Invention Application
- Patent Title: RACK BAR AND STEERING DEVICE
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Application No.: US18690433Application Date: 2022-07-07
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Publication No.: US20240375170A1Publication Date: 2024-11-14
- Inventor: Shinichi YAMANAKA , Daisuke HAMANAKA , Norihiro KIMURA , Keisuke KITAMURA
- Applicant: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki
- Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
- Current Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki
- Priority: JP2021-148485 20210913
- International Application: PCT/JP2022/026909 WO 20220707
- Main IPC: B21K1/76
- IPC: B21K1/76 ; B21J5/02 ; B62D3/12 ; F16H55/26

Abstract:
In a rack bar and a steering device using the same, an endmost tooth bottom for reducing a stress exerted on a first forging die during die forging of a rack tooth molding part is formed on the endmost side of a plurality of tooth bottoms. Specifically, the endmost tooth bottom is formed so that a depth thereof is less than a depth of an ordinary tooth bottom by a difference. This reduces an amount of flow of a material of the rack bar during formation of the endmost tooth bottom by an amount commensurate with the difference. As a result, the stress exerted on the first forging die can be reduced, and occurrence of heat checking in the first forging die can be suppressed.
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