Patent ID: 6216330
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B21D,B23P,E06C,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forcibly sleeving together two parts in a cruciform arrangement, which comprises:providing an at least locally cylindrical part;providing a tubular part extending in a lengthwise direction, and having two walls and a hole transverse said lengthwise direction for enveloping the overall contour of said cylindrical part;inserting a spacer axially into said tubular part through said hole, then radially expanding said spacer between the two walls of said tubular part around said hole, thereby bracing said tubular part, internally near the hole along at least a portion of the perimeter of the hole; said spacer inserted in said tubular part remaining therein afterwards; and thereafterconjointly causing said cylindrical part and said tubular part to move relative to each other so that said cylindrical part is forcibly inserted in said hole in said tubular part from one side of the latter, while said tubular part is braced externally on an opposite side.