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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2006
Alan A. Arico, South Bend, IN (US);
David E. Parker, Granger, IN (US);
Akshay Waghray, Granger, IN (US);
Alan A. Arico, South Bend, IN (US);
David E. Parker, Granger, IN (US);
Akshay Waghray, Granger, IN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A template () configured for use with an annular preform () having a periphery () and an inner opening (), the template () having an annular body with an outer periphery () and an inner opening () and a plurality of spacer openings () through its body each for receiving a spacer (), one of the template inner opening () and the template outer periphery () having a width equal to the width of the preform inner opening () or the preform outer periphery (). Also a method for densifying preforms that includes a step of positioning spacers using a template.