Metal working inventions 03/06

20060064860 - Method for manufacturing a constructed camshaft: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a constructed camshaft starting from a tube into which a plurality of noncircumferential depressions, which are oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis and are transverse with respect to the longitudinal axis, are pressed, and separately prefabricated cams are attached to the tube....

20060064861 - Turret for machine tool: A turret for use on a machine tool has a turret body, a swivel drum, an indexing actuator, a drive motor and a joint. While one of rotating tools on the turret is indexed to an indexed position, the joint directly connects the rotating tool to the drive shaft of...

20060064862 - Holding device: There is disclosed a holding device for holding two rotary members relative to one another. The device has two holding members and a connecting member to which the holding members may be clamped by respective clamps. One of the holding members may be selectively positioned along the connecting member and...

20060064863 - Device used to protect/repair debris chute: The device used to protect/repair a debris chute is a sheet of material adapted to fit over and between the conical funnel sections of construction debris chute. Two chain segments are attached to the sheet to allow a user to connect the sheet to the two chute support chains, which...

20060064864 - Device and method for removing tooth applications such as brackets: A device and method for removing tooth applications such as brackets, wherein a force may be applied to the application via a transmission element for debonding the application from the tooth. The transmission element has an impulse conductor for receiving and transmitting an impulse, and an output surface for transmitting...

20060064865 - Electrostatic motor and method of manufacturing the same: A method of manufacturing an electrostatic motor including a stationary member with electrodes disposed on an insulating substrate at regular intervals, a movable member with electrodes disposed on an insulating substrate at regular intervals, a first support member for fixedly supporting the stationary member, and a second support member for...

20060064866 - Method for reducing damage to sliders during lapping: A process is described for fabricating sliders with reduced lapping damage to the hard-bias materials. The stack of layers for the magnetic sensor is deposited on a wafer and patterned into an initial shape. The hard-bias structures are fabricated at the side of the magnetic sensor as in the prior...

20060064867 - Method for preassembly of membrane electrode assemblies and assembly of proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks: A single membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is assembled from an anode side gas diffusion media (GDM), a rigid precision thickness plastic gasket, a complementary cathode side gas diffusion media and another rigid precision thickness plastic gasket. The MEA preassembly is assembled with outer protective plastic film layers that are removed...

20060064868 - Method for producing a lithium polymeric battery cell: The present invention provides a method for producing a lithium polymeric battery cell. The method comprises the steps of forming a cathode comprising a first polymeric plasticizer, forming an anode comprising a second polymeric plasticizer, forming a separator comprising a third polymeric plasticizer, forming a bicell by combining the cathode,...

20060064869 - Tool holder: A tool holder device. The tool holder comprises a shank having a first shank portion and a second shank portion. The tool holder also comprises an end component having a first component portion and a second component portion. An expansion member is configured to surround the first shank portion and...

20060064870 - Terminal inserting apparatus: Providing a terminal inserting apparatus which does not give a limitation to an assembled wiring harness thereby, the terminal inserting apparatus includes a jig mounting unit, a housing holding unit, an inserting unit and a jig transporting unit. The jig mounting unit has a plurality of holding jigs. The holding...

20060064871 - Method of manufactruing circuit board: A pre-preg sheet including a substrate and a resin impregnated in the substrate is provided. A first metal foil is placed on the pre-preg sheet to provide a laminated body. The laminated body is put in a heating device having a temperature maintained at a temperature close to a softening...

20060064872 - Camshaft and assembling method thereof: The present invention is an assembling type of camshaft including: a cam piece having a shaft hole; and a shaft to be press-fitted into the shaft hole of the cam piece; wherein a press-fitting groove and a penetration groove are respectively formed to extend in an axial direction in an...

20060064873 - Method for producing liquid-jet head: A method for producing a liquid-jet head comprises the steps of: forming a vibration plate and piezoelectric elements on one surface of a passage-forming substrate, and removing the vibration plate in a region to be a communicating portion, thereby forming an exposed portion; forming a wiring layer on the passage-forming...

20060064874 - Method of manufacturing a node and of securing a plurality of structural components to the node to form an article: A method of manufacturing a node and of securing a plurality of structural components to the node to form an article, such as a vehicle frame assembly, includes the initial step of extruding a workpiece having a plurality of longitudinally extending passageways formed therethrough. A plurality of interim workpieces can...

