Abstract: The vehicle door assembly includes an outer panel which has a rocker sill area and a beltline area. A reinforcement member, which is made of one or more pieces, is attached with the outer panel along at least a portion of an outer periphery of the outer panel. The door assembly further includes a module which is made as a single integral piece and is fixedly attached with the reinforcement member. The module has an inner beltline reinforcement and supports a pair of window channels and a window regulator for controllably raising and lowering a window between an open position and a closed position.

Abstract: A securement and release device for webbing (SRDFW) comprised of two design configurations. Both configurations of the SRDFW allow a length of webbing to be quickly and securely attached to or removed from a structure. Both designs essentially function as a quick secure/release device into which webbing is inserted. Both configurations of the SRDFW are comprised of a securing and release assembly having a first side member, a second side member, an upper jaw, a center wedge and a lower jaw. Pivot rods extend outward from the jaws and the wedge. The pivot rods allow the jaws and the wedge to pivot into an open configuration to allow webbing to be inserted into/through the first assembly, and then to pivot into a closed position that locks the webbing within the assembly. The jaws and wedge can then pivot to remove the webbing.

Abstract: A vehicle structural member 1 includes a tube body having an expanded tube portion that is partially expanded, and a wall surface body having a first wall provided with a first through-hole, a second wall provided with a second through-hole, and a connecting wall connecting the first wall and the second wall. The tube body is inserted through the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and is joined to the wall surface body by being pressure welded to the first through-hole and the second through-hole. The expanded tube portion is provided only between the first wall and the second wall.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a ball screw device includes a nut unit preparation step, a screw shaft preparation step, and an assembly step. In the nut unit preparation step, a nut unit is prepared in which a circulation component, a ball, and a temporary shaft that prevents the ball from falling off are assembled to a nut provided with an inner peripheral track surface. In the screw shaft preparation step, a screw shaft provided with an outer peripheral track surface is prepared. In the assembly step, after the nut unit preparation step and the screw shaft preparation step, the temporary shaft of an arbitrary nut unit is replaced with an arbitrary screw shaft to manufacture the ball screw device.

Abstract: Embodiments of methods and systems for replacing a fixed roof of a storage tank. An embodiment of a method includes pre-assembling a roof on a floor of a tank basin in the form of modules, assembling the modules on a top of the tank, and welding the modules together to form the roof of the tank. An embodiment of a system for replacing the fixed roof of a storage tank includes a template, a coil support, a plurality of roof modules, a plurality of eyelets, a walking beam, and a hauler.

Abstract: Processing O-rings in an automated mass production system includes advancing an O-ring retainer toward a loading position in alignment with an output end of a feed device, discharging a leading O-ring from the output end in electronic synchronization with advancement of the O-ring retainer to the loading position to initiate loading of the O-ring into the retainer prior to the retainer arriving at the loading position, after loading the O-ring into the retainer, advancing the retainer away from the loading position toward an unloading position, and moving an end effector in electronic synchronization with advancement of the retainer to the unloading position to synchronize arrival of the retainer at the unloading position with arrival of the end effector at a pick-up position in alignment with the O-ring at the unloading position for pick up of the O-ring by the end effector.

Abstract: To provide a method for assembling a gas filling device in which its assembly work is simplified by unitizing a housing body and the total number of assembly steps is reduced, thereby achieving high production efficiency. A method for assembling a gas filling device 100 according to the present invention including the steps of: installing a base frame 1; placing a lower unit 10 containing a heat exchanger 13 on the installed base frame 1; positioning an intermediate unit 20 including a display above the lower unit 10; arranging side units 40 on both sides of the lower unit 10 and the intermediate unit 20, the side units 40 housing filling hoses having filling nozzles at their tips; and arranging a top unit 30 containing a flow meter 33 above the intermediate unit 20.

Abstract: An installation apparatus for connecting a fluid fitting to a fluid element includes a tool mechanism having a first abutment surface and a second abutment surface that faces and is movable relative to the first abutment surface; a first sensor configured to detect a first property of the installation apparatus or fluid fitting and provide a first output corresponding to the first property; a second sensor configured to detect a second property of the installation apparatus or fluid fitting and provide a second output corresponding to the second property; and a processing unit that is configured to generate a first resulting data set based on the first output and second output, and compare the resulting data set with a first predetermined data set to determine if the first resulting data set is compliant with the first predetermined data set.

Abstract: A method of connecting a pipe to a cast fitting, the method can include casting a body including a first body end and a second body end disposed opposite from the first body end, wherein the body defines an axis extending from the first body end to the second body end, wherein the body includes a first neck disposed proximate to the first body end wherein the body further includes an inner body surface defining a bore extending through the body from the first body end to the second body end, and wherein the body further includes an outer body surface spaced from the inner body surface a predetermined wall thickness.

Abstract: A crimping system for crimping fittings on hoses is disclosed and includes an interface and a crimper machine. The crimper machine is configured to analyze collected information based on identified hose and fitting properties; perform a crimping operation based on the collected information and the identified hose and fitting properties; measure crimping characteristics for the crimping operation; generate an alert based on the measured crimping characteristics and the collected information; and provide the alert to the interface.

