Nut integrated with bracket and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Protech Korea Co. Ltd., Sungwoo Hitech Co., Ltd.
InventorsHeui Bom LEE, Dongjin LEE, Juncheul JUNG, Jeong Rok YUN, Mun Yong LEE, Sin Ho RYU, Sang Lae LEE
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a nut integrated with a bracket forms the nut formed integrally with the bracket or a slab base nut by using a plate material supplied between a punch and a die. The slab base nut includes a base plate and a boss extending from the base plate and including female-threads. The base plate and the boss are integrated into a single piece without welding trace.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a nut integrated with a bracket, which forms the nut formed integrally with the bracket by using a plate material supplied between a punch and a die, the method comprising:
- a pre-drawing step of forming a reference hole and a processing cross section in the plate material supplied between the punch and the die, forming a beading portion by processing the processing cross section through multiple steps, and piercing a center of the beading portion;
- a forging step of forming a pipe portion having a tube shape by gradually widening a through hole in the beading portion and decreasing a diameter of the pipe portion from the processing cross section to a tip of the beading portion, and then processing an outer circumferential surface of the pipe portion so as to form the tube shape through multiple steps so that a thickness is increased from the tip of the pipe portion to the processing cross section, subsequent to the pre-drawing step;
- a precision forging step of precisely correcting dimensions of an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the pipe portion formed in the tube shape, forming a shape protruding from the tip of the pipe portion, and then compressing the pipe portion in order to remove residual burrs on a surface thereof, subsequent to the forging step;
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- a post-processing step of cutting the processing cross section to a final product shape, and then forming bent ends at both end portions of the cut processing cross section, and a threaded tap on an inner circumferential surface of the pipe portion, subsequent to the precision forging step.
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