Daniel Len Hall

US Patent:

20110272422, Nov 10, 2011

Filed:

May 6, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/102282

Inventors:

Jeff Yager - LaSalle, CA
Daniel Butum - West Bloomfield MI, US
Kent T. Salvilla - Westland MI, US
William Matthew Foster - White House TN, US
Daniel Hall - Smyrna TN, US

International Classification:

B65D 90/00
F16D 1/00

US Classification:

220694, 251356, 403361

Abstract:

The inside wall of a fuel tank, and a sub-component are provided with locking means in the form of complementary formations that allow the sub-component to be coupled to the inside surface of the fuel tank wall. Interlocking of the complementary formations is achieved by moving the sub-component towards the wall providing angular movement to the sub-component relative to the fuel tank.

US Patent:

20130161332, Jun 27, 2013

Filed:

Sep 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/618539

Inventors:

Jeff Yager - LaSalle, CA
Daniel Butum - West Bloomfield MI, US
Kent T. Salvilla - Westland MI, US
William Matthew Foster - White House TN, US
Daniel Hall - Smyrna TN, US
Travis J. Donley - Plymouth MI, US

International Classification:

B60K 15/03

US Classification:

220562, 137798, 220694

Abstract:

The inside wall of a fuel tank, and a sub-component are provided with locking means in the form of complementary formations that allow the sub-component to be coupled to the inside surface of the fuel tank wall. Interlocking of the complementary formations is achieved by moving the sub-component towards the wall providing angular movement to the sub-component relative to the fuel tank. A biasing structure imparts a tension between the sub-component and the fuel tank.

US Patent:

40690440, Jan 17, 1978

Filed:

Feb 3, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/765334

Inventors:

Stanislaw Mocarski - Windsor, Ontario N9E 2B1, CA
Daniel W. Hall - Dearborn Heights MI

International Classification:

B22D 2308
B22F 100

US Classification:

75243

Abstract:

A method of making powder metal compacts having a low but optimized alloy content, the compacts being characterized by improved response to heat treatment (hardenability) and improved physical characteristics. A ferrous based powder is prepared having a predetermined particle size (about -80 mesh), a low O. sub. 2 content (less than. 25%), a predetermined particle shape, less than. 04% carbon and balanced pre-alloyed ingredients (. 2-1. 0% nickel,. 2-. 8% Mo, and. 25-. 6% Mn). A nonferrous based powder having at least a high content of copper (-320 mesh if pure copper or about -200 mesh if alloyed copper) is admixed with the prealloyed ferrous based powder to achieve a Cu content of. 2-2. 1% in the resulting sintered material. Graphite powder is also admixed (. 1-1.

US Patent:

42709512, Jun 2, 1981

Filed:

Dec 8, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/967926

Inventors:

Sang K. Suh - Livonia MI
Daniel W. Hall - Dearborn Heights MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B22F 300

US Classification:

75200

Abstract:

A method of making sintered powder metal parts which particularly includes a hot forging step, is disclosed. Selected powders of a predetermined particle size distribution, are blended and agglomerated by cold compaction into a preform. The preform or briquette is then coated with a thin shell of a chemically inactive radiation absorbing material, preferably graphite, under ambient conditions. The coated briquette is then sintered in a continuous through-put furnace with the temperature maintained at a level of at least 2000. degree. F. and the part being subjected to the furnace heating for a period of 5-30 minutes. The sintered part may then be subjected to direct hot forging with the retained temperature of sintering utilizing the graphite coating as a die lubricant, or the sintered part may be cooled and then subsequently reheated for hot forging, again utilizing the retained graphite coating as a die lubricant. If hot forging is not to be employed, the graphite particles are removed such as by brushing so that sizing, machining or grinding may be carried out without the presence of the graphite coating.

US Patent:

46228420, Nov 18, 1986

Filed:

Dec 13, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/681345

Inventors:

Benjamin I. Bachrach - Dearborn MI
William J. Fuhrman - Bloomfield Hills MI
Daniel W. Hall - Plymouth MI
Gotz S. Hauser - Southfield MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B21C 2502

US Classification:

72467

Abstract:

A die for use in extruding helical gears includes a die orifice at the upper end of the die teeth where the extrusion blank first enters the die. Each tooth is formed with a land directed parallel to the helix on the drive and trail side of the tooth and an end face perpendicular to the helix that intersects either a transition surface, directed perpendicular to the die axis, or a land. Alternatively, the end face can extend entirely across the tooth width from one land to the other without the use of the transition surface. Relief surfaces slope inwardly from the land and provide spaces within which the extrusion blank may expand without undue frictional contact with the die.

US Patent:

48783706, Nov 7, 1989

Filed:

Aug 15, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/232042

Inventors:

William J. Fuhrman - Bloomfield Hills MI
Daniel W. Hall - Plymouth MI
John C. Schneider - Detroit MI

Assignee:

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

International Classification:

B21C 2506

US Classification:

72264

Abstract:

A cold extrusion process for forming internal ring gears comprising the formation of an annular ring gear blank having precise inside and outside diameters, placing the workpiece over a circular mandrel having external gear forming die teeth and a pilot portion adapted to receive the blank, placing a die ring around the mandrel and the assembled workpiece, a circular punch arranged coaxially with respect to the mandrel and the workpiece, moving the punch into the annular space occupied by the workpiece between the die ring and the mandrel, advancing the punch by means of a press whereby the workpiece is cold formed through the external teeth of the mandrel, moving the die ring in synchronism with the downward motion of the workpiece through the die teeth thereby eliminating any frictional forces in the direction of motion of the die during the extrusion process, and retracting the die ring following the extrusion of the workpiece thereby permitting automated ejection of the workpiece.