Patent ID: 6443622
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: B23P,B60B,F16C,G01P

Abstract:
An assembly comprising:a first component having an opening and an outer end face; a second component having an outer surface, a rotational axis and a preformed annular end portion surrounding an axial end bore; the preformed annular end portion being received in and extending through the opening and being radially deformed outwardly with respect to the axis to create a formed end that wraps around the first component in engagement with the outer end face thereof to retain the first component on the second component; the formed end having an inside surface engaging the outer end face of the first component and merging into the outer surface of the second component at an inside intersection; the formed end including a curved outside end surface that curves outwardly away from the outer end face of the first component and inwardly toward the axis to merge with a flat outside end surface extending perpendicular to the axis; the flat outside end surface merging into a first surface that extends back inwardly from the flat outside end surface and toward the axis; the first surface merging into a second surface at a transition that is diagonally opposite the inside intersection; the second surface being beveled and extending between the transition and the axial end bore; and the second surface being inclined to the axis from the axial end bore to the transition in a direction to displace the transition toward the inside intersection and provide the formed end with a reduced thickness in a direction diagonally across the transition and the inside intersection.