Having Outward Flange, Gripping Means Or Interlocking Feature Patents (Class 428/582)
  • Patent number: 9612023
    Abstract: A filter assembly includes: a filter pad including fibers selected from wool fibers, wood-based viscose fibers, and cellulose-based synthetic fibers, the fibers configured to absorb grease particulates; a baffle-type filter; and a support bracket configured to support the filter pad. The support bracket includes: a clip portion that is substantially u-shaped; an attachment portion including a mounting hole formed in a surface thereof; and a support portion arranged between the clip portion and the attachment portion, the support portion configured to support the disposable filter thereon. The filter assembly includes a hanging bracket configured to support the filter pad therein, the hanging bracket including a front wall, an attachment wall including a mounting hole formed in a surface thereof, and a top wall arranged between the front wall and attachment wall. The support bracket and the hanging bracket are configured to mount the filter assembly to an exhaust hood.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: EFIP Holdings LP
    Inventor: Jordan Salpietra
  • Patent number: 8999094
    Abstract: A method of continuous manufacture of a composite hollow board material comprising a first surface and a second surface, and between the first and second surfaces a plurality of distance members is disclosed. The method comprises providing material for the first surface from a first reel via a first guide roller towards an output lane; providing material for the second surface from a second reel via a second guide roller towards the output lane; and providing material for the distance members from a third reel towards the output lane such that the distance members comprises strips arranged, at any cross section perpendicular to the first and second surfaces and the direction of the output lane, perpendicular to the first and second surfaces and continuous along the output lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: IKEA Supply AG
    Inventors: Dan Pettersson, Bengt Andreasson
  • Patent number: 8962148
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention includes a method comprising: placing a first insert and a second insert in a casting mold and wherein the first insert and second insert comprising a plurality of connecting post extending inbetween so that the first insert and second insert are in spaced-apart relationship in the mold, each of the first insert and the second insert comprising a first material; casting a molten second material into the casting mold so that the second material flows between the first insert and the second insert and solidifying the second material to provide a product comprising a cast over body portion with the first insert and second insert and so that the second material is mechanically locked or metallurgically bonded to the first material and so that one or both of the first insert and the second insert provides working surface for the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Houchun Xia
  • Patent number: 8936859
    Abstract: A cyclophosphazene compound of the formula (I), and lubricants and magnetic disks using the compound wherein n is 2, 3 or 4, m is an integer of 1 to 12, R is C1-4 fluoroalkyl and Rf is —CF2O(CF2CF2O)x(CF2O)yCF2— or —CF2CF2O(CF2CF2CF2O)zCF2CF2— in which x, y and z are each 0 or a positive real number to give a number average molecular weight of 500 to 4000 to a fluoropolyether of the formula HOCH2—Rf—CH2OH including said Rf, the fluoropolyether having a molecular weight distribution (PD) of 1.0 to 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Moresco Corporation
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shimizu, Nagayoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8883016
    Abstract: Disclosed is a carrier for manufacturing a printed circuit board, which includes a first carrier including a first binder having a first opening and a first metal layer formed in the first opening of the first binder, and a second carrier, stacked with the first carrier and including a second binder having a second opening and a second metal layer which is formed in the second opening of the second binder and which partially overlaps with the first metal layer, so that the carrier is simply configured and the binders are formed not only on the lateral surfaces of the metal layers but also on the upper surfaces thereof, thus improving the reliability of bonding of the carrier at the periphery. A method of manufacturing the carrier and a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board using the carrier are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventors: Jae Joon Lee, Jin Yong Ahn, Suk Hyeon Cho, Ki Hwan Kim, Seok Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20140178708
    Abstract: An integral workpiece which has a duct located within a region which extends, for example in an annular manner, and formed about an axis of the workpiece. The workpiece has a form-fitting connection by which, when viewed in a cross section extending through the axis, the duct is closed. The form-fitting connection enables, in comparison with known manufacturing methods, particularly simple manufacturing of the workpiece. In particular, no welding or screwing is required for closing the duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: HIRSCHVOGEL UMFORMTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Rupert Turrina, Hans Britzger
  • Publication number: 20140150501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel bushing for producing fibres from molten mineral material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: Rudolf Singer
