FR2589970A1 - Assembly of a bellows by magnetic forming - Google Patents

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FR2589970A1
FR2589970A1 FR8516540A FR8516540A FR2589970A1 FR 2589970 A1 FR2589970 A1 FR 2589970A1 FR 8516540 A FR8516540 A FR 8516540A FR 8516540 A FR8516540 A FR 8516540A FR 2589970 A1 FR2589970 A1 FR 2589970A1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21DWORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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The invention relates to an assembly of a bellows 1 made from a flexible material on a rigid body 2 generally made from steel or aluminium by deforming an annulus 3 of good electrically conducting material by means of a magnetic forming coil receiving pulses from a generator, so as to make the said annulus assume the profile of a shape 4 made on the body 2 so as to obtain sealed and permanent crimping of the bellows on the body 2. This method avoids collars which are clamped by hand, springs and their hazards of assembly and allows crimping on shapes other than revolutions. One possible application relates to the ball joints for linkages for motor vehicle steering elements.

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La présente invention a pour objet un procédé destiné à l'assemblage étanche et permanent d'un soufflet en matière souple sur un corps indéformable. Une application possible, mais non exclusive, se trouve sur les rotules, notamment celles des timoneries de direction pour les véhicules automobiles.The present invention relates to a method for the sealed and permanent assembly of a bellows made of flexible material on a non-deformable body. A possible, but not exclusive, application is found on ball joints, in particular those of steering linkages for motor vehicles.

Des procédés couramment utilisés pour assurer cet agWsemblage sont illustrés par les figures 1 et 2. La figuie 1 représente en coupe le clipsage simple du soufflet 1 partiellement représenté dans une gorge 3 pratiquée dans le corps indéformable 2. La forme 4 du soufflet vient se loger dans ladite gorge 3 par simple élasticité. Ce procédé ne garantit pas une étanchéité durable ou à la pression intérieure, ni l'indémontabilité du soufflet ou sa désolidarisation pendant l'utilisation de l'ensemble mécanique dont il fait partie. La figure 2 représente le morne soufflet 1 dont la partie 4 est maintenue dans la gorge 3 par une pièce rapportée 5. Cette pièce peut etre un collier réglable que l'on vient serrer autour de la partie 4.Cette solution est chère et encombrante et nécessite une intervention généralement manuelle pour serrer le collier. La pièce rapportée 5 peut être un ressort dont l'installation est automatisable. Cette solution présente l'inconvénient d'aléas au montage, notamment un mauvais positionnement du ressort et l'endommagement du soufflet entrant un rebut#d'en- sembles montés et une augmentation notable du prix de revient. Dans les deux cas, une bonne étanchéité ne peut être obtenue qu'avec des formes de révolution ou proches de cette configuration et une géomé
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Common methods used to ensure this agWsembly are illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. The figure 1 shows in section the simple clipping of the bellows 1 partially shown in a groove 3 formed in the non-deformable body 2. The shape 4 of the bellows is housed in said groove 3 by simple elasticity. This process does not guarantee a lasting tightness or to internal pressure, nor the non-dismantling of the bellows or its separation during the use of the mechanical assembly of which it is a part. FIG. 2 represents the dreary bellows 1, the part 4 of which is held in the groove 3 by an attached piece 5. This piece can be an adjustable collar which is tightened around the part 4. This solution is expensive and bulky and usually requires manual intervention to tighten the collar. The insert 5 can be a spring, the installation of which can be automated. This solution has the drawback of hazards during assembly, in particular poor positioning of the spring and damage to the bellows entering a scrap # of assembled assemblies and a significant increase in the cost price. In both cases, a good seal can only be obtained with forms of revolution or close to this configuration and a geometry.
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trie correcte de la gorge 3.correct throat sorting 3.

La présente invention conserve le principe d'une pièce rapportée 5. Celle-ci peut avoir la forme représentée avant assemblage par la figure 3. Elle est par exemple découpée daus un tube ayant la forme du corps 2 à l'endroit de l'assemblage, ledit tube étant constitué d'une matière bonne conductrice de l'électricité (aluminium, alliages de cuivre, acier ordinaire, etc...) et d'une épaisseur appropriée. Le soufflet 1 illustré par la figure 4 est aménagé de façon à pouvoir se clipser sur le corps 2 (figure 5), par exemple au moyen d'une forme 4, pouvant être de section torique ou non, venant se loger dans la forme complémentaire 3 du corps 2.  The present invention retains the principle of an added piece 5. This can have the shape shown before assembly in FIG. 3. It is for example cut from a tube having the shape of the body 2 at the place of the assembly. , said tube being made of a material which is good conductor of electricity (aluminum, copper alloys, ordinary steel, etc.) and of an appropriate thickness. The bellows 1 illustrated in FIG. 4 is arranged so as to be able to be clipped onto the body 2 (FIG. 5), for example by means of a shape 4, which may or may not be of toric section, coming to be housed in the complementary shape 3 of body 2.

