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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Grigoriy Grinberg, Sylvania, OH (US);
David Robert Collins, Southgate, MI (US);
Jeffrey Alan Kinane, Birmingham, MI (US);
Rick Thomas Heaman, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 2/300 ; B22D 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 2/300 ; B22D 1/900 ;
Abstract
A method of making a spray formed rapid tool includes the steps of making a model of a desired tool and directly constructing a sand pattern as the inverse of the model. The method also includes the steps of thermally spraying metal material against the sand pattern to form the desired tool.