141 |
BAR MADE OF NOBLE METAL, AND PRODUCTION METHOD |
US15595318 |
2017-05-15 |
US20170259314A1 |
2017-09-14 |
Dominik LOCHMANN |
A bar of noble metal or an alloy containing noble metal having a mass mB is subdivided into n×m miniature bars 2, 3 each having a specified mass mk, wherein n and m each denote an integer ≧2, there being an interconnection of solid material (8) between directly adjacent miniature bars (2, 3). Another bar is affixed to a backing (13), to which the miniature bars are releasably attached. A method for the production of the bar consists in dividing up the same while leaving an interconnection of solid material or producing an arrangement thereof on a backing. |
142 |
Ball screw and manufacturing method of nut for ball screw |
US14678459 |
2015-04-03 |
US09737926B2 |
2017-08-22 |
Toru Harada; Koji Hashimoto; Tsuyoshi Ito; Tomofumi Yamashita; Naoya Aoki |
A ball screw is provided in which an outer circumferential formation is formed at a portion facing a ball circulating passage out of outer circumferential surface of a nut. The ball screw includes: a screw shaft having on its outer circumferential surface a screw groove; a nut having on its inner circumferential surface a screw groove facing the screw groove; a plurality of balls rollably loaded in a spiral ball rolling passage formed by both screw grooves; and a ball circulating passage to return the balls from a start point to an end point of the ball rolling passage for recirculation. The ball circulating passage is a concaved groove formed by concaving a groove on a part of the cylindrical inner circumferential surface of the nut by plastic working. Then, a flange is integrally provided at a portion facing the ball circulating passage and the screw groove. |
143 |
BATTERY CASE LID AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR BATTERY CASE LID |
US15481048 |
2017-04-06 |
US20170222201A1 |
2017-08-03 |
Takayuki SODE; Yukinori SUGIYAMA; Shinichi NOMURA; Masato KOBAYASHI |
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a battery case lid and a manufacturing method for the battery case lid which inhibit work hardening of a metal plate workpiece and which facilitate manufacture of a battery case lid. Provided is a battery case lid (1) formed by working a metal plate, including: a substrate section (2) and an explosion-proof valve (4) formed in the substrate section (2), wherein the explosion-proof valve (4) has a reduced thickness section (41) thinner than the substrate section (2), and the reduced thickness section (41) is formed by extending the metal plate by applying pressure while the metal plate is kept unrestrained. |
144 |
Press-forming method |
US14425552 |
2013-11-07 |
US09707617B2 |
2017-07-18 |
Mitsuharu Yamagata; Shuji Yamamoto; Yasuhiro Wada |
While a compression part (B1) in a bottom wall part of a cup-shaped workpiece (B) is compressed by an inner punch (11) and an inner die (14) and moved in a direction to get away from an intermediate die (15), the inner die (14) is pushed toward the inner punch (11); and a compression part (B2) being an outer end portion in a radial direction of the workpiece (B) is compressed by an outer punch (13) and an outer die (16) and moved in an direction to approach the intermediate die (15), to thereby suppress the workpiece (B) in the compression part (B2) from material-flowing in a direction to get away from a central axis (10), whereby thickness reduction processing of the compression part (B1) and thickness increase processing of a vertical wall part (B3) of the workpiece (B) sandwiched by an intermediate punch (12) and the inner die (15) and a vertical wall part (B4) of the workpiece (B) sandwiched by the intermediate punch (12) and an outer die (16) are performed. |
145 |
Power end frame segment |
US29534054 |
2015-07-24 |
USD791192S1 |
2017-07-04 |
Joseph H. Byrne; Jacob A. Bayyouk; Chandu Kumar |
A power end frame assembly for a reciprocating pump that includes a first and second end plate segment each including annular bearing support surfaces configured to support a crankshaft bearing assembly. At least one middle plate segment is disposed between the first and second end plate segments and includes an annular bearing support surface configured to support a crankshaft bearing assembly. The annular bearing support surfaces of the first and second end plate segments and the at least one middle plate segment each have a diameter and are coaxially aligned. The diameter of at least one of the first and second end plate segments is different from the diameter of the at least one middle plate segment to facilitate insertion and removal of the crankshaft bearing assembly from the power end frame assembly. |
146 |
Tube notching method and associated notching machine |
US14408271 |
2013-06-12 |
US09636734B2 |
2017-05-02 |
Sebastien Baudy |
The method for producing at least one notch in an outer wall of a tube includes guiding a first punch being made of a preforming tooth, causing the preforming tooth to penetrate through the wall of the tube until a protuberance is formed, positioning a solid cylindrical mandrel inside the tube. Then, the method includes guiding a second punch with a punching tooth, a leading end of the punching tooth having a shape complementary to a shape of the notch to be made in the wall of the tube, positioning a punching mandrel inside the tube, and having a groove suitable for containing the upset material. The invention can be used for notching headrests for the seats of a motor vehicle. |
147 |
VARIABLE THICKNESS GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME |
US15379906 |
2016-12-15 |
US20170095711A1 |
2017-04-06 |
