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US 9,211,582 B2Granted
Clamp ring and method for manufacturing a clamp ring
AssigneeHaldex Brake Corporation
InventorJohn Spencer
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Abstract
A clamp ring and process for manufacturing a clamp ring to effectively reduce, if not eliminate, waste scrap from the manufacturing process. The clamp ring and process for manufacturing the same, results in clamp ring having a seam formed by a metal joining technique such as welding, brazing, bolting, soldering, and clinching.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing a clamp ring comprising the steps of:
- providing a strip of metal;
- cutting the strip into a rectangular shape;
- shaping the strip into a circle via a shaping technique;
- attaching two ends of the strip via a metal joining technique to form the clamp ring having a seam between the two ends formed by the metal joining technique;
- and
- bending the clamp ring after formation of the seam, the clamp ring having a top section and a bottom section, the top section having a radially outward bend terminating with an outwardly facing distal surface, and the bottom section having a radially inward bend terminating with an inwardly facing distal surface.
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A clamp ring made by a process comprising the steps of:
- providing a strip of metal;
- cutting the strip into a rectangular shape;
- shaping the strip into a circle via a shaping technique;
- attaching two ends of the strip via a metal joining technique to form the clamp ring, the clamp ring having a seam formed by the metal joining technique;
- and
- bending the clamp ring, the clamp ring having a top section and a bottom section, the top section having a radially outward bend terminating with an outwardly facing distal surface, and the bottom section having a radially inward bend terminating with an inwardly facing distal surface.
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A method of manufacturing a clamp ring comprising:
- slitting a steel coil into a strip;
- using coiling, rolling and/or any steel forming technique to shape the strip into a circle;
- attaching two ends together using a steel joining technique to form the clamp ring, the clamp ring having a seam formed by the steel joining technique, a top section, and a bottom section;
- and
- bending the clamp ring such that the top section has a radially outward bend terminating with an outwardly facing distal surface and the bottom section has a radially inward bend terminating with an inwardly facing distal surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.