  • Patent number: 8586338
    Abstract: Ligand functionalized substrates, methods of making ligand functionalized substrates, and methods of using functionalized substrates are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: 3M Innovative Properties Company, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mark R. Etzel, Yi He, Steven M. Heilmann, Jerald K. Rasmussen, Kannan Seshadri, Simon K. Shannon, Clinton P. Waller, Jr., Douglas E. Weiss
  • Patent number: 8563141
    Abstract: Disclosed is a carrier for manufacturing a printed circuit board, which includes a first carrier including a first binder having a first opening and a first metal layer formed in the first opening of the first binder, and a second carrier, stacked with the first carrier and including a second binder having a second opening and a second metal layer which is formed in the second opening of the second binder and which partially overlaps with the first metal layer, so that the carrier is simply configured and the binders are formed not only on the lateral surfaces of the metal layers but also on the upper surfaces thereof, thus improving the reliability of bonding of the carrier at the periphery. A method of manufacturing the carrier and a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board using the carrier are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Joon Lee, Jin Yong Ahn, Suk Hyeon Cho, Ki Hwan Kim, Seok Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 8387228
    Abstract: A method for producing a single-clad or multiple-clad product includes providing a welded assembly comprising a cladding material disposed on a substrate material. Both the substrate material and the cladding material are individually selected alloys. At least a first edge of the cladding material of the welded assembly does not extend to a first edge of the substrate material and thereby provides a margin between the first edges. A material that is an alloy having hot strength greater than the cladding material is within the margin and adjacent the first edge of the cladding material. The welded assembly is hot rolled to provide a hot rolled band, and the material within the margin inhibits the cladding material from spreading beyond the edge of the substrate material during the hot rolling. In certain embodiments of the methods, the substrate material is stainless steel and the cladding material is nickel or a nickel alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: ATI Properties, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Bergstrom, Kris J. Schott, Mark A. Tarhay
  • Patent number: 8377672
    Abstract: Ligand functionalized substrates, methods of making ligand functionalized substrates, and methods of using functionalized substrates are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jerald K. Rasmussen, Catherine A. Bothof, Kannan Seshadri, Erin A. Satterwhite, Robert T. Fitzsimons, James I. Hembre, Mahfuza B. Ali
  • Publication number: 20120318031
    Abstract: A ductmaking apparatus bends a metal web to form a duct blank having a lock seam with male and female portions. Prior to shearing off the duct blank, the apparatus bends the web to form a lock tab that secures the lock seam during subsequent handling of the duct blank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: MESTEK MACHINERY, INC.
    Inventors: Michael C. Borwig, John Welty
  • Patent number: 8298681
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extrusion billet having two end sides, characterized in that the surface of at least one end side face has a three-dimensional topography which is composed of a substantially planar end side face from which local elevations protrude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Wieland-Werke AG
    Inventors: Ali Aydin, Hans-Peter Hoehe, Leszek Poletek, Florian Schopper
  • Patent number: 8257833
    Abstract: A composite element is provided. The composite element includes a ceramic component defining a cavity having a first end and a second end, and a metallic component comprising a head and a body. At least a portion of the body of the metallic component is disposed in the cavity, and the head of the component is disposed on the first end of the cavity. A cross-sectional area of a portion of the body is greater than an area of the first end. In addition, the ceramic and metallic components are interlocked. Methods of making a composite element and of making a clearance sensor part are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Wayne Charles Hasz
  • Patent number: 8252428
    Abstract: A high-strength steel sheet having high strength and ability to absorb impact energy to a high degree is formed into a strengthening member for an vehicle, having both superior energy absorption efficiency and bonding properties. The high-strength member has a high-strength steel sheet having not less than 5000 MPa of gradient du/de of a stress-strain diagram in a range of 3 to 7% of true strain obtained in a tension test, and a steel sheet having 0.3 to 0.85 of tension strength ratio against tension strength of the high-strength steel sheet, the steel sheets bonded at their ends with space extending in a prescribed direction between the steel sheets, and a load is to be applied on the member from the prescribed direction when the member is acted upon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Takaki, Yoshitaka Okitsu
  • Publication number: 20120214016