Gentry Ferguson; Takeshi Casey Funaki; Stephanie Luttrell; Mark C. Myrhum; Uday V. Deshmukh |
A method of forming a crown of a golf club head including casting the crown of the golf club head, the crown including an internal surface adjacent a hollow interior of the golf club head, and an external surface opposite the internal surface, the crown including a first region and a second region adjacent the first region, the first region including a recess formed in the internal surface, the first region including a sacrificial protrusion on the external surface extending outwards beyond the second region; applying a mask to the external surface of the second region; exposing the crown of the golf club head to an etching chemical, wherein the etching chemical removes the sacrificial protrusion from the external surface of the crown; removing the etching chemical from the crown of the golf club head; and removing the mask from the second region. |
148 |
APPARATUS FOR TEXTURING THE SURFACE OF A BRAKE PLATE |
US15333290 |
2016-10-25 |
US20170066041A1 |
2017-03-09 |
Ray Arbesman; Nghi Pham |
An apparatus is provided for texturing the surface of a brake plate has three die plates and spring supports therebetween. A toothed tooling mounts to the top die plate above an anvil on the centre die plate both of which ride on posts held by the lower die plate. The toothed tooling comprises multiple blades each with multiple replaceable toothed inserts are held in a cartridge arrangement. The anvil receives brake plates from a separately supported plate feed mechanism with greatly reduced reciprocating mass. The complete die set can be set up on the bench and inserted ready to use in any style of press where the press ram contacts the upper die plate. |
149 |
Solenoid Housing and Method of Making the Same |
US15272057 |
2016-09-21 |
US20170011833A1 |
2017-01-12 |
Shreyas R. Mehta |
The invention relates to a solenoid housing fabricated by a method which allows a manufacturer to produce a high performing product while minimizing manufacturing complexity and time. The instant invention uses cold-forging techniques to reduce the need for fine machining processes. |
150 |
Ironing mold and formed material manufacturing method |
US14768866 |
2013-07-10 |
US09527128B2 |
2016-12-27 |
Naofumi Nakamura; Yudai Yamamoto; Jun Kurobe |
An ironing mold according to the present invention includes a punch that is inserted into a formed portion, and a die having a pushing hole into which the formed portion is pushed together with the punch. An inner peripheral surface extends non-parallel to an outer peripheral surface of the punch, and the inner peripheral surface is provided with a clearance that corresponds to an uneven plate thickness distribution, in the pushing direction, of the formed portion prior to the ironing relative to the outer peripheral surface to ensure that an amount of ironing applied to the formed portion remains constant in the pushing direction. |
151 |
Method and apparatus for forming a hard disk drive base plate with an extended height |
US14555483 |
2014-11-26 |
US09522446B2 |
2016-12-20 |
Kung Ying Law; Yut Chai Loh |
A method for forming a hard disk drive base plate with an extended height is described. The method may include forming an initial hard disk drive base plate, forming a filler shim, and forming a shroud. The method may also include joining the initial hard disk drive base plate, the filler shim, and the shroud to extend a height of walls of the formed initial hard disk drive base plate, and to form the hard disk drive base plate with the extended height. |
152 |
METHOD OF TUNING PANELS FOR COMMONALITY OF SELF-PIERCING RIVET/DIE AND ROBOT COMBINATIONS |
US14736305 |
2015-06-11 |
US20160361753A1 |
2016-12-15 |
Dragan B. Stojkovic; Colleen Marie Hoffman |
A method is provided for preparing a plurality of material stacks for joining with common self-piercing rivets. The method includes tuning the panels for self-piercing rivet joint commonality and manufacturing simplicity by providing each of the multiple material stacks with a common self-piercing rivet mating surface thickness. This may be done by striking a metal panel of an individual material stack at a self-piercing rivet mating surface to reduce the thickness thereof in a tuned area and thereby provide the common self-piercing rivet mating surface thickness to the individual material stack independent of the original total metal thickness of the individual material stack. |
153 |
Press forming method |
US14653192 |
2013-12-26 |
US09452461B2 |
2016-09-27 |
Mitsuharu Yamagata; Shuji Yamamoto; Yasuhiro Wada |
A press forming apparatus (1a) consecutively carries out: a first step of pushing a flat plate-shaped workpiece into a die (14) by a forming punch (11), to form the workpiece into a cup-shaped workpiece (B); a second step of making the cup-shaped workpiece (B) move relatively to a position where a space (S2) is formed between a cup bottom part (B2) and the forming punch (11) by a holding down member (12) abutting on an end part of a cup vertical wall part (B1); and a third step of making a counter punch (13) approach the forming punch (11), to push a cup bottom part (B2) to a forming punch (11) side so that the cup bottom part (B2) is compressed by the forming punch (11) and the counter punch (13), making a material of the cup vertical wall part (B1) flow to a cup shoulder part (B3), thereby to thicken the cup shoulder part (B3). |
154 |
DEBURRING TOOL FOR LASER BEAM MACHINE AND DEBURRING METHOD THEREFOR |
US14649563 |
2013-11-19 |
US20160214205A1 |
2016-07-28 |
Shinichi TSUKADA |