Abstract: A foreign material exclusion plug is disclosed. The foreign material plug includes a cylindrical body, a slot, and a breakaway tab. The cylindrical body includes an externally-threaded cylindrical structure. The slot is formed in the cylindrical body extending into the cylindrical body from a top surface of the cylindrical body. The breakaway tab is connected to the cylindrical body and extends outwards from the top surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a labyrinth seal using wire arc additive manufacturing, which is mounted between a diaphragm of a turbine and a turbine rotor to induce a smooth rotation of the turbine rotor and preventing gas leakage by minimizing friction between the diaphragm of a turbine and a turbine rotor when a rotating body such as the turbine rotor rotates inside a fixed body such as the diaphragm, and which includes a ring-shaped body part and a tooth part protruding on one side of the ring-shaped body part, wherein the labyrinth seal is deposition-manufactured by 3D printing, the body part is manufactured by the wire arc additive manufacturing, and the tooth part is manufactured by a directed energy deposition.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a multi-pane glass unit is provided. The apparatus includes a first plate, a second plate, and a conveyor. The first plate is configured to hold a first glass pane. The second plate is configured to hold a second glass pane such that the second glass pane faces the first glass pane. The conveyer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to convey the first glass pane onto the first plate and the second portion configured to convey the second glass pane onto the second plate.

Abstract: A method for making a screw hole in a workpiece including a plate-shaped portion includes: preparing an auxiliary member having a flat plate shape; forming, in the plate-shaped portion, a first pilot hole having a minor diameter smaller than a major diameter of the screw hole; forming, in the auxiliary member, a second pilot hole having a minor diameter smaller than the major diameter of the screw hole; fixing the auxiliary member to the plate-shaped portion so that the first pilot hole is concentric with the second pilot hole; and making the screw hole in the plate-shaped portion and the auxiliary member by inserting a tap in the first pilot hole and the second pilot hole.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an elongate shaft for delivery of a medical device may include disposing a polymeric sheath having a lumen extending therethrough over a mandrel; sliding a proximal portion of the polymeric sheath into a lumen of a metallic tubular member; placing a polymeric tubular member over the distal portion of the polymeric sheath and a distal portion of the metallic tubular member; fixedly attaching a proximal coupler to a distal end of a longitudinal support filament; inserting a proximal end of the longitudinal support filament between the polymeric sheath and the polymeric tubular member to position the longitudinal support filament alongside the distal portion of the metallic tubular member and a distal portion of the polymeric sheath; and reflowing the polymeric tubular member to secure the longitudinal support filament relative to the polymeric sheath and the metallic tubular member.

Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a solid hydrogen storage system includes a lower support installed to support a lower side of material blocks to be assembled, split covers assembled in multiple stages on an upper side of the lower support and forming therein a closed space in which the material blocks are capable of being assembled, the split covers being configured to be separated in a horizontal direction, and gas injection ports provided in the split covers to inject an inert gas into an inner space of the split covers.

Abstract: A device for handling a shaft forming a pivoting link between two parts, including a body configured to be inserted into the shaft, and blocked in translation with respect to the shaft along a longitudinal axis in a first direction, a compression nut screwed onto a threaded outer portion of the body along the axis in a second direction opposite the first direction, a bearing member positioned against one of the parts, and a return member configured to be compressed between the compression nut and the bearing member by the screwing of the compression nut and to be decompressed in the second direction under the action of the compression nut. This device allows the shaft of the pivoting link to be handled rapidly, and makes it possible to control the load applied onto the shaft during the handling thereof.

Abstract: A joining method of a structure includes preparing a first member including a first portion provided with a first hole and a second portion provided with a second hole, a second member, a die, and an elastic member, inserting the second member into the first hole, inserting the elastic member into the second member, in a state where one end of the second member in an axial direction is located between the first portion and the second portion, compressing and expanding the elastic member in the axial direction, thereby expanding and deforming the second member at a portion passing through the first hole to be swaged and joined to the first portion. The die includes a support surface for applying a compressive force from the die to the elastic member through the second hole. The support surface is perpendicular to an axial direction of the elastic member.

Abstract: In a turbine vane repairing method, a damaged spot removing step of removing a damaged spot in one shroud of two shrouds, a member disposing step of disposing a deformation curbing member which comes into contact with each of the two shrouds and curbs change in relative positions between the two shrouds, an overlay welding step of performing overlay welding with respect to a removed part from which the damaged spot is removed in the one shroud and filling the removed part after the damaged spot removing step and the member disposing step, a member detaching step of detaching the deformation curbing member from the turbine vane after the overlay welding step, and a finishing step of polishing at least a surface of a part subjected to the overlay welding in the one shroud are executed.

Abstract: A machine for applying at least one cable to a pipeline comprises: a frame extending along a longitudinal axis; a gripping and moving device mounted on the frame and configured to couple the machine around the pipeline and move the machine along the pipeline in a travel direction parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a cable application equipment comprising a rotating open ring structure, which is configured to rotate with respect to the frame and around the pipeline when the machine is gripping the pipeline; and an unwinding device for the controlled unwinding of a reel of cable; unwinding device being mounted on rotating open ring structure.