Patent ID: 9056346
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B21D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electrode assembly comprising: an electrode rod in an electro-hydraulic forming tool that has a chamber; an insulation sleeve assembled over the electrode rod, the insulation sleeve having an inner end that is closer to the chamber than an outer end; an adaptor disposed about the insulation sleeve that secures the electrode and the insulation sleeve in an opening defined by the chamber; a conical receptacle assembled to the adaptor that defines an opening; a replaceable insulator tip that is assembled within the opening in the conical receptacle and extends through the opening in the conical receptacle, wherein the inner end of the insulation sleeve is received within the insulator tip, and wherein the conical receptacle retains the insulator tip when the electrode assembly is discharged and the conical receptacle is removed from the adaptor to replace the insulator tip.