A deburring tool includes upper and lower ball holding members opposing each other, and upper and lower balls that are rotatably supported by the respective upper and lower ball holding members and that project so as to confront opposing surfaces of the respective lower and upper ball holding members. When a thermally cut portion of sheet material is held between the upper and lower balls, by moving the sheet material along the thermally cut portion by a sheet material moving mechanism, a lower surface edge portion along the thermally cut portion of the sheet material is pressed upward by the lower ball. |
155 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A HARD DISK DRIVE BASE PLATE WITH AN EXTENDED HEIGHT |
US15052805 |
2016-02-24 |
US20160167181A1 |
2016-06-16 |
Kung Ying LAW; Yut Chai LOH |
A method for forming a hard disk drive base plate with an extended height is described. The method may include forming an initial hard disk drive base plate, forming a filler shim, and forming a shroud. The method may also include joining the initial hard disk drive base plate, the filler shim, and the shroud to extend a height of walls of the formed initial hard disk drive base plate, and to form the hard disk drive base plate with the extended height. |
156 |
Fuel injection valve |
US14140865 |
2013-12-26 |
US09366209B2 |
2016-06-14 |
Naoya Hashii; Tsuyoshi Munezane |
An injection hole inlet is disposed at the upstream side face of the injection hole plate in such a way that, assuming that α denotes the angle between respective lines obtained by vertically projecting a straight line that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and the center of the valve seat and the major axis of the injection hole inlet onto a perpendicular plane that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and is perpendicular to the center axis of the valve seat and assuming that β denotes the angle between respective lines obtained by vertically projecting the straight line that passes through the center of the injection hole inlet and the center of the valve seat and the minor axis of the injection hole inlet onto the perpendicular plane, α<β is satisfied. |
157 |
PIN FIN FORMING METHOD |
US14950825 |
2015-11-24 |
US20160158825A1 |
2016-06-09 |
Hirofumi INOSHITA; Akinori TOMIOKA |
A pin fin forming method is a method of forming a plurality of pin fins on a surface of a metal plate by subjecting the metal plate to extrusion using a die having a plurality of through-holes and a roll. The pin fin forming method includes placing the metal plate between the die and the roll, and pressing the metal plate from a first end of the metal plate to a second end of the metal plate, by moving the roll relative to the die. The metal plate is pressed from the first end of the metal plate to the second end of the metal plate, in a state where a side surface of the second end of the metal plate and an upper surface of the second end of the metal plate are fixed. |
158 |
BATTERY CASE LID AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR BATTERY CASE LID |
US15011204 |
2016-01-29 |
US20160149179A1 |
2016-05-26 |
Takayuki SODE; Yukinori SUGIYAMA; Shinichi NOMURA; Masato KOBAYASHI |
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a battery case lid and a manufacturing method for the battery case lid which inhibit work hardening of a metal plate workpiece and which facilitate manufacture of a battery case lid. Provided is a battery case lid (1) formed by working a metal plate, including: a substrate section (2) and an explosion-proof valve (4) formed in the substrate section (2), wherein the explosion-proof valve (4) has a reduced thickness section (41) thinner than the substrate section (2), and the reduced thickness section (41) is formed by extending the metal plate by applying pressure while the metal plate is kept unrestrained. |
159 |
SPRING STRUT DOME AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME |
US14896088 |
2014-06-02 |
US20160129946A1 |
2016-05-12 |
Stephan DREWES; Markus ZÖRNACK |
Spring strut domes for use with vehicle bodies can be formed by reshaping a semifinished product into a dome element by way of massive forming. In particular, the semifinished product may be reshaped by rolling, forging, upset-forging, and/or pressing. In this process, structures may be introduced into the dome element that increase the stiffness of the dome element and hence the spring strut dome. Two example structures include ribs and webs, and the dome element may be formed of steel or a steel alloy. In some cases, the semifinished product may be heated before being reshaped into the dome element. Further, the spring strut dome may also include an attaching region coupled to the dome element, which may be used to secure the spring strut dome to a vehicle body. A wall thickness of the attaching region may be equal to or less than 1.5 mm in some examples. |
160 |
ADJUSTMENT AID FOR A JOINING DEVICE HAVING A PUNCH AND A COUNTER-TOOL, AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE JOINING DEVICE |
US14895357 |
2014-05-15 |
US20160107223A1 |
2016-04-21 |
Dennis Henke; Mathias Heger; Andreas Jakobsche |
The present disclosure provides an adjustment aid for a joining device having a punch and a counter-tool which can be oriented coaxially to one another and can be moved axially towards each other for a joining movement relative to one another. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides a method for adjusting a joining device with a punch and counter-tool. A grid marking is embossed in a reshaped test part with the assistance of an embossable grid marking on a punch surface or on a counter surface of the counter-tool. This grid marking is evaluable in comparison to the discernible impressions of the punch surface and counter surface of the counter-tool. |