Abstract: A magnesium fastener manufacturing method includes the steps of: using a magnesium or a magnesium alloy to form a magnesium wire or a magnesium rod; processing cold forging, warm forging or hot forging the magnesium wire or the magnesium rod to form a magnesium fastener member. When processing warm or hot forging, a directly heating treatment, a thermal isolating and directly heating treatment, or a directly heating and thermal isolating treatment is selectively applied to heat the magnesium wire or a magnesium rod to a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A material for a gas turbine component, to be specific a titanium-aluminum-based alloy material, including at least titanium and aluminum. The material has a) in the range of room temperature, the ?/B2-Ti phase, the ?2-Ti3Al phase and the ?-TiAl phase with a proportion of the ?/B2-Ti phase of at most 5% by volume, and b) in the range of the eutectoid temperature, the ?/B2-Ti phase, the ?2-Ti3Al phase and the ?-TiAl phase, with a proportion of the ?/B2-Ti phase of at least 10% by volume.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to: (1) methods of forming enhanced-surface walls (20) for use in apparatae (e.g., heat transfer devices, fluid mixing devices, etc.) for performing a process, (2) to enhanced-surface walls per se, and (3) to various apparatae incorporating such enhanced-surface walls.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy is composed of 15% or more and 7.5% or less by mass of silicon, 0.45% or more and 0.8% or less by mass of magnesium, 0.05% or more and 0.35% or less by mass of chromium, and aluminum, assuming that the total amount of the alloy is 100% by mass.

Abstract: A method of reducing peak stress and distributing stress experienced in bends of anti-roll bars that involves configuring the shape of the bends so that they do not have uniform radii of curvature. Generally the shapes of the bends have greater radii of curvature at central portions than other portions of the bends. Also the shapes of the bends may be symmetrical or non-symmetrical. According to one embodiment the shapes of the bends include a combination of curved and straight portions.

Abstract: A method for preventing or arresting the development and propagation of cracks in the material surrounding a fastener. The method includes introducing compressive residual stresses in the material surrounding the fastener. The compressive residual stresses offset the high residual tensile and applied stresses which the material may be subjected to in operation and thereby prevent or arrest the development of cracks. Using the output of a sensor, the surface treatment apparatus is positioned relative to a fastener. A compression tool is impinged against the surface of the material adjacent to the fastener and rotated around the perimeter of the fastener thereby inducing a zone of compressive residual stress.

Abstract: The present invention includes a braided stent and method of making the same. The braided stent has an integral retrieval and/or repositioning member. The stent includes a first open end, a second open end and a tubular body therebetween. The retrieval and/or repositioning member extends from and is interbraided into the braided tubular body. The retrieval and/or repositioning member includes an elongated portion extending from the first open end and a second section interlooping circumferentially about the first open end such that force exerted on the elongated portion causes radially contraction of the stent end and stent body.

Abstract: A bending method for forming, in a material in which several straight portions extending in parallel with each other and a first-end side coupling portion and a second-end side coupling portion provided alternately to couple first-end portions and second-end portions, respectively, of adjacent ones of the straight portions with each other are successively formed, folded portions respectively in a pair of the straight portions provided on both sides of the first-end side coupling portion. A length from one of the folded portions to the first-end side coupling portion is different from a length from the other of the folded portions.

Abstract: With a method for surface strengthening and smoothening of metallic components, in particular of rotors or rotor drums (7) with integral blading for aircraft engines, the components are loaded in a vessel (2) which is filled with strengthening elements (10). A tumbling movement is performed by which the metallic components are strengthened and smoothened by a relative movement between the workpiece surface and the strengthening elements in one process step. The strengthening elements (10) have a circumferential, rounded edge area, or compressive strengthening area (13) for strengthening the surface, and, extending therefrom on both sides, a flatly curved smoothening area (14) for smoothening the surface roughened by strengthening. With low time and apparatus investment, workpieces can be provided that feature high fatigue strength and advantageous aerodynamic properties.

