Making a fractured powder metal connecting rod
CA 1332296 C · Owner: Ford Motor Company Of Canada, Limited · Inventors: Yeager, David A.; Hoag, Peter Y.
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27-, Abstract of the Disclosure, A method of making a connecting rod for attachment to a bearing journal by separation of parts of the connecting rod, comprising: (a) forging a powder metal sintered preform to provide a one-piece connecting rod having an annular wall defining a crank opening with a center axis and with stress risers for establishing a cracking plane that extends across said crank opening; (b) providing access for a compression coupling across the cracking plane; (c) while at ambient conditions applying tension substantially uniformly across the cracking plane to propogate fracture from the stress risers along said cracking plane and thereby separate the connecting rod into …
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- Granted October 11, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 11, 2011.
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