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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2020
Magna International Inc., Aurora, CA;
Sylvain Gravel, West Lorne, CA;
Gary Livingston, Woodstock, CA;
MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC., Aurora, CA;
Abstract
A tip dressing system includes a tip dressing machine having a gear unit. A holder is installed in the gear unit, and a cutter is installed on the holder. The holder may include mechanical structure corresponding to the gear unit that prevents the holder from being installed incorrectly and further prevents a holder that does not match the machine from being installed in the gear unit. The cutter may include mechanical structure corresponding to the holder to prevents the cutter from being installed incorrectly and further prevents a cutter that does not match the holder from being attached to the holder. The machine, holder, and cutter may include indicators configured for being scanned by a scanning device, and a controller may determine whether the scanned components match.