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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2020
Nsk Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Seiichi Moriyama, Maebashi, JP;
Keisuke Nakao, Maebashi, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A torque transmission shaft includes a shaft and a clamp. The shaft includes: a male serration in one axial end portion; a slit in the other axial end portion, the slit axially extending and having a closed end on one side and an open end on the other side; a fitting cylinder portion in the other axial end portion; and a female serration provided in of the other axial end portion. The clamp includes: a discontinuous portion arranged at one place in the circumferential direction; a pair of flange portions arranged on both sides of the discontinuous portion; a connecting portion connecting the flange portions; and an insertion hole for fitting cylinder portion. The clamp is fitted onto the fitting cylinder portion to reduce the diameter of the fitting cylinder portion by narrowing the width dimension of the discontinuous portion.