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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2012
Applicants:
Tom Illencik, Girard, OH (US);
Ronald R. Akers, Guntersville, AL (US);
Richard Mckelvey, Albertville, AL (US);
Inventors:
Tom Illencik, Girard, OH (US);
Ronald R. Akers, Guntersville, AL (US);
Richard Mckelvey, Albertville, AL (US);
Assignee:
Ajax Tocco Magnethermic Corporation, Warren, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved induction heating methods are presented for induction hardening undercut fillets of crankshafts or other workpiece recesses or undercuts in which an active turn is energized to induce current in a passive turn translated toward a workpiece undercut for heating the undercut.