of pipes, and the second position switching assembly is used for aligning the two bending channels with the feeding path in turn. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130152654 | APPARATUS FOR TEXTURING THE SURFACE OF A BRAKE PLATE - An apparatus is provided for texturing the surface of a brake plate has three die plates and spring supports therebetween. A toothed tooling mounts to the top die plate above an anvil on the centre die plate both of which ride on posts held by the lower die plate. The toothed tooling comprises multiple blades each with multiple replaceable toothed inserts are held in a cartridge arrangement. The anvil receives brake plates from a separately supported plate feed mechanism with greatly reduced reciprocating mass. The complete die set can be set up on the bench and inserted ready to use in any style of press where the press ram contacts the upper die plate. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130167610 | Riveting Tool and Method with Electromagnetic Bucking Bar Normalization - A riveting tool including a magnet, a magnetically attractive housing, a non-magnetically attractive bucking bar received in the housing, the bucking bar being moveable relative to the housing along a bucking bar axis, and an actuation mechanism to move the bucking bar along the bucking bar axis. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130199257 | BACK COVER MANUFACTURING METHOD - A back cover manufacturing method includes providing a striped sheet, bending the striped sheet along a long side of the striped sheet to form a hem, cutting the striped sheet to make the striped sheet have at least one concave portion formed thereon for correspondingly forming a plurality of striped sections, and bending the plurality of striped sections to form a back cover. The back cover is used for being disposed in a backlight module to hold at least one optical component of the backlight module. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130255345 | FIN PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a fin processing apparatus including an upper pressing die ( | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130312477 | FORMING A CONTROL LINE PROTECTOR BY METAL PRESSING OPERATION - An apparatus and method is provided for protecting control lines used with tool strings in a downhole environment. A control line protector assembly comprises a plurality of components formed into a unitary piece which includes a guard section having a first end section and a second end section, a slot on each of the first end section and the second end section, and a securing mechanism for coupling the guard section having the first end section and the second end section to the coupling. A control line protector assembly is formed using a metal stamping process. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20140069161 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLANGE STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing a flange structure includes: forming a primary product by extending a columnar material in an axial direction by cold or warm forging such that each of the shaft portions is formed at each axial end of the material; forming a secondary product by making a middle portion of the primary product overhang outward by cold or warm forging such that a first overhang having a thickness greater than that of the flange is formed; forming a tertiary product by squeezing the first overhang by cold or warm forging such that a second overhang having an outline greater than that of the flange is formed; and defining an outer edge of the flange by cutting off an excessive portion of the second overhang. The second overhang without the excessive portion is the flange. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140083154 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSMITTION BEARING RETAINER - Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a transmission bearing retainer. The method includes a step of forming a bolt hole at the bearing retainer, wherein the bolt is inserted into the bolt hole. The step of forming the bolt hole includes: a step of forming a holt base hole of the bolt hole through piercing of a press working method; a step of forming an expanded hole through a first cold forging of the press working method, wherein a bolt head of the bolt being in contact with the expanded hole; and a step of forming anti-rotation grooves on a surface of the expanded hole through a second cold forging. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140102162 | MANUFACTURING OF COMPUTING DEVICES - Examples of tooling fixtures and methods for manufacturing computing devices are described. According to some examples, a computer component may be shaped using successive steps of forging after deep drawing. In some examples, certain components may be assembled to form sub-assemblies of computer components and the sub-assembly may then be machined to drive closer tolerances. According to other examples, a work holding tool is described which may include a first plurality of individually movable pins for supporting a first surface of a work piece, the tool also having a second plurality of individually movable pins for applying a restraining force over a second opposite surface of the work piece to retain the work piece in position while maintaining it in its natural state. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140116105 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING ULTRAHIGH TENSILE STEEL - Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for forming an ultrahigh tensile steel. The method may include: (a) preparing a blank from a steel plate sheet; (b) cold-forming the blank into a shape corresponding to a desired end-product; (c) fixing the cold-formed materials to a plurality of pallets; (d) moving the pallets into a heating chamber, and heating the materials to a set temperature in the heating chamber; (e) moving the pallets into a cooling chamber, and cooling the materials in the cooling chamber; and (f) straightening dimensions of the materials which have been transformed in the heat treatment process and cooling process. