Patent · US Expired

Lightened yoke for a universal joint

US4505608A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 14, 1983
Grant dateMar 19, 1985
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Expiry dateApr 14, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/32918
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The yoke formed by the blanking and rolling of a blank comprises branches 1, 2 and a hub 23 which is provided at the end thereof remote from the branches of the yoke with a guiding chamfer for a shaft adapted to receive the yoke. The chamfer 10, 12, 16, 17 is formed by a cold stamping operation.

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