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US 7,803,236 B2Granted
Valve spring retainer made of titanium
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki Horimura, Kosuke Doi
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Abstract
To provide a valve spring retainer made of titanium, capable of reduction in raw material cost and processing cost, a valve spring retainer is formed out of a titanium alloy raw material composed of 0.8 wt %≦Fe≦1.2 wt %, 0.24 wt %≦O≦0.32 wt %, 0.02 wt %≦N≦0.05 wt %, and balance Ti containing unavoidable impurities through cold forging.
Claims9
A cold forged titanium valve spring retainer, comprising:
- 0.8 wt %≦Fe≦1.2 wt %;
- 0.24 wt %≦O≦0.32 wt %;
- 0.02 wt %≦N≦0.05 wt %;
- wherein the balance consists essentially of titanium,
- the valve spring retainer including a large diameter part, a small diameter part coaxially joined integral to a peripheral part of the large diameter part, a tapered part coaxially joined integral to a peripheral part of the small diameter part,
- the large diameter part having a diameter ranges from 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm, and an axial thickness that ranges from 1 mm to 2 mm,
- the small diameter part having an axial thickness that is greater than the axial thickness at the large diameter part,
- the tapered part having an axial thickness that is greater than the axial thickness at the large diameter part,
- wherein the valve spring retainer has a cross sectional hardness that is greater than or equal to 230 HV0.1 in Vickers hardness, and
- wherein prior to an oxidation treatment over an outer surface of the valve spring retainer the average grain size is less than or equal to 20 μm.
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The method of manufacturing a valve spring retainer, comprising:
- cold forging a titanium alloy into the valve spring retainer,
- the alloy comprising:
- 0.8 wt %≦Fe≦1.2 wt %;
- 0.24 wt %≦O≦0.32 wt %;
- 0.02 wt %≦N≦0.05 wt %;
- wherein the balance consists essentially of titanium;
- the valve spring retainer including:
- a large diameter part,
- a small diameter part coaxially joined integral to a peripheral part of the large diameter part,
- a tapered part coaxially joined integral to a peripheral part of the small diameter part,
- wherein the large diameter part having a diameter ranges from 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm,
- and an axial thickness that ranges from 1 mm to 2 mm,
- the small diameter part having an axial thickness that is greater than the axial thickness at the large diameter part,
- the tapered part having an axial thickness that is greater than the axial thickness at the large diameter part,
- wherein the valve spring retainer has a cross sectional hardness that is greater than or equal to 230 HV0.1 in Vickers hardness, and
- wherein prior to an oxidation treatment over an outer surface of the valve spring retainer the average grain size is less than or equal to 20 μm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.