Metal deforming inventions 11/07

20070271977 - Method and device for measuring, determining and controlling flatness of a metal strip: A method for optimizing measurement and control of the flatness of a strip of rolled material. A mapping is accomplished by associating to relevant flatness fault types a reference strip model and an actuator space conversion matrix. A device for optimizing measurement and control of the flatness of a strip... Agent: Venable LLP

20070271978 - Method for producing a hardened profile part: The invention relates to a method for producing a hardened profiled structural part from a hardenable steel alloy with cathodic corrosion protection, wherein: a) a coating is applied to a sheet made of a hardenable steel alloy, wherein b) the coating substantially consists of zinc, and c) in addition the... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070271979 - Punch for producing holes in the wall of hollow parts subjected to the action of internal high pressure: A punch designed for producing holes in the walls of hollow parts, the part being subjected to the action of high pressure in the interior by a medium during the punching. In particular when producing hollow parts by the internal high pressure forming process, it is normal practice, following the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070271981 - Apparatus for expanding a tubular member: An apparatus for expanding a tubular member.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070271980 - Method for the production of a peripherally closed hollow profile section: A method is provided for producing peripherally closed hollow profile section using fluidic internal high pressure. A hollow profile section blank is inserted into a cavity of an internal high pressure forming tool and thereafter being pressed mechanically into an intermediate form approximate to the final form of the hollow... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070271983 - Machine for working sheet metal parts, in particular a flanging machine, and a system for driving the machine: The machine (20) comprises: a supporting structure (24, 26); a movable unit (28) mounted on the supporting structure (24, 26) so that it can translate along a first working direction (Z) and along a second direction (X) towards and away from a stationary workpiece-carrying structure (88); a tool-carrying unit (10,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070271984 - Rolling mill drive with a coupling and d ecoupling device: A rolling mill drive with at least one drive spindle arranged between a drive unit and a driven roll and terminating in a spindle head connected detachably to the neck of the roll. A coupling and decoupling device is arranged between the neck of the roll and the spindle head... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070271985 - Method for forming a cam-engaged rocker arm: Valve guides are formed on a U-shaped sheet metal rocker arm by the horizontal displacement inwardly of surface metal from the outboard portion of the rocker arm. A rocker arm body made by forming a steel flat blank into a U-shape cross-section comprising sidewalls that connect a pad end and... Agent: Arthur J. Plantamura General Chemical Performance Products LLC.

20070271986 - Method and device for making at least partly profiled tubes: A method and device are disclosed for producing tubes that are at least partially profiled on their interior and preferably on their exterior from a hollow cylindrical bland (3), using a mechanical cold forming method, wherein the end of the blank (3) that is not to be machined (3′) is... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070271987 - Bending apparatus, method thereof, and bending tool: In a bending apparatus which moves one of upper and lower tables (9, 10), and performs bending on a workpiece (W) by tools (P, D) attached to the upper and lower tables (9, 10), a tool group including a plurality of split tools is transferred to the upper and lower... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070271988 - Method and device for fastening a rivet nut on a workpiece: The invention relates to a method and a device for fastening a rivet nut (2) on a workpiece (3), in which a hole (5) is punched into this workpiece and the rivet nut (2) is introduced into this hole by its section (14) to be riveted, after which the rivet... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070271989 - Swage presses: A swage or crimp press has a housing with a peripheral side wall and a front wall integrally formed with the side wall, the front wall defining an access opening providing access to a press zone arranged within the peripheral side wall, the housing having an open rear face and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070271991 - Crimpong tool and device provided therewith: The inventive crimping tool (1) comprises a pushing head (2) which contact the fold (3) of a sheet (4) and has a front convex contour (5) in a plane view and a guiding seat (6) applicable to the sheet (4), wherein the pushing head (2) and the guiding seat (6)... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070271992 - Electrically operated pressing tool: For handling reasons, this invention makes it possible to construct electrically operated pressing tools as compact as possible. The pressing tool includes a hydraulic pump that acts upon a piston-cylinder unit by which locking pliers can be actuated by a roll holder with rolls. During actuation, hydraulic oil is conveyed... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070271993 - Method of shaping container bodies and corresponding apparatus: Method wherein a) a container (1, 6) is placed in a two halves mould (2) having an internal shaped wall (21), b) an internal pressure P of a fluid is build up so as to shape the skirt (12), is characterized in that an external pressure P′ of a fluid... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070271994 - 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.