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a flanged metal article. The method comprises (a) applying a first braze compound to a first portion of a metal article; (b) winding the first portion of a metal article with a length of a constraining metal member; and (c) heating an assembly of the metal article, the constraining metal member, and the first braze compound to a temperature above the solidus temperature of the first braze compound, typically a temperature in a range from about 300° C. to about 2500° C., to provide a flanged metal article, wherein the metal article has a coefficient of thermal expansion CTE 1, the constraining metal member has a coefficient of thermal expansion CTE 2, and CTE 1 is greater than CTE 2. The invention further provides a metal flange, which minimizes thermal expansion mismatch between a high expansion metal and a low expansion brittle material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeremy Daniel Van Dam, Karen Kettler Denike, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran, Don Mark Lipkin, Myles Standish Peterson, II
  • Publication number: 20120214015
    Abstract: A hemming station is configured for hemming a panel assembly including an outer panel having a hem flange defined by a hem edge. The hemming station includes a roller configured to fold the hem flange, a heating device configured to heat the hem edge, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to control the roller and the heating device such that the roller folds the hem flange when the temperature of the hem edge is in a predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: John E. Carsley, Anil K. Sachdev, James C. O'Kane, Raja K. Mishra, Rajesh Raghavan
  • Patent number: 8129035
    Abstract: The invention provides structural component for an automobile, two-wheeled vehicle or railcar excellent in impact-absorption property, shape fixability and flange cuttability, and method for producing the same, which structural component has a hat-like shape including vertical walls and flanges, wherein distal ends of the flanges contain 20 vol % or greater of austenite phase and have a cross-section hardness expressed as Vickers harness of 150˜350, and a center regions of the vertical walls have, in a common cross-section with the flanges, a content of deformation-induced martensite phase exceeding that of the distal ends of the flanges by 10 vol % or greater and a cross-section hardness expressed as Vickers hardness that exceeds that of the distal ends of the flanges by 50 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Stainless Steel Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Kimura, Junichi Hamada, Naoto Ono, Haruhiko Kajimura, Toshio Tanoue
  • Patent number: 8071225
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an industrial die cast component comprising a first side, a second side, said second side having a second side surface, an aperture opening at said second side and through said second side surface, said aperture having a respective first arcuate surface bounding a central portion of the aperture and said aperture having a respective second surface bounding a projecting portion of the aperture, said projecting portion having a closed end and an open end, said open end forming a gap in said first arcuate surface and said projecting portion closed end extending radially beyond said first arcuate surface, wherein said first arcuate surface is constructed to be engaged by a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Gardner Denver Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Rudolf Hehn
  • Patent number: 8062763
    Abstract: A metal blank that includes a binder trim component having at least one cut edge with a non-linear section. The creation of the non-linear section simultaneously forms a corresponding section in a binder trim component of an adjacent metal blank so that binder material can be shared therebetween. This reduces the amount of scrap metal, as the binder trim component is subsequently cut off and discarded. Furthermore, the non-linear section can include one or more strategically placed formations, such as projections, recesses, flat sections, etc., that cause it to be non-uniform along its length and to be specifically tailored to the manufacturing requirements of the part being formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Shiloh Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Ewolski, James W. Walther, Stephen A. Fetsko
  • Publication number: 20110233946
    Abstract: A cross member made of sheet steel has a first region which underwent heat treatment, a second region which is not heat-treated, and a transition zone between the first and second regions. The transition zone is hereby defined by a width which is smaller than or equal to 50 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
    Inventors: MARKUS PELLMANN, Martin Pohl, Martin Schroeter, Stefan Adelbert, Otto Buschsieweke, Christian Handing
  • Patent number: 7989084
    Abstract: A powdered metal assembly includes a mechanical part, a powdered metal part and a fastener configured to join the mechanical part and the powdered metal part. In another aspect of the disclosure, a method for manufacturing a powdered metal assembly may include the steps of positioning the mechanical part in a forming apparatus, providing a powdered metal into the forming apparatus, compressing the powdered metal to form and bond a powdered metal part to the mechanical part to form the powdered metal assembly, and removing the powdered metal assembly from the forming apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Motor Excellence, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Janecek
  • Patent number: 7922067
