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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leon F LaVene, Durand, MI (US);
Assignee:
Schmelzer Corporation, Durand, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72379 ; 72400 ; 72404 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making a housing member with a projecting bracket receiving adaptor from a sheet of flat material in which the material is formed in progressive dies by displacing material in the direction of die movement and also transversely thereof by a die arrangement movable into engagement with a portion of the material displaced in the direction of die movement to confine that portion while permitting displacement of the unconfined portion transversely.