Patent ID: 9468977
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B23B,B24B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A process of grinding a pre-ground part, comprising the steps of: providing a pre-ground part containing a bore, the pre-ground part having an exterior surface with one or more spaced-apart exterior surface regions; positioning a loading tool within the bore of the pre-ground part; exerting a loading tool load on the loading tool which in turn exerts a part load on the pre-ground part; removing material from the one or more spaced-apart exterior surface regions of the pre-ground part when under the part load, to form an as-ground part; and unloading the part load from the as-ground part; wherein the as-ground part comprises a generally circular transverse surface profile when under load; and wherein the as-ground part comprises a generally elliptical and non-circular transverse surface profile when not under load.