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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:
Apr. 23, 1991
Filed:
May. 04, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Piston Ring Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ; B25G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74567 ; 74598 ; 74597 ; 403355 ;
Abstract
A camshaft comprising a steel shaft and a plurality of cam pieces fitted on the shaft. The cam piece is made from a sintering alloy material and bonded to the shaft by sintering. The shaft has pin-receiving holes perpendicular to the axis of the shaft. The cam piece is formed on its side surface with a pin-receiving groove. A positioning pin has a lower portion tightly fitted in the hole of the shaft and an upper portion fitted in the groove to position the cam piece with respect to the shaft during sintering.