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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Philip J. Jenks, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jon M. Heckman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mylin L. Cumberland, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Philip J. Jenks, Warsaw, IN (US);
Jon M. Heckman, Warsaw, IN (US);
Mylin L. Cumberland, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Depuy Products, Inc., Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a spherical cage. The method includes providing a wire braid and inserting a spherical ball inside the wire braid. The wire braid and spherical ball are placed inside a mold. Excess wire braid is trimmed from the mold, creating trimmed ends of the braid. The mold is heat set with the spherical ball and wire braid. The spherical ball and wire braid are removed from the ball and the spherical ball is removed from the wire braid, resulting in a spherical wire cage.