Bernard I Rachowitz

6389697, May 21, 2002

Jul 17, 2000

09/617733

Robert L. Benoit - Oakdale NY
Bernard I. Rachowitz - Lloyd Neck NY

Fuel Cell Components and Integrators, Inc. - Hauppauge NY

B21D 5388

298972, 294192, 2952514, 219617

A method for fabricating an automotive spaceframe using Electromagnetic Pulse Forming (EMF) or Magnetic Pulse Welding (MPW) techniques. The spaceframe can be either an all aluminum structure or a combination of dissimilar materials, such as aluminum and steel. The welding or forming methods can include the use of split coils or split inductors that allow for ease of access to the joints to be bonded in the spaceframe.

6420686, Jul 16, 2002

May 1, 2000

09/562136

Robert L. Benoit - Oakdale NY
Anthony Mascolo - Islip Terrace NY
Bernard I. Rachowitz - Lloyd Neck NY
Glenn L. Spacht - Lloyd Neck NY

Fuel Cell Components and Integrators, Inc. - Hauppauge NY

B23K 1301

219603, 219610, 219607

An apparatus has a single workstation for joining high strength metal components by electromagnetic forming techniques. One of the metal components carries high loads or is subjected to combined stresses and strains, thus requiring that it be relatively strong and ductile. EMF or MPW processes are used to join the components, whose strength is temporarily diminished prior to the joining step. The high strength material is subjected to a retrogressive heating and quenching process along a joined boundary thereof and is then electromagnetically joined. Thereafter, the strength of the diminished material is restored to its higher temper and strength. In a first embodiment, the apparatus uses a single coil for both the heating and electromagnetic bonding of the metal. In a second embodiment, two adjacent coils are used and the material is moved along a work path between the coils.

6452139, Sep 17, 2002

May 1, 2000

09/563162

Robert L. Benoit - Oakdale NY
John A. Dickson - Newton Square PA
Anthony Mascolo - Islip Terrace NY
Bernard I. Rachowitz - Lloyd Neck NY
Glenn L. Spacht - Lloyd Neck NY

Fuel Cell Components and Integrators, Inc. - Hauppauge NY

B23K 1301

219617, 219608, 2852881

A process for joining high strength metal components by electromagnetic forming techniques. One of the metal components carries high loads or is subjected to combined stresses and strains, thus requiring that it be relatively strong and ductile. EMF or MPW processes are used to join the components, the strength of which is temporarily diminished prior to the joining step. The high strength material is subjected to a retrogressive heating and quenching process along a joined boundary thereof; then electromagnetically joined; and thereafter, the strength of the diminished material is restored to its higher temper and strength.

6557252, May 6, 2003

Dec 14, 2000

09/735869

Richard A. Bennett - Smithtown NY
Robert L. Benoit - Oakdale NY
Bernard I. Rachowitz - Lloyd Neck NY
Glenn L. Spacht - Lloyd Neck NY

Fuel Cell Components and Integrators, Inc. - Hauppauge NY

H01R 4300

29868, 296021, 29850, 29748, 29446, 29447

A method and apparatus for fabricating uniform splices for stranded cables. A joint for a stranded cable can be formed by inserting the ends of two cables into an electrically conductive splice band which, in turn, is inserted into a coil or inductor. The splice is fabricated by a process known as magnetic pulse forming, or magnetic pulse welding wherein a very large electrical current of short duration is directed through the coil or inductor from a charged capacitor bank. The resulting magnetic field in the coil or inductor induces a magnetic field on the splice band, compressing the splice band uniformly around the circumference of the two cable ends being spliced. In the case of magnetic pulse welding, the splice not only uniformly compresses the stranded cables, but a weld is also created between the inner diameter of the sleeve and the adjacent stranded cables.