20060053607 - Productoin method for surface-mounted saw device: With a surface mount SAW device constituted so that an outer surface of a SAW chip is covered with a heated and softened sheet resin, a resin is filled into skirts of the SAW chip, and so that an airtight space is thereby formed below IDT electrode on a lower...

20060053608 - Pipe disassembling tool: A pipe disassembling tool includes a U-shaped body having a first arm and a second arm that can be outwardly wrenched relative to each other. The first arm and the second arm respectively have a curved cutout defined in a free end thereof and facing each other. A first curved...

20060053609 - Universal pulling tool: A pulling tool having a support member, a first surface and a second surface. The first surface including a slot positioned thereon and the second surface include a recess in communication with the slot. A ledge is formed where the recess and the slot intersect. At least one rod is...

20060053610 - Pulley removal tool: A pulley removal tool. The tool includes circular base having a working side and a wrench engaging side. U-shaped flanges extend outwardly from the reverse side of the base. The flanges having fingers and groves therein sized and shaped for close mating engagement drive groove outer surface features of a...

20060053611 - Device for the assembly of a motor vehicle clutch: A device for the assembly of a motor vehicle clutch (99), has a pretensioning device (1) for clamping a plate spring (102), which is arranged in a clutch cover (100) of the motor vehicle clutch (99) together with a pressure plate (104) and by which the pressure plate (104) is...

20060053612 - Method of manufacturing hollow body elements, section for use in the method, hollow body element, component assembly and die: The invention relates to a method for producing hollow bodies (11, 211, 411) such as nut elements to be fastened to components (13, 213, 413) that usually consist of sheet metal. The invention especially relates to a method for producing hollow bodies with an at least substantially square or rectangular...

20060053613 - System and method for hemming vehicle closures: A system (20) and method for hemming a vehicle body closure (32) includes a corner joining station (24) where formed sheet metal outer and inner members (36, 38) are initially joined to each other at their corners, a hemming station (26) where roll prehemming and roll final hemming of the...

20060053614 - Systems and methods for assembling molding: A method and apparatus for producing a molding, such as a belt-line window molding for a motor vehicle, by assembling or mating a cover part to at least a flexible portion of a functional main body part. A flexible portion of a functional main body part of a molding is...

20060053615 - Method for the production of an air restrictor and machine incorporating the air restrictor: In a method for producing an air restrictor, use is made of at least one liquid or tacky substance to join perforated plates to one another and to seal the air restrictor. The substance can be, for example, an adhesive contained in capsules. The adhesive is liberated by bursting the...

20060053616 - Portable hemming apparatus and method: A portable hemming apparatus includes a support structure, a plurality of modular self-contained hemmers disposed about the support structure and at least one pneumatic drive mounted on the support structure. Each modular hemmer includes a hem die holder, a hem die fixed to the hem die holder and a movable...

20060053617 - Method and device for the continuous production of metallic strips: The invention relates to a method and a device for the continuous production of a metallic, preferably cold-rolled strip (1), especially a high-grade steel. The strip (1) which is to be finished is guided by a device (2) into a conveyor device (R), wherein the strip (1) undergoes a rolling...

20060053618 - Expandable multi-layer tubular structure and production method thereof: The invention relates to a radially expandable multi-layer tubular structure which is intended to be used as a stent and to the production method thereof. The inventive structure comprises an outer layer (1) and an inner layer (2) which are solidly connected to one another. One of the aforementioned layers...

20060053619 - Tool apparatus for milling machine: The present invention provides a tool for attachment to a milling machine. The tool comprises an elongated hollow housing defined by a neck section, a middle section, and a bottom section. The neck section is adapted to engage a spindle of the milling machine for rotational and axial movement therewith....

20060053620 - Flexible stator bars: A flexible stator bar generally includes a stranded conductor having a rectangular shaped cross sectional profile, wherein the stranded conductor comprises a plurality of wires having a gauge dimension effective to impart flexibility; and a thermoplastic elastomeric insulating material disposed about the stranded conductor. Also disclosed herein are processes for...

