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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:
Feb. 08, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene F Davenport, Union, MI (US);
Curtis R Heckaman, South Bend, IN (US);
Benjamin R Kessler, South Bend, IN (US);
Jay A Simpson, South Bend, IN (US);
Assignee:
Curtis Products, Inc., South Bend, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29890144 ; 2989015 ; 2853345 ; 285354 ;
Abstract
A hydraulic coupling and method for producing such having a tubing with an end portion of a tubing wall outwardly bent and return bent upon itself to form a flattened double flanged end. The method of production using three separate press hits to secure a sleeve to the tubing, to form an annular V-shaped flange in the tubing wall and to compact the V-shaped flange into a flattened double flanged end.