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7350286 Rotational and axial power transmitting apparatus  
Threaded member assembling can be performed using a rotational/axial-movement-transmitting unit including an upper frame; a motor held by the upper frame; a female threaded member secured to the...
6951052 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...
6857189 Method and apparatus for assembling a hydrodynamic bearing  
A method and apparatus for assembling a hydrodynamic bearing in a motor is provided. The method comprises affixing a first bearing upon a shaft, applying an axial tension force to the shaft, and...
6782594 Method and apparatus for auditing a tension load in the threaded fastener  
The present invention is directed towards a method and an apparatus for accurately estimating the tension or clamp force in a bolted joint. An installed fastener is rotated and the torque necessary...
6684506 Bearing assembly adjustable spacer and gage part adjustment method  
One or more force application members (e.g., a force transmission member and/or a hydraulic force application member) may be employed to provide a desired adjustment (e.g., a preload and/or a...
6615471 Method of locating the blade holders in a fin folding machine  
A fin folding machine has a base, a pair of vertical side support members extending from the base. A top support member is spaced from the base and is attached to the pair of vertical side support...
6539603 Method for self-programming a power nutrunner control system during initial tightening processes  
A method for self-programming a computerized power nutrunner control system for tightening a number of similar screw joints to a desired final torque level (M F ) is provided. The method includes...
6385837 Method and apparatus for fixedly connecting threaded tubes, and recording medium storing control program for practicing or controlling those method and apparatus  
Method of fixedly connecting together externally and internally threaded tubes by tight engagement of externally and internally threaded portions of the tubes, wherein a wrenching operation is...
6233807 Process for automatically screw-connecting two components  
A process is provided for automatically screw-connecting two components using the torque-controlled tightening method, and to a stud and a union nut provided for carrying out the process. Also...
6212763 Torque-turn system for a three-element sucker rod joint  
A sucker rod tool system for oil wells monitors both torque and angular displacement of a three-element sucker rod connection. The tool system engages two sucker rods that are at least partially...
6021555 Method of inserting a threaded fastener into a fastening element  
A method of inserting a threaded fastener having a threaded portion into a fastening element having a threaded recess. The method includes the steps of positioning the threaded portion of the...
5604968 Fastener system including a swage fastener and tool for installing same  
A fastener system for multi-piece swage type fasteners, including a pin and a collar, and providing a stump type fastener constructed to be set as a pull type fastener with the fastener pin having...
5321506 Automatic screw-on pipe couplings  
The invention is a method and apparatus for continuously monitoring the application of a coupling to a pipe. The invention operates in several modes. In the position mode, the apparatus rotates the...
5233742 Method and apparatus for controlling tubular connection make-up  
Make-up of a pipe section and coupling to form a tubular joint having proper stand-off at proper make-up torque is automatically controlled. The coupling is first rotated onto the pipe section to a...
5212862 Torque-angle window control for threaded fasteners  
A method for tightening threaded fasteners to any desired proportion of the way through a torque-angle specification window defined by low and high angle limits and low and high torque limits. The...
5125156 Process for setting bearings  
The indirectly mounted tapered roller bearings which support a pinion shaft in a differential housing are set by turning a nut at the end of the shaft down to reduce the spacing between the cones...
5065494 Method of securing fastener  
A method for automatically tightening a tapped member such as a nut is disclosed. A socket of an open end air wrench mounted on a nut tightening robot is coupled with the tapped member. The robot...
5040827 Method and apparatus for improved oilfield connections  
An improved method of making up a pressure sealing threaded connection for oilfield country tubular goods is provided. A threaded connection is of the non-shouldered type, and includes a pin member...
5014794 Power driven tool and drive system therefor  
A portable screw fastener driving tool is driven electrically from a solid state inverter and intended to be coupled to any selected one in a set of screw fastener engaging members, each demanding...
4995145 Reduction of relaxation induced tension scatter in fasteners  
A method of reducing variations in the static torque of threaded fasteners, as measured after a relaxation period, uses an instrumented nutrunner to "break" the joint. Breaking the joint is done by...
