Metal working inventions 04/06

20060085959 - Machine tool structure: The machine tool structure of the invention is : saddle which can slide toward X axle direction set at the machine table; bed which can slide toward Y axle direction set at the saddle; door type machine pole which includes vertical and horizontal poles set at the bed; a machine...

20060085960 - Bead spinning apparatus with twisting device top: A bead spinning apparatus for quickly assembling beads onto a wire or string and includes a twisting device. The twisting device includes a sleeve or collar that tightens jaws that may be used to hold wires, posts, dowels or other such materials and implements used in the manufacturing of jewelry....

20060085961 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing archery risers: In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a riser for an archery bow is manufactured by providing a flat workpiece, forming the flat workpiece to a pre-bent profile of an archery riser, placing the flat workpiece in a press, and bending the flat workpiece to a desired non-flat shape...

20060085962 - Apparatus, system, and method for pivotal installation and removal of an expansion card: A system for installation and removal of an expansion card is disclosed. An expansion card is mounted to a cassette having a front plate and a back plate. The cassette is sized to fit within a chassis. The chassis is provided with a connector that is configured to receive a...

20060085963 - Multiple radial spring rate pivot bushing and method of making: A vehicle hood pivot bushing and methods of making a hood pivot bushings with multiple spring rates. The method of making the multiple radial spring rate pivot bushing includes providing a nonelastomeric inner member having an outer circumference bonding surface and a bore with a center bore axis. The method...

20060085964 - Portable hydraulic bushing press device and related method of manufacturing thereof: Disclosed herein is a portable hydraulic press comprising a c-frame having a throat and first and second ends, the first and second ends locatable about a part to be pressed and a receiving structure. The press also includes a hydraulic assembly coupled to the c-frame and having a hydraulic ram...

20060085965 - Bonding device and method: A device and method for bonding objects to be bonded each having a metal bonding portion on a substrate, comprising cleaning means for exposing the metal bonding portions to a plasma having an energy enough to etch the surfaces of the metal bonding portions at a depth of 1.6 nm...

20060085967 - Hollow golf club heads and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention relates to the hollow golf club heads and manufacturing method thereof...

20060085966 - Snowmobile chassis: Vehicle chassis with effective load sharing joints and reinforcing structure. The chassis of the invention use self piercing rivets and other fabrication techniques to improve their structural and performance characteristics. These improvements result from, among other things, effective load distribution through high-shear resistant fasteners and strengthening of structural elements with...

20060085968 - Apparatus and process for manufacturing disc rotor: An apparatus and process for manufacturing a disc rotor made of a metal-based composite material, which enables stabilization of a preform support within a disc rotor casting cavity while minimizing likelihood of damaging of preforms. The apparatus comprises a lower die 10 and a movable core assembly 20 which constitutes...

20060085969 - Led endoscope illuminator and methods of mounting within an endoscope: The present invention is directed to methods of mounting a light source, such as, for example a high-efficiency, high-power solid state light source (e.g., a LED) within a handle of an endoscope. One of the methods of the present invention includes removing a portion of a package surrounding the light...

20060085970 - Soaked de-swage method for rebuilding head stack assembly: Embodiments of the invention relate to techniques to remove a defective head gimbal assembly (HGA) from a head stack assembly and replace the defective HGA with a good one without allowing any good HGAs to be damaged. In one embodiment, a volatile alcohol solvent is moved by gravity from a...

20060085971 - Battery cathodes: Batteries and related methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of making a battery can include passing a mandrel through an opening defined by a pellet that includes an electrode composition. The mandrel can have a transverse cross-section with a first dimension and a second dimension that is larger...

20060085972 - Thin film electrochemical cell for lithium polymer batteries and manufacturing method therefor: An electrochemical cell sub-assembly and a method for manufacturing same. The electrochemical cell sub-assembly includes a current collector sheet having a pair of opposite surfaces and a pair of opposite edges, each surface being coated with a respective layer of electrode material. A layer of polymer electrolyte envelopes both layers...

20060085973 - Substrate-related-operation performing apparatus, operation performing head for substrate-related-operation performing apparatus, substrate-related-operation performing system, and operation-performing-head-use preparing program: Ease and scope of use of a substrate-related-operation performing apparatus are improved. The substrate-related-operation performing apparatus such as a component mounting apparatus employs an operation performing head 21 such as a mounting head 21, such that the operation performing head 21 is detachably attached to the apparatus. Preferably, a plurality...

