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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2014
Applicant:
Jtekt Corporation, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Osamu Honda, Fujiidera, JP;
Masaru Yamawaki, Toyonaka, JP;
Mitsuharu Ozaki, Kashiba, JP;
Naoji Kawasoko, Kashihara, JP;
Assignee:
JTEKT CORPORATION, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/16 (2006.01); F16D 3/20 (2006.01); F16D 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/387 (2013.01); B62D 1/16 (2013.01); F16D 3/20 (2013.01); Y10T 403/7079 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7188 (2015.01);
Abstract
A shaft-to-universal joint coupling structure includes: a column shaft; a universal joint including a shaft yoke; a sleeve to which the column shaft and the universal joint are fitted; and a coupling pin inserted into a through-hole of the shaft yoke and an insertion hole of the sleeve. The coupling pin has a small-diameter portion inserted into the insertion hole, and a step portion positioned inward of an inner peripheral face of the sleeve in the radial direction of the sleeve.