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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2004
Mark Alan Rosenzweig, Hamilton, OH (US);
Robert George Zimmerman, Jr., Morrow, OH (US);
John D. Evans, Sr., Springfield, OH (US);
Mark Alan Rosenzweig, Hamilton, OH (US);
Robert George Zimmerman, Jr., Morrow, OH (US);
John D. Evans, Sr., Springfield, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schnectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for electroplating a workpiece includes an unassembled electroplating anode assembly having weldable first and second structural anode members. The first structural anode member includes a positioning slot. The second structural anode member includes a positioning tab disposable in the positioning slot. A method for making an electroplating anode assembly includes obtaining an electroplating-anode-assembly first structural anode member having a positioning slot and obtaining an electroplating-anode-assembly second structural anode member having a positioning tab. The method also includes locating the positioning tab in the positioning slot and welding together the first and second structural anode members.