Patents Examined by Debra Wolfe
  • Patent number: 7316150
    Abstract: An accelerator cam set is provided that initiates movement of a binder ring against the force of spring elements, such as nitrogen cylinders. The accelerator cam set is engaged by a ram cam block that engages a transverse cam block that is moved transversely, or horizontally, into engagement with a binder cam block. The accelerator cam set may be used with a stretch draw die, double pad stretch draw die, or inverted toggle die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Christian Genereux, Joseph Fornasiero, Evangelos Liasi
  • Patent number: 7290423
    Abstract: Various embodiments of roller hemming apparatus and methods are disclosed including one wherein multiple rollers are carried on a single mount to hem a flange in a single pass, another including induction heating and air quenching means movable with a roller to anneal the flange just prior to hem forming, and another in which friction from a rotatably driven roller heats the flange to reduce bending stresses during hemming of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Carsley, Wayne W. Cai, Gary A. Kruger, Paul E. Krajewski, Yang-Tse Cheng
  • Patent number: 7290422
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a device for the 3D free-form bending of profiles with arbitrary, but constant outside dimensions over the profile length, particularly hollow profiles, wherein the profile to be bent has a longitudinal axis and is moved through the through-opening-of a guide element adjoining the profile surface and a bending sleeve that is arranged downstream of the guide element referred to the feed direction and held in a carrier element in a feed direction that extends parallel to the longitudinal axis, namely by means of a feed unit that contains a rotary drive. The bending sleeve can be pivoted about an axis that extends perpendicular to the feed direction and displaced perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the profile. When turning the profile about its longitudinal axis by means of the feed unit, the guide element and the bending sleeve can be turned with the profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Stahl AG
    Inventors: Thomas Flehmig, Martin Kibben
  • Patent number: 7284405
    Abstract: The lower part of a material to be molded forms a lower, seal with a die. A punch applying a molding force to the material forms an upper seal with the perimeter of the die. The space between the upper and lower, seals forms a pressure chamber that is filled with a fluid. As the punch descends into the die, the fluid is pressurized. The lower seal is a complete seal to prevent leakage of fluid into the die. The upper seal is given a clearance with the die that permits controlled leakage of fluid therepast at a rate that limits the maximum pressure in the pressure chamber while permitting the development of an adequate pressure on the material being molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2007
    Assignee: Aida Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hisanobu Kanamaru, Kazuto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7243520
    Abstract: A stripping assembly for removal of a can body from a punch in a can bodymaker in which an actuator lifts stripper fingers clear of the can carried on the punch in the forward stroke to avoid damage to the can or can coating. On the return stroke, the actuator piston is disabled so that the fingers close around the punch for stripping the can from the punch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: William Woulds
  • Patent number: 7237414
    Abstract: A coiler drum of a reversing rolling mill includes a work portion that engages a strip of metal being processed in the reversing rolling mill. The work portion includes an inner base surface and engaging strips that extend radially outward from the base surface. When the metal strip is engaged by the work portion, the metal strip does not contact the inner base surface, which has a surface area greater than 35 percent of the work surface. The engaging strips can be formed on the coiler drum by using weld overlays, inserts into slots, or by casting the engaging strips onto the coiler drum at the time the coiler drum is cast. The engaging strips may be laterally offset from one another and have a length less than 50 percent of the axial length of the work portion. The engaging strips may also be formed from a different material than the material of the work surface of the coiler drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: IPSCO Steel, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Acquaviva, Andrew P. Goodman
  • Patent number: 7237415
