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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2004
Applicant:
Hans-jürgen Knaup, Bad Lippsringe, DE;
Inventor:
Hans-Jürgen Knaup, Bad Lippsringe, DE;
Assignee:
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hardened metal part is created having a pair of opposite faces and a dimple open at one of the faces and forming a pocket. This hardened metal part is installed in a motor vehicle over an element of the vehicle with the one face turned toward and the dimple aligned with a specific region of the element. Then at a later date when the region needs to be accessed, the dimple is ground off so as to form the pocket into a throughgoing hole and thereby expose the region through the hole so that a tool can act on the region through the hole.