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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2000
Albert A. McKay, Stoney Creek, CA;
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation, Wilmerding, PA (US);
Abstract
Hydraulic assembly tool having a tool fixed portion having a proximal end and a distal end. The tool fixed portion includes a hydraulic cylinder having a fluid pressure port at the proximal end of the tool fixed portion. The fluid pressure port is for receiving a fluid having a controllable pressure. The tool fixed portion includes a fixed jaw. The tool also has a moveable portion including a moveable jaw and a piston disposed in the hydraulic cylinder, the piston receiving a hydraulic force from the pressurized fluid. There is a compression spring engaging the tool fixed portion and the tool moveable portion, the compression spring urging the tool moveable portion including the moveable jaw in a direction opposite the direction of the hydraulic force. Increasing the pressure of the fluid causes the moveable jaw to move in the direction of the hydraulic force, and decreasing the pressure of the fluid permits the spring to move the tool moveable portion including the moveable jaw in a direction opposite the direction of the hydraulic force.