Abstract: A crown cap is couplable to a container. The crown cap has a central region and a downwardly extending side wall. At least one score line is in a geometric configuration on the central region of the crown cap. The at least one score line forms a tongue. The tongue is adapted to be bent or hinged downwardly. In this manner a passageway is provided for a liquid. A lever is coupled to the crown cap. A post extends through the lift lever and the central region of the crown cap. A tamper-evident secure band is designed into the side wall of the crown cap. A non-corrosive material is used to form the crown cap, lever and attachment post.

Abstract: An expandable helical stent is provided, wherein the stent may be formed of a main stent component and a securement. The main stent component is formed from a flat strip having one or more undulating side bands that may be connected to form geometrically shaped cells and are helically wound to form a stent. The helical coils of the main stent component may be spaced apart or nestled to each other. The nestling of the undulation of adjacent helical windings contributes to maintaining the tubular shape and uniformity of the helically coiled stent. Alternatively, the flat strip may comprise a single undulating pattern. At the ends of the main stent component are end bands, which when wound, form a cylindrical ring. In one embodiment, one or more struts of the main stent component may have a width sufficient to include one or more fenestrations. The fenestrated struts may be connected by loops or turns wherein the material is narrower than that of the fenestrated struts to provide enhanced flexibility.

Abstract: A clamp is proposed, comprising a slide rail, a slide arm movable on the slide rail, a fixed arm made of a metallic material, which is fixedly arranged on the slide rail, and a pressure piece for a workpiece, which is arranged on the fixed arm, wherein the slide rail and the fixed arm are connected in one piece, and wherein the pressure piece is a separate part from the fixed arm and is secured with a form-locking and/or force-locking fit on the fixed arm.

Abstract: A hose end coupling unitary, one-piece radially crushable ferrule has a crushable socket portion, a deformable attachment portion, and a work hardened torque communication portion defined between the socket portion and the attachment portion. The torque communication portion may be formed in the unitary one-piece radially crushable ferrule, contiguous with the socket portion and the attachment portion. Corners of the torque communication portion may be strengthened and/or the torque communication portion work hardened by disposing a die set about the formed torque communication portion and pressing the torque communication portion into the die set, strengthening corners of the torque communication portion and work hardening the torque communication portion. A mandrel having a desired internal shape of the torque communication portion may be deployed inside the torque communication portion during pressing.

Abstract: A backing of a wiper blade (53) is virtually divided into a plurality of regions in a longitudinal direction of the backing. A wiping area (B) of the wiper blade (53) in a glass surface (50a) is discretized in a wiping direction (x direction) of the wiper blade (53) and in a longitudinal direction (z direction) of the wiper blade (53). A curvature of each of the plurality of virtually divided regions of the backing is set in such a manner that a sum of variation differences of contact pressures (Fyij) at respective discretized points (Pij) is minimized. With such a wiper blade partial pressure setting method, a wiping performance of the wiper blade (53) can be easily and reliably improved over the entire wiping area of the wiping surface.

Abstract: A method provides the steps of: bending a first length of hot rolled steel bar to define a trunk member of a tree frame; bending and welding second cut lengths of hot rolled steel bar onto a bottom end of the trunk member to define feet members; placing a planting pot on top of the feet members with the trunk member extending up through and above the pot; bending and welding third cut lengths of hot rolled steel bar to the trunk member at spaced intervals above the pot to define branch arms; planting flowering vine plants in the pot and braiding the vines up the trunk member and out onto the branch arms; trimming the vines on the trunk member to remove foliage; and allowing foliage of the flowering vine plants to grow on the branch arms to create the appearance of a giant Bonzai tree.

Abstract: A vehicle seat back having a vehicle seat back frame and a method of producing the seat back frame can be used in multiple vehicles and includes a stamped first vertical frame member having a varying depth u-shaped and a roll formed second frame member having a constant depth u-shaped cross section and the first frame member is a common part used in multiple vehicles having a substantially constant height vehicle seat backs and the second frame member is cut to length used in multiple vehicles having different width vehicle seat backs.

