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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Takafumi Murakami, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Naoto Shibata, Utsunomiya, JP;
Shunta Osako, Utsunomiya, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a ball for a constant velocity joint, and a method for producing the same. The ball for a constant velocity joint is produced via a quenching step for heating a spherical body consisting of a material corresponding to a high carbon chromium bearing steel regulated by Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) to 840-900° C. and then cooling the spherical body under such a condition as 10-25 vol. % of austenite remains up to a first part where the depth from the surface is 0.1 mm, a step for tempering the spherical body at 150° C. or more, and a step for shot peening the spherical body and imparting a compression residual stress of −1000 MPa or more to a region reaching second part where the depth from the surface is 0.2 mm.