Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Visteon Global Tech., Inc

Ford Motor Company Limited

Hsin-Hong Huang

Kenneth Mark Pickett

Gary Meyers

Jay DeAvis Baker

Lawrence LeRoy Kneisel

Vijay Patel

Michael Bednarz

A universal joint adapted to interconnect a pair of rotating shafts at an angle relative to one another including a first member and a second member wherein the first member has a first longitudinal axis and includes an elongated semi-spherical head having a plurality of circumferentially spaced and radially outward facing facets which are curved along the first longitudinal axis and the second member has a second longitudinal axis and includes a pocket adapted to receive the elongated head. The pocket further includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced and radially inward facing facets which correspond to the plurality of radially outward facing facets on the elongated head and are tapered relative to the second longitudinal axis.

Polygon universal joint

A substantially rigid circuit board connector which is made by foldably coupling an electrically conductive circuit board portion onto the body of a rigid member , while allowing the tapered end portion of the rigid member to remain exposed.

Circuit board having an integrated circuit board connector and method of making the same

A method,for making a relatively low profile catalytic converter assembly,which is selectively deployed upon a vehicle,The catalytic converter assembly,is formed from a generally hollow tube or member,which is selectively expanded within a die,The expanded member,receives a pair of catalytic substrate members,thereby forming a low profile catalytic converter assembly

Method for making a catalytic converter assembly

A method for making a relatively low profile catalytic converter canister,which is selectively and operatively deployed upon a vehicle,and which may be selectively used to form a catalytic converter assembly.

Method for making a catalytic converter canister

There is disclosed herein an apparatus for bulk-feeding electronic components which utilizes magnetic force and a rotating feeder tube to properly orient the components for presentment to an automated pick-and-place machine. The apparatus comprises: (1) a generally straight tube 10 having a raised end 12, a lowered end 14, a longitudinal axis L--L, and a generally cylindrical interior passage 16 therethrough; (2) a generally straight bar magnet 20 arranged beneath and proximate the tube 10, wherein the bar magnet has a North pole-South pole axis N-S oriented generally parallel with the tube longitudinal axis L--L; (3) a receptacle 30 having first and second ends 32/34 and a tapered throat 36 running therethrough, wherein the throat extends from an enlarged inlet 38 defined in the first end to a constricted outlet 39 defined in the second end, the receptacle being disposed such that the inlet is elevated above the outlet, the second end 34 of the receptacle being disposed in rotatably slidable contact with the raised end 12 of the tube such that the constricted outlet 39 is placed in communication with the tube interior passage 16 thereat; and (4) a mechanism 40 for rotating the tube 10 about its longitudinal axis L--L.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Hsin-Hong Huang