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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2002
Gert Bauknecht, Immenstaad, DE;
Alfred Skrabs, Sitterswald, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
The method for producing a planet carrier for a planetary gear which has one spider shaft ( ) and two guide plates ( ) disposed parallel to each other consists in that the guide plates ( ) are produced as precision blanked parts and that each of two guide plates ( ) located upon the spider shaft ( ) are interconnected in one stroke in a pressing process via rivets ( ), that in the shoulders ( ) of the rivets ( ) provided with tappets ( ) annular projections ( ) are fashioned and that the tool ( ) of the press impinging on the guide plates ( ) in direction of the shoulders ( ) is provided with an annular projection ( ) adapted to the annular projection.