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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hirohide Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroya Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 4/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 4/300 ;
Abstract
A cylindrical portion is not quenched, and its hardness of a cylindrical portion is set at Hv to . An average cross sectional area of the crystal particle in this portion is set to be within mm . Accordingly, when a caulking portion is formed by expanding the cylindrical portion 10 to an inner ring to a hub 2 made of carbon steel, cracks or the like are not formed in the resultant caulking portion.