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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. 13, 2004
Filed:
May. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nigel Spurr, Binningham, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 3/900 ; B23P 1/902 ; B23P 1/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 3/900 ; B23P 1/902 ; B23P 1/102 ;
Abstract
A method of assembly of a first and second component comprising the steps of providing the first component with a projection providing a second component with a plastics engagement surface assembling the first and second components such that the projection is held substantially rigid relative to the first component and the plastics engagement surface is plastically deformed around the projection then allowing the plastics engagement surface to further creep around the projection such that the force required to disassemble the first and second components increases.