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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:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Edgar Mitchell, Troy, OH (US);
Gary Pitt Ford, Dayton, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B12D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72402 ; 29243517 ;
Abstract
A crimping tool for a sealing washer includes a cylindrical outer housing having a bore, a cylindrical inner housing disposed within the bore and fixed relative to the outer housing and a crimping arm pivotally mounted to the inner housing. The crimping tool also includes a drive mechanism for moving the outer housing relative to the inner housing to urge the crimping arm towards the inner housing to deform an object to be crimped.