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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. 18, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis L Plackard, Alexandria, IN (US);
William J Chafin, Alexandria, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B27N / ; H01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264 23 ; 29607 ; 29608 ; 148101 ; 148105 ; 264109 ; 264D / ;
Abstract
A method of concurrently compacting and bonding a plurality of solid particles together including combining particles with a thermobonding agent, placing the particle-agent combination in a die having a desired shape, and applying compaction pressure to the particles while concurrently applying sufficient ultrasonic energy to the particles to densify the particles and thermally activate the thermobonding agent.