Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for inspecting junction-type outer joint member of constant velocity universal joint
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Application No.: US15502872Application Date: 2015-07-23
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Publication No.: US10761065B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Hiromi Nagai , Daisuke Kagawa , Naoki Nakagawa , Takashi Imanaka , Yasuhiko Sakakibara , Tokio Ueda , Masazumi Kobayashi , Tatsuro Sugiyama
- Applicant: NTN CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@6a6462
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/070922 WO 20150723
- International Announcement: WO2016/024468 WO 20160218
- Main IPC: G01N29/04
- IPC: G01N29/04 ; B23K31/12 ; F16D1/027 ; G05B19/418 ; G01N29/275 ; G01N29/28 ; G01N29/48 ; F16D3/20 ; G01N21/95 ; B21K1/76 ; B23K26/21 ; B23K15/00 ; G01N29/44 ; F16D3/223 ; F16D3/227 ; F16D3/205

Abstract:
An inspection device inspects a joint-type outer joint member of a constant velocity universal joint that includes a cup section having a bottomed cylindrical shape and track grooves in an inner periphery thereof for torque transmitting elements, and a shaft section extending from a bottom of the cup section. The inspection device inspects the outer joint member, which is obtained through melt-welding on a cup member forming the cup section and a shaft member forming the shaft section. The inspection device includes a surface inspection unit to inspect for a defect which appears on a surface of the outer joint member due to welding, an internal inspection unit to inspect for an internal defect of a welded portion, and a recording unit to record an inspection result of the inspection. The inspection device is configured to efficiently perform in-line total inspection for the melt-welded joint-type outer joint member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170234836A1 DEVICE FOR INSPECTING JUNCTION-TYPE OUTER JOINT MEMBER OF CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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