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Methods of forming angled end bearing liners
Assignee: Federal Mogul Shoreham Ltd
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Filing: 1978-04-26
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Granted: 1980-01-01
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Expires: 1998-04-26
Abstract
Abstract Bearing bushes are made in groups or pairs by progressive press tooling so that at each stroke of the press a group or pair of bushes is produced. The bushes may have at least one end which lies in a plane inclined to the longitudinal axis of the bush, and this is effected by providing the bush blank in the flat with a sinusoidal boundary line.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger H. Spikes
- 👤 William J. G. Blackburn
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 12:00
CPC Classifications
B; B21; B21D; B21D53/00; B21D53/10; B21D53/16; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49636; Y10T29/49643; Y10T29/49647; Y10T29/49668; Y10T29/49671; Y10T29/49789; Y10T29/4979
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A method of making bushes having the plane of at least one axial end thereof inclined to the longitudinal axis of the bush, comprising: (a) scoring strip material to provide a succession of groups of bush blanks so that adjacent edges of adjacent blanks in each group lie along common score lines, such common score lines having an undulating wave form and a length of one wave length, and so that each group of blanks is provided on a portion of the strip material of uniform length; (b) successively forming the groups of the blanks to a circular cross-section tubular element consisting of a plurality of bushes interconnected along said common score lines between them, all the blanks of each group being so formed simultaneously and the longitudinal axis of the element being parallel to the direction of said uniform length; (c) successively separating the tubular elements, or the groups of blanks before forming into such elements, from the remainder of the strip material; and (d) separating the bushes of each group from each other along said common score lines.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
180 words
A method of making bushes having the plane of at least one axial end thereof inclined to the longitudinal axis of the bush, comprising: (a) scoring strip material to provide a succession of groups of bush blanks so that adjacent edges of adjacent blanks in each group lie along common score lines, such common score lines having an undulating wave form and a length of one wave length, and so that each group of blanks is provided on a portion of the strip material of uniform length; (b) successively forming the groups of the blanks to a circular cross-section tubular element consisting of a plurality of bushes interconnected along said common score lines between them, all the blanks of each group being so formed simultaneously and the longitudinal axis of the element being parallel to the direction of said uniform length; (c) successively separating the tubular elements, or the groups of blanks before forming into such elements, from the remainder of the strip material; and (d) separating the bushes of each group from each other along said common score lines.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein each group of bush blanks comprises a pair thereof of one wave length.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein said wave form is substantially sinusoidal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein the scoring is so located that the axial split line in each finished bush lies midway, in circumferential sense, between the maximum and minimum lengths of the bush.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said scoring provides blanks whose lengths lie along the strip, wherein the width thereof equal to said uniform length, and wherein the groups of blanks are sheard from the remainder of the strip before forming the groups to circular cross section.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 5 wherein the edges of the strip are parallel and the score line between adjacent blanks of each group runs lengthwise of the strip.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the strip material is scored so that the lengths of the blanks lie transversely of the strip and so that adjacent groups of blanks have edges meeting along a common line.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the scoring is carried out so that the common score line between each pair of blanks is a sinusoidal line of the same wave length as the common score line between the blanks of each pair, said common lines being 180° out of phase.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1 including grooving and piercing the blanks before forming them to circular cross section to provide oil grooves and holes in the finished bushes.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1 including forming the blanks so that the finished bushes have clinch butts.
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