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US 2015/0096344 A1Published application
Method of forming integrated drive shaft and yoke
AssigneesSzuba Consulting, Inc., Value Extraction LLC
InventorsJoseph Szuba, Henry E. Fradkin
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Abstract
A method of forming a shaft for transferring force from a driving element to a driven element makes use of a tube. The tube is deformed to define distal ends of said shaft. At least one of the distal ends of the tube is trimmed to define a yoke for engaging one of the driving element or the driven element, with the yoke being integrally formed with the shaft.
Claims12
A method of forming a shaft for transferring force from a driving element to a driven element, comprising steps of:
- providing a tube;
- deforming said tube to define distal ends of said shaft;
- trimming at least one of said distal ends of said tube to define a yoke for engaging one of the driving element or the driven element, with said yoke being integrally formed with said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.