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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
May. 28, 2008
Applicants:
Zhaoli HU, Dunlap, IL (US);
Marion B. Grant, Jr., Princeville, IL (US);
Inventors:
Zhaoli Hu, Dunlap, IL (US);
Marion B. Grant, Jr., Princeville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/02 (2006.01); B23K 26/38 (2006.01); F02M 61/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A manufacturing system for producing a reverse-tapered orifice is disclosed. The manufacturing system may have a mount configured to hold a workpiece, and a laser source configured to generate a laser beam. The manufacturing system may also have a delivery media operatively connected to the laser source. The delivery media may be configured to deliver the laser beam into a hollow portion of the workpiece to create the orifice through a wall of the workpiece having a laser beam entrance opening larger than a laser beam exit opening.