Patent GB-1011733-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the assembly of fluid pressure servomotors
IPC: F16J13/12
Filed: 1962-04-18
Abstract: 1,011,733. Assembling fluid pressure motors; shearing; jointing by stamping. BENDIX CORPORATION. April 18, 1962 [May 1, 1961], No. 15109/61. Headings B3A, B3Q and B3W. [Also in Division F2] A method of assembling fluid pressure motors of the type used for automotive braking systems wherein the outer periphery of a flexible diaphragm is clamped between a shell and a cover stamping suitably assembled to form a housing, the shell having a cylindrical outer portion and an internal outwardly facing shoulder and the cover a radially outwardly extending flange which slidably engages the largest bore of the shell, said method comprising forcing the cover into the shell to compress by a predetermined amount the periphery of the diaphragm between said shoulder and flange and punching radially inwardly the outer portion of said shell at spaced intervals and outwardly of said flange to cause the outside peripheral edge thereof to shear the shell and provide indentations which tightly abut the flange and hold the shell and cover together. A motor comprises a cup-shaped cylindrical shell 10 having an internal shoulder 18, a flexible diaphragm 14 comprising a stiffening plate 32, a push-rod 34 and a peripheral bead 30 and a cover section 12 having a flange 20, scalloped 22 at spaced intervals to form fingers 24. The components are assembled in an apparatus F comprising a bed-plate 36 mounted on a table 38 and having four ports 40 which support a head assembly 42, a cover-plate supporting ring 44 having a slotted 100 flange 50, a plurality of radially positioned hydraulic cylinder assemblies 82 an associated electro/ hydraulic control system. The head assembly comprises an hydraulic piston assembly 66, a recessed removable ring 52 and a button 76 operated limit switch 78 connected to the end of the piston-rod 64, a pair of vertical guide posts 58 attached to the ring 52 and slidable through guide bushes 60 and vertical movement control stops 70, 62 fitted to the ring 52 and post 58 to engage micro-switches. The cylinder assembly 82 comprises a fixed pistonrod 86 fastened to the bed-plate 36 via a bracket 88, a cylinder 82 slidable on a piston 84 fitted to the end of the rod 86 and a coil spring 94 which holds the cylinder in its retracted position. A punching tool 98, preferably a rotatable circular punching washer is fastened to a projection 92 of the cylinder 82. With the ring 52 in its upper position a cover 12 is placed in the support ring 44 with the finger 24 in alignment with punch tools 98, a diaphragm 14 is placed on the cover with its periphery engaging the annular indentation 26 and a shell section 10 placed over the diaphragm. The piston is hydraulically operated to bring the ring 52 into contact with the shell 10 and press it over the cover 12 until the end of the push-rod 34 operates the switch 78 to energize a solenoid valve V 2  and stop the movement of the pistonrod 64 at which point the hydraulic cylinders 82 are operated by passing fluid through a centre hole 90 of the rod 86 to the forward side of the piston 84 so that the tools 98 attached thereto shear the side walls 16 against the outside edge of the flange 20 to form retaining indentations 102. The unslotted portions of the flange 50 serve to support the side wall 16 of the shell 10 intermediate of the tools 98. For repair purposes the assembly is broken down by pulling apart the cover and shell after they have been rotated to align the indentations 102 with the scallops 22. Specifications 973,154 and 1,011,732 are referred to.