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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Stefan Jager, Schusselfeld, DE;
Norbert Radinger, Nuremberg, DE;
Matthias Fick, Schnalllach, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ina-Schaeffler KG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G001/00 ; B23P017/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A connecting rod of a crank mechanism is made as a single sheet metal part by shaping without chip removal out of sheet metal. The connecting rod comprises a base sheet () that is provided with an upper connecting rod eye () and a lower connecting rod eye (). Each of the connecting rod_eyes () has an integral cylindrical stamping (). The connecting rod further comprises a stiffening collar () that is integrally formed out of the base sheet () and is configured without interruption on the periphery of the base sheet ().