Drive shaft assembly and method

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291568P, 148127, 291568B, B23P 1504, C21D 950

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040875938

ABSTRACT:
An improved drive shaft assembly of uniform high strength, and a method for producing the assembly. The method includes welding a tubular shaft of an alloy steel to an end fitting such as the yoke of a universal joint or a coupling. The welded assembly is then heat treated by bringing the assembly to the austenite phase, uniform throughout the assembly, quenching the assembly in a vertical position, and thereafter tempering the assembly at a temperature uniform throughout to the desired hardness. In this manner, the non-uniform structures in the heat affected weld zone are made homogeneous, thereby producing favorable distribution of strength characteristics and residual stresses throughout the entire assembly.

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patent: 3470037 (1969-09-01), Suzuki
patent: 3661658 (1972-05-01), Oda et al.
patent: 4001054 (1977-01-01), Makepeace

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