    Abstract: An improved method for producing slide seat and manufacture device, in which, one metal bar passes through the tamping drum groups arranged in tandem, apply the progressive model of slide seat mounted on the middle section of tamping drum to tamp gradually, meanwhile, the tamped metal bar is extruded so that the material is extruded towards the back section of the not extruded molding and is extended naturally, then apply one protruding edge that is similar to the inner mold of this embryonic form at the back section of molded embryonic form of slide seat, the protruding edge of this inner mold can extrude the inward concave track at inward side of slide seat when slide seat passes through this extending mold, as this slide seat is molded, this inward concave track is molded as well, the sliding faces of inner mold of this extending mold may smooth all edges of slide seat correspondingly so as to make smooth face without processing with milling cutter and roll-wheel-type-cutting knife, therefore, this improve
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Inventor: Lei-Jui Wu
  • Patent number: 7219524
    Abstract: A high-pressure piping part includes a body structure forged in a closed space. The body structure is formed to include a main body portion formed by forward extrusion and side arm portions formed by side extrusion. The main body portion has therein a fiber flow formed along a passage, and the side arm portion has therein a fiber flow formed along the passage. Therefore, the direction in which stress is applied to the passage of the body structure by an internal pressure is approximately perpendicular to the directions of the fiber flows, thereby improving the degree of allowance of the resistance to pressure of the body structure for an injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Shu Miyashita, Masami Tanaka, Toshihiro Imai, Hirofumi Muranaka
  • Patent number: 7213435
    Abstract: An externally splined clutch hub and method for making the same is disclosed wherein a flat circular metal preform with a central opening is provided and contacted with a single forging die to simultaneously cold forge a centrally disposed tubular neck extending outwardly from one side of the preform and simultaneously a splined annular ring at the periphery of the preform and extending outwardly from the other side of the preform wherein the tubular neck and the annular ring are coaxial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Metal Forming & Coining Corporation
    Inventors: David P. Huber, Ben R. Vasa
  • Patent number: 7213436
    Abstract: A method comprises steps of providing bar stock, cutting the stock to form a rod-shaped blank, and stamp-forming a ball section on a first end of the blank in a transfer die. The method further includes stamp-forming an apertured flattened section on a second end of the blank to form a final product in the transfer die, and axially striking opposing ends to accurately form a length of the blank. A related transfer die apparatus includes stations for cutting and then stamp-forming a ball section on a first end of the blank, and stamp-forming an apertured flattened section on a second end of the blank to form a final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Shape Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Sturrus, James A. Boos
  • Patent number: 7207357
    Abstract: A multifunctional pliers tool to fit clamp-type products, with its unique characteristic to be possibly applied to several application fields, such as building construction and also medicine field, where it achieves aggregating at the same product one application function; a tensioning function; a cutting function and a finishing function, and to get that a multifunctional pliers product was developed and is composed by a right lever component; a left lever component; a tension regulator pin component; a fitting cylinder component; and an assembly pin component, being in particular its functional concept is understood by the segmentation in four steps: the first one named clamp application; the second step named clamp tensioning; the third step named clamp folding and the fourth step named clamp segment cutting with finishing of the obtained edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Inventor: João Bosco de Oliveira
  • Patent number: 7197908
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a member having a toothed portion, comprises a first step of cutting a work piece into predetermined dimensions and then deburring the same, and a second step, in succession with the first step, of pressing an axially end face of a portion to be toothed with a predetermined load, and simultaneously drawing the work piece so as to form the toothed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: NSK Warner K.K.
