Mechanical roughening by a tool with translatable swaging blades

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10981233-B2
Application number	US-201716486961-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	Feb 21, 2017
Publication date	Apr 20, 2021
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021

Abstract

A method includes positioning a cylindrical tool having one or more rows of blades within a cylindrical bore having a surface, forming annular grooves and peaks into the surface with the grooving blades when the swaging blades are in the retracted position, and translating the swaging blades from the retracted position to the extended position to deform the peaks. The one or more rows of blades includes fixed grooving blades and translatable swaging blades having retracted and extended positions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
positioning a cylindrical tool having a body with one or more rows of blades within a cylindrical bore having a surface, the one or more rows of blades including fixed grooving blades mounted to the body, and translatable swaging blades having a retracted position within the body and an extended position with distal ends of the translatable swaging blades being positioned radially outward from grooving blade distal ends;
forming annular grooves and peaks into the surface with the grooving blades when the swaging blades are in the retracted position within the body such that the distal ends are radially inward of a radius of the body; and
translating the swaging blades from the retracted position to the extended position to deform the peaks.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising translating the swaging blades from the extended position to the retracted position after the peaks are deformed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each deformed peak includes an undercut.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising actuating an actuator configured to translate the swaging blades between the retracted position to the extended position.

5. A method comprising:
positioning a cylindrical tool at an axial location along a length of a cylinder bore having a surface, the cylindrical tool having a body with fixed grooving blades mounted about the circumference of the body and defining recesses about the circumference of the body to receive translatable swaging blades in a retracted position such that the distal ends of the translatable swaging blades are radially inward of a periphery of the body;
forming grooves and peaks into the surface at the axial location with the grooving blades when the swaging blades are in a retracted position within the recesses; and
deforming the peaks with the swaging blades when the swaging blades are in an extended position at the axial location,
wherein in the extended position, each distal end of each of the translatable swaging blades extend radially outward past each distal end of each of the fixed grooving blades.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising translating the swaging blades between the retracted and extended position after the forming step.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising actuating an actuator configured to translate the swaging blades between the retracted position and the extended position.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising removing the tool from the cylinder bore after the deforming step.

9. A method comprising:
positioning a cylindrical tool having a body with one or more rows of elements including grooving elements and swaging elements, one of the grooving elements and swaging elements being fixed elements with distal ends positioned radially outward of a periphery of the body and the other being translatable elements movable between a retracted position with each of the translatable elements being housed in a respective recess defined in the body such that distal ends of the translatable elements are positioned radially inward of the periphery to an extended position with distal ends of the translatable elements being radially outward of the distal ends of the fixed elements;
forming grooves into a cylindrical surface with the grooving elements to form peaks therebetween; and
deforming the peaks with the swaging elements.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the swaging elements are translatable.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the grooves are formed when the swaging elements are in the retracted position.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising translating the swaging elements to the retracted position after the deforming step.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the grooving elements are translatable.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the peaks are deformed when the grooving elements are in the retracted position.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising translating the grooving elements to the extended position after the deforming step.

16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising maintaining the tool at an axial location along the length of a cylinder bore during the forming and deforming steps.

17. The method of claim 9 , further comprising translating one of the grooving elements and swaging elements having the retracted and extended positions by actuating an actuator located on the tool.

18. The method of claim 9 , wherein the grooving and swaging elements in each row are positioned along a circumference of the tool.

Assignees

• Ford Motor Co

Inventors

• Stephenson David Alan

Classifications

• B23C2215/242

  Combustion chambers · CPC title

• B23C2270/06

  Use of elastic or plastic deformation (B23C2210/161 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23B41/12 Primary

  for forming working surfaces of cylinders, of bearings, e.g. in heads of driving rods, or of other engine parts · CPC title

• B23C3/34 Primary

  Milling grooves of other forms, e.g. circumferential · CPC title

• B24B5/40

  for grinding tubes internally · CPC title