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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Madhu Sudan Chatterjee, Saginaw, MI (US);
Steven J Schultz, Saginaw, MI (US);
David E. Witucki, Bay City, MI (US);
Charles T Blue, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 ; B21D 5/300 ; B62D 5/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/00 ; B21D 5/300 ; B62D 5/04 ;
Abstract
A ring assembly manufacturing apparatus ( ) and method provides heat to a ring ( ) such as a polymeric ring from an infrared source ( ). A ring assembly ( ) includes a ring ( ) and a hub ( ) within the ring. The ring ( ) is traversed into a chamber ( ) such that the ring ( ) is exposed to infrared energy from the infrared source ( ). The infrared energy causes the ring ( ) to expand thereby facilitating assembly with the hub ( ).