20060053621 - Method for manufacturing a magnetic disk device with improved head gimbal assembly: Embodiments of the invention correct the static attitude of a head gimbal assembly (HGA) with high accuracy. In one embodiment, a vector group that constitutes the shortest path from the initial attitude of the HGA to the final anticipatory attitude is formed. The vector group is formed of the plural...

20060053622 - Component fixing device and electrical device having the same: A component fixing device includes a holding portion for holding a component with a hollow portion while restricting a movement of the component; and a fixed portion elastically connected to the holding portion and to be fixed to an object. The holding portion is inserted into the hollow portion of...

20060053623 - Assembly structure: An assembly structure for coupling articles to be assembled such as keyboards and adapters, including a first and a second plastic shell. The first plastic shell has a hollow strut extended from the inner side. The second plastic shell has an opening corresponding to the hollow strut and extends inwards...

20060053624 - Method and equipment for mounting part: The present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for mounting components having a feature of detecting with high accuracy component pick up failure by the nozzle at component pick up stage, and/or component carrying back by the nozzle at component mounting stage. Achieved vacuum pressure is initialized...

20060053625 - Microprobe tips and methods for making: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the formation of microprobe tips elements having a variety of configurations. In some embodiments tips are formed from the same building material as the probes themselves, while in other embodiments the tips may be formed from a different material and/or may include...

20060053626 - Method for producing high-pressure fuel accumulators: The invention relates to a method for producing a high pressure fuel accumulator (1) for a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine, comprising a tubular base body (2), at least one connection for the fuel supply (3) and at least one connection for the fuel discharge, and at...

20060053627 - Nitrided bipolar plates: Nitrided bipolar plates and a scheme for their fabrication are provided. The present invention also contemplates device incorporating bipolar plates according to the present invention. For example, in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an electrochemical conversion assembly is provided. The electrochemical conversion cells of the assembly are...

20060048357 - Reclosable ring and method of manufacturing thereof: An improved recloseable ring and a method of manufacturing thereof....

20060048358 - Method for manufacturing piezoelectric resonator: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric resonator includes forming first electrodes larger than vibrating electrodes in an area D1 including the vibrating electrodes on obverse and reverse surfaces of a piezoelectric substrate, and measuring the resonant frequency fr1 of a resonator including the first electrodes. The thickness of a metallic...

20060048359 - Equipment for mechanical machining, in particular for the turning and drilling of light alloy wheels: Equipment for mechanical machining, especially the turning and drilling of mechanical workpieces, such as light alloy wheels and the like, includes at least one turning unit with a double chuck to support the workpieces being machined and a turning head designed to work in association with one or other of...

20060048360 - Device and method for processing screw rotor, and cutting tool: A method for processing a screw rotor includes a step of rotating a blade holder 2 while shifting the blade holder 2 in X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions to form a groove on the outer surface of a rotating cylindrical workpiece 1 with a tool 3 using a processing apparatus...

20060048361 - Double-spindle machine-tool: A double-spindle machine tool comprises a frame-type stand (1) with an x skid (10) that is displaceable in an x direction and a y skid (15) that is displaceable in a y direction on the x skid (10). Two work holder spindles (20, 21) which are non-displaceable in a z...

20060048362 - Arrowhead extractor: Archery products have become more popular than ever, and the cost of these products Has increased substantially, therefore trying to recover or retrieve some of these products Such as the arrowhead can save the consumer money. So I invented an Arrowhead Extractor in hopes that a hunter can recover his...

20060048364 - Robotic machining with a flexible manipulator: A robot machining with a flexible manipulator has an end effector which may either hold the tool to perform the machining or the work piece to be machined. A signal representative of a force applied by said tool to said work piece is used to control either the relative motion...

20060048363 - Cooling assembly for a stage: A stage assembly (218) for positioning a work piece (30) includes a stage (238), a heat transfer region (246), a stage mover assembly (240), and an environmental system (226). The stage (238) retains the work piece (30). The heat transfer region (246) is positioned near the stage (238). The stage...

20060048365 - Method of making an apertured disc and related product: A method of making an apertured disc, which may be a valve guide for fuel injection systems, includes providing an elongated metal strip, establishing a plurality of generally circular circumferentially spaced first openings of a first diameter, establishing chamfers in the upper and lower portions of the first openings and...

