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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Koyama, Neyagawa, JP;
Atsushi Tano, Sakurai, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/38 (2006.01); B21D 39/00 (2006.01); B23P 11/02 (2006.01); F16D 3/40 (2006.01); F16C 21/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/405 (2013.01); B21D 39/00 (2013.01); F16C 21/005 (2013.01); F16D 3/382 (2013.01); F16D 3/385 (2013.01); B23P 11/02 (2013.01); B23P 19/02 (2013.01); B23P 2700/11 (2013.01); F16D 3/40 (2013.01); F16D 2250/0084 (2013.01); F16D 2300/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a universal joint includes: temporarily assembling a bearing, which supports a shaft portion of a joint spider such that the shaft portion is rotatable, with respect to a through-hole and the shaft portion by press-fitting the bearing to a first position in the through-hole of a yoke; and clinching, after the bearing is temporarily assembled, a portion of the yoke around the through-hole, and pressing the bearing deeper into the through-hole with a clinched portion formed by the clinching to press-fit the bearing to a second position located deeper than the first position in the through-hole.