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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:
Jun. 15, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
James C Arthur, Columbus, IN (US);
Graham F Thieman, Columbus, IN (US);
Assignee:
Arvin Industries, Inc., Columbus, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285222 ; 292835 ; 29432 ; 29523 ; 291574 ; 181272 ; 2853822 ; 2853824 ;
Abstract
A tube-to-plate connection and method for making it utilize a plate defining an aperture where the tube is to be attached to the plate, with the portion of the plate surrounding the aperture including a flange extending away from the plane of the plate. The tube side wall lies generally within the flange. The flange and tube wall are simultaneously cut or staked radially by a piercing cutter-staker which pierces the walls of both flange and tube wall to prevent axial movement or rotation of the tube with respect to the flange.