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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005

Filed:

Nov. 16, 2001
Applicants:

Yukihito Ichikawa, Nagoya, JP;

Eiji Ito, Yokkaichi, JP;

Koichi Ikeshima, Okazaki, JP;

Masayasu Ishikawa, Nagoya, JP;

Inventors:

Yukihito Ichikawa, Nagoya, JP;

Eiji Ito, Yokkaichi, JP;

Koichi Ikeshima, Okazaki, JP;

Masayasu Ishikawa, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:

NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D051/16 ; B23P011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for assembling a cell structure in a metal vessel, including reading information as indicia located on a surface of a compressible material having a cushioning property, the information regarding the thickness and/or bulk density of the compressible material; selecting a cell structure, a metal vessel, and a compressible material which, when assembled as a cell structure housed in a metal vessel, have a proper holding condition based on the read information; assembling the selected cell structure in the selected metal vessel via the selected compressible material, the compressible material being located in a compressed state between an outer periphery of the cell structure and the metal vessel to hold the selected cell structure in the selected metal vessel.


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