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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 7/02 (2006.01); B21D 37/16 (2006.01); B21D 53/84 (2006.01); F16C 9/04 (2006.01); F16J 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 7/023 (2013.01); B21D 37/16 (2013.01); B21D 53/84 (2013.01); F16C 9/045 (2013.01); F16C 2360/22 (2013.01); F16J 1/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a connecting rod which can be manufactured without increasing the cost, and is provided with an effectively strengthened rod portion. The rod portion includes a pair of ribs () extending in parallel to each other in cross sectional view, and a web () connected between substantially vertically middle parts of the ribs. Each rib includes a rib root portion () located in a vertically central part thereof in cross sectional view, and a pair of rib tip portions () located at both vertical ends thereof, and each rib tip portion has a higher hardness than the web by 40 HV or more, and the rib root portion has a higher hardness than the web by 30 HV or more.