Patent ID: 8516673
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: B23P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for repairing a control arm of the automotive suspension using a bending roller apparatus, wherein the control arm of the automotive suspension includes a body having a receptacle at one end thereof, and a ball stud having a ball end inserted in the receptacle, the receptacle further including a substantially continuous circular, upward-extending flange welded at an edge of receptacle, the method comprising: affixing the control arm to a matrix of the bending roller apparatus, wherein the matrix provides longitudinal and lateral movements and rotation of the control arm affixed thereto in a horizontal plane relative to a base of the bending roller apparatus; calibrating longitudinal, lateral and rotary positions of the matrix of the bending roller apparatus in the horizontal plane relative to the base of the of the bending roller apparatus; calibrating vertical and longitudinal positions of a bending roller of the bending roller apparatus to bring the bending roller in contact with the flange of the control arm; and bending the upward-extending flange inwards by rolling the bending roller along the circumference of the flange while applying a downward force on the flange thereby bending the flange inwards and sealing off the ball end of the ball stud in the receptacle.