Pulley for drive shaft for a water pump and method for making the same

US5049115A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• AKTIEBOLAGET SKF · SE

Inventors

• Heinrich Kunkel · Schweinfurt, DE
• Horst M. Ernst · Eltingshausen, DE
• Roland Haas · Lendershausen, DE
• Gerhard Herrmann · Schweinfurt, DE
• Peter Horling · Schweinfurt, DE
• Elmar Mause · Schweinfurt, DE
• Gunter Neder · Schweinfurt, DE
• Armin Olschewski · Schweinfurt, DE
• Robert Stolz · Schweinfurt, DE
• Leo Vogelsanger · Schweinfurt, DE
• Manfred Brandenstein · Aschfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 1990
• Grant date: Sep 17, 1991
• Expiry date: May 23, 2010

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2055/366
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Pulley for driving the shaft of a water pump, especially a pump for the cooling system of an internal combustion engine, the shaft being designed to be integral with a pulley body carrying the rim of the pulley, characterized in that the rim (15, 25, 31, 37) is designed as a sleeve and is attached to the pulley body (13, 22, 29, 39) in a form-locking or friction-locking manner.