20060085974 - Cabling continuous deployment system and tool: A structured cabling tool includes a lower frame base that supports cable axles, the tool being extended in a ready for use condition and compacted in a ready for transport condition; frame arms supported by the lower frame base, the frame arms fixable upright orthogonal to the lower frame base...

20060085975 - Method and system for placing components by means of at least one component placement unit: Provided is a method and system for placing components by means of at least one component placement unit wherein the component placement unit is moved over a distance between a component pickup position and a component placement position located on a substrate. In addition, a total distance to be covered...

20060085976 - Electroform spring built on mandrel transferable to other surface: Resilient spring contact structures are manufactured by plating the contact structures on a reusable mandrel, as opposed to forming the contact structures on sacrificial layers that are later etched away. In one embodiment, the mandrel includes a form or mold area that is inserted through a plated through hole in...

20060085977 - Method of making an electrical connector: A method of making an electrical connector comprises the steps of: forming an electrically conductive member having a body including an interface, the body having a longitudinal chamber therein; forming an electrically conductive pin; overmolding the interface with a first electrically insulating material; overmolding at least a part of the...

20060085978 - Turbine component fixture for manufacture or repair: A process is provided for manufacturing or repairing a turbine component, wherein the component has an internal cavity open to the outside, by inserting into the internal cavity a part of a fixture, with the part secured to the internal surface of the internal cavity of the component to hold...

20060085979 - Method and device for manufacturing integrally bladed rotors: A method for manufacturing integrally bladed rotors (preferably gas turbine rotors) is provided. The method includes the steps of a) providing a basic rotor body; b) placing the basic rotor body into an electrolyte; c) electrochemically machining the basic rotor body by simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of unmachined blades; and...

20060085980 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing a catalytic converter: A method of manufacturing a catalytic converter is described where the catalytic converter is comprised of an outer tube member having a monolith substrate internally compressed therein with a wrapped mat material surrounding the monolith substrate and intermediate the outer tube. One or more monolith members can be applied within...

20060085982 - Method for machining a stainless steel exhaust manifold for a multi-cylinder combustion engine: A method is provided for machining the stainless steel automotive exhaust components that allows such components to be machined in high volumes and at a reasonable cost. An exemplary embodiment of the method includes the steps of: (a) supporting the manifold on a work structure; (b) clamping the manifold to...

20060085981 - Method for manufacturing liquid discharge head, substrate for liquid discharge head and method for working substrate: An ink supply port is opened in an Si substrate on which an ink discharge energy generating element is formed, by anisotropic etching, from a back surface opposite to a surface on which the ink discharge energy generating element is formed. When the anisotropic etching is effected, OSF (oxidation induced...

20060080817 - Method of forming a furniture article using heat-shrinkable material, and article formed therefrom: Disclosed is a method of making an article for furniture, lighting products, architectural applications and the like. A nonwoven heat-shrinkable fiber sleeve is fitted onto a three-dimensional wire frame so that the wire frame is inside the sleeve and the sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the frame. The...

20060080818 - Method for converting a truck body: A method for converting a dump truck body into an improved truck body. The dump truck body is configured for hauling a payload and has a canopy, a floor, two sidewalls, and a front wall. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises: if the dump truck body has a tailgate,...

20060080819 - Systems and methods for deployment and recycling of rfid tags, wireless sensors, and the containers attached thereto: Disclosed are embodiments of apparatus, systems, and methods for deploying and/or recycling wireless tags, such as RFID tags and wireless sensors, and the containers they may be attached to. Also disclosed are improved RFID tag and wireless sensor configurations. In one configuration, an RFID tag/wireless sensor system is described that...

20060080820 - Method and apparatus for a reducing surface area profile required for a gasket part cut from a sheet of gasket material: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for reducing a surface area profile required for a gasket part cut from a sheet of gasket material. The method generally includes receiving or determining at least one property of the gasket material, and receiving or determining a final shape of the gasket. The...

20060080821 - Pin connection structure and method of connecting members by pin: A pin connection structure is used in a floating type brake disc assembly. The assembly is made up of a hub, and an annular disc which is concentrically disposed around the hub with a clearance therebetween. The hub and the disc have plural sets of semicircular connecting dents opening toward...

