Patent ID: 6301769
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for assembling a first assembly and a second assembly together, each of the first and the second assemblies having a first or a second rotating shaft member connected to the other second or first rotating shaft member through a rotating medium, and the first rotating shaft member being provided with splines for fitting engagement with the rotating medium, the method comprising a first manual operational step and a second automatic operational step:said first manual operational step including a process for connecting the first rotating shaft member and the rotating medium while adjusting phases thereof; and said second step including a process for fitting a plurality of split knock-pins provided on said rotating medium into corresponding fitting holes of said second rotating shaft member, and thereafter spreading the front end of each split knock-pin so as to fix the rotating medium to the second rotating shaft, and assembling said first assembly with said second assembly.