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US 12,337,369 B2Granted
Guide pin connection
AssigneeStandard Lifters, Inc.
InventorsScott M. Breen, Joel T. Pyper
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Abstract
A guide pin assembly includes a guide pin body that connects to a die component using retaining rings. The guide pin assembly has an upper and a lower retaining ring that permits the retention of the guide pin body in a hole in a component of a metal forming die, with each retaining ring contacting a surface of the die component. The guide pin body includes an opening to permit the temporary insertion of a device for positioning the guide pin body within the opening in the die member.
Claims11
A guide pin assembly for attachment to a first die member in a metal forming die, comprising:
- a guide pin body having a generally cylindrical shape, including:
- a first end portion configured for operable attachment with a first die member;
- a second end portion disposed generally opposite said first end portion;
- a first groove extending circumferentially about said exterior surface of said first end portion;
- a second groove extending circumferentially about an exterior surface of said first end portion;
- a threaded central opening in the top surface of said first end portion;
- a first retainer ring closely received and retained in said first groove, contacting a first surface of said first die member;
- a second retainer ring closely received and retained in said second groove, contacting a second surface of said first die member;
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- wherein said first surface of said first die member is the lower surface of an opening formed in the top surface of said first die member.
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A guide pin assembly comprising:
- a generally cylindrical guide pin body, including:
- a first end portion;
- a second end portion disposed generally opposite said first end portion;
- a first groove extending circumferentially about an exterior surface of said first end portion;
- a second groove extending circumferentially about said exterior surface of said first end portion;
- a threaded opening in the top surface of said first end portion;
- a first retainer ring closely received and retained in said first groove, contacting a first surface of a first die member;
- a second retainer ring closely received and retained in said second groove, contacting a second surface of said first die member;
- and
- wherein said first surface of said first die member is the lower surface of an opening formed in the top surface of said first die member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.