Abstract: Wire products, such as round and flat wire, strands, cables, and tubing, are made from a shape memory material in which inherent defects within the material are isolated from the bulk material phase of the material within one or more stabilized material phases, such that the wire product demonstrates improved fatigue resistance. In one application, a method of mechanical conditioning in accordance with the present disclosure isolates inherent defects in nickel-titanium or NiTi materials in fields of a secondary material phase that are resistant to crack initiation and/or propagation, such as a martensite phase, while the remainder of the surrounding defect-free material remains in a primary or parent material phase, such as an austenite phase, whereby the overall superelastic nature of the material is preserved.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a method of performing non-shape forming operations during vessel shaping, the method comprising indexing a cylinder across a pathway of at least one of an operation wheel, the operation wheel further having a plurality of work zones, performing at the plurality of work zones a plurality of operations on the cylinder in a sequence of a first shaping plurality of operations followed by a non-shaping plurality of operations followed by a second shaping plurality of operations, and effectuating transformation of the cylinder into a shaped vessel. Other embodiment include applying decoration to the cylinder contoured surface during non-shaping operations, trimming the cylinder during non-shaping operations, and top-forming the cylinder during non-shaping operations, to name a few.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a method of coordinating vessel shaping style and decoration, the method comprising receiving a vessel in a decoration operation, the vessel having a formed shape style, determining the formed shape style, selecting based in part on the formed shape style a decoration style, and decorating the vessel with selected decoration style. Other embodiments include selecting the decoration style based in part on the vessel top form style, selecting the vessel top form style based in part on the decoration style, and selecting a pathway to index the vessel across the operation wheel through the shaping operation.

Abstract: A yield which is a ratio of the weight of a ring-shaped member to that of a stock material, and a yield which is a ratio of the ring-shaped member to a blank are improved, and the cost is reduced. In a method of producing a ring-shaped member in which a ring-shaped member is obtained from a longitudinally elongated annular blank 3, a pair of linking portions 3b, 3c are outward expanded from the inner side of the blank 3, and a pair of arcuate portions 3d are pressed from the outer side toward the inner side to be pressingly expanded, thereby shaping into a ring-shaped member.

Abstract: The invention discloses a universal earbud adapter apparatus comprised of a wire frame and coating, and including an earbud stem support loop, earbud cradle and earslide component.

Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a load carrier for a bone fixation system, with a locally varying material strength with unchanging material elasticity, and a method for producing such a load carrier. The load carrier, matched in view of the load flow acting on the fixation system, can also be used in critical anatomical regions, e.g. for hand implants.

Abstract: A method of producing a heat shield includes the step of producing a plate-shaped material provided by developing a funnel shape having a plurality of face sections (20, 21, 22) which are adjacent to each other and one (20) of which is a mounting surface and the bending step of bending the plate-shaped material such that the face sections (21, 22) other than the face section (20) corresponding to the mounting surface are orthogonal to the mounting surface section.

Abstract: Aluminum-zinc-magnesium-scandium alloys containing controlled amounts of alloying additions such as silver and tin are disclosed. The presence of Ag and/or Sn alloying additions improves fabrication characteristics of the alloys, such as the ability to be extruded at high temperatures and very high extrusion rates. The Al—Zn—Mg—Sc alloys may optionally include other alloying additions such as Cu, Mn, Zr, Ti and the like. The alloys possess good properties such as relatively high strength and excellent corrosion resistance. The alloys may be fabricated into various product forms such as extrusions, forgings, plate, sheet and weldments.

Abstract: A coupler comprising a shaft, an enlarged head, a proximal end of the shaft, and a journal for contacting and rotating in an annular bearing surface of a component for forming a pin connection with the component. In addition, the coupler includes a plurality of projecting fins projecting from the journal along axes generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft and are radially spaced around the journal.

