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US 6,645,119 B2Granted
Pinion carrier assembly for an automatic transmission
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorTae-Seok Seo
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Abstract
This invention provides a pinion carrier assembly for an automatic transmission, which comprises a pinion carrier body and a pinion shaft fixed to the pinion carrier body for rotatably supporting a pinion gear, wherein the pinion shaft is fixed to the pinion carrier body by calking. The pinion carrier assembly according to this invention can be effectively manufactured under automation and thereby the quality of the carrier assembly can be uniformly maintained.
Claims4
A pinion carrier assembly for an automatic transmission, which comprises:
- a pinion carrier body;
- and
- a pinion shaft fixed to the pinion carrier body for rotatably supporting a pinion gear,
- wherein:
- a plurality of deformation grooves for defining a calking portion are formed in the pinion carrier body;
- and
- the pinion shaft is fixed to the pinion carrier body by applying an impact of calking to the calking portion of the pinion carrier body.
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