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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2014
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camshaft-manufacturing method includes: a split die group preparation step; a processing preparation step of preparing a cam including a through-hole, a cam body which is smaller than each of the cam accommodation portions, and ribs which are provided on both sides in a thickness direction of the cam body and configured to be fitted into the rib accommodation portions, and a hollow shaft, accommodating the cam body in the cam accommodation portion and fitting the ribs in the rib accommodation portion, and inserting the hollow shaft into the through-hole of the cam; and a processing step of performing hydroform processing, and fixing the cam to the hollow shaft by expanding the hollow shaft.