Metal deforming inventions 12/06

20060288750 - Cold rolling process for metal tubes: In the cold rolling process by pilger rolling that holds a mandrel between each of paired roll-dies, by optimizing the side relief rate SR and the pass schedule factors such as the Area Rd, ID Rd and the feed rate F of the workpiece material, and further by properly selecting... Agent: Clark & Brody

20060288751 - Cold rolling process for metal tubes: In the cold rolling process by pilger rolling that holds a mandrel between each of paired roll-dies, by optimizing the side relief rate SR and the mandrel factors like the taper θ1 in the primary deformation zone of the mandrel and the taper θ2 in the final size reduction zone... Agent: Clark & Brody

20060288752 - Flanging with a leading and following flanging die: A flanging device for beading a flanging web of a component part around a flanging edge. The flanging device includes a tool head; a first flanging die and a second flanging die which the tool head simultaneously bears, situated in a processing position, and one of which is arranged following... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20060288753 - Folding brake: A folding brake includes a frame having a pair of vertically disposed and spaced side members and a lower clamp member rigidly attached to each side member and disposed in a horizontal plane. An upper clamp member is pivotally positioned in relationship to the lower clamp member for selectively clamping... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20060288754 - Method and apparatus for hole punching: A hole punching method capable of executing hole punching with high material yield at a low load and preventing occurrence of underfill is provided. The hole punching method includes a step of expanding a hole punching scheduled portion 2 of a raw material 1 disposed in a cavity 12 of... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060288755 - Control device for servo die cushion: A control device of a die cushion mechanism, by which a force between a slide and a die cushion may follow a commanded value even in the rapid acceleration or deceleration of the slide and, moreover, a problem such as vibration of the mechanism may be prevented in the gradual... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20060283224 - Method of shaping a metallic hollow member in a shaping tool at increased temperature and under internal pressure: The subject matter of the present invention is a method of shaping a metallic hollow member in a shaping tool (1, 20, 50) at increased temperature and under internal pressure, said hollow member (5) protruding at one end at least from said shaping tool (1), the configuration of the tool... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20060283225 - Tube shell for manufacturing a seamless steel pipe and a method for its manufacture: e

20060283226 - Spring manufacturing apparatus: A spring manufacturing apparatus with a reduced number of driving sources, yet capable of adjusting the relative positions among the bending dices with higher precision when manufacturing a spring is to be provided. A second bending dice mounting slider and a third bending dice mounting slider are symmetrically located about... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060283227 - Rolling mill roller guide: A guide for directing a hot rolled product along a path in a rolling mill comprising at least one annular roller arranged to contact the product. The roller is rotatably supported on a shaft by bearings defining an axial gap therebetween. Fluid is delivered under pressure into the gap and... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20060283228 - Method for producing a cup-shaped object: A method for the production of a cup-shaped article, in particular a blank of a screw cap for glass bottles or the like, from an enameled metal sheet, using two tools in a stepwise manner: 1) the blank is stamped from the metal sheet in a first tool by the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060283229 - Press: The invention provides a pressing apparatus using a motor, in which driving means for fast feed, which lowers a upper die to a position immediately before pressing, and a motor for pressing, which performs a pressing operation, are used to cause the driving means for fast feed and the motor... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20060283230 - Tube bender and method of using same: A tube bender comprising a mandrel, a forming member connected to the mandrel for coaction with the mandrel to effectuate bending of a tube wherein the forming member has at least two bending positions defined thereon, a handle pivotally connected to said forming member, and a release member movable relative... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn:IPDepartment Docket Clerk

20060277957 - Method for manufacturing can body printed to shoulder portion: A can body manufacturing method, in which a bottomed cylindrical long cup is shaped from a metal material, in which a printed decoration is then applied to the outer face of a cylindrical trunk portion of the long cup, and in which one of the end sides of the long... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060277958 - Hydroformed part, hydroforming method, and mold used for the hydroforming method: According to the hydroforming method by the invention, when slots with the aspect ratio of 3 or more are pierced onto the bulge-formed portion made by the hydroforming, even the piercing can be carried out within a series of processing steps in the hydroforming, thereby eliminating the piercing operation by... Agent: Clark & Brody

20060277959 - Cnc leveler: Embodiments of a leveler that may be controlled by a computer are provided. The leveler may include a top frame that has at least a first set of rolls mounted thereon. The top frame includes a plurality of operatively associated ball screw assemblies that enable movement of the top frame... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP

