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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Robert D Durand, Wyomissing, PA (US);
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of joining two vehicle axle housing components made from the same or dissimilar materials includes providing a first axle housing component, and providing a second axle housing component made from a material which is same/dissimilar to the material used to make the first axle housing component, where one of the first and second axle housing components is a metallic component made of a metallic material. A portion of one of the first and second axle housing components is positioned within a portion of the other of the axle housing components in an overlapping manner, thereby forming an overlapping portion. A metallic band may be disposed around the overlapping portion. An inductor is positioned around the overlapping portion. The inductor is energized to generate a magnetic field for collapsing at leastone of the overlapping portion and the metallic band at a velocity sufficient to magnetic pulse weld the metallic component to each other, thereby securing the first and second axle housing components together.