20060080822 - Apparatus for forming a part for an automotive vehicle: An apparatus (10) of the present invention is designed for assembling a load floor (12) having a peripheral slot (22) and an overlaying layer (24, 28). The apparatus (10) tucks the overhang of the overlaying layer (24, 28) into the peripheral slot (22). At least one holding device (52) holds...

20060080823 - Automatic rivet loading module: An automatic rivet loading module which includes a pusher mechanism, a gripper mechanism, a mandrel receptacle, mechanisms for moving mandrels in the mandrel receptacle, and a tool activation device. The gripper mechanism receives a rivet, and a mandrel is moved through the rivet such that the rivet threads onto the...

20060080824 - Heat formed tpv co-extruded header trim: A method is provided for manufacturing an upper reveal that conforms to a curved portion of a window opening of a motor vehicle door frame. The upper reveal is formed from TPV and a carrier. The method includes the steps of: co-extruding the TPV with the carrier; curing the TPV...

20060080827 - Assembling system, assembling unit, layout arranging system and layout arranging method: A layout arranging system doing automatic layout of a system being constituted of assembling units. More particularly, a layout arranging system (102) communicable with a plurality of connectable conveyors (C/V 1-12), comprising a module for recognizing connected conveyors (C/V 1-12), a module for acquiring information concerning recognized conveyors (C/V 1-12),...

20060080825 - Methods related to electromagnetic interference shielding: In one implementation, a method of shielding against ingress and egress of electromagnetic energy relative to an electronic device housing generally includes selecting a color from a plurality of colors for an aesthetically colored portion of at least one electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield. The EMI shield is coupled to the...

20060080826 - Sliding-surface mounting and method of producing the mounting: In a method for producing a pivotable bearing between a gripper and a gripper tube bearing the latter or between a gripper shaft and a gripper tube enclosing the latter coaxially, provision is made for all the components to be mounted on the gripper tube to be fixed before a...

20060080828 - Methods and systems for sealing liquid cooled stator bar end connections for a generator: A method includes blasting the interior surfaces of the fitting to stator bar strand joint with CO2 pellets to remove loose copper oxide which otherwise would interfere with proper sealing between an epoxy and the copper surfaces of the joint. After cleaning the surfaces and applying air under pressure to...

20060080829 - High current long life inductor: An inductor for high current applications includes a nonconductive, tubular form which defines a tube axis and has a cylindrical outer surface. The outer surface is formed with a groove that extends helically about the tube axis. The inductor further includes a coiled, conductive wire that is formed with a...

20060080830 - Method for replacing defective pcb from pcb panel: An apparatus for replacing a defective PCB unit formed on a PCB panel includes a location correcting table on which a nondefective PCB unit for replacing the defective PCB unit is disposed, a panel seating table, on which a PCB panel where the defective PCB unit is removed is disposed,...

20060080831 - Method of delivering geometric stress relief element to high voltage cable terminations: A method for delivering a geometric type stress relief element to a terminated electrical cable is provided. The cable contains a conductor surrounded by at least one coaxial layer of insulator, semiconductor, grounded wires and cable jacket. First, the terminated cable is tapered to expose a portion of the conductor...

20060080832 - Stepped sleeve repair of knife seal bores in driven compressor housing: A method is provided for repairing a driven compressor housing including a bore having an inner surface configured to engage a shaft-mounted knife seal. The method includes the steps of removing material from the bore inner surface, press-fitting a sleeve into the bore, and plasma-spraying an abradable coating onto the...

20060080833 - Reformer for fuel cell system, fabrication method thereof, and fuel cell system comprising the same: A reformer for a fuel cell system, a fabrication method thereof, and a fuel cell system are provided. The reformer includes a plurality of reaction substrates. The reaction substrates each have a reaction substrate body provided with a flow channel with micropores formed on the surface of the flow channel....

20060080834 - Bead jewelry making apparatus: An automatic bead jewelry making apparatus and related method of use is disclosed. The bead jewelry making apparatus comprises a bead bowl defining a cavity in communication with an opening, a brush arrangement comprising a handle and brush operatively associated with the bead bowl, and a motor operatively engaged to...

20060080835 - Methods for manufacture of multilayered multifunctional truss structures and related structures there from: A method for manufacturing multilayered truss cores, which solves, among other things, key issues of bonding monolayered truss cores to one another. A multilayered truss core may be created from a single planar perform of an appropriate geometric pattern. Once the desired preform is manufactured it is then deformed into...