20060048366 - Screw gun: The invention relates to a screw gun including a driving unit fitted with a slidable cartridge holder adapted for receiving and indexing a separate cartridge containing a plurality of screws. The invention further relates to the replaceable cartridge containing the plurality of screws for use in a screw gun. The...

20060048367 - System and method of manufacturing tip device: A filter filling apparatus serving as a system for manufacturing a tip device according to the present invention comprises, for example, on a base inside a casing, a sheet holder with a sheet-like filter carried thereon and a tip rack where a plurality of tips are held in a matrix-like...

20060048368 - Method for fixing a tool in a defined axial position: The invention relates to a method for fixing a tool (10, 22, 64), especially a shaft tool, in a clamping chuck (8, 18, 60), whereby the tool (10, 22, 64) is introduced into the clamping chuck (8, 18 60) and fixed therein (8, 18, 60) upon reaching an axial nominal...

20060048369 - Hinge base plate mounting tool: A hinge base plate mounting tool includes a substrate having an inner wall forming an opening through the substrate for receiving and holding a hinge base plate. The inner walls are configured to frictionally engage and hold the base plate against inadvertent slipping out so that the base plate may...

20060048370 - Method and apparatus for joining a handle to hammer head: A striking tool comprising a head assembled to a handle having a long axis is characterized in that the head comprises a closed cavity extending into the head in the direction of the long axis, an opening through a wall of the head into the cavity, the opening extending at...

20060048371 - Method for manufacturing of a stainless steel product having patterns and drawings thereon: A method includes a first step, in which a steel plate is shaped into a semi-finished product, a second step, in which a screen is stuck on the surface of the semi-finished product, and a protecting substance is applied on the product such that those portions of the product that...

20060048372 - Method for production of a fixing piece: The invention relates to a method for the production of a fixing piece (12,36), which particularly serves for the fixing of covering material to cushion pieces for vehicle seats, whereby a profile body (12) is connected to a separately produced sewn tag (36) which at least partly engages in a...

20060048373 - Apparatus and method for shaping an edge of a tile: An apparatus and method for shaping an edge of a tile. The preferred embodiment enables an operator to place a tile between an elevator and a reference plate. The operator snugs the edge of the tile up against a reference plate, and causes the elevator to press the tile towards...

20060048374 - Method and apparatus for attaching center hub: In disk cartridge production, in order to enhance adhesion between a disk-shaped center hub provided with a center hole and a tacky ring formed of ring-shaped double sided adhesive tape material, when the tacky ring adhered on a base film is attached to a lower surface of the center hub...

20060048375 - Lead plating method for gmr head manufacture: A major problem in Lead Overlay design for GMR structures is that the magnetic read track width is wider than the physical read track width. This is due to high interfacial resistance between the leads and the GMR layer which is an unavoidable side effect of prior art methods. The...

20060048376 - Forming ferroelectric polymer memories: In accordance with some embodiments, a ferroelectric polymer memory may be formed of a plurality of stacked layers. Each layer may be separated from the ensuing layer by a polyimide layer. The polyimide layer may provide reduced layer-to-layer coupling, and may improve planarization after the lower layer fabrication....

20060048377 - Stacked core assembly method and its apparatus: The stacked core assembly apparatus, which can perform assembly at a high speed while keeping strength of an angle indexing apparatus, comprises a press machine 1, a non-synchronous transmitting apparatus 10 and an angle indexing apparatus 7. The non-synchronous transmitting apparatus 10 transforms a constant revolution of the press machine...

20060048378 - Multiple insertion head: The invention relates to a multiple insertion head for mounting components (300) onto substrates, said insertion head comprising a carrier (200) which is arranged in such a way that it can rotate about a rotational axis (D) and is provided with a plurality of receiving tools (210) that are arranged...

20060048379 - Board carrier component mounter, and method for carrying board in component mounting: A component-mounted substrate moved to a specified substrate position by a substrate holding-and-moving device is delivered from the top of the substrate holding-and-moving device to a substrate discharge holder, and then while the substrate discharge holder is not moved, the substrate holding-and-moving device is moved to another substrate position, where...

