Bradley J Sizelove

US Patent:

20070085317, Apr 19, 2007

Filed:

Oct 17, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/251954

Inventors:

James Russell - Fairgrove MI, US
Thomas Freudenstein - Saginaw MI, US
Barry Hoffman - Caro MI, US
Bradley Sizelove - Saginaw MI, US
Robert Dubay - Saginaw MI, US
Timothy Beach - Saginaw MI, US
Kurt Dubay - Merrill MI, US

International Classification:

B62D 1/19

US Classification:

280777000

Abstract:

The invention provides a mounting assembly for a steering column of a vehicle and a method for mounting a steering column to a vehicle. The mounting assembly includes a steering column member having a first aperture extending along an aperture axis. The mounting assembly also includes a rigid member extending between first and second ends along the aperture axis in the first aperture. The mounting assembly also includes a resilient member extending along the aperture axis in the first aperture past at least one of the first and second ends of the rigid member.

US Patent:

6638390, Oct 28, 2003

Filed:

Dec 4, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/729385

Inventors:

Bradley J Sizelove - Saginaw MI
Steven J Schultz - Saginaw MI
David E. Witucki - Bay City MI
Todd Fredrick Jammer - Birch Run MI
William W Heminghous - Saginaw MI

Assignee:

Delphi Technologies, Inc. - Troy MI

International Classification:

B29C 6546

US Classification:

1563031, 156 86, 1563077, 29893, 298933, 2989336, 2989337, 29446

Abstract:

A process for manufacturing polymer/metal disks in a single piece batch size comprises applying a bonding agent to a metallic hub, pressing a polymeric ring over the metallic hub to form a ring/hub assembly, and heating the ring/hub assembly to cause bonding to occur between the polymeric ring and the metallic hub. The bonding agent may either be sprayed or applied directly to the metallic hub. Other methods of application may also be employed, such as dipping of the metallic hub in the bonding agent. The bonding agent is generally an organosilane, although other compounds capable of bonding a polymer to a metallic substrate can be used. The pressing of the polymeric ring over the metallic hub comprises enlarging the polymeric ring and mounting it over the metallic hub. The enlargement of the polymeric ring is typically effectuated either with heat or by stretching. The application of heat to the ring/hub assembly softens a surface layer of the polymeric ring to allow the softened polymer to flow into a textured surface of the metallic hub and harden, thereby retaining the polymeric ring on the metallic hub.