    Abstract: A tailor weld blank assembly and method for making the blank assembly include providing a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet having at least one different characteristic from the first sheet. Complementary interlocking structures are provided on adjoining edges of the first and second sheets and the sheets are mechanically interlocked together by making a weld along the adjoining interlocked edges. Thereafter the permanently affixed together sheets are formed to make a formed sheet metal product. The provision of both a mechanical interlock and a weld provide a blank assembly that is strong for forming into a stamped product, and a metal product that is strong for its intended use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Robin Stevenson
  • Patent number: 7914901
    Abstract: Structures and methods for hindering molded part deformation during densification are discussed. Such devices and techniques can help alleviate stresses that tend to result in part deformation during firing, sintering, or other densification processes, and thus reduce the need for secondary straightening operations post-densification. In some instances, a support structure is utilized to orient a molded greenbody in a preferred direction to reduce deformation during firing (e.g., orienting a thin tail section is a plane parallel to the direction of gravity). The support structure can also be part of, or the entirety of, a thermal mass to help alleviate stresses that lead to part deformation. Though such structures and methods can be used for any molded piece, it can be particularly used to create a portion, or an entirety of, a medical device such as a jaw of an surgical instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Nabeel Mark Jadeed, Charles Frank Benjey, Donald F. Heaney
  • Patent number: 7794852
    Abstract: A flanged plate (1) for a rolling-lobe air spring has on its rounded portion an annular, closed, concave, rounded holding recess (13) which has a circular arcuate shape. The plate is provided with the recess before surface treatment. A correspondingly shaped holding bead (16) in the upper flanging tool (3) engages in this holding recess and form-tightly holds the tool (3) and the flanged plate (1). In this way, sharp-edged holding grooves, which can damage the surface of the flanged plate, are unnecessary. The flanging method, the flanging device, the flanged plate and the rolling-lobe air spring provided with a flanged plate of the above type are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: ContiTech Luftfedersysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Morig, Wolfgang Gnirk, Bernd Reich
  • Publication number: 20100015464
    Abstract: Disclosed herein area honeycomb core and a sandwich panel for the same. The honeycomb core includes a group of cells, which are continuously arranged in the direction of a two-dimensional plane such that the honeycomb core has the shape of a wide plate having a predetermined thickness. The honeycomb core further includes a plurality of protrusions. The protrusions are protruded from either the upper end or the lower end of the core member of the honeycomb core so as to form an uneven surface structure, and are perpendicular to the thickness direction of the honeycomb core, and partially come into surface contact with a board, which is bonded to the upper or lower surface of the honeycomb core, so as to enable spot welding or laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Kwang Sun Moon
  • Publication number: 20090256369
    Abstract: An energy absorbing beam structure has controlled crush characteristics. The beam is an elongated structure in which at least a portion of the length of the beam is configured so that a cross section taken transverse to the length of the beam defines a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a first hollow flange projecting from the first sidewall and a second hollow flange projecting from the second sidewall together with a front wall extending between the first and second sidewalls. The beam may be configured to define an open or closed tubular structure and may define one or more central lobes. In an impact condition the beam crushes in a reliable and controlled manner so as to absorb a large amount of kinetic energy. Further disclosed are motor vehicles which include the energy absorbing beams as well as roll forming processes for fabricating the beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 15, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas Vikstrom
  • Patent number: 7588834
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an irregularly shaped forging includes heating a billet to a predetermined temperature, placing the heated billet within the cavity of a die, advancing a punch into the cavity to begin to disperse the material into a plurality of radially extending extremities of the cavity and continuing to advance the punch into the die to force a portion of the material to enter predetermined clearance zones between the punch and the die to form an irregularly shaped forging having a plurality of axially extending flash portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason J. Lowe
  • Patent number: 7566504
    Abstract: An iron species preform for forming a metal matrix composite is inserted in an aluminum species alloy member to be cast-in. The aluminum species alloy member has bearing faces having a section in a semicircular arc shape. An inner peripheral face of the iron species preform is provided with a plurality of inner side grooves. The inner side groove includes flat portions and groove bottom portions continuous to two end edges continuous to the inner peripheral face and opposed to each other. In a cast-in step, shrinkage in a peripheral direction accompanied by solidifying a melted aluminum species alloy is uniformly received by the respective inner side grooves, movement in the peripheral direction is restrained, a clearance at an interface can be prevented from being brought about, so that a cast-in performance is excellent, and stable bonding strength and close contact of the interface can be ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignees: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Piston Ring, Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Teruyuki Oda, Hiroshi Takiguchi