20060048381 - Die attaching apparatus, and system and method for cleaning the same: Provided are a die attaching apparatus, a cleaning system and a method having components which can be easily replaced with new ones adapted to various packages within a short period of time. Surfaces of a die pressing member and a heat plate are prevented from being contaminated. The die pressing...

20060048382 - Method and apparatus for installing a circuit device: A technique is provided for installing circuit components, such as memory devices, in a support, such as a socket. The device to be installed is supported in a holder or shell. The holder is positioned over a support region in the receiving socket. A manual actuator is pressed into the...

20060048380 - Parts mounting device and method: An X-Y robot having a structure that linearly deforms along an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction, a camera reference mark, and a control unit are provided. The X-Y robot causes no displacement of warp or the like and linearly deforms along only the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction...

20060048383 - Reference position determining method and apparatus for electronic component mounting: In a printing apparatus, individual positional data for positions of four object marks provided on a plurality of FPCs held on a conveyance tray are acquired by a mark position acquisition section based on an image acquired by an image acquisition unit. In a displaced mark specifying section, relative positional...

20060048384 - Thermally controlled fluidic self-assembly and conductive support: A support and a method for assembling micro-components to binding sites on the support are provided. The support has a pattern of electrical conductors adapted to conduct electrical energy between binding sites. In accordance with the method, an electrical signal is passed through at least one conductive path including at...

20060048385 - Minimized profile circuit module systems and methods: Flexible circuitry is populated on one or both sides with integrated circuits (ICs) each of which ICs has an IC profile (height). A substantially flat, windowed fixture with a fixture profile less than the IC profiles of the ICs is applied over an IC-populated side of the flexible circuitry causing...

20060048386 - Process for producing a cylinder crankcase having a thermally sprayed cylinder bearing surface: In a process for producing a cylinder crankcase having a thermally sprayed cylinder bearing surface, a cylinder crankcase is cast, those surfaces of the subsequent cylinder barrels which are to be thermally coated are roughened, the cylinder barrels are coated by a thermal spraying process, and the cylinder barrels are...

20060048387 - Punching and riveting assembly of a heat dissipater and heat conducting tubes: A method for punching heat dissipating tubes to fins comprises the steps of arranging a plurality of heat dissipating fins in parallel; aligning the via holes of the fins; inserting a plurality of heat dissipating tubes into the through holes formed by the via holes; inserting a plurality of press...

20060048388 - Reduced wear throttle valve bearing: A method for optimizing the friction, wear, and function of an injection-molded throttle valve unit, including a throttle valve housing and a throttle valve that can move in relation to it. The throttle valve housing is injection molded out of a first plastic material inside a first cavity, then transferred...

20060042059 - Vibration isolation system for a vacuum chamber: The present invention provides a vibration isolation system which can prevent transmission of vibration from a transfer unit or other unit to a vacuum chamber, and can accurately perform positioning of the vacuum chamber connected to an elastic member having a simple structure and a transfer space therein. The present...

20060042060 - Method of poling ferroelectric materials: A method of poling a ferroelectric sample (14) of the type suitable for use in an actuator for an injection arrangement comprises the steps of providing a sample of ferroelectric material having first and second opposing end faces (23), first and second opposing side faces (21), and a stack of...

20060042061 - Electrical tool for panning or milling: An electrical tool for planning and/or milling has a motor shaft, a working shaft connected with the motor shaft, wherein the working shaft is positioned perpendicular to the motor shaft....

20060042062 - Tool for disconnection of tubing from a coupling: A tool for uncoupling tubular connections includes a pair of bifurcated arms joined together by an integral, arcuate, bridge member wherein the bifurcated arms of the tool include sections which are arranged at an obtuse angle with respect to each other, the active end of the tool including couple disengaging...

20060042063 - Tool for disconnection of tubing from a coupling: A tool for uncoupling tubular connections includes a pair of bifurcated arms joined together by an integral, arcuate, bridge member wherein the bifurcated arms of the tool include ends mounted transversely on the arms in opposed relation....

20060042064 - Method for assembling a camera module: A process for assembling a camera module comprises the following steps:—placing the substrate (10) on a positioning die (70);—irradiating the lens assembly (30) with parallel rays of light (90);—displacing a lens assembly (30) comprising the convex lens (33) in an axial direction;—measuring the light intensity of light passing through a...