20060080836 - Roller mount arrangement: An improved roller assembly for use in machinery such as round balers is disclosed. The roller assembly of the present invention reduces sensitivity to varying dimensional tolerances on the roller assembly and the structure to which the roller assembly is mounted. At least one elastic member is used to permit...

20060075615 - Cushion with aesthetic exterior: An aesthetic cushion assembly includes an aesthetic layer and a fiber cushion bonded to the aesthetic layer. In one example, the aesthetic layer extends beyond a periphery of the fiber cushion to provide flaps that can be used to secure the aesthetic cushion assembly to a commercial product, such as...

20060075616 - Workpiece: A workpiece according to the invention has a recess that is compressed by means of a plastic deformation, which reduces one dimension or an inner diameter of the workpiece and thus joins this workpiece to an inner piece in a positively and frictionally engaging manner....

20060075617 - Performance enhancing repair tool: A tool for removing a nut plate after the nut plate has been installed in an aperture in a workpiece. One version of the tool is for removing the nut plate from the nut side using a power tool, while another version of the tool is for manually removing the...

20060075618 - Automatic nailing system: An automatic nailing system pulls wire from a coil, cuts the wire into lengths desired for the size of the respective items being nailed and delivers the nails to nailing guns which affix them to the pieces intended to be joined together....

20060075619 - Apparatus and method for making a drainage element: An apparatus is provided for making drainage elements in a vertical manner. In one embodiment, a vertically disposed hollow rotatable mandrel with a screw-threaded flight is used for guiding a length of perforated pipe and filling an annular space between the pipe and a cylinder of mesh material secured at...

20060075620 - Apparatus and method for making a drainage element and drainage element made thereby: Drainage elements are made by delivering loose fill elements under gravity from a container into a sleeve of netting that is tied at one end to a pipe, or other endless element, that is passing through the container. The sleeve of netting is supplied from an apertured cage extending below...

20060075621 - Ratcheting driver with pivoting pawls and method of arranging same: A ratcheting driver for rotationally driving a piece and having a handle and pivotal pawls engageable with a driven gear and being capable of ratcheting and driving in both rotational directions. A cap is rotatable relative to said handle and it has a web for pivoting the pawls out of...

20060075622 - Method for closing a hydraulic, pneumatic and/or oleopneumatic cylinder and means for implementing thereof: Method for manufacturing a jack or hydraulic, pneumatic and/or oleopneumatic cylinder including a tubular cylindrical body at whose ends a bottom and a head are fastened Inside, a piston slides integral with a rod. In order to irremovably fasten the head and the bottom to the tubular body of the...

20060075623 - Method of manufacture of metal components: An improved method of manufacture of metal components where a plurality of relatively thin, substantially planar sheets are selected and then cut using a laser cutter+or similar cutting means. The sheets are then layered upon one another and bonded or pressed together to form a final, laminated component....

20060075624 - Method of manufacturing a rotating apparatus disk: A method (20) of fabricating a large component such as a gas turbine or compressor disk (32) from segregation-prone materials such as Alloy 706 or Alloy 718 when the size of the ingot required is larger than the size that can be predictably formed without segregations using known triple melt...

20060075625 - Multiple side processing machine and positioning device for a workpiece: The invention relates to a multiple side processing machine for processing several surfaces or sides of a workpiece. The processing machine includes at least two processing units for processing a workpiece and at least a positioning device having a clamping device means for clamping a workpiece. According to the invention,...

20060075626 - Single-atom tip and preparation method thereof: This invention discloses an electrochemical method for the preparation of single atom tips to replace the traditional vacuum evaporation method. The invented method for preparation of single atom tips includes the following steps: A substrate single crystal metal wire etched electrochemically to form a tip. The surface of the metal...

20060075627 - Stator for an automotive alternator and method of manufacture therefor: In a stator for an automotive alternator, the inner circumferential surfaces of the bridge portions are placed in contact with the end surfaces of the stator core without any gaps so that the spatial ratio occupied by the clusters of stator windings belonging to the bridge portions in the coil...

