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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shrikant Mukund Joshi, Getzville, NY (US);
Ralph John Honey, Randolph, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29890043 ; 29890052 ;
Abstract
An automotive heat exchanger manifold (56) is formed entirely integrally by starting with a cylindrical blank (10) and integrally forming its ends variously into lower end closures or upper end connectors. Specifically, the lower end of blank (10) is impact extruded into a reduced diameter pin (30) which is not only leak tight and seamless, but inserts into a lower resilient mount (16). The upper end of the blank (10) is cold headed into a line connector (54).