Assembly for attaching fabric to metal and method of fabrication therefor
US6612360B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2000 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/3382
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A product having a metal-fabric joint includes forming a fabric anchoring component by casting a low melting point yet high compressive strength material into a cavity in a metal component. The product includes (a) a metal housing including an interior entrance, at least first and second opposed interior walls, and an interior end opposite the interior entrance, the at least first and second opposed interior walls and the interior end defining an interior cavity; (b) a fabric; (c) a fabric anchor assembly; and (d) a castable material disposed in the interior cavity so as to envelop the fabric and the fabric anchor assembly. A method of fabricating the product includes the steps of (a) anchoring the fabric with the fabric anchor assembly; (b) inserting the anchored fabric in the interior cavity; (c) providing the interior cavity with the castable material so as to envelop the anchored fabric; and (d) solidifying the castable material to a cast material so as to form the product. Advantages associated with the product include not only its simplicity, compact size, and light weight, but the requisite mechanical integrity of the resulting attachment. In addition, by using a low melting…
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