Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation

Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Jesse Allan Heather

Alan Gerard Turek

Michael Ralph Foster

Jeffrey E Beyerlein

David K Chen

Gerald Leroy Vaneman

William S Anders

Dana Michael Serrels

Jefferey E Beyerlein

Jeff E Beyerlein

A method of making a worm gear. The method includes forming a gear blank having a plurality of individual lugs formed about an outer circumferential edge of said blank to facilitate a uniform flow of a material around said plurality of individual lugs. The method also includes molding said material around said plurality of individual lugs to form a ring.

Worm gear hub

A gear blank is provided. It includes a disk having a first face and a second face. A first plurality of individual lugs formed on said first face circumferentially adjacent an outer circumferential edge of said disk. Each lug of said first plurality of individual lugs has a first inner circumferential edge formed on said first face along a first retaining diameter. Adjacent lugs of said first plurality of individual lugs have a first circumferential spacing therebetween.

A method of manufacturing an oval shaped catalytic converter that reduces the amount of material and number of parts that are required for permitting the catalytic converter to treat the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine and also improves the structural durability of the converter for high temperature applications by maintaining a higher mat density along the minor axis of the converter housing.

Method of making a catalytic converter

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Swartz Creek, MI, United States of America

Jesse Allan Heather