20060277960 - Roll-former apparatus with rapid-adjust sweep box: A computer controlled roll-forming apparatus is adapted to provide a repeating pattern of different longitudinal shapes to a continuous beam “on the fly” during the roll-forming process. A sweep station on the apparatus includes a primary bending roller tangentially engaging the continuous beam along the line level and an armature... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20060277961 - Shearing method for thin plate: A shearing method for a thin plate including forming a protruded product part having a first sagging part when the thin plate with a thickness of up to approximately 5mm is performed with a half die cutting by pressing the half die cutting punch slightly larger than the half die... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20060277962 - Hollow metallic ring seal for press: A press and tooling apparatus for forming a preheated blank includes a heated upper tool and an opposing heated lower tool mounted within the press for relative closing movement to press the preheated blank there between. A binder ring assembly surrounds the lower tool and is mounted on the press... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060277963 - Water cooled panel: A water cooled panel is comprised by a continuous coil having a plurality of straight pipe sections and “U” shaped 180° elbow sections that are integral part of the pipe.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060277964 - Method for fabricating an exterior part of a camera: A method of fabricating an exterior part of a camera is disclosed. The exterior part has an arcuate recess for finger gripping during photography and an arcuately bent portion. The method of fabricating the exterior part includes laminating a plastic protective layer to a surface of a substantially flat stainless... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060277965 - Three-dimensional structure formed with precision fold technology and method of forming same: A three-dimensional structure formed with precision fold technology includes a first sheet section having a first edge formed with a first joinder structure proximate the first edge, a second sheet section having a second edge formed with a second joinder structure proximate the second edge for interlocking engagement with said... Agent: David J. Brezner Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20060277966 - Method for fixing the position of a pull-tab with a steep anti rotation device formed from the panel of a sheet metal cover: The invention relates to a method for forming a sheet metal lid. At least one projection (20,21a,21b) is formed twice. Firstly for shaping a pre-form (20*) of the projection out of a panel (10) of said sheet metal lid, said pre-form being located near an attaching portion (31) of a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060277967 - Identification attachments for compression tools: An identification attachment is provided for a compression tool of the character having a pair of jawarms pivotally mounted between a pair of side plates by pivot pins having outer ends including pin retainers for maintaining the jawarms and side plates in assembled relationship. The jawarms have opposite sides, inner... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060277968 - Tubing bender and method: An improved tubing bender of the type having a mounting base, a mandrel mounted upon the mounting base and having a tube recess, and a tube retainer mounted upon the mounting base. It is improved by the tube retainer being mounted upon the mounting base by a snap-lock journal.... Agent: The Gates Corporation

20060277969 - Handheld crimping tool and method of using same: Apparatuses and methods for an improved handheld crimping tool for crimping a wire. The handheld crimping tool includes a head portion having a crimping device positioned adjacent a first end thereof. The crimping device may have an adjustable die cavity to facilitate crimping wires of various diameters. The crimping tool... Agent: Marcus Simon, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20060277970 - Press brake tool incorporating seating and/or locating mechanism: Press brake tools suitable for punching and/or otherwise deforming workpieces, such as sheet metal. Provided in some embodiments are a press brake tool and a press brake tool holder, in combination. Methods of using press brake tools are also provided. In certain embodiments, the tool has a mechanism for locating... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20060272373 - Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of pipe, thickness deviation information derivation apparatus, and computer program: A complex Fourier transform is performed on measured values of wall thickness at points in a cross section of a pipe in an axial direction, types of thickness deviation are classified, thickness deviation amount is calculated from the absolute value of the complex Fourier component, the position of a thick... Agent: Clark & Brody

20060272374 - Clip machine and method for adjusting a clip machine: The invention relates to a clip machine comprising two closing tools that are movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position in order to close clips, and further comprising adjusting means designed to set the neutral position of a closing tool and hence the gap... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20060272375 - Method for producing an inner contour with an internal arbor acting on the inside wall of a workpiece: In the production of an internal contour with an internal arbor acting on the inner wall of a cup-shaped or annular rotationally symmetrical workpiece, expansion and length change of the workpiece are avoided during cold forming. Thus, gear components with internal teeth are produced that have greater symmetry and higher... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20060272376 - Methods and apparatus for controlling flare in roll-forming processes: Methods and apparatus for controlling flare in roll-forming processes are disclosed. An example system includes a component position detector configured to detect a component. The example system also includes a comparator configured to compare a flare tolerance value and a flare measurement value of the component and a storage interface... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20060272377 - Finned multi-aperture sheet metal, method of manufacturing the sheet metal, part for exhaust emission control device using the sheet metal, and method of manufacturing the part for exhaust emission control device: A holed sheet metal with multiple holes most suitable for forming a spaced body with a net-like cross section as a part for exhaust emission control device, a method of manufacturing the sheet metal, a part for exhaust emission control device using the sheet metal, and a method of manufacturing... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20060272378 - Method and apparatus for forming sheet metal: In order to provide a method and apparatus for forming a sheet metal, in which a three-dimensional product such as a prototype for commercialized press-forming can be formed in short time without limitations as to the shape and with high accuracy, preventing body wrinkles or reduction of the sheet thickness,... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20060272379 - Crimping tool: A crimping tool for crimping sections of different sizes, includes a first jaw with a die and a second jaw with a crimping piece including a pointed elongated element having a longitudinal extent that defines a work direction. The first jaw includes a jaw body with a free end that... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20060272380 - Process for producing hollow metal articles: c

20060272381 - Hand-held, portable, battery-powered hydraulic tool: A hand-held, battery-powered, hydraulically-actuated tool including a frame forming a tool longitudinal axis; a battery offset from the tool longitudinal axis; and located along the tool longitudinal axis a motor connected to the battery; a hydraulic fluid pump connected to the motor, such as by a transmission; a ram movably... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP