| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Apparatus and method for forming a wave form for a stent from a wire | US13191134 | 2011-07-26 | US09296034B2 | 2016-03-29 | Michael Costa; Lance Ensign; Dustin Thompson; Paul Coates; Rui Lam; Larry Childs; Justin Eckhardt; Jerry Warmerdam; Charlie Dawson; Bob Boldig |
| An apparatus for forming a wave form for a stent from a wire includes a pair of tension wires configured to rotate about an axis. The tension wires and axis are substantially orthogonal to the stent wire disposed in a gap between the tension wires. When the tension wires are rotated, a bend is formed in the portion of the stent wire disposed between the tension wires. The tension wires may be controlled such that the axis of rotation is aligned with the particular tension wire around which the stent wire is to be bent for each particular bend formed in the stent wire, thereby preventing the particular tension wire from translating during rotation such that the tension wire behaves like a rotary pipe bending die around which the stent wire is bent. A feed assembly feeds the stent wire into the forming area between the tension wires. | ||||||
| 122 | SINUOUS SPRING FOR A FURNITURE ITEM | US14470542 | 2014-08-27 | US20160059299A1 | 2016-03-03 | KELLY M. KNEWTSON; WILLIAM YORK, III; DAVID WILLIAM MCCUNE |
| A sinuous spring for a furniture item includes various elements. For instance, a sinuous spring might include bars that are both parallel and non-parallel. The parallel bars might be positioned in a middle segment, and the non-parallel bars might be positioned in opposing end spring segments. A sinuous spring might be fabricated using various devices and methods, such as a wire-fabricating apparatus including a wire-forming mechanism and a length-adjusting mechanism. The wire-forming mechanism includes one or more sets of wire-forming dies that receive a continuously fed wire and that form the wire into a wire-shape configuration (e.g., sinuous-shape configuration). The length-adjusting mechanism includes a set of grooved wheels that receive the formed wire in the grooves and rotate to stretch or compress the formed wire. | ||||||
| 123 | Method and apparatus for creating formed elements used to make wound stents | US13438732 | 2012-04-03 | US09242290B2 | 2016-01-26 | Lance Ensign; Erik Griswold |
| A method for forming a wave form for a stent includes moving a first forming portion of a first forming member across an axis along which a formable material is provided in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the axis to engage and deform the formable material while engaging the formable material with a first forming portion of the second forming member. The method includes moving the first forming portion of the first forming member and the first forming portion of the second forming member across the axis in a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction to draw and form the formable material over the first forming portion of the second forming member, disengaging the first forming member from the formable material, and rotating the first forming member to position a second forming portion of the first forming member to face the formable material. | ||||||
| 124 | DRAWING UNIT AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | US14725675 | 2015-05-29 | US20150343508A1 | 2015-12-03 | Giorgio DEL FABRO |
| Drawing unit for drawing at least one long metal product (P), configured to make the at least one long metal product (P) advance along a nominal axis of feed (A) and provided with at least a first motorized roll (13) and with at least two second rolls (14) operating at the periphery of the first roll (13) and defining, with the latter, respective passage gaps (15). The at least two second rolls (14) are located one on one side and the other on the other side of the axis (N) orthogonal to the nominal axis of feed (A) that passes through the center of rotation of the first roll (13). The second rolls (14) are associated to movement members (21) to move the second rolls (14) in a parallel form with respect to each other and in a direction substantially orthogonal to said nominal axis of feed (A) in order to adjust the passage gaps (15). The passage gaps (15) have, during use, along the straight line (R) that joins the center of the first roll (13) with the center of the respective second roll (14), an amplitude (G) that is bigger in size than the nominal diameter (D) of the metal product (P). | ||||||
| 125 | VASCULAR IMPLANT WITH SIDE BRANCH | US14717934 | 2015-05-20 | US20150250626A1 | 2015-09-10 | Heike Fischer; Juergen Merz |
| The present invention relates to a self-expanding vascular implant for implanting into a blood vessel of a patient. The vascular implant has a main body and at least one side body, and has integrally formed, one-piece stent springs, which are successively arranged in the longitudinal axis of the main body, with each stent spring meandering perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and an implant material which is fixed to and connects the stent springs. The stent springs have pointed arches that alternately point toward the proximal end and the distal end of the main body and parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof. The at least one side body that branches off from the main body is, in the self-expanded state, set out at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the main body. | ||||||
| 126 | Methods for forming an orthogonal end on a helical stent | US12693571 | 2010-01-26 | US08226705B2 | 2012-07-24 | Erik Griswold |