Abstract: A juncture assembly is provided between first and second ends of respective first and second tubes. The assembly includes a first flange that is located at the first end and a second flange that is located at the second end, with the second flange being in confronting relationship with the first flange. The first and second flanges define a gap between them. A gasket member contacts the first and second flanges and is configured to prevent flow of fluids through the gap. A clamp member of the assembly secures the gasket member to the first and second flanges with the clamp member including a channel for receiving the first and second flanges and first and second restriction elements that extend into the channel for positioning the first and second flanges within the channel.

Abstract: A chainsaw has a saw chain connected so as to be driven by the motor and a guide bar for guiding and supporting the saw chain as it revolves around the periphery of the guide bar. The guide bar has a channel formed by alternatively offset tabs, wherein each tab is offset from its immediate two adjacent tabs such that there is an open segment in the channel opposite each tab. There is a first set of tabs on a first side of the guide bar and a second set of tabs on the opposite side of the guide bar, wherein the alternatively offset tabs keep the cutting chain centered in the channel formed between the first set of tabs and the second set of tabs.

Abstract: Article for magnetic heat exchange and method of manufacturing the same Article for magnetic heat exchange comprising a mantle enveloping at least one core, wherein the core comprises a plurality of grains comprising a magnetocalorically active material or a plurality of particles comprising precursor of a magnetocalorically active material.

Abstract: A golf club head 1 having an improved dischargeability of foreign matters such as water and mud caught in face line grooves and a sufficient frictional force with a golf ball generated when hitting the ball, the club head 1 comprising a ball hitting face 2 including a hitting surface 7 and at least one face line groove 8 formed in the hitting surface 7, wherein the hitting surface 7 includes a rough surface portion 7a having an arithmetic mean roughness Raf of 0.20 to 0.55 ?m, and the surface of the face line groove 8 has an arithmetic mean roughness Ra1 smaller than the arithmetic mean surface roughness Raf of the rough surface portion 7a, and a method for producing the club head 1.

Abstract: A method urges a blank along an axial direction between a movable bending tool and a stationary counter-tool and, while the blank is being moved forwards, of moving the bending tool from a neutral position, in which the blank is not bent, to a working position, in which the blank is bent to the desired bending centerline radius, the working position being rotated with respect to the neutral position by a given angle of rotation depending on the desired bending centerline radius. The method further includes urging the blank between a pair of shoes upstream of the bending tool so as to make the deformation of the blank easier, and the step of moving the bending tool from the neutral position to the working position is carried out by controlling at least two degrees of freedom of the movement of the bending tool in the plane defined by the axial direction and by a transverse direction perpendicular to the axial direction.

Abstract: A golf club attaining good hitting feeling is provided by realizing uniform distribution of grain flows in a face portion. The golf club includes a golf head including a face portion with a ball hitting surface and a neck portion connecting the face portion to a shaft. Grain flows are formed in the golf head, and density of grain flows inside the golf head is made comparable to density of grain flows at a surface layer portion.

Abstract: A bushing for positioning between a first component and a second component is disclosed. The bushing comprises a conical body that includes a first edge, a second edge, and at least one slot extending from the first edge toward the second edge. The slot or slots facilitate the flexing of the conical body. Methods for making a conical bushing are also disclosed.

Abstract: A gangway comprises at least one component formed from a continuous piece of metal. The at least one component formed from the continuous piece of metal may be a support structure or an underbody, a platform, a ramp, a step, or other support surface. A method for manufacturing such a gangway comprises forming the at least one component from the continuous piece of metal.

Abstract: A base/lifting structure, includes a base frame assembly and a plurality of readily removable lifting bracket channels, the base frame assembly and a plurality of readily removable lifting bracket channels each having structural elements, the structural elements being formed of galvanized sheet metal formed in a C shape in cross section, the structural elements being selectively utilized in the base frame assembly singly and in pairs. A method of forming a base/lifting structure is further included.

Abstract: The present invention includes a vertical axis wind turbine apparatus including a spindle tube connectable to a permanent foundation such that a spindle axis is oriented substantially orthogonal to a surface upon which it is placed, such as the ground or other stable surface. The apparatus described herein also includes a rotor disposed at least partially within the spindle tube and rotationally engaged therewith such that a rotor axis is oriented substantially parallel to the spindle axis. The apparatus can also include a truss system extending radially from the rotor and a blade assembly movably connected to the truss system and adapted for rotation about the spindle axis and the rotor axis. The truss system functions in part to permit rotation of the blade assembly while increasing the swept area of the turbine and thus the resultant energy capture.

