Cylinder-and-piston arrangement and method of manufacturing the same
First Claim
1. A method of forming a fork-shaped member and of connecting the same to one end of a piston rod projecting outwardly of a cylinder and connected at the other end with a piston, comprising the steps of bending without twisting a flat steel strip into a fork-shaped member having a base portion and a pair of parallel leg portions projecting parallel to each other and substantially normal to the base portion from opposite ends of the latter to one side thereof;
- forming in said base portion midway between said opposite ends a substantially circular depression extending from the other side of the base portion into the latter and having a planar end face;
abutting said one end of said piston rod against said planar end face; and
friction welding said one end of said piston rod to said end face to fixedly connect said fork-shaped member to said piston rod.
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Abstract
A piston rod connected at one end to a piston slidably arranged in a cylinder projects with its other end through an opening in an end wall of the cylinder beyond the latter and a fork-shaped member is connected by a friction weld, that is without adding welding material or external heat, to the other end of the piston rod.
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1. A method of forming a fork-shaped member and of connecting the same to one end of a piston rod projecting outwardly of a cylinder and connected at the other end with a piston, comprising the steps of bending without twisting a flat steel strip into a fork-shaped member having a base portion and a pair of parallel leg portions projecting parallel to each other and substantially normal to the base portion from opposite ends of the latter to one side thereof;
- forming in said base portion midway between said opposite ends a substantially circular depression extending from the other side of the base portion into the latter and having a planar end face;
abutting said one end of said piston rod against said planar end face; and
friction welding said one end of said piston rod to said end face to fixedly connect said fork-shaped member to said piston rod. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- forming in said base portion midway between said opposite ends a substantially circular depression extending from the other side of the base portion into the latter and having a planar end face;
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5. An arrangement of the character described comprising a cylinder;
- a piston in said cylinder having a piston rod projecting with one end thereof beyond one end of said cylinder;
a fork-shaped member having a curved bottom portion against which said one end of said piston rod abuts, said fork-shaped member being constituted by a flat steel strip bent without twisting into U-shaped configuration; and
a friction weld connecting said one end of said piston rod with said bottom portion of said fork-shaped member. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- a piston in said cylinder having a piston rod projecting with one end thereof beyond one end of said cylinder;
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