20060042065 - Crab trap manufacturing method: A crab trap manufacturing method that decreases production time, lowers cost and provides a safer trap. The trap wire is pre-cut in the proper dimensions. Two larger pieces are bent into a square U shape to form the main body. A baffle piece for the inside of the trap is...

20060042066 - Parallel configuration composite material fabricator and related methods: The present invention relates to device and methods for fabricating a composite article having a plurality of material dispensers, which can increase productivity. In one embodiment, a device includes a structure defining a work surface datum, and material dispensers movable relative to the structure. Each material dispenser applies strip material...

20060042067 - Method of assembling motor vehicle body: Each of a pair of side members (4) is located relative to an underbody (3) using two locators (16). Each locator is lowered by a lifter (15) and placed on a slide base (18). The slide base is movable along a slide guide (17) toward and away from a transfer...

20060042068 - Method and apparatus for locating and aligning fasteners: A method and apparatus for precisely locating, aligning, targeting, and marking locations for fastener holes in structures is disclosed. The method and apparatus utilizes laser devices to project laser beams through alignment tools to determine the proper location and orientation of the fastener holes....

20060042069 - Multi-lobular lockbolt and system: A lockbolt which includes a head portion and a shaft which extends from the head portion. The shaft includes at least a portion which is threaded and has a multi-lobular profile. A collar is swageable onto the multi-lobular threaded portion, and thereafter the lobes provide that the collar does not...

20060042070 - Internal surface treating method of hole before tapping on aluminumdiematerial, internal surface of hole processed casting structure, and industrial tool of internal surface improvement: The present invention provides a improvement method of an internal surface of a hole of a casting in which an internal surface of a hole formed in a casting made of nonferrous metal is processed at high speed without excessively heating the same, thereby splitting and eliminating casting nests which...

20060042071 - Method for making key top made of translucent material., key top marked by that method, key unit, and process for producing key unit: A method is provided for marking a key top made of a translucent material with a character, a symbol, or the like, and a process is provided for quickly producing an illumination key unit. The inside of a transparent plastic key top is irradiated intermittently with focused laser light having...

20060042072 - Method of winding stator in motor: According to a nozzle winding method of causing a nozzle (41) to pass between adjacent magnetic poles (12) and rotating the nozzle (41) around the magnetic pole (12), winding is carried out until the rotating nozzle (41) interferes with wound coils (201 to 242), so that a high space factor...

20060042073 - Glide testing of disks with calibration confirmation testing by inducing collision of the slider with production disk surface: A method is presented for glide testing a disk which tests the glide head fly-height by inducing a collision between the glide head and a disk under test. The glide test system is initially calibrated using calibration disks. The method of the invention periodically tests the calibration without interrupting the...

20060042074 - Method for determining the rotation angle position of the camshaft of a reciprocating-piston engine in relation to the crankshaft: In a method for adjusting the rotation angle position of the camshaft of a reciprocating-piston engine in relation to the crankshaft in which the crankshaft is in drive connection with the camshaft via an actuating gear, which is designed as a three-shaft gear having a drive shaft in a fixed...

20060042075 - Component mounting apparatus: A substrate conveyor-positioner unit for conveying and positioning a substrate in an X direction is arranged on a supporting base. Supporting frames are arranged in a standing manner on both ends in a Y direction being orthogonal to the X direction on the supporting base. A component supplying unit is...

20060042076 - Bus bar system for heatable glass: A composition for forming an electrically conductive bus, which comprises a polymer and conductive filler particles. A composition for forming an electrically conductive bus, comprising silver-based flakes within a polymer adhesive carrier such as polyurethane for forming a conductive bus for vehicle glass. A method for forming a glass laminate...

20060042077 - Method for manufacturing probe needle, method for manufacturing probe card, and probe card: A probe needle having a coaxial structure that facilitates assembly of a probe card. The probe needle is manufactured by covering a central conductive body with an insulative tube, and forming a conductive layer around the insulative tube by superimposing a film of fine conductive grains around the insulative tube....

