Patent ID: 6851165

Claim:
An apparatus for retaining a poppet seal with respect to a housing of an integrated pressure management system, the integrated pressure management system including an aperture near a mouth of a housing, and the mouth including a tip that is deformable so as to retain the poppet seal in the aperture, the apparatus comprising: a die movable along an axis, the die including a face adapted to engage the mouth, and the face including a forming-over section adapted to engage and deform the tip; and a collet surrounding the die and extending along the axis between first and second axial ends of the collet, the second axial end of the collet being axially spaced from the face of the die, the collet including: a first portion extending between the first axial end and an intermediate axial position; and a second portion extending between the intermediate axial position and the second axial end, the second portion including a plurality of segments positioned about the axis, each of the plurality of segments including at the second axial end a radially inward projecting tooth, and each tooth including a tapered face.