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING TAILORED SHEET-METAL STRIPS - The invention relates to a method for producing tailored sheet-metal strips, in which at least one sheet-metal strip having a substantially planar surface is integrally connected along its longitudinal edge to at least one further web-shaped semifinished product made of metal, wherein the at least one further web-shaped semifinished product differs from the at least one sheet-metal strip in terms of at least one of its properties, and wherein the at least one sheet-metal strip and the at least one further web-shaped semifinished product are fed continuously to at least one joining station, characterized in that a web-shaped semifinished product having a three-dimensional structure, a hollow profile and/or a multiplicity of recesses and/or holes in succession along its longitudinal edge is used as the at least one further web-shaped semifinished product which is fed to the joining station. An apparatus for carrying out the method is furthermore claimed. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20150121985 | OPENING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - An opening radial dimension is set as a radial direction permissible dimension K of the metal coil as expressed by the following equation or lower. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150143865 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BAFFLES FROM ENGINE BLOCK FREEZE PLUGS - A device and a method of using the device for construction of baffles that may be used in suppressors or solvent traps for firearms out of metal cups sold as engine block freeze plugs. The device has a bottom die, a top die and an alignment cylinder. The metal cup is transformed into a baffle by placing the metal cup on the bottom die, placing the bottom die inside the alignment cylinder, placing the top die inside the alignment cylinder, and applying compressive forces to the bottom die and top die. A hole may be drilled in the center of the baffle by placing a drill bit into a top die center hole completely penetrating through the top die and coaxial thereto, and drilling through the baffle, the drill bit passing into a bottom die center hole penetrating at least partially into the bottom die and coaxial thereto. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150336156 | THREADED REBAR MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention comprise forming a billet from molten steel and hot rolling the billet to reduce the cross sectional area of the billet. Thereafter, the billet is hot rolled into a lead pass bar having a cross-sectional area comprising a reduced width dimension located adjacent to the center longitudinal axis of the bar. In one embodiment of the invention, the billet can be formed into a lead pass bar having a cross-sectional area in the shape of an hourglass or peanut by feeding the billet through a first set of rolls. After the lead pass bar is formed, it is passed through a second set of rolls in order to form the substantially continuous threaded rebar without longitudinal ribs. The cross-sectional area of the lead pass bar helps to produce a substantially continuous threaded rebar product without longitudinal ribs using standard rebar manufacturing tooling and equipment. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20160023265 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRESSURE VESSEL LINERS - A method of manufacturing a liner for use in a pressure vessel includes a cold drawing process that shapes a transition zone ( | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160023267 | APPARATUS FOR TEXTURING THE SURFACE OF A BRAKE PLATE - An apparatus is provided for texturing the surface of a brake plate has three die plates and spring supports therebetween. A toothed tooling mounts to the top the plate above an anvil on the centre die plate both of which ride on posts held by the lower die plate. The toothed tooling comprises multiple blades each with multiple replaceable toothed inserts are held in a cartridge arrangement. The anvil receives brake plates from a separately supported plate feed mechanism with greatly reduced reciprocating mass. The complete die set can be set up on the bench and inserted ready to use in any style of press where the press ram contacts the upper die plate. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160074927 | SELF-DRILLING EXPANSION FASTENER AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A self-drilling expansion fastener is integrally formed of a sheet metal material for locking two or more sheet workpieces together, and includes an expansion structure and a drill structure. The expansion structure has a plurality of internal threads and force-distributing bars. The drill structure has a chip guard for covering a head of the expansion structure, and a drill forward projected from the chip guar for self-drilling a hole. When an externally threaded element is screwed into the expansion structure to mesh with the internal threads, the force-distributing bars are brought to expand outward and are finally compressed into a folded state to thereby tightly lock the sheet workpieces to one another. A method of forming the self-drilling expansion fastener is also disclosed. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160107049 | GOLF CLUB GROOVE CONFIGURATION - A golf club head, and a method of making the golf club head, with an improved striking surface. The grooves are formed in the strike surface with tight tolerances. The grooves may contain a plurality of portions, including a radiused or angled portion, a portion having substantially parallel walls, and a portion having a v-shape. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160114382 | Riveting Tool and Method with Electromagnetic Bucking Bar Normalization - A riveting tool including a magnet, a magnetically attractive housing, a non-magnetically attractive bucking bar received in the housing, the bucking bar being moveable relative to the housing along a bucking bar axis, and an actuation mechanism to move the bucking bar along the bucking bar axis. | 04-28-2016 |