6779550, Aug 24, 2004

Feb 26, 2002

10/082734

Richard A. Bennett - Smithtown NY
Robert L. Benoit - Oakdale NY
Bernard I. Rachowitz - Lloyd Neck NY
Anthony Mascolo - Islip Terrace NY

Fuel Cell Components Integrators, Inc. - Hauppauge NY

B65D 632

137255, 220611, 220612

A pressure vessel or pressurizable canister has a hollow, thin-walled, cylindrical metal shell or tube. Two end caps are hermetically sealed to the respective distal ends of the metal shell by the process of magnetic pulse welding that requires no external heat. The two end caps are made of a metallic alloy such as aluminum. The end caps are each cylindrically shaped and have at least one circumferential recess to accommodate the metal of the shell tube as it deforms about the end caps and forms an intermolecular bond. The canister can hold a pressure of at least 1,800 psi.

59160390, Jun 29, 1999

Jul 8, 1997

8/889673

Richard A. Bennett - Smithtown NY
Robert L. Benoit - Oakdale NY
Bernard I. Rachowitz - Lloyd Neck NY
Glenn L. Spacht - Lloyd Neck NY

NBG Technologies, Inc. - Hauppauge NY

A63B 5302
A63B 5304

473305

A new method of fabricating the joint between a golf club head and the golf club shaft, and the article fabricated therefrom, is described herein. The golf club head in which the shaft is inserted has a bore hole having a recessed contoured aperture. The hollow, metal, or electrically conductive golf club shaft is placed into the bore hole of the club head, and an electric coil is placed inside the shaft. The electric coil is electrically pulsed, causing the shaft to expand outwardly to fit the contour of the aperture. The electro-formed, mechanically-bonded shaft is now permanently and integrally anchored to the golf club head. The club head aperture is additionally fitted with a plurality of vertically-disposed grooves along the vertical shaft axis. These vertical grooves capture the shaft as it expands outwardly to the internal surface during electromagnetic forming. The electromagnetically-formed shaft expands into these grooves and is prevented from rotationally or angularly slipping about the club head.

57760160, Jul 7, 1998

Apr 9, 1997

8/831587

Robert L. Benoit - Oakdale NY
William F. Fahey - Kings Park NY
Bernard I. Rachowitz - Lloyd Neck NY
Glenn L. Spacht - Lloyd Neck NY

NBG Technologies, Inc. - Hauppauge NY

A63B 6936

473409

A method of aligning and addressing a golf ball upon a putting green in order to stroke and putt the golf ball into a cup of the green, comprising the steps of: a) resting a golf club upon a surface of a putting green with its shaft disposed at an acute angle with respect to the surface, in order to position a golfer with respect to a club head of the golf club, wherein his or her eye is directed directly over a reflective surface of the club head when addressing a golf ball, and a grip of said shaft being extended at an angle and adjacently to the side of the golfer; b) presenting the golf club in an addressing position, so that the club head is adjacent a golf ball, and is positioned to putt the golf ball, and the grip of the shaft is disposed in front of the golfer; c) optically aligning the club head towards a cup of the green by sighting a reflection of the cup upon a reflective surface on the club head, and adjusting the club head direction; and d) optically controlling the stroke of the club head by sighting a reflection of the golf ball upon the club head and aligning the club head with respect to the golf ball.

59545933, Sep 21, 1999

Feb 3, 1998

9/017755

Robert L. Benoit - Oakdale NY
William F. Fahey - Kings Park NY
Bernard I. Rachowitz - Lloyd Neck NY
Glenn L. Spacht - Lloyd Neck NY

NBG Technologies, Inc. - Hauppauge NY

A63B 6936

473240

An improved optical putter. The optical putter has a club head whose cross-section is characterized as having four active surfaces: a substantially flat surface for resting the club head upon the green in a first alignment position; a ball-addressing surface; a second, substantially flat, reflective surface for aligning the golf club in a second alignment position; and a substantially flat bottom surface that is substantially perpendicular to the ball-addressing surface. The reflective surface is a semi-circular wedge shape having a sighting line for guiding the golfer to position her or her head and stance. Depending upon the alignment position, the reflecting surface can face upwardly towards the eye of the golfer or towards the cup of the green.