4987669 Method of tightening screw  
In a method of tightening a screw member, the difference between the tightening axial force which is produced at the limit of elasticity when the friction coefficient between the screw member and a...
4906980 Detector of false rotation of power screwdriver  
The start of the final tightening of a screwdriver and rotation of the screwdriver after the start of the final tightening are detected. The detected rotation is compared with a standard value. The...
4639996 Screw fastening method  
An apparatus in which a threaded fastener is automatically attached to an article. The apparatus positions the threaded fastener in contact with the article and applies a torque thereon. A signal...
4620450 Method of evaluating tightening condition of screw  
When tightening a screw member with a nut runner, the turning angle of the screw member and the tightening torque of the same are detected. The ratio of increase in torque to increase in the...
4592125 Method and apparatus for analysis of torque applied to a joint  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for continuously monitoring the making-up a joint between two mutually-engageable threaded members (12,13,14,22,23), the threaded members having...
4413396 Microprocessor control yield point tightening system  
A method for tightening a fastener to yield point wherein areas under a torque-angle curve--each of said areas including a constant abscissa--are successively measured. A decrease of area in a...
4402052 Apparatus for making threaded joints incorporating a make-up speed controller  
An apparatus is provided for controlling the speed of rotation of a joint member during the operation of making a threaded joint. At lower speeds of rotation, a counter means receives clock pulses...
4377129 Apparatus for coating moving strips and a method for producing the apparatus  
The invention relates to an apparatus for coating moving strips with several layers, in particular for coating photographic films and papers with photographic emulsions and layers, the apparatus...
4365402 Method for counting turns when making threaded joints  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for making threaded joints, such as pipe joints, within a range of predetermined applied torque and turns values. A pipe or a pipe and a coupling are threaded...
4344216 Apparatus and method for tightening an assembly  
Apparatus and method for tightening assemblies held together by threaded fasteners. The desired tightened condition is achieved by turning the threaded fastener through a precise tightening angle...
4283830 Method and apparatus of monitoring the screwing home of a threaded element by a power tool  
In order to determine whether the screwing home of a threaded element, such as a screw, by a power tool has been acceptably executed, the number of revolutions undergone by the threaded element...
4208775 Method and apparatus for making threaded joints  
A method and apparatus are provided for making threaded joints, such as pipe joints, within a range of predetermined applied torque and turns values. A pipe or a pipe and a coupling are threaded...
4176436 Method and apparatus for counting turns when making threaded joints  
A method and apparatus are disclosed for making threaded joints, such as pipe joints, within a range of predetermined applied torque and turns values. A pipe or a pipe and a coupling are threaded...
4106176 Method and apparatus for fastener tensioning  
A fastener tensioning method and apparatus for obtaining a desired degree of tension in a fastener. The embodiment of this invention described utilizes the slope of the change in torque per change...
4104780 Method and system for tightening joint assembly  
The preferred embodiment of the invention disclosed herein relates to a method of and a tightening system for tightening a joint assembly including a fastener system to a yield point of one of the...
4104778 Method and apparatus for fastener tensioning  
A fastener tensioning method and apparatus for obtaining a desired degree of tension in a fastener. The apparatus includes a means for applying rotation to a fastener, a means for measuring the...
4095325 Method for tightening bolts  
A method is provided for fastening bolts and like threaded fasteners wherein the bolt is rotated initially at a high rate of speed until it comes to a point in relation to the bearing surface of...
3851386 METHOD OF TENSIONING BOLTS  
The method of tensioning a nut engaging bolt comprising the steps of placing a first indexing mark in a visible location on the bolt, then, on a non-moving member which is juxtapositioned with...
3602976 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CLAMPING LOAD OF A THREADED FASTENER  
A method of controlling or establishing, within close limits, the clamping load exerted on a workpiece or the bolt tension developed in a threaded fastener utilized for the securement of the...
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