Patent ID: 11898608
Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS RENCOL LIMITED
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A method, comprising:
providing an inner shaft component and an outer housing component;
positioning a tolerance ring between the inner shaft component and the outer housing component, the tolerance ring comprising:
an annular sidewall comprising at least one bore extending therethrough, wherein each bore is disposed axially inward from a first axial edge of the sidewall; and
at least one projection extending radially and axially from the sidewall configured to abut an axial end surface of the inner shaft component or the outer housing component to prevent axial displacement of the tolerance ring, with respect to the inner component or the outer component, each projection comprising a pair of circumferentially-spaced radial flaps located on opposing axially-extending edges of a respective one of the bores, wherein both radial flaps are bent inwardly and outwardly in the same radial direction from the sidewall, and wherein each flap extends radially inward from perspective edge of he bore along a first side of the flap and is continuously disconnected from the bore along the remaining sides of the flap such that an end portion of each flap axially fills a portion of the bore; and
a plurality of circumferentially-spaced axially-extending wave structures protruding radially from the sidewall adjacent a second axial edge thereof configured to engage an outer surface of the inner shfat component or an inner surface of the outer housing component, wherein an unformed section of the sidewall is located between each pair of adjacent wave structures, and wherein the radial flaps and the wave structures extend in the same radial direction from the sidewall; and
contacting the projection to one of the inner shaft component or the outer housing component to retain the tolerance ring to the inner component or the outer component.