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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2001
Koya Suzuki, Kariya, JP;
Toshiro Kondo, Kariya, JP;
Yasuki Miyashita, Kariya, JP;
Yoshiharu Yasui, Kariya, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyoda Jidoshokki Seisakusho, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A propeller shaft comprising a shaft main body and a yoke which is mounted to the shaft main body with a serrated inserting portion thereof being press fitted into an inner circumferential surface of the shaft main body is constructed such that serration fit-in grooves having extending portions into which serration teeth travel when the yoke is allowed to sink into the shaft main body are formed in advance in the inner circumferential surface of the shaft main body . A method for producing the propeller shaft comprises a yoke press fitting step and a yoke withdrawing step that is to be performed after the former step.