20070266752 - System for metering the bending angle in a machine for bending metallic sheets and/or sections, as well as method and machine for bending metallic sheets and/or sections using such system: A system is described for metering the bending angle of a metal sheet or section (35) in a bending machine (10) which comprises a fixed bed to support the sheet or section (35) to be machined, a support frame (12) for a press (15) comprising at least one mobile punch... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070266755 - Container end forming system: Thread lug forming systems form thread lugs (36) on container necks or necked end domes. A continuously rotating cam system (100) has multiple sets of thread lug forming tools (135) which are driven to recirculate about stationary cams (130). The cams actuate inner and outer forming tools (150, 152) of... Agent: Timothy E Nauman Fay Sharpe Fagan Minnich Mckee LLP

20070266756 - Expandable tubular: An expandable tubular member.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070266757 - Bursting disk and method for manufacturing the same: A method for manufacturing a bursting disk from a sheet or foil is disclosed. The bursting disk has an edge for clamping the bursting disk in a clamping device and a middle region enclosed by the edge, with the following manufacturing steps: the sheet or foil is clamped with a... Agent: Pauly, Devries Smith & Deffner, L.L.C.

20070266758 - Manufacturing process to produce a necked container: The present invention provides a necking system including a plurality of necking dies each necking dies having an at least partially non-polished necking surface and a non-polished relief following the necking surface. The present invention further provides a method of necking an metal container including providing an metal blank; shaping... Agent: Intellectual Property

20070266759 - Die for mechanical joining: A die for a tool set includes a punch and a die for mechanically joining metal sheets lying flat one on top of another by shaping. An anvil and die segments together form a cavity into which the joining is carried out. The die segments are supported in a slidable... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070261454 - Method for producing a double-chamber hollow profile: A method for producing a double-chamber hollow profile having chamber walls integrally joined to one another, in which a tubular hollow profile blank having a single hollow space is bent to form two branches which run at least virtually parallel to one another, and inserted into a internal high pressure... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070261455 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a circular metal tank: A method for manufacturing a circular metal tank, from an elongated sheet of metal. The upper and lower longitudinal edges of the metal sheet are bent to produce a first “L” bend and a second “chair” bend, respectively. The sheet of metal is moved in a helical trajectory such that... Agent: Vermette & Co.

20070261456 - Rolling mill for rolling a metallic strip: In a rolling mill for rolling metal strip (1), especially steel strip, which has at least one rolling stand (2), an upstream coiler (3), and a downstream coiler (4), wherein an “S” roll unit (5, 6), which has two rolls (7, 8; 9, 10) that guide the strip (1) in... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070261457 - Method for the insertion of machine units into a production line: The invention relates to a method for assembling and/or starting machine units in installations, such as machine beds (1) and/or roll stands (2), e.g. in an existing production line of a hot-rolling mill. In order to minimize especially the downtimes during assembly, the machine bed (1) is prefabricated and the... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070261458 - Method of forming a structural component having a nano sized/sub-micron homogeneous grain structure: A method of making nano/sub-micron sized grains in a work piece material having a lateral side has the steps of providing a die. The die has an entrance channel with a longitudinal axis and an exit channel. The entrance channel and the exit channel are connected to one another to... Agent: Paul J. Diconza General Electric Global Research