Abstract: There is disclosed herein a one-way drive device including a first member mounted for rotation about a given axis and defining (i) a first planar surface normal to the axis, and (ii) a first shoulder within the first surface. The device also includes a second member mounted for rotation about the same given axis and defining (i) a second planar surface, which is positioned in close proximity to and in confronting relationship with said first surface, and (ii) a second shoulder within the second surface.

Abstract: A method of forming a pin adapted to be used in a PGA joint, and a flattening head used to perform the method. The method includes: providing a pin blank; and forming a pin head by coining an end of the pin blank using a flattening head thereby forming the pin, the pin having a pin stem and the pin head attached to the pin stem, the flattening head being shaped to impart a topography to an underside surface to the pin head that is non-smooth during coining, the topography being adapted to allow gases to escape from a pin-attach solder disposed adjacent to the underside surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forging a tubular forging stock to produce a forged product, preferably a premium coupling machining blank. The apparatus includes a holding die assembly defining a holding cavity for the forging stock and a press die apparatus including opposed first and second press dies movable within the holding cavity to forge the forging stock to produce the forged product. The holding die assembly may include opposed first and second holding dies defining respective portions of the holding cavity, wherein the holding dies are selectively relatively movable between a closed position for forging the forging stock and an open position for removal of the forged product. Alternately, the apparatus may include a knockout mechanism for dislodging the forged product from the holding cavity. Further, the apparatus may include a mechanism for controlling finning between the first and second press dies while the forged product is being produced.

Abstract: The invention is to provide a magnesium alloy material such as a magnesium alloy cast material or a magnesium alloy rolled material, excellent in mechanical characteristics and surface precision, a producing method capable of stably producing such material, a magnesium alloy formed article utilizing the rolled material, and a producing method therefor. The invention provides a producing method for a magnesium alloy material, including a melting step of melting a magnesium alloy in a melting furnace to obtain a molten metal, a transfer step of transferring the molten metal from the melting furnace to a molten metal reservoir, and a casting step of supplying a movable mold with the molten metal from the molten metal reservoir, through a pouring gate, and solidifying the molten metal to continuously produce a cast material. In a process from the melting step to the casting step, parts contacted by the molten metal are formed by a low-oxygen material having an oxygen content of 20 mass % or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a boom and arm member of a construction machine excellent in weld zone fatigue strength and a method of improvement of its fatigue strength, that is, a boom and arm member of a construction machine superior in weld zone fatigue strength, the boom and arm member of a construction machine characterized in that toes of full penetrated weld zones of the boom and arm member have vibration strike marks, and a method of improvement of its fatigue strength. Preferably, the residual stress of the bottom surface of the vibration strike marks is a 10 MPa or higher compressive residual stress.

Abstract: In a method of producing a stamper for roughening a substrate of an optical recording medium, a masking treatment is carried out prior to a blasting treatment, whereby a second pit forming site of a metal plate is protected such that the second pit forming site is not broken in the following blasting treatment. A mask of an adhesive sheet is attached to the second pit forming site in the masking treatment, and then a part of one major surface of the metal plate, exposed between the mask, is roughened in the blasting treatment. An original stamper of the metal plate, having a partly roughened major surface, is obtained by the blasting treatment.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a method capable of maintaining the fatigue performance of a bone-engaging implant after surface texturing through the imparting of a residual compressive stress. A residual compressive stress is imparted via peening or another process. The peened surface is then roughened to improve mechanical adhesion for bone fixation via grit blasting or another process. The depth of penetration of the roughened texture is less than the depth of the residual compressive stress.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for correcting a profile bevel error, in particular the tooth alignment error of the gear (V) of a workpiece (W), wherein said device (1) comprises a clamping device (3) for the workpiece (W), a tool (4) and at least one advancing device (7, 7?) generating the relative movement between the workpiece (W) and the tool (4). The inventive device is characterised in that it comprises a guide device (10, 10?) for the tool (4) and/or for the clamping device (3) which enables to carry out the rotating movement of the tool (4) and/or clamping device around the workpiece (W) axis (X) extending in an advance direction, wherein said rotating movement acts as a compensating movement.