| A method of manufacturing a stent includes forming a wave form having a plurality of struts and a plurality of crowns. Each crown connects two adjacent struts. The wave form has a center and two portions extending from opposite sides of the center. The method includes wrapping a first portion of the wave form about a longitudinal axis in a first direction at a first pitch angle, starting at the center of the wave form, to define at least one turn oriented at the first pitch angle, and wrapping a second portion of the wave form about the longitudinal axis in a second direction that is opposite the first direction at a second pitch angle, starting at the center of the wave form, to define at least one turn oriented at the second pitch angle. The first pitch angle is opposite the second pitch angle. | ||||||
| 127 | Stent With Improved Flexibility | US12693576 | 2010-01-26 | US20110071617A1 | 2011-03-24 | Matthew Baldwin; Richard Bliss; Justin Goshgarian; Erik Griswold; Rui Lam |
| A stent includes a continuous wave form wrapped around a longitudinal axis of the stent at a pitch to define a helix comprising a plurality of turns. The wave form includes a plurality of struts and a plurality of crowns. Each crown connects adjacent struts within a turn to define the continuous wave form. The stent also includes a plurality of connections configured to connect selected crowns of adjacent turns. Unconnected crowns of adjacent turns that substantially face each other are spaced from each other and define a gap therebetween. The gap between the unconnected crowns of adjacent turns is variable around a circumference of the stent. | ||||||
| 128 | Methods for Forming an Orthogonal End on a Helical Stent | US12693571 | 2010-01-26 | US20110071615A1 | 2011-03-24 | Erik Griswold |
| A method of manufacturing a stent includes forming a wave form having a plurality of struts and a plurality of crowns. Each crown connects two adjacent struts. The wave form has a center and two portions extending from opposite sides of the center. The method includes wrapping a first portion of the wave form about a longitudinal axis in a first direction at a first pitch angle, starting at the center of the wave form, to define at least one turn oriented at the first pitch angle, and wrapping a second portion of the wave form about the longitudinal axis in a second direction that is opposite the first direction at a second pitch angle, starting at the center of the wave form, to define at least one turn oriented at the second pitch angle. The first pitch angle is opposite the second pitch angle. | ||||||
| 129 | Aluminum alloy fin material for brazing | US11892147 | 2007-08-20 | US07850796B2 | 2010-12-14 | Kyoji Inukai; Tomohiro Ito; Akira Kawahara; Akio Niikura |
| An aluminum alloy fin material for brazing, characterized by comprising an aluminum alloy comprising more than 1.4% by mass but not more than 1.8% by mass of Fe, 0.8% by mass or more but 1.0% by mass or less of Si, and more than 0.6% by mass but not more than 0.9% by mass of Mn, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities,wherein 80% or more of the surface area, as viewed from the surface layer of the fin plane, is occupied by recrystallized grains with a length of 10 mm or more, in a direction rolled. | ||||||
| 130 | Method and apparatus for forming a wire to include coil segments | US11442841 | 2006-05-30 | US07624768B2 | 2009-12-01 | Kirk E. Neet; David M. Kroll |
| Disclosed is an apparatus for forming a wire to include coil segments useable in a dynamoelectric machine, the apparatus including a plurality of forming structures simultaneously moveable along an axis into a coil segment forming configuration, with at least a number of the plurality of forming structures being configured to hold a wire, and at least one actuating device associated with at least a number of the plurality of forming structures and configured to simultaneously move the number of the plurality of forming structures into the coil segment forming configuration. | ||||||
| 131 | "S" shaped cast in wire | US10633215 | 2003-08-01 | US20040020041A1 | 2004-02-05 | Otto Ferguson III; Dennis K. Hartman |
| A weld wire for storage on a spool of weld wire. The weld wire has a substantially linear cast in the form of an undulating curve that generally lies in a single plane. The undulating curve is a succession of generally semi-circular sections having a generally fixed radius of curvature. The linear cast is formed on the weld wire prior to the weld wire being wound on the spool of weld wire. The linear cast is at least partially retained on the weld wire after the weld wire is unwound from the spool and during the feeding of the weld wire through a welding machine. | ||||||
| 132 | Method of manufacturing seals | US09906758 | 2001-07-18 | US06553639B2 | 2003-04-29 | John Hobbs; David W Richards |
| A method of manufacturing a leaf seal for use between rotating components comprises forming corrugations within a metallic strip and feeding the corrugated strip into a seal guide. The corrugated strip is then pressed into the guide by an angled ram such that the corrugations lie at an acute angle to the perpendicular axis. The strip is then secured in a seal carrier, the free ends of the corrugations thus forming the angled sealing leaves of a leaf seal. | ||||||
| 133 | Bale tie formed with marcelled portions and package comprising compressed bale and such tie | US274118 | 1994-07-12 | US5417320A | 1995-05-23 | George M. Velan; Gale W. Huson; John R. Beach |
| For tying a compressed bale tending to expand primarily along a major axis, a bale tie made preferably from steel wire or alternatively from steel strap is bent to form two marcelled portions, which are characterized by sinusoidal undulations, which are oriented so as to be generally parallel to the major axis, and along which the tie can straighten to absorb tensile forces. A joint is formed at the opposite ends of the tie. Where bent to form the marcelled portions, the tie has an ultimate strength less than the ultimate strength of an undeformed portion of the tie but more than the ultimate strength of the joint. An apparatus for forming a wire with a marcelled portion comprises upper rolls and lower rolls, which are rotatably mounted and respectively on an upper block and a lower block. The upper block is pivotably mounted upon to the lower block. | ||||||
