Patent ID: 7543382
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for positioning a component in a housing, the method comprising: providing a housing with a first bore having a first diameter and a second bore having second diameter larger than the first diameter, and a step formed between the first bore and the second bore; fixing a first component with a lower side in the first bore; inserting a coining ring into the second bore up to the step; inserting a die with a first reference mark marked thereon and a longitudinal bore formed therein into the second bore; inserting a probe with a second reference mark into the longitudinal bore until the probe contacts the first component; establishing a reference measurement between the first and second reference marks representing a distance between the lower annular surface of the coining ring and the lower side of the first component; compressing the coining ring with the die until the reference measurement corresponds to a predefined value for the distance; and placing the component in the second bore at the distance.