    Inventors: Hideki Oki, Shouji Yatsuyanagi, Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Kiyokazu Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 7198069
    Abstract: A device and method for rotary manipulation of a plurality of wires for untwisting wires in armor shielded electrical cable installations. The device and method for rotary manipulation of a plurality of wires includes a shank portion, a pair of opposing jaw members, and a biasing member. The shank portion is designed for being received in a chuck of the conventional reversible drill. The pair of opposing jaw members are operationally coupled to the shank portion. Preferably, each one of the pair of opposing jaw members includes an arm portion and a face portion designed for engaging a plurality of wires. The biasing member urges a first one of the pair of opposing jaw member to abut a second one of the pair of opposing jaw members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Inventor: Karl Griffith
  • Patent number: 7194882
    Abstract: A cold forging apparatus for forming complex shapes at a single station includes a plurality of multiple function punch assemblies disposed on intersecting axes. Each of the multiple function punch assemblies includes an inner or a center punch and an outer or ring-shaped punch surrounding and in sliding contact with the inner punch. The apparatus also includes a die holder for positioning a mass or slug of metal between the punches. A computer system controls movement of the punches and is programmable to form parts of different shapes at a single station. Off axis punches and angularly offset punches and an additional punch or punch assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Inventors: Ray Travis, Paul Stone
  • Patent number: 7191628
    Abstract: A billet is initially rolled into a process section having at least first and second segments joined by an intermediate web, with the cross-sectional area of the second segment being larger than that of the first segment. The intermediate web is slit to separate the first and second segments, and the thus separated segments are simultaneously rolled into finished products having different cross-sectional areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Morgan Construction Company
    Inventor: T. Michael Shore
  • Patent number: 7191633
    Abstract: A forging apparatus has an upper die unit connected to an actuator for displacement in unison therewith, and a lower die unit confronting the upper die unit and mounted in a body assembly fixed to a foundation. An outer ring is guided axially by a plurality of guide pins for axial displacement on and along an outer circumferential surface of the lower die unit. The forging apparatus also has first ejector pins for removing a forged workpiece upwardly and second ejector pins for holding the workpiece when the upper die unit is displaced upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichi Uehara, Takashi Kihara
  • Patent number: 7191627
    Abstract: A method for coiling thin metal strip on a coiler mandrel, which is adjusted in diameter, in which, at the beginning, the inner windings of the coil are coiled on the adjusted coiler mandrel diameter, and, after the final winding of the coil, the coiler mandrel is pulled out, or the coil is taken off. One or more profile grooves are pressed into one inner winding or into several adjacent inner windings on the circumference during rotation of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: SMS Demag AG
    Inventors: Klaus Bäumer, Klaus Ginsberg, Matthias Tuschhoff
  • Patent number: 7191625
    Abstract: A method of cleaning an aluminum drum substrate that removes cutting chips, and degreases to remove high viscosity drawing oil used in a cold drawing process, without using a chlorine-containing organic solvent. A plurality of aluminum drum substrates are arranged in rows, with an axis of each drum substrate being vertical and parallel with the axis of the other drum substrates. A cleaning liquid is ejected at a predetermined ejection pressure from a high-pressure cleaning nozzle. The cleaning liquid is ejected in a fan shape having a predetermined spread angle and from above a top opening of one of the drum substrates towards the drum substrate. While ejecting the cleaning liquid, the nozzle is horizontally and sequentially traversed above openings of the other drum substrates in a direction of the row, while swinging the nozzle in the direction of the row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Yahagi, Shuji Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 7185523
    Abstract: A metal strip rolling system (18), having a first reeling device (21) for reeling-off strip (18), a rolling stand (12) having at least two working rolls (13, 14) between which there is formed a roll gap (17) whose width is controllable, and a second reeling device (31) used for reeling-on strip (18) with a reduced strip thickness. A first strip storage assembly (23) having a plurality of rolls is positioned between the first reeling device (21) and the rolling stand (12), and a second strip storage assembly (33) having a plurality of rolls is positioned between the rolling stand (12) and the second reeling device (31). At least one of the strip storage assemblies (23, 33) is formed of a double roll assembly with strip being wrapped around two rolls (24, 25; 34, 35) in an S-like way, the rolls (24, 25; 34, 35) being arranged at different levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Muhr und Bender KG
    Inventor: Andreas Hauger
  • Patent number: 7181950
    Abstract: A device for processing a thin metal foil and provided with a frame plate (7) for a die (16), a guide plate (10) for a punch (11), and a guide arranging for the die (16) and the punch to cooperate in the desired manner for the purpose of processing a thin metal foil by the die and the punch. The guide consists of at least two hinge elements (8, 9), each connected by means of an elastic line hinge (4, 5) with both the frame plate and the guide plate, the line hinges allowing only a pivotal motion in substantially the rectilinear displacement. The frame plate, the guide plate and the guide are manufactured from a single block (1) of material, in which the frame plate, guide and guide plate connected by the elastic line hinges are formed by the provision of bores (3), slits (6) and/or recesses (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepastnatuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
    Inventors: Pieter Jan Bolt, Raymond Turk, Petrus Paulus H. Veltmans