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US 2007/0181228 A1Published application
Spherical Bearing Arrangements
AssigneeMinebea Co., Ltd.
InventorsPaul Smith, Stephen Peet, Allen Clarke
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a spherical bearing arrangement, the method comprising: providing a ball and a cast bearing housing; elevating the ductility of the cast bearing housing; and swaging the housing onto the ball whilst the ductility is elevated, the ductility lowering after swaging.
Claims25
A method of manufacturing a spherical bearing arrangement, the method comprising:
- providing a ball and a cast bearing housing;
- elevating the ductility of the cast bearing housing;
- and
- swaging the housing onto the ball whilst the ductility is elevated, the ductility lowering after swaging.
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A spherical bearing arrangement, comprising a cast bearing housing swaged onto a ball, wherein the ductility of the housing is elevated during swaging and lowered after swaging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.