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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Steering Solutions Ip Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jefferey E. Beyerlein, Frankenmuth, MI (US);
Alan G. Turek, Mayville, MI (US);
Jesse A. Heather, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
Assignee:
STEERING SOLUTIONS IP HOLDING CORPORATION, Saginaw, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/04 (2006.01); B23P 15/14 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); F16H 55/06 (2006.01); F16H 55/08 (2006.01); F16H 55/22 (2006.01); B29C 70/74 (2006.01); F16H 55/17 (2006.01); B29L 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/44 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29K 305/12 (2006.01); B21K 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 3/04 (2013.01); B23P 15/14 (2013.01); B29C 70/74 (2013.01); B62D 5/0409 (2013.01); F16H 55/06 (2013.01); F16H 55/17 (2013.01); F16H 55/22 (2013.01); B21K 1/30 (2013.01); B29C 65/44 (2013.01); B29C 66/0344 (2013.01); B29C 66/74283 (2013.01); B29K 2305/12 (2013.01); B29L 2015/003 (2013.01); F16H 2055/065 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49469 (2015.01); Y10T 74/1987 (2015.01);
Abstract
A gear blank is provided. It includes a disk having a first face and a second face. A first plurality of individual lugs formed on said first face circumferentially adjacent an outer circumferential edge of said disk. Each lug of said first plurality of individual lugs has a first inner circumferential edge formed on said first face along a first retaining diameter. Adjacent lugs of said first plurality of individual lugs have a first circumferential spacing therebetween.