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7617712 Alignment device and methods of using the same  
An alignment device is located on a mandrel of an installation tool and is used to align a structural member in an opening of a workpiece while seating a radial flange of the structural member...
7527584 Belt-tensioning roller  
Subassembly of at least two machine parts, the outer machine part, in particular a tensioning roller with a running disk made of steel being fastened with its internal circumferential surface on an...
7516534 Method for attaching a nut element to a metal structure  
A method of installing fastening elements, and rivetless fasteners for use with the method. Rivetless nutplate fasteners are installed in metal structures by providing flush fit barrel shaped plug...
7509829 Mandrel assembly and method of using the same  
A mandrel assembly has a mandrel, a biasing member, and a outer member. The biasing member biasly maintains the outer member in a first position, which corresponds to a contoured portion of the...
7497255 High performance expandable tubular system  
A method and apparatus for tubular expansion are disclosed. In an embodiment, an apparatus for radially expanding a tubular comprises at least two expansion swages. At least one expansion swage is...
7474221 Marking of pipe joints  
An improved method of permanently marking the location of a tubular joint, the method including creating a cavity into the end surface of one of the tubular ends that are to be joined by a forge...
7437904 Coldwork tool assembly  
A coldwork tool assembly including an outer housing and an inner housing in telescopic arrangement with each other and a retaining collar configured to accommodate a plurality of mandrel...
7406762 Method of fabricating an electrical terminal connector  
A fabricating method of an electrical terminal connector comprises the following steps: (1) providing an angled insulating housing having a first opening, a second opening and a through passage...
7383624 Self-piercing female fastener, method of forming a sealed female fastener and panel assembly and panel assembly  
Method of forming a sealed joint between a nut ( 20 ) having a cylindrical pilot ( 22 ), an annular flange portion ( 28 ) surrounding the pilot and a re-entrant groove ( 32 ) and a panel with a die...
7375277 Double flanged bushings and installation methods  
A dual bushing installation kit includes a first metal bushing and a second metal bushing. The first metal bushing can include a first body having first and second ends. The first and second ends...
7363691 Method and apparatus for forming a mono-diameter wellbore casing  
A mono-diameter wellbore casing. The mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by plastically deforming and radially expanding a first tubular member within a wellbore. A second tubular member is...
7328602 Pipe expanding device  
Disclosed is a pipe expanding device for expanding a thin pipe with a small diameter using elasticity and compressing and bending characteristics of a spring. Steel wires whose opposite contact...
7225523 Method for coupling and expanding tubing  
An expandable tubing assembly comprises a tubular connector defining overlapping longitudinal slots, the connector comprising end portions and an intermediate portion. The slots extend over the...
7181821 Joining expandable tubulars  
A method of joining expandable tubulars includes joining the tubulars by forge welding and flushing a reducing flushing gas around the heated tubular ends during at least part of the forge welding...
7165310 Method for connecting two members  
A connecting structure includes a first member including a hole which has a narrower width at an opening portion than a width at a bottom portion and a projecting portion projected toward the...
7141165 Coin-filter mounting structure  
The present invention discloses a structure for mounting a coin-filter filtering foreign materials contained in hydraulic fluid on a fixing groove formed at an inlet side of an orifice without...
7108242 Seat valve  
A seat valve in a motor vehicle wheel slip control system includes a valve tappet acting as a valve closure member, where the valve tappet is movably guided and aligned with a valve seat member by...
7107663 Expandable coupling  
An expandable tubular coupling ( 10 ) includes first and second thread portions ( 12,14 ) each comprising a plurality of inter-engaging teeth ( 20,22 ), wherein at least one tooth on the first...
7100264 Method of installing double flanged bushings  
A bushing ( 52 ) has two bushing parts ( 52, 58 ), each of which includes a tubular section ( 54, 60 ) and a radial flange section ( 56, 62 ) Tubular section ( 54 ) is inserted into an opening ( 38...
7096575 Method of and device for joining assembled hollow shafts  
A method and device for joining assembled hollow shafts which consist of a tube and several attachable parts such as cams, flanges, bearing sleeves, pulse generating devices, toothed gears and...
7076854 Method for the production of a shaft-hub connection  
A toothed or splined shaft having an external toothing is pushed with clearance into an internal toothing of a hub, tooth to space, and the external toothing of the shaft is pressed together with...
7065995 Expansion tool for expanding tube ends and pressing device comprising such an expansion tool  
The invention relates to an expansion tool for expanding tube ends. The expansion tool has an expansion mandrel and a counter-support, said expansion mandrel consisting of a tow-bar and an elastic...
7065855 Installation tool for setting anchors  
The invention provides an installation tool for use with a battery operated drill or a corded electric drill for repetitive installation of caulk-in anchors. The installation tool utilizes the...
7040018 Radially expandable tubular with supported end portion  
A method is provided of radially expanding a connector for interconnecting a first tube to a second tube, the connector including a pin member extending into a box member. The pin and box members...
7017249 Apparatus and method for forming a tube having an article attached thereto  
In the present invention, at least one tubular blank and at least one article such as a metal stamping, to be attached to a hydroformed part, are loaded into a die. The tube is hydroformed using...
