Lap Joining Of Parts Of Nonplanar Surfaces Patents (Class 228/153)
  • Patent number: 9644727
    Abstract: In a wave gear device, the inner race and the boss are fixed together by a laser welded part formed along the entire periphery thereof. The laser welded part also functions as an oil seal for sealing the inner race and the boss. The boss and the inner race are fixed together in a manner that a required axial length is short, and that machining and assembling steps are reduced. Oil seal members are not required to seal the boss and the inner race.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HARMONIC DRIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Yajima
  • Patent number: 9534723
    Abstract: A brazing method connects an assembly made up of a pipe, a component provided with an opening, and a compensation element. The compensation element includes a support section and an insertion section that is arranged between an end of the pipe and the opening of the component. An inside diameter of the compensation element is smaller than a diameter of the opening in the component. The insertion section is inserted into the end of the pipe, and the support section is located between the pipe and the component and rests on the component at the edge of the opening. The compensation element, the pipe, and the component are heated, preferably inductively, in a region of the compensation element to a temperature above the melting temperature of brazing material that is present in the region of the brazing points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Germany GMBH
    Inventor: Alfred Steck
  • Patent number: 8827141
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and a device for joining precious metal sheets (1,4) to form structural parts, and to the products (1,4) made by the process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Umicore AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Singer, Stefan Zeuner, Bernd Weber, Joerg Kopatz
  • Patent number: 8770464
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing welded lap joints comprising the following steps: Providing of two components each having at least one base; allocating the components in such a way that the bases face each other and the components overlap in an overlapping area, which extends at least partially over both components; joining the components by welding in the overlapping area such that a weld joint is formed, wherein at the edge of the overlapping area non welded areas are formed; removing of the non welded areas whereby outer cutting areas are formed at the components, which are arranged at obtuse angles to the overlapping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Pacchione, Juergen Silvanus
  • Patent number: 7617605
    Abstract: In a method for reducing “blow-out” of annular welds for attaching components in a fuel injector, a relief region is formed on radially-facing surfaces of the components. The relief region is adjacent to a press-fit region. The components are then pressed together, and a weld is made in the relief region. A sealed gap is thereby formed in the relief region between the weld and the press-fit region. The sealed gap provides for the expansion of trapped gases that could otherwise “blow out” the liquid weld bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: James Paul Fochtman, Jack David Oliver
  • Publication number: 20090255656
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a brazed pipe comprises steps A to D. In the step A, on an upper surface of the right-hand side edge portion of a material plate 20 having a brazing material layer over opposite surfaces thereof, a first slant surface 21 is formed such that it inclines from the upper side toward the lower side while approaching the right end, and a first flat surface 22 is formed between the first slant surface 21 and the lower surface. In the step B, on a lower surface of the left-hand side edge portion of the material plate 20, a second slant surface 24 is formed such that it inclines from the lower side toward the upper side while approaching the left end, and a second flat surface 25 is formed between the second slant surface 24 and the lower surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Applicant: SHOWDA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Makoto Numasawa, Mitsuru Nobusue, Hirokazu Sanada
  • Publication number: 20080156813
    Abstract: A container for transporting and storing hazardous materials such as Chlorine includes a cylindrical body having end caps. The end caps are welded to the body to form a pressure vessel. The end caps have a peripheral edge that is recessed with respect to the ends of the body to protect the weld against damage from impact. The configuration of the juxtaposed components forms a lap joint that can be affixed together by a fillet weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Alan G. Eckert, Trevor M. Rummel
  • Publication number: 20080093421
    Abstract: A vehicle exhaust gas purification device has a multipart outer housing (10) including a tube (12) and end walls (14) that have been reshaped into funnels. The tube (12) and the end walls (14) are fitted into each other and brazed, soldered or welded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Erich Forster, Peter Kroner, Otto Steinhauser
  • Patent number: 6688513
    Abstract: In a process for producing longitudinally welded tubes, a metal strip, which is continuously pulled from a supply, is gradually formed into a slit tube and the longitudinal slit of said slit tube is welded. The metal strip (2) is pulled through a plurality of drawing dies (8, 9, 10, 11) arranged one behind the other and having a diameter that decreases in production direction, and in each of the drawing dies (8, 9, 10, 11) is increasingly bent in circumferential direction. The slit tube is closed in a last forming step (15) immediately in front of the welding point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Klaus Porcher, Friedrich Harten
  • Patent number: 6572003
    Abstract: To provide a seam welding apparatus and a seam welding method that may operate at a low pressure to obtain a suitable overlapped alignment amount. In the seam welding apparatus, a trailing plate clamp moving means is provided with link mechanisms for overlapping and aligning a leading end of a trailing plate with a trailing end of a leading plate and a link drive source for operating the link mechanisms under an extended condition. The link mechanisms are arranged in parallel along both side edges of the trailing plate. The pair of link mechanisms are connected to a link drive source to form a parallel link mechanism assembled through a coupling link. Also, a movable portion of the leading plate clamp means has a tilt pivot. This tilt pivot is adapted to be movable so that the overlapped alignment amount may be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Junji Miyata, Nobuyoshi Nakatani
  • Publication number: 20030070735
