GB2190317A - Method of making components of a vehicle steering column - Google Patents

Method of making components of a vehicle steering column Download PDF

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GB2190317A
GB2190317A GB08612029A GB8612029A GB2190317A GB 2190317 A GB2190317 A GB 2190317A GB 08612029 A GB08612029 A GB 08612029A GB 8612029 A GB8612029 A GB 8612029A GB 2190317 A GB2190317 A GB 2190317A
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Michael Thomas Hancock
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Torrington Co Ltd
Timken US LLC
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Torrington Co Ltd
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Priority to DE19873715834 priority patent/DE3715834A1/en
Priority to JP11724687A priority patent/JPS6326236A/en
Priority to BR8702488A priority patent/BR8702488A/en
Priority to FR8706868A priority patent/FR2598667B1/en
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16D—COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION; CLUTCHES; BRAKES
    • F16D3/00—Yielding couplings, i.e. with means permitting movement between the connected parts during the drive
    • F16D3/16—Universal joints in which flexibility is produced by means of pivots or sliding or rolling connecting parts
    • F16D3/26—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected
    • F16D3/38—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected with a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another
    • F16D3/382—Hooke's joints or other joints with an equivalent intermediate member to which each coupling part is pivotally or slidably connected with a single intermediate member with trunnions or bearings arranged on two axes perpendicular to one another constructional details of other than the intermediate member
    • F16D3/387—Fork construction; Mounting of fork on shaft; Adapting shaft for mounting of fork

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  • Steering Controls (AREA)
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Description

1 GB2190317A 1 SPECIFICATION universal joint are formed at one end of the
tube. After such casting, all that is required is Method of making components of a vehicle to broach involute splines in order to complete steering column the spiined bore.
70 Figures 3 and 4 show a universal joint yoke Up to the present time, parts of steering col- and Figures 5 and 6 show an adaptor in a umns such as universal joints, yokes and typical steering shaft application.
adaptors therefor and splined tubes have been Utilising the shell moulding process, a pre made from forging or pressing processes. serration hole 3 in the yoke and a pinch bolt They have also been made from conventional 75 hole 4 and pinch bolt slot 5 in both the yoke sand casting processes. and the adaptor are cast. The preserration With these known processes, a number of hole, pinch bolt hole and pinch bolt slot re machining operations need to be carried out quire machining with conventional processes after forging or casting. With a pressing, there and there are a number of other faces on all is a high tooling and material cost. For 80 of the components illustrated which do not example, with a universal joint yoke and adap- need machining with the shell moulding pro tor, various holes, for example the hole where cess which would need machining with con the end of a splined tube has to be inserted, ventional processes.
a pinch bolt hole and pinch bolt slot have to The present process can also be used on be machined. 85 steering column components which are not re In addition, a typical truck steering shaft is quired to be produced in great numbers since conventionally made as a tube made from a the patterns required for the moulding process forging with a splined bore machined from are relatively cheap.
solid.

Claims (11)

  1. It is an object of the present invention to 90 CLAIMS facilitate
    manufacture of the above-described 1. A method of making a component form components with minimal machining and rela- ing part of a vehicle steering column by cast tively low cost patterns. ing using a shell moulding process.
    A hitherto-untried process so far as these
  2. 2. A method according to claim 1, wherein components are concerned is that of shell 95 it is applied to a component which is the moulding where a rigid, porous, self-supportsteering column itself.
    ing refractory mould is formed by moulding
  3. 3. A method according to claim 1 or 2, sand blended with thermosetting plastics or wherein one end of the column is formed as a resin into a preheated metal pattern and slider tube with a universal joint yoke and in cured. 100 volute splines are broached after casting at Accordingly, the present invention provides said one end adjacent the yoke.
    a method of making a component forming
  4. 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein part of a vehicle steering column by casting it is applied to a component which is a univer using a shell moulding process. sal joint of the steering column.
    Products of this process accordingly com- 105
  5. 5. A method according to claim 1, wherein prise the vehicle steering column itself, a it is applied to a component which is a univer steering column universal joint, a yoke for the sal joint yoke of the steering column.
    universal joint, and an adaptor for use on a
  6. 6. A method according to claim 5, wherein rubber coupling therefor. The steering column a preserration hole is formed in the yoke dur- produced by the present process can also be 110 ing casting of the yoke.
    in the form of a splined tube.
  7. 7. A method according to claim 1, wherein For a better understanding of the invention it is applied to a component which is an adap and to show how the same may be carried tor for use on a rubber coupling of the steer into effect, reference will now be made, by ing column.
    way of example, to the accompanying draw- 115
  8. 8. A method according to claim 4, 5, 6 or ings, in which: 7, wherein a pinch bolt hole is formed in the Figure 1 is a side view of a slider tube of a component during casting.
    steering column,
  9. 9. A method according to claim 4, 5, 6, 7 Figure 2 is a plan view partly in cross-sec- or 8, wherein a pinch bolt slot is formed in tion of the slider tube of Figure 1, 120 the component during casting.
    Figure 3 is a side view of a yoke of a
  10. 10. A method of making a component universal joint of a steering column, forming part of a vehicle steering column, sub Figure 4 is an end view of the yoke shown stantially as described with reference to any in Figure 3, one of the embodiments shown in the accom- Figure 5 is an end view of an adaptor of 125 panying drawing.
    the steering column, and
  11. 11. A component forming part of a vehicle Figure 6 is a plan view of the adaptor. steering column, said component having been Figures 1 and 2 show a slider tube which made by the method according to any preced has been cast using the shell moulding pro- ing claim.
    cess. Two arms of a yoke 1 forming part of a 2 GB2190317A 2 Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office by Burgess & Son (Abingdon) Ltd, Dd 8991685, 1987. Published at The Patent Office, 25 Southampton Buildings, London, WC2A 1 AY, from which copies may be obtained.
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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB8612029A GB2190317B (en) 1986-05-16 1986-05-16 Method of making components of a vehicle steering column
DE19873715834 DE3715834A1 (en) 1986-05-16 1987-05-12 METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPONENTS OF A VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN
JP11724687A JPS6326236A (en) 1986-05-16 1987-05-15 Manufacture of constituent part of steering pipe of vehicle
BR8702488A BR8702488A (en) 1986-05-16 1987-05-15 PROCESS TO MAKE A COMPONENT FORMING PART OF A VEHICLE STEERING COLUMN
FR8706868A FR2598667B1 (en) 1986-05-16 1987-05-15 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS OF A STEERING COLUMN AND VEHICLE AND COMPONENT THUS OBTAINED

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GB8612029A GB2190317B (en) 1986-05-16 1986-05-16 Method of making components of a vehicle steering column

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GB2190317A true GB2190317A (en) 1987-11-18
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DE (1) DE3715834A1 (en)
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FR2598667B1 (en) 1990-12-21
GB2190317B (en) 1990-01-10
DE3715834A1 (en) 1987-11-19
BR8702488A (en) 1988-02-23
FR2598667A1 (en) 1987-11-20
JPS6326236A (en) 1988-02-03

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