Metal deforming inventions 05/07

20070119223 - Apparatus for holding at least two rolls of a rolling machine, and rolling machine: f) at least in the decoupled state, the spacing (a1) between the holding-device-side coupling parts (13a; 14a) of the first coupling devices (13, 14) being smaller than the spacing (a2) between the holding-device-side coupling parts (23a; 24a) of the second coupling devices (23, 24), and/or the maximum longitudinal extent (b1)... Agent: The Law Office Of James E. Ruland, PLC

20070119224 - Method and device for manufacturing synthetic resin coated metal can body: A method and a device for manufacturing a synthetic resin coated metal can body capable of drawing and ironing the synthetic resin coated metal can body with a large processing quantity without causing can body breakage. First and second ironings are conducted to the side wall of a redrawn can... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070113609 - High-performance and high-efficiency rolled fin tube and forming disk therefor: Disclosed herein is a forming disk for fabricating a fin tube. The forming disk comprises a substantially circular plate having a shaft connection hole formed adjacent a center thereof for receiving a shaft of a form rolling machine. A plurality of projections having a first length are formed along a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070113610 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing metal strips: The invention concerns a method for producing metal strip (1) in an installation (2), in which a metal strand, especially a thin slab, is brought to a desired temperature and/or is maintained at a desired temperature in a furnace (3, 3a, 3b) and is subjected to a rolling process in... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070113611 - Cold roll forming method for reducing a diameter of a metal pipe, and a metal pipe product having its diameter reduced by such method: A cold roll forming method for reducing a diameter of a metal pipe and a metal pipe product having a diameter reduced by such a method are disclosed, wherein the method includes: passing a raw metal pipe through a set of pre-forming rolls so that it can be pre-formed into... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070113612 - Manufacturing method for a press work product: To provide the manufacturing method for the press work product reducing the chance of causing distortion of the countersink as press-forming the countersink. This is the manufacturing method for a press work product which has a tapped bore for a stem of a flat countersink head screw to penetrate therethrough... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070113613 - Die cushion apparatus of press machine: A die cushion apparatus of a press machine which makes possible to manufacture a plurality of types of products of different sizes by one press machine and capable of minimizing a production facility, and which comprises a plurality of die cushion units, each having a cushion pad and a rise... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070113614 - Techniques for designing and manufacturing precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and sheet therefor: A process for designing and manufacturing precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and a sheet therefore. The techniques include methods for precision bending of a sheet of material (41, 241, 341, 441, 541) along a bend line (45, 245, 345, 445, 543) and a sheet of material formed with bending strap-defining... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070107480 - Device for forming a peripherally closed hollow profiled element by means of fluidic internal high pressure: The invention relates to a device for forming a peripherally closed hollow profiled element (1) by means of fluidic internal high pressure. The device contains an axial plug (4) for sealing off the hollow profiled element (1) on the end face, said axial plug possessing an axial passage duct (5)... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070107481 - Method for producing a gearwheel: A method is described for producing a gearwheel from a powder-metal blank which is pressed and sintered with an allowance in the toothing region, with the powder metal blank supported on a mandrel being densified in the region of the allowance by pressing on counter-toothing of a circular pusher tool... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070107482 - Rolling device: The invention relates to a rolling device (1) comprising two working rollers (2) which are respectively mounted in a roll stand (4) by means of working roller inserts (3). The working roller inserts (3) in the roll stand (4) can be locked and unlocked by means of at least one... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070107483 - Machine and method for preventing torsion of wire, material of prismatic cross-section, and rod material: A machine and method according to which advancing material (1) such as wire, prismatic material, or rod is gripped during the duration of its advancement from an advancement unit (2) towards a bending unit (3). The gripping is effected by a jaw (4) that grips material (1) with sufficient force... Agent: George Kapsalas

20070107484 - Forging method, forged article and forging apparatus: An axial intermediate portion of raw material is held with a holding die in a state in which the intermediate portion is prevented from being enlarged in diameter. The axial end portions of the raw material is inserted in forming dented portions formed at axial end portions of the holding... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107485 - Device for sheet material corrugation: The invention can be defined in its most general form as a device for sheet material corrugation by means of bending and can be used in production of light core for sandwich panels, and elements of heat-exchange apparatus. The device includes the pivotedly connected in-between shaping and auxiliary systems of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070107486 - Method of manufacturing, apparatus and resulting irregular shaped cross section tubes: A method and apparatus for making a tube having an inverted cross section and the resulting tube made thereby.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070101785 - Method of forming a rivet using a riveting apparatus: A riveting yoke assembly (11) comprises a yoke (30), a force applying mechanism (22) and a rivet forming device (34, 36). The yoke has a first end (38), a second end (40), and a middle section (42) coupled between the first and second ends (38, 40). An opening (44) is... Agent: Mr. Robin W. Asher Clark Hill, P.L.C