20060042078 - Multi-layer board manufacturing method: Two types of resin films are prepared for manufacturing a multi-layer board containing a chip component. A fist type has a via hole for the chip component to be inserted into, while a second type does not have the via hole. Resin films including the two types are piled before...

20060042079 - Dip molded wire connector: A connector with a dip-molded housing and a method for forming a twist-on wire connector with a dip-molded housing. To dip-mold a covering or housing on a twist-on wire connector either a mandrel carrying a twist-on wire coil, a mandrel having the a shape of a spiral coil or a...

20060042080 - Method of making an electrochemical sensor: A process for the manufacture of small sensors with reproducible surfaces, including electrochemical sensors. One process includes forming channels in the surface of a substrate and disposing a conductive material in the channels to form an electrode. The conductive material can also be formed on the substrate by other impact...

20060042081 - High-precision sintered cam lobe material: In order to attain the above object, the high-precision sintered cam lobe part of the present invention is a sintered cam lobe part obtained by subjecting a sintering powder to compression-molding and sintering one time only or two or more times repetitively to make the powder into a predetermined form...

20060042083 - Repair of turbines on wing: The present invention provides an apparatus for repairing turbine blades of a gas turbine engine by a laser welding operation. The method uses a miniaturized laser and related apparatus. The miniaturized laser is fed through a borescope access hole to a desired location such as a high pressure turbine blade....

20060042082 - Turbine component restoration using cathodic arc/lpps: A method for repairing cracks in a metal part comprising the steps of providing a metal part having a worn portion, cleaning the worn portion to remove an oxide layer, depositing a restoration alloy to cover the worn portion via a deposition process selected from the group consisting of cathodic...

20060042084 - Turbine engine component manufacture: A cooled turbine engine component is made by providing first and second pieces respectively having first and second surfaces. At least one circuit is formed in at least one of the first and second surfaces. A first plurality of apertures is provided in the first piece to form inlets to...

20060042085 - Systems and methods of applying ozone-depleting catalysts to heat exchangers: Systems and methods of applying an ozone-depleting catalytic coating to a heat exchanging device for producing a durable surface with optimal ozone depletion characteristics are provided. An adhesively coated metallic substrate is exposed to a concentration of ozone-depleting catalytic particles, wherein the receptive surface of the coated substrate binds the...

20060042088 - Method of assembling a port assembly in a cavitation chamber: A method of assembling a port assembly in a cavitation chamber, typically a spherical chamber, is provided. The method is comprised of the steps of boring a port in a cavitation chamber wall, positioning a cone-shaped member within a corresponding cone-shaped surface of a mounting ring, positioning the mounting ring...

20060042087 - Method of assembling multiple port assemblies in a spherical cavitation chamber: A method of assembling multiple port assemblies in a single cavitation chamber, typically a spherical chamber, is provided. The method is comprised of the steps of boring a first cone-shaped port in a cavitation chamber wall of one piece of the cavitation chamber; locating a mounting ring with a cone-shaped...

20060042089 - Method of assembly multiple port assemblies in a cavitation chamber: A method of assembling multiple port assemblies in a cavitation chamber is provided. The method is comprised of boring at least two ports of different sizes in a cavitation chamber wall of the cavitation chamber. The external port diameter of the smaller port is smaller than that port's internal port...

20060042086 - Method of constructing a port assembly in a spherical cavitation chamber: A method of constructing a port assembly for use with a single piece cavitation chamber, typically a spherical chamber, is provided. The port assembly includes a cone-shaped port, a cone-shaped mounting ring and a central member mounted within the mounting ring. The mounting ring is located within the chamber prior...

20060042090 - Method and apparatus for forming leak-proof coupling for beverage distribution system: A method and apparatus is provided for forming a leak proof coupling between two thin walled metallic ends in a beverage distribution system. The pipe ends are prepared by cutting the ends and ensuring that the cross-section of the ends are round. An alignment device in the form of a...

20060042091 - Method and apparatus for processing/machining a vehicle wheel/rim preform: A method of processing a vehicle wheel/rim preform with a first rotational axis and having a centersection/spider and an annular wall extending around the centersection/spider and first rotational axis and having an annular surface defining axially spaced, annular inboard and outboard bead seats. The method includes the steps of: providing...