20070261460 - Channel letter machine and method thereof: A channel letter bending machine for bending a return of a channel letter from a stock includes a feeding unit disposed along a path of travel of the stock to be bent for feeding the stock, a flanging unit for forming a flange along one edge of the stock, a... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070261462 - Method and apparatus for creep forming of and relieving stress in an elongated metal bar: A hot creep stretch wrap forming method includes heating a metal bar to a forming temperature within a temperature range suitable for creep deformation thereof, applying a stretching force to the metal bar at a strain rate no greater than 0.05 inch/inch/second, and wrapping the metal bar around a die,... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20070261461 - Method and apparatus for hot forming elongated metallic bars: A hot stretch wrap forming apparatus includes a die having a work surface formed of a thermally and/or electrically insulative material, and a set of spaced jaws for stretching and wrapping the metal form around the work surface. A preferred insulative material is a flexible blanket of woven ceramic fibers.... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20070261464 - Method and bending press for bending boundary edge of a sheet for shaping into an open seam tube: The invention relates to a method and a bending press for bending the boundary edge of a planar sheet for shaping into an open seam tube, with an upper tool shaped to correspond to the bend radius to be achieved and an opposed lower tool which may be displaced vertically,... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070261465 - Pipe expanding device: Disclosed is a pipe expanding device for expanding a thin pipe with a small diameter using elasticity and compressing and bending characteristics of a spring. Steel wires whose opposite contact sections are processed with a slope to be engaged in parallel so that contact length of both ends thereof are... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070261466 - Multi-tool technology: A multi-tool having a plurality of tool-receipt openings adapted to receive respective tools. The multi-tool can be used on turret presses, single-station presses, other industrial presses, or other fabrication equipment.... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070261467 - Angled crimp groove: An electrical connector crimp tool including a first crimp jaw section; and a second crimp jaw section pivotably connected to the first crimp jaw section. The second crimp jaw section includes a center crimp force axis directed towards an electrical connector during crimping. The second crimp jaw section includes a... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070256464 - Method for increasing the process stability, particularly the absolute thickness prescision and the installation safety during the hot rolling of steel or nonferrous materials: The invention relates to a method for increasing the process stability, particularly the absolute thickness precision and the installation safety during the hot rolling of steel or nonferrous materials, with small degrees of deformation (f) or no reductions while taking the high-temperature limit of elasticity (Re) into account when calculating... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070256465 - Method for the production of a flange on a metal blank, and transmission part: A method for the production of a flange on a circular metal blank by at least one pressure roller, the method steps comprising: providing a circular metal blank; providing at least one pressure roller; forming a conically-shaped structure on the circular metal blank; and, forming a flange on the circular... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070256467 - Method for producing a coupling on a pipe and device for producing said coupling: In a method for producing a coupling on a pipe, preferably consisting of copper or steel or Cu-, Ni-, Fe-alloys, by way of a preferably graduated or one-stage expansion of the pipe end to create a much larger difference in diameter, an expansion tool is introduced axially into the end... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070256468 - Assembled workstation: A workstation has a base, a conveying device, a driving assembly and a working device. The base is composed of multiple supporting frames. The conveying device is mounted on the base and has a rail, a moving base, a motor, a pushing rod and two rotating rods. The rotating rods... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070251283 - Flow formed gear: A method of forming a ring gear from a ring blank includes providing a mandrel having a central axis and an outer annular forming surface. The outer annular forming surface defines a plurality of forming elements having a forming element axis offset from the central axis of the mandrel. The... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070251284 - Roll stand: One of a pair of rolls of a roll stand is formed with an axially throughgoing central hole through which passes a drive shaft having a pair of ends. A coupling at one end of the drive shaft rotates same and the one roll. This one roll can be shifted,... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070251285 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing spiral duct: Provided are an apparatus and method for manufacturing a spiral duct The apparatus includes: a first edge forming roll for forming dual bent parts at both straight edges of a metal band; a cutting roll for cutting the metal band extracted from the first edge forming roll in a waved... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070251287 - Hot rolled strip cooling device with coolant header: The present invention discloses a coolant header for hot rolled strip cooling devices, which cools a hot rolled strip fed from a finish rolling mill. The header includes a body provided with a plurality of discharging holes formed through the lower surface of the body such that the discharging holes... Agent: John M. Janeway Graybeal Jackson Haley LLP

20070251288 - Method of manufacturing elongate members and workpiece therefor: A method of forming an elongate composite product wherein a composite body formed of an internal billet and an external sleeve is assembled, the interior periphery of the sleeve being complimentary to the exterior periphery of the billet, the composite body then being formed as by extruding into an elongate... Agent: Browning Bushman P.C.

20070251289 - System and method for producing component for medical device: A method includes applying a constant force to at least a portion of a component configured for use in a medical device and while the constant force is applied, subjecting the component to a temperature above ambient temperature for an amount of time sufficient to-improve the flatness of the component.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070251290 - Method and device for the production of the thin-walled part: Disclosed is a method for producing a thin-walled part (33), especially a pipe section. According to said method, the wall (11) of the part (33) is drawn out from a strip (1) of material, an inner contour (17) is cut out, the wall is stretched to size, and an outer... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20070251291 - Indentation vise-wrenches: The invention relates to indentation vise-wrenches; in use, interlocking pushed-out areas (“exdentations”)/pushed-in areas (“indentations”) of a fitting's inner surface/a pipe's outer surface are created by indenting units at indentation vise-wrenches' jaws. Neither pipes nor fittings of interlocked pipe-fitting combinations will move with respect to each other; even after total separation... Agent: Patrick Igoe