| 134 | Method and apparatus for forming a tube | US30367 | 1987-03-26 | US4753098A | 1988-06-28 | Earl Roehm; William Toy; Jerry Lamb; Clyde Morehead; Ernest Bivens; Jerry Niehaus |
| A method and apparatus for forming tubes, rods and the like into a serpentine configuration. A plurality of guide rails are mounted on a supporting surface and carriage bars are slideable on the guide rails. A lazy tong linkage having bend forming members mounted thereon is slideably mounted on the carriage bars. A lazy tong linkage assembly is disposed on each side of a center line and expander mechanisms are provided for forcing the two spaced lazy tong linkages apart. Drive means connected to the carriage bars drives the lazy tong linkage to a collapsed position and this movement causes the bend forming members to form a straight tube or rod into a serpentine configuration. | ||||||
| 135 | Machine for making wire comb binders | US578666 | 1984-02-09 | US4612963A | 1986-09-23 | Fritz Witte |
| A machine wherein wire is being withdrawn from a reel or barrel by a wire comb forming unit which draws the wire at a given frequency has a lever which is pivoted at such frequency by a rotary cam and carries a first roller. The lever is pivotable about the axis of a second roller and the wire is trained first over the second roller and thereupon around the first roller on its way toward the wire comb forming unit. The pivoting lever ensures that the wire is drawn from the reel or barrel at a constant speed in spite of intermittent consumption of wire in the wire comb forming unit. The diameters of the two rollers are the same. | ||||||
| 136 | Roller mechanism for forming helical shapes | US701440 | 1985-02-12 | US4546631A | 1985-10-15 | Frantisek L. Eisinger |
| A roller mechanism and method for forming helical shaped structures from a feed wire or rod, wherein the feed wire is drawn through a plurality of staggered forming rollers by rotation of the rollers, while the wire is also being rotated about its own axis so as to form the desired helical shaped product. The mechanism includes a support frame and at least four lower fixed position driven rollers and at least five upper idler rollers having adjustable positions relative to the lower rollers rotatably mounted in the frame. The lower rollers usually have a roughened or grooved surface to facilitate drawing the feed wire through the staggered forming rollers. If desired, the feed wire can be pulled off a rotating supply reel by a pair of guiding rollers and then passed through the forming rollers to provide the desired helical shaped product. | ||||||
| 137 | Bookbinding wire stock production method and apparatus | US190447 | 1980-09-24 | US4373558A | 1983-02-15 | Kenneth H. Dawson |
| An illustrative embodiment of the invention produces comb-like bookbinding wire stock in a manner that significantly reduces wire breakage during manufacture as well as unequally stressing or stretching or marring the surface finish of the wire from which the stock is formed. An indexing unit drives a pair of forming arm members that pivot under the control of a cam surface. These members align and wind a wire strand onto pins that protrude radially from a pair of parallel, axially spaced rings. Operation of a reciprocating side pusher and center pusher shaft press the wire strand onto the adjacent pins and a wire flattening roller presses one side of the partially formed stock against the adjacent pin surfaces to produce the "back" for the comb-like stock. A rotating pinch roll "sets" the fingertip portions of the tines on the stock. Because the plane surfaces of the circular rings are parallel, substantially less time is required to set up the machinery that characterizes the invention and undertake a production run than that which characterized prior art devices. | ||||||
| 138 | Apparatus for making serpentiform springs | US859794 | 1977-12-12 | US4136718A | 1979-01-30 | Alexei K. Ignatiev; Rusaam S. Nemets; Efim S. Gorbulev; Elena N. Stolyarova; Jury M. Kontsov |
| In an apparatus, synchronous rotation of a driven drum supporting mandrel pins and of two plates rotating in the same direction is effected. The plates support bending rods to bend rod stock on either side about successively arranged pins.The portion of the stock being bent and the preceding bent portion are securely urged against respective pins by means of a pair of spring-loaded shoes. | ||||||
| 139 | Method of and apparatus for making a sheet metal zig-zag key | US770485 | 1977-02-22 | US4103570A | 1978-08-01 | Jacob Rabinow |
| This invention describes a method of making a sheet metal zig-zag key for a lock. The technique of making a zig-zag key, either as a duplicate of another or in the original form, consists of passing a heavy current through the key so as to get it into a plastic state such as, for example, a red heat, and then deforming it into the desired shape. | ||||||
| 140 | Pliers-type wire-crimper | US48646574 | 1974-07-08 | US3918472A | 1975-11-11 | BROWN FRANK R |
| A wire-crimper capable of shaping a section of small diameter wire into a generally offset-U-shaped or ''''crimped'''' configuration, while leaving the remaining wire unaffected, is composed of two pairs of interfitting and pivotally connected arms, the arms of each pair being planarly parallel but axially spaced from each other on the pivoting axis. Each arm has a crimping edge beyond the region where the two pairs are pivotally interconnected and intermeshed along the pivot axis. The crimping edge of each arm faces toward the crimping edges of the arms of the other pair. The wire shaping is accomplished by three of the crimping edges as they axially overlap while the fourth edge prevents bending of the remaining wire during the crimping operation.
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