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Method of magnetic pulse welding an end fitting to a driveshaft tube of a vehicular driveshaft

  • US 6,531,688 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2002
  • Issued: 03/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of securing components of a vehicular driveshaft assembly comprising:

  • providing a driveshaft tube having an end;

    providing an end fitting having a neck;

    disposing the neck of the end fining relative to the end of the driveshaft tube so that an annular gap is provided between the neck of the end fitting and the end of the driveshaft tube;

    providing an inductor; and

    energizing the inductor to generate a magnetic field to force one of the end of the driveshaft tube and the neck of the end fining into the other of the end of the driveshaft tube and the neck of the end fitting at a velocity that is sufficient to magnetic pulse weld the driveshaft tube and end fining to each other.

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