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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2020
Osg Corporation, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazumitsu Harada, Toyokawa, JP;
OSG CORPORATION, Toyokawa, JP;
Abstract
A thread forming tap including a complete thread portion and a leading portion is to be screwed into a prepared hole provided in a workpiece so as to cause an inner circumferential surface of the prepared hole to be plastically deformed for thereby forming an internal thread corresponding to the external thread provided in the complete thread portion. A screw thread of the external thread has a leading flank and a trailing flank, which are to be positioned on a front side of the trailing flank and on a rear side of the leading flank, respectively, when the thread forming tap is screwed into the prepared hole. The screw thread is shaped such that, in the leading portion, an indentation depth into the workpiece made by the leading flank is smaller than an indentation depth into the workpiece made by the trailing flank.