    Abstract: An improved silicon steel sheet has two lateral ends each having a side edge narrower than the width of the silicon sheet. The side edge has two end points linking respectively to two lateral sides of the silicon steel sheet to form two symmetrical slant edges for reducing tension area of the silicon steel sheet at the side edge. The slant edges and the side edges form two solder zones to anchor the silicon steel sheet for soldering at the initial winding stage and after the winding is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2001
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Albert Chow
  • Patent number: 6539631
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a sidewall for a trailer in the shape of a trapezoid having a right edge and a left edge of differing lengths and the top edge perpendicular to the right and left edges. A first rectangular sheet has lengths of a top and a bottom edge equal to a desired length of the sidewall. The second rectangular sheet is fabricated with top and bottom edges having a sufficient length so that right and left edges of the second sheet extend beyond the right and left edges of the first sheet. The second rectangular sheet is placed either on top of or underneath the first sheet so that the second sheet slopes downward either from the right to the left or from the left to the right at an angle with respect to the first sheet. The second rectangular sheet is welded to the first rectangular sheet along the entire length where the first rectangular sheet and the second rectangular sheet overlap thereby forming a seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Vantage Dump Trailers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cliff McWilliams
  • Publication number: 20030035975
    Abstract: An adhesive composition is provided for bonding two or more different members which can give a bonded material having excellent heat resistance characteristics while inhibiting breakage of the materials to be bonded by reducing the expansion coefficient, the Young's modulus and the proof stress value. A method for bonding two or more different members using the adhesive composition, and a composite member comprising two or more different members bonded by the above method can be provided by the adhesive composition which comprises a hard solder and a mixture of at least two fine particle materials differing in wettability with the hard solder and which is controlled in expansion coefficient, Young's modulus and proof stress value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Shinkai, Masahiro Kida
  • Patent number: 6268066
    Abstract: A structure and a method of making a burner box by providing a U-shaped body with end members. The end members each rest on an end of the body and of the U-shape body. The ends are welded to the end members to the U-shaped body by a tungsten arc gas welding process whereby the end members are welded to the U-shape body and the edges are catalyzed in the weld. The end members overlaps the U-shape body by about half the thickness of the body to provide a filler material for the weld. A tab is integrally attached to each side of each of the end members. The tab rests on flanges and are catalyzed in the weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Loyd E. Swain
  • Patent number: 6221505
    Abstract: A first member and a second member have end portions overlapped and welded by irradiating a laser beam on an outer surface of a lap portion. A front end surface of a fused portion slants at an obtuse angle larger than 90° with respect to a naked outer surface of the second member. A dilution rate S=B/(A+B) is equal to or less than 45%, where “A” represents a cross-sectional area of the fused portion merging into the first member and “B” represents a cross-sectional area of the fused portion merging into the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Denso, Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Shirai, Yoshinori Ohmi, Hiroyasu Morikawa
  • Patent number: 6060682
    Abstract: A joint is formed between adjacent edges of a pair of weldable components by forming an undercut on one of the edges. The other edge abuts the undercut so that a portion of the one edge overlaps the other. The edges are laser welded by impinging a beam on the portion to melt the overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Inventors: Wido Westbroek, Gursharan Ubhi, David Hughes
  • Patent number: 4701424
    Abstract: A method of forming a hermetic seal between two silicon wafers includes forming opposing troughs in each of the two wafers. In each trough are formed an isolation layer, a diffusion barrier and a tub of polysilicon. A gold strip is put on one polysilicon tub and the two silicon wafers are brought together and heated in a thermal gradient oven. A silicon gold eutectic is formed which migrates to the diffusion barrier of the silicon wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventor: Mati Mikkor
  • Patent number: 4026456
    Abstract: A method of attaching a tube to a wall and particularly to an automotive radiator tank wall in a fluid tight seal in which the tube is provided with inner and outer end flanges on the end that is to be attached to the wall with these flanges spaced apart to define a groove between them substantially equal in width to the thickness of the wall so as to snugly receive the wall therein, providing a slit in the end flange extending for a distance substantially coinciding with the bottom of the groove, arranging at least one of the flange end portions on opposite sides of the slit at an outward angle to provide thereby an angled tab, providing a tube receiving opening in the wall with a slit also defining adjacent wall ends one of which is arranged at an outward angle similar to the angled flange tab, aligning the tube and the opening in the wall coaxially with the outer tube flange in contact with the tank wall at the outer surface thereof, rotating the tube and wall relative to each other thereby causing the tub
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Leo A. Lema
  • Patent number: 3994431
    Abstract: In the production of wire-wrapped pressure vessels and pipe the ends of the wire are anchored or spliced by welding the end hoop to the next adjoining hoop, while the stresses in those hoops subjected to welding are minimized by providing a greater wire density adjacent thereto and hence reduced tension in the welded hoops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1976
    Assignee: United States Steel Corporation
    Inventor: John E. Steiner
  • Patent number: 3968919
    Abstract: A method of forging a solid flanged head on a hollow steel tube by positioning a cylindrical steel plug within a steel tube of the same grade, and extending said positioned cylindrical plug beyond the end of the tube, thereafter heating the end of the tube and plug beyond the critical temperature of the steel material, and thereafter forging the softened material so that a solid steel head is formed which extends beyond the continuous wall of the steel tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: Fabsco Corporation
    Inventor: James H. Beijen