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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Allen Tamman, Chatham, CA;
David Rene Forgeron, Chatham, CA;
Allen Tamman, Chatham, CA;
David Rene Forgeron, Chatham, CA;
Siemens VDO Automotive, Inc., Chatham, CA;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for retaining a poppet seal with respect to a housing of an integrated pressure management system. The integrated pressure management system includes an aperture near a mouth of a housing, and the mouth includes a tip that is deformable so as to retain the poppet seal in the aperture. The apparatus includes a die and a collet. The die moves along an axis, and includes a face adapted to engage the mouth. The face includes a forming-over section adapted to engage the tip. The collet surrounds the die and extends along the axis between first and second axial ends. The collet includes first and second portions. The first portion extends between the first axial end and an intermediate axial position. The second portion extends between the intermediate axial position and the second axial end, and includes a plurality of segments positioned about the axis. Each of the plurality of segments includes at the second axial end a radially inward projecting tooth, and each tooth includes a tapered face.