Patents Assigned to Autoform Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7562648
    Abstract: A jointless connection head for a fuel line for use in a high pressure fuel connection assembly for a high pressure fuel system and a method for forming the connection head without brazing. The connection head has an essentially spherical outer surface with a liner located in an inner cavity in the connection head. The connection head is formed by expanding the center bore of the tubular body of the fuel line at one end. The center bore is expanded by moving the sidewall of the tubular body outward. The liner is then inserted into the expanded center bore and the sidewall of the tubular body is formed over the front side of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Autoform Tool & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: James Cletus Wagner, Jerry Douglas Hooser