Patent ID: 6375381
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B21D,B23P,F16B,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
A combination of a shaft and a machine element, said combination comprising said machine element having an external polygonally configured surface, said machine element having an opening and said shaft press fitted into said opening in a light press fit thereto, said shaft having a raised surface with the same polygonal configuration as said external polygonally configured surface of said machine element, said external polygonally configured surface of said machine element and said raised polygonally configured surface of said shaft being in abutting relationship so as to form a contiguous polygonally configured surface, and a metal cylindrical torque ring deformed about and covering at least a portion of said external polygonally configured surface of said machine element and at least a portion of said raised polygonally configured surface of said shaft to secure said polygonal configurations together, thereby joining said machine element to said shaft.