Patents Assigned to Cardinal Machine Company
  • Patent number: 8832941
    Abstract: A method for assembling a propshaft assembly. The method can include: providing a tubular member, the tubular member having an annular wall with an inside circumferential surface; pushing a first ram through the tubular member; loading a damper between the first ram and a second ram; twisting the damper between the first and second rams; moving the first and second rams to translate the twisted damper into the tubular member; untwisting the damper in the tubular member; and withdrawing the first and second rams from the tubular member. A machine for assembling a propshaft assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: Cardinal Machine Company, American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Pennington, Jeremy Clontz, Britten Coleman, Scott Schmidt