Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – With testing or indicating
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-02
2007-10-02
Omgba, Essama (Department: 3726)
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
With testing or indicating
C029S407090, C029S505000, C029S511000, C029S521000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10487290
ABSTRACT:
A system for assembling a vehicle drive shaft is provided with the steps of installing yokes on respective ends of a drive shaft tube, each yoke having first and second bores therethrough for receiving respective distal ends of respective spider arrangements, and rolling the outer edges of the bores using carbide rollers to urge a portion of the material of the yoke to overlie radially the respectively associated distal end of the spider arrangement. Datums are defined on the yokes and the shaft tube for determining a spatial relationship between the yokes and shaft tube. The rolling of the bore of the yoke is performed while the spider, the bearing caps, and the retention elements are maintained in preload to achieve zero tolerance. Prior to roller forming the outer edge of the bore, the spider arrangement is supported on the true rotating center of the drive shaft tube.
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Juranitch James C.
Olschefski Robert D.
Omgba Essama
Rohm & Monsanto, P.L.C.
Veri-Tek International Corporation
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