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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Shen-ling Allen Wang, Northville, MI (US);
Inventor:
Shen-Ling Allen Wang, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
GKN Driveline North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of forming a flexible component includes performing a stress analysis on potential configurations of the component. A desired as-molded shape can be selected from the configurations that were analyzed based upon the stresses resulting from manipulation.