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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Lev Pekarsky, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yee Chow, Canton, MI (US);
Gregory Gardner, Livonia, MI (US);
Eric Nary, Macedon, NY (US);
Gary Hafemeister, Plymouth, MI (US);
Charles Schwab, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Allan Hall, Victor, NY (US);
Lev Pekarsky, W. Bloomfield, MI (US);
Yee Chow, Canton, MI (US);
Gregory Gardner, Livonia, MI (US);
Eric Nary, Macedon, NY (US);
Gary Hafemeister, Plymouth, MI (US);
Charles Schwab, Fort Mill, SC (US);
Allan Hall, Victor, NY (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for assembling components that are sealed hydraulically or pneumatically includes forming an outer component having an inner surface, a groove for holding a seal, the groove having an opening at the inner surface. A seal is fabricated in the form of a substantially circular ring having a scarf cut extending through the width and the thickness of the seal, and a second inner surface having an inside diameter. The seal is then placing over a mandrel having a diameter that is larger than the inside diameter of the second inner surface so that the seal is expanded by plastic deformation such that a gap is formed at the scarf cut. Then the seal is inserted in the groove while the seal is expanded.