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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:
Jan. 31, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
William P Dugan, Pomona, CA (US);
Assignee:
General Dynamics, Pomona Division, Pomona, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D / ; C25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204-9 ; 204281 ;
Abstract
An electroforming process in which parts of complex configurations can be formed more effectively than with the processes available in the prior art. In particular, a heat shrinkable tube is positioned on a mandrel, the mandrel being of a shape different from the ultimate part to be formed but which will develop the desired shape for the part when shrink tubing is shrunk onto the mandrel. A layer of metal is then deposited over the tube and the mandrel is then removed. The tube is heated again, shrinking to a smaller size which enables it to be removed from the finished part.