Method of making a tube yoke for drive line assembly

Details Method of making a tube yoke for drive line assembly Method of making a tube yoke for drive line assembly

1995-03-21

1997-03-18

Vo, Peter

Metal working

Method of mechanical manufacture

Combined manufacture including applying or shaping of fluent...

298967, 2281734, 403 57, 403157, 464134, 464183, B22D 11128, F16D 326, F16D 340

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056111355

ABSTRACT:
A method of making a tube yoke for a drive line assembly is provided. The tube yoke is a unitary element and has a tube seat at one end for mating with a driveshaft tube, and lug ears at the other end for connecting with a universal joint assembly. The method includes forging a body of metal into a net shape body of the tube yoke with a single die-punching stroke, and subjecting the tube seat of the net shape body to a draw and iron operation to form the tube seat into its final pre-assembly form and shape, having a tube seat at one end and lug ears at the other end without machining of the tube seat. The lug ears are machined to enable connection with the universal joint assembly.

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