Method for securing a yoke to a tube using magnetic pulse welding techniques
AssigneeTorque-Traction Technologies, Inc.
InventorBoris A. Yablochnikov
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Abstract
A magnetic pulse welding operation is performed to secure first and second metallic components together, such as a yoke and a driveshaft tube in a vehicular driveshaft assembly. The yoke includes a first portion, such as a body portion, and a second portion, such as a pair of opposed yoke arms. The end of the driveshaft tube is disposed co-axially about the body portion of the yoke. An inductor axially is positioned co-axially about the overlapping portions of the end of the driveshaft tube and the body portion of the yoke. The inductor is energized to perform a magnetic pulse welding operation to secure the end of the driveshaft tube to the body portion of the yoke without generating a significant flow of air toward the inductor.
Claims9
A method of performing a magnetic pulse welding operation to secure first and second metallic components together comprising the steps of
- (a) providing a first metallic component including a first portion and a second portion;
- (b) providing a second metallic component having an end;
- (c) disposing the end of the second metallic component in an axially overlapping manner relative to the first portion of the first metallic component;
- (d) providing an inductor axially relative to the end of the second metallic component and the first portion of the first metallic component;
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- (e) energizing the inductor to perform a magnetic pulse welding operation to secure the end of the second metallic component to the first portion of the first metallic component without generating a significant flow of air toward the inductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.