Patents Examined by Debra Wolfe
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Patent number: 7316150Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 7, 2006Date of Patent: January 8, 2008Assignee: Ford Motor CompanyInventors: Christian Genereux, Joseph Fornasiero, Evangelos Liasi
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Patent number: 7290423Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 30, 2005Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventors: John E. Carsley, Wayne W. Cai, Gary A. Kruger, Paul E. Krajewski, Yang-Tse Cheng
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Patent number: 7290422Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 8, 2003Date of Patent: November 6, 2007Assignee: Thyssenkrupp Stahl AGInventors: Thomas Flehmig, Martin Kibben
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Patent number: 7284405Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 6, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Aida Engineering Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hisanobu Kanamaru, Kazuto Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7243520Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2004Date of Patent: July 17, 2007Assignee: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.Inventor: William Woulds
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Patent number: 7237414Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: IPSCO Steel, Inc.Inventors: Richard Acquaviva, Andrew P. Goodman
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Patent number: 7237415Abstract: 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 improveType: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Inventor: Lei-Jui Wu
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Patent number: 7219524Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Shu Miyashita, Masami Tanaka, Toshihiro Imai, Hirofumi Muranaka
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Patent number: 7213435Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2003Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Metal Forming & Coining CorporationInventors: David P. Huber, Ben R. Vasa
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Patent number: 7213436Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 19, 2005Date of Patent: May 8, 2007Assignee: Shape CorporationInventors: Peter Sturrus, James A. Boos
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Patent number: 7207357Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2005Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Inventor: João Bosco de Oliveira
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Patent number: 7197908Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 25, 2005Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Assignee: NSK Warner K.K.Inventors: Hideki Oki, Shouji Yatsuyanagi, Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Kiyokazu Ichikawa
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Patent number: 7198069Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 19, 2003Date of Patent: April 3, 2007Inventor: Karl Griffith
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Patent number: 7194882Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 27, 2007Inventors: Ray Travis, Paul Stone
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Patent number: 7191628Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Morgan Construction CompanyInventor: T. Michael Shore
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Patent number: 7191633Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 22, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yoichi Uehara, Takashi Kihara
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Patent number: 7191627Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 20, 2002Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: SMS Demag AGInventors: Klaus Bäumer, Klaus Ginsberg, Matthias Tuschhoff
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Patent number: 7191625Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: Fuji Electric Device Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hidetaka Yahagi, Shuji Hatakeyama
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Patent number: 7185523Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 2, 2004Date of Patent: March 6, 2007Assignee: Muhr und Bender KGInventor: Andreas Hauger
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Patent number: 7181950Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 27, 2004Date of Patent: February 27, 2007Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepastnatuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNOInventors: Pieter Jan Bolt, Raymond Turk, Petrus Paulus H. Veltmans