20070101786 - Method for tube forming: A method is provided for forming a tube between a pair of dies. The tube is captured between a pair of dies having die surfaces constructed of an electrically non-conducting material defining a die cavity therein. The ends of the tube are sealed and electrical current is applied to the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070101787 - Thread forming method, thread forming device, and thread forming tool: A thread forming device 10a is provided with a thread forming tool 32 for forming a thread portion 14 at a frame 12, a first motor 38 for controlling to rotate the thread forming tool 32, and a second motor 40 for controlling to extract and retract the thread forming... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070101788 - Method and forming machine for deforming a workpiece: The invention relates to a method and a forming machine for deforming a workpiece, such as a metal cylinder or plate (3), by means of a tool, in particular one or more forming rollers (5), wherein the work piece and/or the tool are rotated about an axis (4) relative to... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070101789 - Seamless steel tubes and method for producing the same: A seamless steel tube comprising, in mass %, C: 0.30 to 0.50%, Si: 0.5% or less, Mn: 0.3 to 2.0%, P: 0.025% or less, S: 0.005% or less, Cr: 0.15 to 1.0%, Al: 0.001 to 0.05%, Ti: 0.005 to 0.05%, N: 0.02% or less, B: 0.0005 to 0.01% and O... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070101790 - Clamp assembly for bend arm of tube bending machine: A clamping assembly for use with a bend arm of a tube bending machine. The assembly comprises a force multiplier linkage that applies a controlled and variable force to a workpiece. In one embodiment, the force multiplier linkage comprises a bearing member pivoted by an actuator acting on one end... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070101791 - Multi-part roll stand for edgers in rolling mills: Disclosed is a roll stand for edgers in rolling mills. Said roll stand is embodied in several pieces, comprising two crossheads (1a, 1b) and four longitudinal bars (4a, 4b) as main components (1) as well as one respective common cruciform (7) junction point (3) for the crosshead (1a, 1b) and... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070101792 - Optimised shift strategy as a function of strip width: The invention relates to a method for the optimisation of shift strategies, as a function of the strip width, for best possible usage of the advantages of CVC/CVCPlus technology in operation of strip-edge oriented shifts in 4-/6-roller stands, comprising a pair of working rollers and a pair of support rollers... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070101793 - Metal bending with an anti-galling bend fixture: A bend fixture for bending metal sheet includes a stationary platen, a hinged platen, and a hinge associated with the hinged platen. Each platen includes an exterior surface portion for supporting a metal sheet; an interior surface portion spaced from the exterior surface portion; and a slanted surface portion between... Agent: Glenn E. Klepac

20070101794 - Method and device for mounting a rotating member: A rotating anode is mounted on a shaft of an X-ray tube by means of a ring. The ring allows expansion and reduces the hyperstatic state of the assembly. The ring has the shape of a diabolo, preferably that of a hyperboloid structure generated by revolution. The ring dampens vibration... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070101795 - Method of manufacturing outer ring member for constant velocity joint: A method of manufacturing an outer ring member for a constant velocity joint, comprising the steps of forming a secondary molding by applying a preliminary upsetting to a work after applying a forward extrusion-molding to the work, forming intermediate pre-molded bodies having annular sloped surfaces formed thereon to have a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070101796 - Optical module: An exemplary optical module (100) includes a lens barrel (20), a lens group (40), a spacer (60), and a filter (80). The lens barrel has an inner wall (201), and at least two securing grooves (206) formed on the inner wall. The lens group and the spacer are disposed in... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070101797 - Endodontic instruments: A method of manufacturing endodontic instruments is disclosed. Each of the instruments includes a substantially non-cutting pilot portion, a relatively short working portion, and a flexible shank portion which is of a substantially smaller average circumferential span than the working portion. The working portion of the instrument has a maximum... Agent: Discus Dental Impressions, Inc.

20070101798 - Punch press with forming dies and operation method for the same: The present invention provides a punch press with forming dies which reduces the limitation on the number and positions of forming dies attached to the die supporting member, the punch press enabling a device that elevates and lowers forming dies to operate appropriately without being affected by slag. The punch... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070101799 - Crimp height adjustment mechanism: A terminator assembly for a terminal crimping machine includes a drive member and a first ram member coupled to the drive member. The drive member moves the first ram member in a first direction toward a crimping zone of the terminal crimping machine, and a second direction away from the... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Technology Resources

20070095120 - Multiple level entry guide for a roll forming machine: An entry guide for a roll forming machine having fixed stop members for the different widths of sheet metal material which can be accommodated by the roll forming machine. The fixed stop members are offset in the vertical direction. Accordingly, when the roll forming machine is adapted to accommodate a... Agent: David L. Davis, Esq.

20070095121 - Combined operating modes and frame types in tandem cold rolling mills: The invention relates to a method for combining the operating modes of individual rolling frames in a tandem cold rolling mill comprising respective pairs of working rolls (10) and back-up rolls (12) in 4-roll frames and in addition a pair of intermediate rolls (11) in 6-roll frames, at least the... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner