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US 12,304,031 B1Granted
Crimping mechanism for locking pins
AssigneesToyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMarek Skiba, Joshua R. McLarty, Hassan A. Rizk
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Abstract
A crimping mechanism includes an actuator having a reciprocating element and a crimping element attached to the reciprocating element. The actuator is positionable with respect to a fastener and a pin mounted on a sub-assembly so that the crimping element is movable in a direction toward the fastener so as to produce a first crimp in an associated first portion of the pin by bending the first portion of the pin along a first portion of the fastener.
Claims10
A crimping mechanism comprising:
- an actuator;
- and
- a crimping element attached to the actuator, the actuator being structured to enable a central axis of the crimping element and a central axis of a fastener mounted on a sub-assembly spaced apart from the crimping element to be positioned along a common axis, so that the crimping element is movable along the common axis in a direction toward the fastener to produce a first crimp in an associated first portion of a pin extending through the fastener by bending the first portion of the pin along a first portion of the fastener,
- wherein the crimping element includes an annular outer wall defining a cavity structured to receive a portion of the fastener therein as the crimping element is moved along the common axis in the direction toward the fastener.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.