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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luigi Mastrofrancesco, Northville, MI (US);
Alan C. Johnston, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Tech., Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 3/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 3/904 ;
Abstract
A telescoping joint assembly and a method for making a telescope joint assembly The joint assembly has a pair of members which are telescopically engaged. Assembly further includes a resinous, plastic and/or polymer material which shrinkably coats or lines the inner shaft after the inner shaft is heated and exposed to a substantially inert gas, thereby providing a relatively durable and substantially “low friction” bearing or surface which is effective to promote and/or assist the telescopic sliding motion between the members