Abstract: A method and structure for retaining a tube in place relative to a surface of a device, such as a motor or pump, for fluid communication there-between. The tube retainer comprises a tube having a retention groove, disposed adjacent an open end thereof, and a holding clamp having a slot which is engageable with the retention groove. The holding clamp further comprises a bolt hole for receiving a threaded bolt for engaging a threaded bore in the device to attach the holding clamp thereto, thereby holding and retaining the tube relative to the surface of the device.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a steering rack for a vehicle rack and pinion steering system. The rack comprises gear teeth and a shank that has a constant outside diameter and constant wall thickness over the majority of its length. The method comprises performing a forging operation on a tubular member with an elongate member positioned in the bore of a thickened region of the tubular member. The forging operation forms the gear teeth on the thickened region, and the elongate member is retained within the tubular member. The tubular member is made by performing a forming operation on a length of tube stock such that the outside diameter of the thickened region is smaller than the outside diameter of the shank, and the wall thickness of the thickened region is larger than the wall thickness of the shank.

Abstract: A portable trailer 10 for fabricating structural metal members suitable for a building at a job site comprises a trailer frame 12 having a plurality of side panels, a roof, and a floor defining a trailer interior. One or more dollies 30 is removably attachable to and attachable from the trailer frame, and support the trailer frame during transport. When at the job site, one or more dollies are removed from under the trailer frame, which is lowered to an operating position. One or more metal member fabricating machines 40 are positioned within the trailer interior. The machines are preferably movable from a transport position to an operating position.

Abstract: A one-way clutch (20) includes a notch plate (22), and a stamped pocket plate (24) having an annular flange (38) and a splined axial sleeve (40). Semi-pierced strut pockets (44) are stamped in the annular flange (38) of the pocket plate (24) and each includes a stamped spring pocket (46) for receiving an associated spring (28) that biases a strut (26) received within the strut pocket. Holes (48i) are initially stamped in the annular flange 38 and the spring pockets (46) are then stamped thereabout prior to the semi-piercing of the strut pockets (44). Semi-pierced pads (50) in the annular flange (38) alternate circumferentially with the strut pockets (44).

Abstract: A head stack assembly of a disk drive unit including a head arm assembly (HAA) having a head gimbal assembly, a drive arm to be connected with the head gimbal assembly; wherein the drive arm comprises a securing portion, a connection portion and a spacer connecting the securing portion with the connection portion. In the present invention, at least one undercut is formed on the spacer of the drive arm to strengthen the drive arm. The invention also discloses a method of manufacturing such a head stack assembly.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for fabricating a large sheet metal product having a three-dimensional shape such as a cover of a machine tool, without performing a welding process, and a product fabricated by the same. A cover unit 1 of a machine tool is fabricated by fixing to a circumference edge portion of a cover sheet 10 edge members 110, 120, 130, 210, 220, 230, 310 and 410 via fastening members such as bolts and nuts. The cover sheet 10 and each of the edge members are formed by nesting an expansion plan based on a three-dimensional solid model data of the cover unit 1 on a sheet metal material on a laser beam machine, and subjecting the same to laser processing. At this time, various information such as bend lines and bend angles required in the post process are marked off on each component via laser processing. The components having been subjected to high-precision laser processing are subjected to necessary bending process.

Abstract: A single sheet of a metal member is pressed to form an integrally molded structure of a front, a side, and a top of a door body without any joint. In addition, the front of the door body and a concave for displaying sample products or the like are integrally produced by molding. By virtue of this constitution, a door device for a vending machine can be realized which can be easily produced and possesses excellent appearance and strength.