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US 6,568,306 B2Granted
Aperture punching unit
OwnerJohn William Whiteinventor
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Abstract
A punching unit for punching holes of a selected geometry in a wall of a component. The punching unit has a frame for supporting the component and the tool and die assembly releaseably securable to the frame. Tool and die assembly has a punch operatively coupled to a mandrel and a male die member and a female die member cooperating to form the hole in the wall. A portion of the tool and die assembly is interchangeable to provide a selected one of a plurality of predetermined hole geometries for the component.
Claims19
An apparatus for punching an aperture of selected geometry in a wall of a component, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame for supporting said component;
- a tool and die assembly releaseably securable to said frame and having a punch operatively coupled to a mandrel, said tool and die assembly comprising a male die member and a female die member cooperating to form said aperture in said wall, one of said members being coupled to said mandrel and the other of said members being coupled to said punch, said mandrel being releasably securable to a portion of said frame and said punch being releasably securable to another portion of said frame such that the longitudinal axis of said mandrel is placed in a fixed position relative to the longitudinal axis of said punch once each of said mandrel and said punch is secured to said frame;
- wherein the male and female portions of said tool and die assembly are interchangeable as a set and aligned in a fixed position relative to one another once said mandrel and said punch are secured, the male and female portions cooperating to provide a selected one of a plurality of predetermined aperture geometries in said wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.