20060075628 - Magnetic tape cartridge: A magnetic tape cartridge includes an opening 1C through which a magnetic tape is drawn out, and a slide door 6 that slides along a sidewall 1D provided with the opening 1C to open and close the opening 1C. The opening 1C is provided in part of the sidewall 1D...

20060075629 - Method of fabricating a current control device: A method of fabricating a current control device is presented. The method impregnates a pressure conduction composite within a current control device with a fluid additive via suffusion. The suffusion process is performed by placing the pressure conduction composite within a bath of a liquid additive. The method generally includes...

20060075630 - Manufacture of unitized electrode assembly for pem fuel cells: A process for fabricating a unitized electrode assembly for a polyelectrolyte membrane is disclosed. The process includes providing a gas diffusion medium and a membrane electrode assembly, printing an adhesive on the gas diffusion medium, locating the gas diffusion medium relative to the membrane electrode assembly and pressing the gas...

20060075631 - Pick and place machine with improved component pick up inspection: Embodiments of the present invention improve upon component level inspection performed by pick and place machines. Such improvements include inspecting the pick operation in pick and place machines by collecting images of the pick event inside the machine and identifying errors as they happen. By detecting and displaying this information...

20060075632 - Method of fabricating a micro-electromechanical device with a thermal actuator: A method of fabricating a micro-electromechanical device includes the step of forming electrical connections to drive circuitry on a wafer substrate. A first sacrificial structure is formed on the wafer substrate. The first sacrificial structure corresponds at least to a mechanical arm to be formed on the sacrificial structure, spaced...

20060075633 - Single or multi-layer printed circuit board with recessed or extended breakaway tabs and method of manufacture thereof: A circuit board layer 2 in accordance with the present invention includes a conductive sheet 4 sandwiched between an insulating top layer 10 and an insulating bottom layer 14. The top and bottom layers 10 and 14 and the conductive sheet 4 define the circuit board layer 2 having an...

20060075634 - Method for manufacturing electrical connectors for enhancing coplanarity: The present invention is a method for manufacturing an electrical connector comprising an insulative housing with a base side and an opposed side and lateral sides interposed between said base side and said opposed side and at least one conductive contact extending from the base side of the insulation in...

20060075635 - Method of assembling gas flow control valve: An assembly method includes a step of press-fitting a second valve 27 to a valve shaft 29 to which a first valve 25 is press-fitted and secured while measuring and adjusting a distance L2 so that it becomes equal to a distance L1. Thus, the first valve 25 and second...

20060075636 - Method for producing a bumper exhibiting a crushed profile: A method for forming a beam exhibiting non-parallel opposing surfaces including the steps of unreeling, in sheet form, a selected running length of a roll material and forming the steel roll into a generally three-dimensional and tubular shape exhibiting a closed cross section. Additional steps include heating the tubular shaped...

20060070218 - Axle fixture for heat dissipation fan and method of manufacture thereof: The present invention is an axle fixture for heat dissipation fan and a method of manufacture thereof, comprising steps of the followings: obtaining a shell with an axle at center where a depression is deposed on the bottom with several rabbets which are not connected to the axle; providing a...

20060070220 - Method for manufacturing electronic apparatus: A method for manufacturing an electronic apparatus comprises forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a fundamental mode of vibration and a second overtone mode of vibration each comprised of a flexural mode of an inverse phase, a series resistance R1 of the fundamental mode of vibration and a...

20060070219 - Split thin film capacitor for multiple voltages: An apparatus, and a method for forming, a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits, may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the...

20060070221 - Joint press set: A joint press including a yoke including a first end and a second end. A first adapter attachment member is positioned on the first end. A second adapter attachment member is positioned on the second end. The first adapter attachment member and the second adapter attachment member have the same...

20060070222 - Fastener insertion apparatus and method: A rivet is inserted into a workpiece by apparatus that includes an internal roller screw linear actuator in which rotational movement of an internally threaded cylinder is converted into linear movement of a fastener insertion actuator assembly. The cylinder is driven in rotation by a servo-controlled motor. The angular velocity...

20060070223 - Roofing membrane puller and method of use: A membrane puller for pulling a sheet of membrane material over an underlying surface has a frame with a lever arm pivotally attached to the frame for pivotal movement between a first position and a second position. A foot actuatable clamp assembly is carried by the frame for relative movement...

