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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2006
James R. Toth, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Miguel Azevedo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James R. Toth, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Miguel Azevedo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A process and apparatus utilizing at least one conformable anode () in a plating process to apply a plating to an article (). A wire or other material suitable for an anode is shaped to conform to the approximate shape of a region of the article to be coated. The anode is powered by an electrical power source (), and the article serves as the cathode. The anode and article are both immersed in a plating bath (). The article and anode are rotated relative to one another about a central axis () of the article. The relative movement between the anode and the article causes a uniform plating () to be applied to selected regions of the article that pass the anode. Another anode () can be arranged in fixed relation with the article to cause plating to a separate selected region of the article concurrently with the other anode.