Method for Fabricating a Tow Hook Assembly
AssigneeTrenton Forging Company
InventorsDavid Moxlow, Dane Moxlow, Robert Hopkins
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Abstract
A method for manufacturing a tow hook assembly begins with heating a first steel blank to within a range of 2200° F. and 2300° F. to create a first heated steel blank. A second steel blank is heated to within the range of 2200° F. at 2300° F. to create a second heated steel blank. The first heated steel blank is forged into a tow hook. The second heated steel blank is forged into a flange plate. The tow hook in the flange plate are welded together to form the tow hook assembly. This method reduces waste by minimizing the size of the first and second steel blanks.
Claims7
A method for manufacturing a tow hook assembly, the method comprising the steps of:
- heating a first steel blank to within a range between 2200° F. and 2300° F. to create a first heated steel blank;
- heating a second steel blank to within a range between 2200° F. and 2300° F. to create a second heated steel blank;
- forging the first heated steel blank into a tow hook main body;
- forging the second heated steel blank into a flange plate;
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- welding the tow hook in the flange plate together to form a tow hook assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.