# US 8,783,079 B2 · Device and non-cutting shaping method for introducing an outside profile into a workpiece > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,079 B2 - Document ID: US8783079B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/988,270 - Filed: 2009-03-03 - Published: 2011-05-12 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2008-04-17 - Assignees: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universitaet Hannover - Applicants: Bernd-Arno Behrens; Hagen Schmidt; Philipp Silberkuhl; Dietmar Schnier - Inventors: Bernd-Arno Behrens; Hagen Schmidt; Philipp Silberkuhl; Dietmar Schnier - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783079B2 ## CPC - B21H 3/02: external screw-threads {; Making dies for thread rolling} - B21H 3/04: Making by means of profiled-rolls {or die rolls} - B21H 7/187: {Rolling helical or rectilinear grooves} - Y10T 29/53961: with work-holder for assembly - B21H: MAKING PARTICULAR METAL OBJECTS BY ROLLING, e.g. SCREWS, WHEELS, RINGS, BARRELS, BALLS (essentially from sheet metal B21D) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A portable handheld device for introducing an external profile into a longitudinal workpiece by noncutting shaping includes a locking element and a profiling tool having a pitchless profile disposed opposite the locking element and disposable at an adjustable angle as a function of a desired lead angle of the external profile within a force transmission plane, wherein the workpiece is disposable and removable between the profiling tool and the locking element, and wherein the profile tool and the locking element are configured to execute a feed movement relative to one another and to be adjustable to a neutral position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable handheld device for introducing an external profile into a longitudinal workpiece by noncutting shaping, the device comprising: a profiling tool in the form of a thread-rolling tool configured to form the external profile in the workpiece; and a locking element forming an angle between 35° and 160° on a side facing the profiling tool so as to be configured to lock in place on an outer diameter of the workpiece, the profiling tool being disposed in a force transmission plane opposite the locking element, having a pitchless profile, and being disposable at an adjustable tilt angle so as to be inclined relative to the workpiece as a function of a desired lead angle of the external profile, wherein the workpiece is disposable and removable between the profiling tool and the locking element when the profiling tool and locking element are in a neutral position, wherein the profiling tool and the locking element are configured to execute a feed movement relative to one another such that the neutral position is adjustable, and wherein the locking element includes a profiling configured to engage in interspaces of the introduced external profile so as to improve a transfer of force by the locking element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the locking element has at least one pressure roll disposed in the force transmission plane relative to the profiling tool. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the locking element and the workpiece each include a material having a sliding friction resistance and a surface hardness, wherein the sliding friction resistance and the surface hardness of the locking element are lower than the sliding friction resistance and the surface hardness of the workpiece. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a mounting support releasably fixing the profiling tool. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a guide rail displaceably mounting the locking element on the device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a threaded sleeve and a threaded rod mounted in the threaded sleeve, the locking element being advanceable by the threaded rod. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The device as recited in claim 6, wherein the threaded rod includes an end portion configured as a handle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one specific lever arm having a handle configured to manually transmit a rotary motion to the workpiece. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device as recited in claim 1, wherein the device is disposed on an axially inaccessible workpiece. ### Claim 10 A method for introducing a profile to a longitudinal workpiece, the method comprising: disposing a locking element opposite from a profiling tool in a force transmission plane, the profiling tool being configured as a thread-rolling tool operable to form the profile in the workpiece and including a pitchless profile and having an adjustable tilt angle so as to be inclined relative to the workpiece as a function of a desired lead angle of the profile, and the locking element forming an angle between 35° and 160° on a side facing the profiling tool so as to be configured to lock in place on an outer diameter of the workpiece and including a profiling configured to engage in interspaces of the introduced external profile so as to improve a transfer of force by the locking element; introducing the workpiece between the profiling tool and the locking element; adjusting the tilt angle of the profiling tool in accordance with the desired lead angle of the profile; advancing the profiling tool and the locking element towards each other until a desired infeed force is transmitted to the workpiece; and introducing the profile by causing a relative rotary motion between the profiling tool and the workpiece.