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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:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl Eckardt Schornhorst, Canton, MI (US);
Gerald Joseph Selm, Connersville, IN (US);
Kevin Bennett Wise, Connersville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/526 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/526 ;
Abstract
A machine for bending a first set and a second set of folded deformable links projecting outwardly from a heat exchanger core made is disclosed. The machine comprises a base, a transport mechanism for transporting the core to a workstation, a locking mechanism for locking the core in a predetermined orientation in the workstation, and a bending mechanism attached to the base for bending a set of folded deformable links against the core.