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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Osamu Maeda, Toyota, JP;
Keiichi Matsunaga, Anjo, JP;
Inventors:
Osamu Maeda, Toyota, JP;
Keiichi Matsunaga, Anjo, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A crankshaft production method includes: pressurizing both end portions of a shaft blank with a pressurization surface of a die, the pressurization surface being inclined in a specific direction so as to come close to the other end side of the shaft blank, and applying an axial compressive load to the shaft blank, while restricting a radial deformation in a predetermined zone of the shaft blank in a direction other than the specific direction, thereby swaging the shaft blank and causing the predetermined zone to buckle in the specific direction.