20060070224 - Device for applying weatherstrip on a motor vehicle body, and related method: A device for applying a weatherstrip to a motor vehicle body, and a related method. The body bears an elongated receiving surface with a predetermined profile. The application device includes a plate for applying the weatherstrip on the receiving surface, a presser pressing the weatherstrip on the receiving surface, and...

20060070225 - Single item workflow manufacturing system and method: In a system for manufacturing a part, a first forming station forms the part from a supply of material. A chemical processing system chemically alters a surface of the part. The chemical processing system includes a tank, parts rotator, circulation system, and control system. The tank includes a chemical side...

20060070226 - Systems and methods for aligning wafers or substrates: Systems and methods for aligning substrates that include microstructures. The microstructures may be electronic or micromechanical components. The system includes a first substrate having a first alignment structure and a second substrate having a second alignment structure. The substrates are positioned so that the first alignment structure contacts the second...

20060070229 - Electric machine with power and control electronics integrated into the primary machine housing: An electric machine includes a housing, a mount within the housing, and power and control electronics coupled to the mount. An interference fit is formed between the mount and the housing that secures the mount within the housing independent of mechanical fasteners. The electric machine can also include a segmented...

20060070228 - Electric machines and methods related to assembling electric machines: A method of assembling an electric machine generally includes heating a housing to thermally expand the housing. The housing is allowed to cool and thermally contract against an end shield and a rotor assembly such that interference fits are formed between the housing and the end shield and between the...

20060070227 - Process for rapid on-demand stator rewinds in electrical generators: The process for stator bar rewinds includes disassembly of the stator bars at the generator site, measurement of the stator bars, forwarding digital representations of the measurements to a manufacturing center and forming 3-Dimensional models of the stator bars requiring replacement and the stator. The stator bar 3D model is...

20060070230 - Annular wire antenna and transponder apparatus method of assembly: An antenna conductor is electrically coupled to a transponder and antenna conductor ends are spliced. The antenna conductor and the transponder are formed into a ring assembly and at least partially embedded within an adhesive material. The annular assembly affixes to a tire by means of the adhesive material....

20060070232 - Method for reducing pole height loss in the formation of a write pole for a magnetic write head: A method for reducing plated pole height loss in the formation of a write pole for a magnetic write head is disclosed. The method includes forming a conductive layer on a thin film substrate, forming a photoresist layer on the conductive layer and forming a trench in the photoresist layer....

20060070231 - Process for creating a write head by forming a bump after the top pole is formed: Methods for creating a write head by forming a bump after the top pole is formed are provided. In one embodiment, a bottom pole is created out of a first layer. A non-magnetic gap material is applied to the surface of the wafer. A top pole is created out of...

20060070233 - Die assembly and method for manufacturing lamina stacks from a plurality of separate strips of stock material: A progressive die assembly and a method for manufacturing lamina stacks from a plurality of separate strips of stock material. The die assembly includes a plurality of feed pathways for the material strips, each feed pathway having an associated punch set. Each punch set includes one or more punches for...

20060070234 - Electronic parts installation device and cassette control device: A cassette control device by which high-speed processing can be expected even by using an arithmetical unit with current processing capability, even when the number of cassettes increases simultaneously with an increase in the number of nozzles which can suck electronic parts. There is provided storage unit (18) having storage...

20060070235 - Method and apparatus for lifting a truss from a truss assembly table: Apparatus and methods for moving a truss assembly from a truss assembly table work surface are presented having lift out rails movable between a recessed position beneath the work surface and a raised position above the work surface. A support element assembly is movably mounted to each lift out rail...

20060070236 - Inner cone for converter assembly: A concentric, offset, or obliquely formed spun converter assembly includes an outer shell defining an internal cavity that receives a catalyst substrate. Inner cones are positioned within the internal cavity at each end of the outer shell. Each inner cone has a tapered body portion and a transversely extending shoulder...

20060070237 - Methods for tuning fuel injection assemblies for a gas turbine fuel nozzle: A fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes with holes for flowing fuel from plenums within the vanes through holes in the vane walls for premixing with air. To tune the nozzle assembly, the holes are resized by reforming the existing holes to...

20060070238 - Bearing apparatus and method for manufacturing same: A bearing apparatus includes a rotating member, a fixed member opposing the rotating member and an ink-like resin material. Opposing surfaces of the rotating member and the fixed member form a bearing part and the ink-like resin material is applied to at least one of the opposing surfaces by transfer...