  • Patent number: 7448178
    Abstract: A partially manufactured contiguous metal joist hanger is provided for field fabrication into the likeness and function of a contiguous joist hanger of a desired shape. The contiguous metal joist hanger comprises vertical flanged mounting brackets and a horizontal supporting seat positionable integral flange bracket for securing wood framing members at an intersecting joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Inventor: Michael Joseph Visone
  • Publication number: 20080268276
    Abstract: A preform with edges overlapped and jointed each other and first and second outer members for forming outer surfaces of a hydroformed product, and reinforcement members that are jointed to the first and second outer members to form reinforcement ribs that divide a hollow cross section of the outer surfaces, the reinforcement members having dimensions capable of suppressing elongation in a tensile direction due to a tensile force that develops during hydroforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Kazuto Ueno, Kazuhiro Mitamura, Satoru Majima, Takashi Haraoka, Masaaki Yoshitome, Hideto Kanafusa
  • Patent number: 7381476
    Abstract: At least one plane blank (20) is cut out from a sheet of metal material, the blank comprising a main part having the developed shape of the wall of the structural element and at least one additional overlap and fixing tab (26, 27, 28), the cutout blank (20) is folded along a plurality of lines (23) so as to form the wall of the structural element comprising a plurality of annular segments that are not in axial alignment out of folded portions (22, 24, 24?, 25) of the main part of the cutout blank (20), and welding is used to fix at least one additional overlap and fixing tab (26, 27, 28) on at least one of a folded portion (22, 24, 24?, 25) and a second overlap tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Imphy Ugine Precision
    Inventor: Jean Pierre Reyal
  • Patent number: 7255930
    Abstract: A cap nut to be enveloped in a casting made of casting material includes a substantially cylindrical body. The body has a first end and a second end adjacent to a top end surface of the body. The body has a hole and an outer peripheral surface to be enveloped in the casting material. The body has an exposed surface adjacent to the hole at the first end thereof, and the exposed surface is exposed to an outside of the casting. The body has formed in the outer peripheral surface thereof a tapered surface that broadens from the second end of the body toward the first end. The body has formed in the tapered surface a retaining means for preventing the cap nut from falling off from the casting. The body is installable in and removable from a pattern for forming a sand mold at the tapered surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Takahito Miyake, Tomomichi Miura, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Shuo Uematsu
  • Patent number: 7132173
    Abstract: Braze and electrode wire assemblies, e.g., used with an implantable microstimulator, include a wire welded in the through-hole of an electrode, which electrode is brazed to a ceramic case that is brazed to a metal ring that is welded to a metal can. The braze joints are step or similar joints that self-center the case, provide lateral support during braze assembly, and provide increased surface area that prevents braze material from exuding from the joints. The end of the ceramic case that is brazed to the metal ring need not be specially machined. The shell has a reference electrode on one end and an active electrode on the other, and is externally coated on selected areas with conductive and non-conductive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Advanced Bionics Corporation
    Inventor: Jay Daulton
  • Patent number: 7115324
    Abstract: A method of joining metal components having the steps of depositing adhesive material between the components and welding the components together via solid-state or fusion welding. The welds are spaced apart from the adhesive material and are produced so as to prevent exposure of the adhesive material to the welding. The two types of bonds (adhesive and welding) are produced in the components separated by time and space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Israel Stol, Sherri F. McCleary, Paula L. Price
  • Patent number: 7115322
    Abstract: An open hem flange for a vehicle door includes an inner reinforcing panel and an outer panel having a first outer portion and a second inner portion folded about the inner panel at a base. The inner reinforcing panel includes dimpled sections against the second outer portion which provides a gap between the inner panel and the second inner portion of the outer. A gap also exists between the inner reinforcing panel and the outer portion of the outer panel to allow the hem flange to be properly cleaned and electrocoated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William James Curtiss, Carl Rodney Roush, Dave Henry Meyer, Katherine P. Minnich, Robert G. Starbowski, Robert William Woodall, Scott G. Miller, Timothy J. Moore
  • Patent number: 7052778
