Cylindrical Surface Profile Cutting Tool and Process
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRodney G. Whitbeck, David Alan Stephenson, Keith Raymond Bartle, David Garrett Coffman
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Abstract
A method of cutting a profile in a cylinder surface. The method includes simultaneously interpolating an axial portion of the cylindrical surface using a cutting tool to form a profile having a plurality of annular grooves and a pocket having a radius larger than the cylindrical surface prior to the interpolating step.
Claims20
A method of cutting a profile in a cylinder surface, the method comprising:
- simultaneously interpolating an axial portion of the cylindrical surface using a cutting tool to form a profile having a plurality of annular grooves and a pocket having a radius larger than the cylindrical surface prior to the interpolating step.
A method of cutting a profile in an inner surface of a cylindrical bore, the inner surface including an axial travel area and an axial non-travel area, the method comprising:
- interpolating the axial non-travel area using a cutting tool to form a profile having a plurality of annular grooves.
A method of cutting a profile in a cylinder bore surface, the method comprising:
- forming a profile having a plurality of annular grooves and a plurality of peaks therebetween;
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- cutting an upper portion of the plurality of annular peaks to reduce the height of the annular peaks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.