Metal deforming inventions 04/08

20080092615 - Method and apparatus for the production of a longtudinal seam welded hollow profile: To produce hollow profiles from sheet-metal blanks, the invention uses at least two process steps to form said blanks into a slit profile which is subsequently welded to produce the finished welded profile. For this purpose a mandrel is used which cooperates with a first tool part in the first... Agent: Proskauer Rose Patent Department

20080092619 - Apparatus for reforming rod-shaped and/or tubular, electrically conductive materials: An apparatus for reforming rod-shaped and/or tubular, electrically conductive and/or magnetizable materials, in particular for drawing or extruding: the apparatus has an inductor of an electric linear motor, by means of which a traveling electromagnetic field can be produced; the inductor includes coils which are arranged axially next to one... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20080092620 - Press forming system, press forming method, and computer program: A system, method and software arrangement are provided for generating press-formed parts having a more consistent quality based on improved determination of processing conditions. For example, an apparatus can be configured to compare actual performance values of material properties provided by a material property database with standard values, and to... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080087065 - Bending apparatus for long workpieces, especially tubes, and a device for measuring length of a bending: A bending apparatus for long workpieces, especially tubes, to form a curved section extending between two bend end points (A, B) on the tube wherein the curved section is located about a center bend point X, distanced from a reference position (P) by a predetermined distance (L) extending along a... Agent: Mcnair Law Firm

20080087066 - Method of supplying lubrication oil in cold rolling: The present invention provides a method for supplying lubricant to various kinds of steel sheets with different qualities in cold rolling without any restrictions, such as lubricant supplying apparatus or lubrication conditions. This method comprises storing two or more kinds of lubricant such as A and B, having different compositions,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080083254 - Manufacturing method and cleaning equipment for seamless tube: A seamless tube is manufactured by a step of washing at least a portion of a conveyor installed in a conveying step of a mandrel bar B which is situated from a lubricant applying device 7 to the entrance of a mandrel mill 8, a step of washing, on the... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080083255 - Single action press for manufacturing shells for can ends: A single action press for forming a shell used to make a can end includes a first tool and an opposed second tool. The first tool includes a die center insert that performs a forming operation on disc cut from a sheet of end material. The first tool is configured... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080083257 - Method for manufacturing high flow insufflation needle stylet: A method for forming a high flow insufflation needle stylet having distal, intermediate and proximal sections includes providing a flat sheet of metal and forming pilot holes in the sheet proximate opposed edges of the sheet. A profile of a flat pattern of the stylet is formed. The flat pattern... Agent: Applied Medical Resources Corporation