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Hollowshaft and method for the production thereof
Assignee: Cosma International Inc
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Filing: 1992-07-06
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Granted: 1993-11-09
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Expires: 2012-07-06
Abstract
Abstract A hollow shaft with torque-transmitting structural elements such as toothed gears, cams, disc cams, etc., is optionally provided with secondary shaping elements, such as bearing points, stop faces, hexagonal or ring contours, etc. The new shaft is formed from a starting pipe with a substantially uniform wall thickness, which is widened for the positive (form locking) and non-positive (force-fit) connection to the structural elements and for shaping the secondary shaping elements by internal pressure. The maximum widening of the pipe is under the structural elements or on the secondary shaping elements. The new hollow shaft is characterized in that the wall thickness of pipe (12) under the structural elements (14,18) and optionally secondary shaping elements (16,20) is partly enlarged in the axial direction by material flow compared with the wall thickness of the starting pipe.
Inventors
- 👤 Alfred Ebbinghaus
- 👤 Helmut Bogel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 17:22
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23P; B23P11/00; B23P11/005; B21; B21D; B21D53/00; B21D53/84; B21D53/845; F; F16; F16D; F16D1/00; F16D1/06; F16D1/064; F16D1/072; F16H; F16H53/00; F16H53/02; F16H53/025; B23P2700/00; B23P2700/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49229; Y10T29/49293; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49908; Y10T29/49938; Y10T29/4994; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/21; Y10T74/2101
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
Hollow shaft with at least one torque-transmitting structural element and at least one secondary shaping element mounted along the length thereof, said hollow shaft being formed from a starting tube having a substantially uniform wall thickness, said wall thickness being widened by internal pressure at least for non-positive force-fit connection to the at least one structural element and for shaping the at least one secondary shaping element, the maximum widening of the tube being under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element, characterized in that the wall thickness of the tube under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element is partly enlarged in the axial direction by material flow accumulation to provide an enlarged wall thickness as compared with the wall thickness of the starting tube, the material accumulation of the tube under the at least one of the structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element is between 1 and 10% based on the starting wall thickness of the tube.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
Hollow shaft with at least one torque-transmitting structural element and at least one secondary shaping element mounted along the length thereof, said hollow shaft being formed from a starting tube having a substantially uniform wall thickness, said wall thickness being widened by internal pressure at least for non-positive force-fit connection to the at least one structural element and for shaping the at least one secondary shaping element, the maximum widening of the tube being under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element, characterized in that the wall thickness of the tube under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element is partly enlarged in the axial direction by material flow accumulation to provide an enlarged wall thickness as compared with the wall thickness of the starting tube, the material accumulation of the tube under the at least one of the structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element is between 1 and 10% based on the starting wall thickness of the tube.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
Hollow shaft according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one structural element is a material selected from the group consisting of cast iron, chilled case iron, sintered steel, steel, aluminum, titanium, ceramic and plastics.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
Hollow shaft according to claim 3, characterized in that said material accumulation is between 2 and 8%, based on said starting wall thickness.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
Hollow shaft according to claim 3, characterized in that said material accumulation is between 3 and 7.5%, based on said starting wall thickness.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
Hollow shaft according to claim 1, characterized in that the starting tube is widened for positive, form-locking connection to said structural element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
Hollow shaft according to claim 5, characterized in that the starting tube is widened by oval distortion within the structural member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
179 words
Hollow shaft with at least one torque-transmitting structural element and at least one secondary shaping element mounted along the length thereof, said hollow shaft being formed from a starting tube having a substantially uniform wall thickness, said wall thickness being widened by internal pressure at least for non-positive, forced-fit connection to the at least one structural element and for shaping the at least one secondary element, the maximum widening of the tube being under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element, characterized in that the wall thickness of the tube under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element is partly enlarged in the axial direction by material flow accumulation to provide an enlarged wall thickness as compared with the wall thickness of the starting tube, and further characterized in that the material accumulation of the tube under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element is between 1 and 10%, based on the starting wall thickness of the tube.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
179 words
Hollow shaft with at least one torque-transmitting structural element and at least one secondary shaping element mounted along the length thereof, said hollow shaft being formed from a starting tube having a substantially uniform wall thickness, said wall thickness being widened by internal pressure at least for non-positive, forced-fit connection to the at least one structural element and for shaping the at least one secondary element, the maximum widening of the tube being under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element, characterized in that the wall thickness of the tube under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element is partly enlarged in the axial direction by material flow accumulation to provide an enlarged wall thickness as compared with the wall thickness of the starting tube, and further characterized in that the material accumulation of the tube under the at least one structural element and the at least one secondary shaping element is between 1 and 10%, based on the starting wall thickness of the tube.
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