Inductor for inductively heating crank shafts
US5451749A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 27, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49078
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An inductor for inductively heating bearing surfaces of a crankshaft is machined from a block of copper to provide parallel, closely spaced and integrally joined inductor block portions having machined coolant passages therein. The machined inductor is rigidly supported between juxtaposed side plates having portions of the inner surfaces thereof machined to provide recesses which receive the inductor and in which the inductor is clampingly engaged between the plates. Positioning fingers are supported by the side plates to accurately position the active face of the inductor relative to a bearing surface to be heated, and tubular leads extend upwardly between the side plates for connecting the inductor across a source of power. An inlet conduit for coolant extends laterally between the side plates, and the tubular leads provide outlets for coolant flow from the inductor.
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