6981524 Twist off drive for a tube plug  
A tube plug kit including a tube plug having a housing member and a locking member, the housing member having a smooth longitudinal bore communicating with a threaded portion, the locking member...
6971177 Wheel bearing device and method of manufacturing the same  
A wheel bearing device is provided to prevent loosening of a hub ring and an outer joint ring that are fitted together. An irregular portion treated with hardening is formed on a fit face of the...
6961998 Method for producing a hollow shaft, in particular a camshaft and a camshaft produced according to said method  
Hollow shafts, and particularly camshafts, are produced using an internal high-pressure forming (IHF) process. Cams and/or machine elements are mounted at intervals onto the outer surface of the...
6928732 Method of manufacturing piping having joining portion  
An arbitrary position of a pipe is clamped and a connector is engaged with the pipe. Then, an end portion of the pipe is expanded with a tool such as a diameter expanding punch so as to caulk the...
6907664 Method for manufacturing fuel inlet  
A method for manufacturing a fuel inlet having a good sealing property and a screw structure formed in a precise position involves expanding one end of a long-length stainless pipe (metal pipe)...
6907652 Pipe connecting method  
A method of connecting a first pipe to a second pipe having an end part fitting into an end part of the first pipe, comprising arranging the end part of the second pipe within the end part of the...
6877779 Conduit connector and method  
A conduit connection joint is formed to connect a tube and a fitting body in fluid tight relation. The joint is made by axially compressing the tube in a bore in the fitting body so as to cause...
6857185 Method for electromagnetically joining tubes to sheets in a tubular heat transfer system  
A system and method for expanding, joining or securing a plurality of tubes by electromagnetic expansion to a plurality of sheets in a tubular heat transfer system. The system and method involve...
6817079 Method of riveting a headed fastener  
The method of the present invention is intended to be used in association with a headed fastener such as a tee nut, but not limited to a tee nut. The present method contemplates embodiments of a...
6802111 Tool for producing camshafts by expanding  
A tool for producing expanded camshafts. The tool includes at least one modular die made up of segments that are joined together and that are provided with opposing slides for centering and...
6796765 Methods and apparatus for assembling gas turbine engine struts  
A method for installing an expandable stiffener includes providing an assembly including a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected at a leading and trailing edge such that a cavity is...
6732432 Apparatus and method for forming an exhaust emission control device, and the device formed thereby  
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for manufacturing an exhaust emission control device, and the exhaust emission control device formed thereby. The method of manufacturing an exhaust...
6698081 Method of attaching a plate to a rod  
A method of securely attaching a plate to a malleable metal rod includes forming an integral, generally annular projection on one end of the rod. An opening through the plate is configured to...
6698076 Drive shaft manufacturing process  
A method of fabricating a driveline assembly including the steps of inserting a first member within a second member, heating the first member to a temperature greater than that of the second member...
6662447 Method and apparatus for the production of double-walled hollow sections by means of internal high-pressure forming  
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the production of double-walled hollow sections by means of internal high-pressure forming, a first hollow section being inserted into a second...
6662422 Method for attaching a headrest guide to a seat frame  
A method for connecting a headrest guide tube in a vehicle seat frame comprises the steps of forming a hole in the seat frame, inserting a headrest guide tube into the hole, axially compressing the...
6651327 Method of making hydroformed fuel rails  
A fuel rail formed by hydroforming. The hydroforming process includes applying a seal onto a fuel tube, and installing fuel injector blocks, including fuel injector ports, onto the tube in desired...
6615468 System for manufacturing built-up camshafts  
A process and system for manufacturing a built-up camshaft by which the operational safety of the camshaft is ensured in a simple manner in any engine operation and the camshaft can arbitrarily be...
6609301 Reinforced hydroformed members and methods of making the same  
A method of hydroforming a reinforced tube comprising providing a metal tubular blank having an interior defined by an inner surface and an exterior defined by an outer surface. A metal reinforcing...
6575502 Conduit connector and method  
A conduit connection joint is formed to connect a tube and a fitting body in fixed fluid tight relation. The joint is made by compressing the tube in a bore in the fitting body so as to cause...
6561077 System and process for assembling a tube in a connecting element, and servomotor housing including such a system  
The present invention relates to a system and a process for assembling a tube in a connecting element, and a housing for a braking assistance servomotor, in a device for controlling braking...
6546779 Eyelet sizing tool for a needle/armature rotation limiting feature of a fuel injector  
A tool for forming an armature guide eyelet. The tool having a body with a working end, a support end and at least one sizing rib disposed along a longitudinal axis. The at least one sizing rib has...
6543636 Method for making an aerosol housing with threaded neck  
Process for manufacturing a metal can with a threaded neck on which a removable head can be fitted, includes the steps of forming a can with a closed bottom end, a cylindrical wall and an open top...
6519851 Air gap insulated exhaust pipe with branch pipe stub and method of manufacturing same  
A method for manufacturing an air-gap-insulated exhaust pipe having a branch stub, as well as an exhaust pipe produced according to such a method and a tool for forming such an exhaust pipe. Two...
6513232 Vertical pipe expander  
A vertical pipe expander to be used to expand the pipes assembled with fins of finned heat exchangers comprises, on a supporting frame, supports for rods of pipe expanding cones, performing...