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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Yosuke Tanaka, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Masato Nakagawa, Chita-gun, JP;
Masato Fukui, Kashiba, JP;
Kei Sumimoto, Yao, JP;
Mitsumoto Inoguchi, Toyota, JP;
Hiroyuki Shinoda, Nisshin, JP;
Masahiro Kimura, Toyota, JP;
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A manufacturing device manufactures a bearing unit including an inner ring member outwardly fitted onto an end portion of a shaft main body of an inner shaft on one side in an axial direction and fixed by a swaged portion extending from the end portion. The manufacturing device includes: a rotating mechanism including a rotor which holds the other side of the inner shaft in the axial direction from below and rotates the inner shaft about a center axis of the inner shaft while the center axis is aligned with an up-down direction, the rotor being mounted below a processing area of the bearing unit; and a swaging mechanism mounted above the processing area and including a punch which is brought into contact with the swaged portion to plastically deform the swaged portion.