Metal deforming inventions 04/07

20070089470 - Roll stand with axially displaceable rolls: A roll stand for rolled strips of different materials includes rolls which are axially displaceable under load, wherein each displaceable roll has at least one hydrodynamic oil film bearing. a hydraulic unit for effecting the axial displacements is integrated into the hydrodynamic oil film bearing such that the hydraulic unit... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070089471 - Upsetting method and upsetting apparatus: An upsetting method high in productivity of an upsetting manufactured product is provided. An extruder 11 and a closed-die 20 divided into two pieces are prepared. The divided members 21 and 21 of the closed-die are combined with each other so that the tip end portion of an extrusion nozzle... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070089472 - Automatic bending machine for manufacturing of steel rule cutting dies: an upper belt wheel 2 being connected to a tubular connecting element 212 inside a needle bearing 211 provided in a lower machine cabinet 101 extending from a machine cabinet 1, the tubular connecting element 212 being turned with a hollow belt wheel 210 being turned, and the upper belt... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070089473 - Heater cartridge and molding apparatus having the same: A heater cartridge and a molding apparatus using the heater cartridge are provided. The molding apparatus includes a mold comprising at least one cartridge channel and a heater cartridge inserted to the cartridge channel, the heater cartridge comprising a main body casing, a plurality of heating sectors dividing an inside... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070089474 - Radioactive substance container, manufacturing apparatus thereof and manufacturing method thereof: In the metal billet to be used for hot dilation forming, a forward side with respect to the pressing direction has a quadrate section and its diagonal length is not more than an inner diameter of a container. Moreover, a backward side with respect to the pressing direction has a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070089475 - Automatic idle adjusting apparatus with side shift function: An automatic idle adjusting apparatus with a side shift function automatically adjusts the position of guides according to the kind of the workpiece provided and adjusts the distance between two workpieces processed using one metal mold. The apparatus includes two idle bases, a plurality of guides, and a plurality of... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070089476 - Hybrid metal forming system: A hybrid metal forming system includes a die cavity defined by a first die and a second die and a press adapted to apply a static pressure over the first die to deform a workpiece against the second die. The hybrid forming system also includes a dynamic loading system coupled... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070089477 - Press brake tooling technology: The invention provides press brake and press brake tooling technology. Certain embodiments of the invention provide a press brake tool that has an elongated, retractable safety key. In certain embodiments, the invention provides click-in/slide-out press brake tools. In some of these embodiments, the tool has a safety key defining a... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070084261 - Apparatus for electromagnetically forming a workpiece: An apparatus for electromagnetically forming a workpiece. The apparatus includes a solenoid coil for generating an electromagnetic force and a tool for concentrating electromagnetic force against the workpiece. The tool includes an electrically conductive body having an aperture and an insulator disposed in the aperture.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070084262 - Deep-rolling roller head of a deep-rolling tool: The invention relates to a deep-rolling roller head (1) of a deep-rolling tool for deep-rolling, by means of deep-rolling-rollers (2), radii or recesses (3) on the main (4) and lifting bearing journal of a crankshaft, while the crankshaft rotates in a rotational direction (5). The deep-rolling roller head (1) has... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20070084263 - Cryofluid assisted forming method: Method of forming a workpiece comprising (a) providing a tool and a workpiece, wherein the workpiece has an initial shape; (b) placing the workpiece and the tool in contact, applying force to the tool and/or the workpiece, and moving the tool and/or the workpiece to effect a change in the... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070084264 - Die cushion controller: A die cushion controller, for driving a die cushion, disposed in opposition to a slide of a press machine, by controlling a servo motor, including: a pressure command portion which prepares a pressure command value for exerting a predetermined pressure to a press material disposed between the slide and the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070079641 - Method and apparatus for molding by forging: The invention is directed to provide a forming method and a forming apparatus that are, without extending a processing time compared with the conventional practice, capable of sufficiently lubricating a formed object and forming at safety without the lubricant igniting under pressure. In an extruding apparatus, a workpiece is successively... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070079642 - Rectangular wire coiling machine: A coiling machine configured to coil semi-rigid rectangular wires without using a core to wind the wire thereonto, yielding a free-standing coil is described herein. The coiling machine comprises a wire bending mechanism including a wire holding assembly for selectively immobilizing a wire and a wire bending assembly for bending... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20070079643 - Steering rack manufacture: A die apparatus and method for performing a flashless forging operation to manufacture the toothed portion of a steering rack. The die apparatus comprising first and second die members and at least one punch member, each having a forming surface shaped substantially as the obverse of a portion of said... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070074554 - Method and apparatus for self indexing portable automated tenon peening: A self indexing portable automated tenon peening device including: a peening machine in operable communication with a mounting arm; a circumferential slide assembly including a circumferential rail in operable communication with the mounting arm; an axial slide assembly including a axial slide rail in operable communication with the circumferential slide... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070074555 - Precision desorbing (detachable) metal sheet bend angle adjustment device: A detachable type metal plate bending angle accuracy adjusting device capable of securing the bending accuracy of a metal plate by simply, easily, accurately, and stably adjusting the height of a die when the metal plate is bent according to the states of defects and inconvenient portions. A support plate... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20070074556 - Continuous process of roll-forming stamped sheet: An apparatus includes a press with dies configured to deform a strip of material by drawing material primarily from a width direction, a slitter set to cut the deformed strip to a uniform desired width dimension, and a roll-former with rolls configured to shape linear portions of the deformed and... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070074557 - Annular component fabricating method, die for use in such fabricating method and annular component fabricated thereby: A method of fabricating an annular component part is disclosed wherein press forming is carried out to prepare an annular body having a cylindrical wall, having a root portion and a distal end, and an annular flange portion. The fabricating method comprises expanding an inner circumferential periphery of the cylindrical... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070074558 - Plate material cutting method, printed circuit board, and electronic device: According to one embodiment, a plate material cutting method prepares a plate material including a joining member that joins a main body portion to a throw-out portion, sets the plate material on a die including an opening section, and pushes a punch against the joining member. The punch includes a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070074559 - Tool for working on tubes: The present invention relates to the tool for working tubes, the tool comprising: a body having hinged thereto a trigger for moving back-and-fourth, and connected to a support member supporting a working head; a drive device for driving the support member mounted on the body and connected to the trigger;... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.