Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Big Al's Tools LLC

Alfred Gunther

Raymond H Sasinowski

Ryan Lebold

Jeffrey L Despard

Gary A Blair

A tool adapter to aid in the removal of a threaded fastener from an article using a drive insert, the tool adapter comprising: (i) a housing comprising a plurality of faces interconnected along one or more respective edges of the plurality of faces to form the housing; and (ii) one or more holes recessed into one or more of the plurality of faces, the one or more holes adapted to receive one or more tools, wherein a first mating end of the drive insert is received into one of the one or more holes of the tool adapter and a second mating end of the drive insert is connected to the threaded fastener; and wherein one or more tools are inserted into at least one of the remaining holes to provide sufficient torque to remove the fastener from the article.

High-torque tool adapter

A fluid line having a crimp joint comprises a flexible hose, a tube and a ferrule. The tube has a tube stem portion located in the flexible hose, with the tube stem portion including a first flat portion adjacent to the free end, a second flat portion, a third flat portion, a first tube stem bead located between the first and second flat portions and extending radially outward, and a tube stem groove located between the second and third flat portions and extending radially inward. A ferrule is located radially outward from the flexible hose, with the ferrule including a first crimp tooth located radially outward from the first flat portion, a second crimp tooth located radially outward from the second flat portion, and a third crimp tooth located radially outward from the third flat portion, wherein the crimp teeth are out of phase with the bead and the groove.

Fluid line having crimp joint

An active de-aeration system includes a fill tube, a removable pressure cap, a de-aeration baffle within the fill tube and an externally disposed outlet conduit connected to a sump chamber of the fill tube disposed outside a baffled chamber defined by the de-aeration baffle. The outlet conduit is connected to the coolant system downstream with respect to the fill tube. Air bubbles are actively drawn into the fill tube by coolant movement into the baffled chamber and removably mix with air above a coolant surface in the fill tube.

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Macomb, MI, United States of America

Alfred Gunther