    Abstract: A cold forging process and apparatus for reinforcing an end of a rectangular tube, including a close fitting, rectangular upper mandrel that inserts into the tubing. The upper mandrel has flared corners at the end attached to the upper die. As the upper die is moved under pressure towards the lower die, the flared corners of the mandrel makes contact with the inner surface of the tube. This ensures that the tube begins to deform outward before the rest of the upper die contacts it. As the upper die is pressed towards contact with the lower die, the end of the tube is cold formed into a collar. The dies are then moved apart and the cold-formed tube removed. A lower mandrel positions and retains the die during forming. After forming the lower mandrel is used to eject the formed part, which may for instance be a trailer hitch housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventor: Eugene Angelo Sorgi
  • Patent number: 7014924
    Abstract: A metal member to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article, a manufacturing method thereof and a metal cast article including the metal member cast-wrapped are provided. A hollow cylindrical metal member having an outer surface with projections to be cast-wrapped by a metal cast article is manufactured in such a manner that a hollow cylindrical metal raw material 13 is inserted in a die 17 having a inner peripheral surface with longitudinal grooves of a depth H and a width W, and the hollow cylindrical metal raw material 13 is subjected to hot-extrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Koyama, Mitsunori Arimura, Kaoru Mitsuuchi, Toshiyuki Shibasaki, Yoshiaki Itou, Ryuji Shiga, Kouji Yamada
  • Patent number: 6986949
    Abstract: A fugitive pattern of an article to be investment cast wherein the pattern includes a plurality of locator embossments disposed in an array to provide a datum reference system by which the pattern can be held and positioned by a manipulator, such as for example a gripper device to a computer controlled robotic device, for assembly with another component of the pattern assembly. The datum embossments are located on a portion of the pattern that will be removed from the final metallic casting made to replicate the pattern. The casting includes integral cast datum embossments thereon by which the casting can be held and positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Howmet Corporation
    Inventor: Michael W. Mertins
  • Patent number: 6977355
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tailored blank having a pair of sheet metal constituent parts each having a pair of oppositely directed major surfaces. The first constituent part has an aperture while the second constituent part has an embossment to fit the aperture. The first and second constituent parts are then secured to one another to form the tailored blank. The blank may then be subsequently formed into a component of varying material characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Inventors: Walter Duley, Melih Ogmen, David Hughes, Gary Keith Black, Brian Morris, Michael James Staples
  • Patent number: 6958563
    Abstract: Rotary switches, and in particular riser-style commutators, are detailed together with featured strips from which they are made. Segments formed from the strips may include anchor notches and slots for receiving reinforcing rings. The structure of the strip additionally permits electrical isolation of adjacent riser segments to occur through its coining rather than through slotting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Energy Conversion Systems Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Shepard Lynn Hockaday, Pimol Ballard Vonkchalee, Winford Lee Stephens, Danny Earl Thornton, Robert Eugene Jenkins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6913835
    Abstract: In a Y bar for forming coupling elements, an opening angle of a pair of right and left leg parts is narrower than that of the ordinary ones. Plural bent portions, which are bent inward, are formed successively in an extending direction of the leg parts in a range from a crotch part toward pawl parts at front ends of the leg parts. The gap between the pawl parts are narrowed gradually from proximal ends to front ends thereof. Bulging portions are provided on outer side surfaces of the crotch part. Thus, the stabilization of the posture of a metallic coupling element, which is obtained by cutting the Y bar, at the time of mounting, strength of the coupling element and stabilization of the mounting posture of the coupling element to the fastener tape can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Aoki, Kunio Miyazaki, Manami Oono
  • Patent number: 6881494
    Abstract: A process for forming an initial section or like component featuring a hollow interior to a final shape by high internal pressure in the sealed hollow interior using a medium that can flow. In order to shape-form the initial section featuring at least one corner region—preferably at least two corner regions—the wall sections adjacent to the corner region are preshaped in a curved manner—as viewed in cross-section—counter to the direction of applied pressure, and subsequently re-shaped by applying the high internal pressure of the medium that can flow, displacing the corner region in the direction in which the pressure is applied. To that end a section with hollow space delimited by section walls is employed in which two section walls define each corner region of the section cross-section, whereby at least one of the section walls at the corner region features a region that is curved in cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Alcan Technolgy & Management Ltd.
