Patents Represented by Attorney Zosar S. Soong
  • Patent number: 5524342
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for heating a portion of an article comprised of nickel, formed by electrodeposition, and possessing an internal stress sufficient to shrink the outer cross-sectional dimension upon application of heat, thereby shrinking the outer cross-sectional dimension of the heated portion. The method may be used to couple the article to other members such as end flanges without the use of an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene A. Swain, William G. Herbert, Gary J. Maier, Loren E. Hendrix