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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5216912 | Steering shaft and manufacturing method therefor This invention relates to a shock absorbing type steering shaft for steering front wheels of a vehicle by converting rotation of a steering wheel to reciprocation of a tie rod, and to a method of manufacturing the steering shaft. The steering shaft has en... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5115663 | Method for forming a crankshaft A shaped metallic article such as a crankshaft is produced from a hollow pipe which is commercially available. The hollow pipe, which has a predetermined wall thickness, is squeezed into a hollow blank pipe having a predetermined shape and wall thickness.... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5040294 | Process for producing a camshaft In a process for producing a camshaft provided with bearings and cams from a pipe or from a blank having an initial oval cam shape, the configuration of the camshaft with the cams and the bearings is molded into the pipe or hollow blank by swaging and cir... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4763503 | Apparatus for making a cam shaft A cam shaft made from lobes having irregularly shaped apertures spaced along the longitudinal axis of a hollow tubular shaft. The method of making the cam shaft includes the steps of: inserting a hollow tubular shaft through the apertures of a plurality o... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4622840 | Method for drawing telescoping tubes for torque transmission An improved telescoping torque transmitting connection and a method for making tubes used in the formation of this connection are disclosed. The tubes are formed with inwardly extending lobes and the lobes are formed so that the wall thickness of the tube... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4612695 | Method of manufacturing a hollow cam shaft The method of manufacturing a lightweight, low cost hollow cam shaft includes the steps of forming an integral journal portion in a hollow pipe member by inwardly deforming a portion of the pipe member, such as by coining or spinning, the outer surface of... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4435972 | Process for forming integral spindle-axle tubes A process for cold forming integral spindle-axle tubes includes placing a tubular blank within an open ended die having an extrusion die throat, and pushing the blank through the die throat with a punch. The punch is formed with a ram portion that applies... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4417462 | Axle spindle and method for making the same A spindle for an axle is capable of supporting a vehicle wheel which is rotatably mounted thereon at a pair of axially disposed bearings. The spindle includes a cylindrical portion at its outer end which serves as an outer bearing mounting region while th... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4220277 | Axle bodies An axle body is made by extruding a blank for forward extruding a neck portion and backward extruding a hollow shell portion, a transition zone is also produced by forward extrusion; the resulting shell portion is rolled into a nonround cross section, of,... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4095450 | Axle making method and apparatus An axle making method and apparatus for forming a unitary tubular axle blank with an I-beam section along an intermediate axle portion and with a bifurcated axle end for supporting a wheel spindle by ball joints. Inward deformations are formed in side wal... | 06/20/1978 |