    Inventors: Markus Gehrig, Christian Leppin, Pius Schwellinger
  • Patent number: 6821640
    Abstract: A method for producing a bent extruded profile that includes extruding a first profile bar having a first lateral formation, extruding a second profile bar having a second lateral formation corresponding in a form-fitting manner to the first lateral formation, and inserting the first lateral formation into the second lateral formation so as to connect the first and second profile bars and to create a form-fitting connection restricting relative movement between the first and second profile bars in all directions except a longitudinal direction of the profile bars. The method also includes bending the connected first and second profile bars using a bending process, wherein after bending, the form-fitting connection restricts relative movement between the first and second profile bars in all directions. In addition, an extruded profile including a first profile bar having a first formation on a first longitudinal side and a second profile bar having a second formation on a second longitudinal side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Wüllrich, Franz Haberl, Michael Rauscher
  • Patent number: 6790536
    Abstract: A sheet metal profile support (10) for automotive construction, such as a cross member, rocker panel, or frame support is disclosed, with a U-shaped, parabolic, or horseshoe-shaped profile cross section (12), in which, in at least one section (14) of the two legs (16, 18) of the profile, a first and second sheet metal layer (20, 22) rest flush against each other as a sheet doubling and in the region of the free ends of the legs (16, 18), the sheet metal layers (20, 22) are connected to each other in one piece by means of a beaded edge (32) that has a hollow chamber (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Linde + Pullman AG
    Inventors: Gerhard Schönleber, Alexander Dollischek
  • Patent number: 6774066
    Abstract: A composite structural reinforcement device to be applied to structural members by wrapping in successive overlying layers includes a body formed of a first ply of resin impregnated high tensile strength material, a second ply of resin impregnated high tensile strength material, a magnetically detectable ply disposed and bonded between the first and second plies, an interlock means for mechanically interlocking successive layers as the device is applied to a structural member, and an alignment means for aligning successive layers of the device in overlying relation. Various alternative embodiments and various combinations of features are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Inventors: James M. Souza, Glenn Davis, Billy H. Davidson
  • Patent number: 6708460
    Abstract: A stud bridging/spacing member (30) generally having at least three longitudinally spaced apart notches (26) for receiving and engaging therein a web of a metal stud. The notches (26) extend at an incline to the longitudinal axis of the elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Dietrich Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William L. Elderson
  • Patent number: 6677050
    Abstract: A process for connecting at least two components, particularly body components of motor vehicles, wherein the first component has an undercut on a side facing the second component. In the area of the undercut, a connection piece is cast to the first component. The connection piece is designed such that, during its solidification, the connection piece is firmly connected with the first component by the contraction of a last-solidifying core area of the connection piece. Then the second component is mounted on the connection piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Franz Guetlbauer, Hartmut Hoffmann, Arno Jambor, Volker Thoms
  • Patent number: 6670048
    Abstract: A sintered sprocket is provided in which surface pressure resistance can be improved without using a forging processing. An Fe-based sintered alloy which contains C at 0.2 to 0.5% by weight, Mo at 0.2 to 1.0% by weight, and Ni at 0.2 to 1.0% by weight, and which exhibits a metallic structure in which an internal base layer comprises ferrite and bainite and in which the ferrite adjoins voids, is subjected to a rolling and is then subjected to carburizing and hardening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Akira Fujiwara
  • Publication number: 20030175542
    Abstract: A method for producing a bent extruded profile that includes extruding a first profile bar having a first lateral formation, extruding a second profile bar having a second lateral formation corresponding in a form-fitting manner to the first lateral formation, and inserting the first lateral formation into the second lateral formation so as to connect the first and second profile bars and to create a form-fitting connection restricting relative movement between the first and second profile bars in all directions except a longitudinal direction of the profile bars. The method also includes bending the connected first and second profile bars using a bending process, wherein after bending, the form-fitting connection restricts relative movement between the first and second profile bars in all directions. In addition, an extruded profile including a first profile bar having a first formation on a first longitudinal side and a second profile bar having a second formation on a second longitudinal side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Edscha Cabrio-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Wuellrich, Franz Haberl, Michael Rauscher