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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
72354 ; 72358 ; 72402 ;
Abstract
A method of forming an outerrace of a universal joint having cross grooves, in which its cylindrical portion is formed in its inner face with cross grooves by a plastic working process such as a forging process, an outerrace of a universal joint, which has its cylindrical and shaft portions integrally molded into a form having generally an outerrace shape from a single steel material and which is formed by forging thereof from above and all sides, and a process and an apparatus for producing the outerrace.