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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Gkn Sinter Metals, Llc, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Alan C. Taylor, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
GKN Sinter Metals, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 7/06 (2006.01); B22F 7/08 (2006.01); B22F 3/10 (2006.01); F16C 33/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22F 7/062 (2013.01); B22F 3/1035 (2013.01); B22F 7/08 (2013.01); F16C 33/145 (2013.01); B22F 2998/10 (2013.01); F16C 2204/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of sinter fitting a powder metal compact around a core forms a composite component. By exploiting the shrinkage associated with the sintering of a powder metal compact, a sintered powder metal section may be dimensionally shrunk onto a core to create a mechanical interference fit between a core section and a sintered powder metal section. This method may be used to join materials such as aluminum and steel together, which traditionally have been difficult to join to one another.