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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. 01, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Styner & Bienz AG, Niederwangen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
384537 ;
Abstract
Punched and bent parts (1, 2, 3), manufactured by non-cutting shaping, are assembled to a rigid box by using exclusively mutual riveting, optionally in part also spot welding, of the material of the punched and bent parts, thus without any additional material requirements. The parts (13) serving for bearing the steering shaft (15) are high precision pieces also obtained by non-cutting shaping. A very efficient, high precision manufacturing is thus achieved free from any finishing treatment and without auxiliary means for the connection of the punched and bent parts.