La pièce 5 est logée avant ou après clipsage du soufflet entre les faces 11 et 12 du soufflet et centrée sur le diamètre 13. Le diamètre 8 de la pièce 5 doit autoriser un montage aisé de ladite pièce sur le soufflet en étant au moins égal au diamètre 9 du corps 2 augmenté de 2 épaisseurs 10 du soufflet, tout en permettant le maintien entre les faces 11 et 12. Lorsque le soufflet 1 et la pièce 5 sont montés sur le corps 2, une bobine de magnétoformage 14 est positionnée en face de la pièce 5 comme illustre par la figure 6. Une décharge électrique permet alors en une fraction de seconde la déformation de la pièce 5 qui vient épouser la forme 4 du soufflet 1 assurant ainsi son sertissage définitif.L'aptitude de ce procédé à déformer une pièce comme la pièce 5 pour lui faire suivre un contour permet le sertissage sur des corps de forme autre que de révolution dans une gorge 3 pouvant être brute d'élaboration. Au cours de sa déformation, la section de la pièce 5 passant d'une forme droite de faible résistance à la flexion à une forme comme illustrée figure 6 de forte résistance à la flexion permet le sertissage sur des faces planes. Une autre forme possible est illustrée par la figure 7. La gorge 3 de la pièce 2 est remplacée par une forme en relief, la pièce 5 étant, avant sertissage, centrée sur le diamètre 13 et maintenue entre les faces 11 et 12 du soufflet 2. La forme en relief 3 peut être obtenue, par exemple, par refoulement et rester brute sans usinage. La figure 8 représente le même principe de sertissage, mais dans ce cas, la pièce rapportée 5 est déformée par expansion pour venir sertir le soufflet 1 sur le corps 2, la bobine de magnétoformage 14 étant positionnée à l'intérieur de la pièce 5.The part 5 is housed before or after the bellows are clipped between the faces 11 and 12 of the bellows and centered on the diameter 13. The diameter 8 of the part 5 must allow easy mounting of the said part on the bellows, being at least equal to the diameter 9 of the body 2 increased by 2 thicknesses 10 of the bellows, while allowing the maintenance between the faces 11 and 12. When the bellows 1 and the part 5 are mounted on the body 2, a magnetoforming coil 14 is positioned opposite the part 5 as illustrated in FIG. 6. An electrical discharge then makes it possible, in a fraction of a second, to deform the part 5 which conforms to the shape 4 of the bellows 1 thus ensuring its final crimping. The ability of this process to deform a piece like piece 5 to make it follow a contour allows crimping on bodies of shape other than of revolution in a groove 3 which can be roughly worked up. During its deformation, the section of the part 5 passing from a straight shape of low flexural strength to a shape as illustrated in FIG. 6 of high flexural strength allows crimping on flat faces. Another possible shape is illustrated in FIG. 7. The groove 3 of the part 2 is replaced by a relief shape, the part 5 being, before crimping, centered on the diameter 13 and held between the faces 11 and 12 of the bellows 2 The relief shape 3 can be obtained, for example, by repression and remain untreated without machining. FIG. 8 shows the same crimping principle, but in this case, the insert 5 is deformed by expansion to crimp the bellows 1 on the body 2, the magnetoforming coil 14 being positioned inside the part 5.

Il est également envisageable de sertir le soufflet sur une surface rugueuse, par exemple galetée en remplacement de la gorge ou de la forme en relief 3. It is also conceivable to crimp the bellows on a rough surface, for example rolled to replace the groove or the relief shape 3.

Il va de soi que des modifications peuvent être apportées aux modes de réalisation qui viennent d'être décrits, notamment par substitution de moyens techniques équivalents sans sortir pour cela du cadre de la présente invention.  It goes without saying that modifications can be made to the embodiments which have just been described, in particular by substitution of equivalent technical means without departing from the scope of the present invention.

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REVENDICATIONS 1.- Assemblage étanche et indémontable d'un soufflet 1 en matière souple sur un corps rigide 2 caractérisé en ce que ledit assemblage est obtenu au moyen d'une pièce métallique 5 bonne conductrice de l'électricité, déformée par magnétoformage de manière à serrer le soufflet sur une forme aménagée dans le corps, réalisant ainsi un sertissage. 1.- sealed and non-removable assembly of a bellows 1 made of flexible material on a rigid body 2 characterized in that said assembly is obtained by means of a metal part 5 which is good conductor of electricity, deformed by magnetoforming so as to tighten the bellows on a shape arranged in the body, thus carrying out a crimping. 2.- Assemblage selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que la pièce 5, avant magnétoformage, est pré-assemblée sur le soufflet avant clipsage de ce dernier sur le corps 2. 2. An assembly according to claim 1 characterized in that the part 5, before magnetoforming, is pre-assembled on the bellows before clipping of the latter on the body 2. 3.- Assemblage selon la revendication 1 caractérisé en ce que la pièce 5, avant magnétoformage, est assemblée sur le soufflet après clipsage de ce dernier sur le corps 2. 3. An assembly according to claim 1 characterized in that the part 5, before magnetoforming, is assembled on the bellows after clipping of the latter on the body 2. 4.- Assemblage selon les revendications 1 et 2 ou 1 et 3 caractérisées en ce que le sertissage se fait dans une forme en. 4.- Assembly according to claims 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 characterized in that the crimping is done in a form. creux 3 aménagée autour du corps 2.hollow 3 arranged around the body 2. 5.- Assemblage selon les revendications 1 et 2 ou 1 et 3 caractérisées en ce que le sertissage se fait sur une forme en relief aménagée autour du corps 2. 5.- Assembly according to claims 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 characterized in that the crimping is done on a relief shape arranged around the body 2. 6.- Assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications ci-dessus caractérisées en ce que la pièce 5 est découpée dans un tube ayant le contour du corps à l'endroit du sertissage. 6. An assembly according to any one of the above claims characterized in that the part 5 is cut from a tube having the outline of the body at the location of the crimping. 7.- Assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5 caractérisée en ce que la pièce 5 est obtenue à partir d'une bande coupée, formée et fermée par un procédé approprié. 7. An assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 5 characterized in that the part 5 is obtained from a cut strip, formed and closed by an appropriate process. 8.- Assemblage selon l'une quelconque des revendications ci-dessus caractérisée en ce que le corps 2 peut avoir une forme à l'endroit du sertissage autre que de révolution.  8.- An assembly according to any one of the above claims characterized in that the body 2 may have a shape at the location of the crimp other than revolution.
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