Method for manufacturing a trunnion for a constant velocity joint, a trunnion manufactured thereby, and a heat treatment device of the trunnion

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11746394-B2
Application number	US-202117493484-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2021
Priority date	Oct 6, 2020
Publication date	Sep 5, 2023
Grant date	Sep 5, 2023

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a trunnion for a constant velocity joint, the trunnion having a plurality of journal units provided outside around a hub unit, the method including a first step of manufacturing the trunnion, a second step of thermally treating a rounded outer circumferential surface of the journal unit, and a third step of thermally treating a connection unit disposed between the journal unit and the hub unit and having a diameter smaller than that of the journal unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for manufacturing a trunnion for a constant velocity joint, the trunnion having a plurality of journal units provided on the outside thereof around a hub unit, the method comprising:
a first step of manufacturing the trunnion;
a second step of thermally treating a rounded outer circumferential surface of the journal unit; and
a third step of thermally treating a connection unit disposed between the journal unit and the hub unit and having a diameter smaller than that of the journal unit,
wherein the second step or the third step further includes
a heating step, through a high-frequency induction heating device, of carrying out heating for 1.5 to 2.8 seconds with an output from 64 to 68 kilowatts (KW),
a delaying step of having a time difference from 0.05 to 0.15 seconds, and
a cooling step of carrying out cooling for 4.5 to 5.5 seconds, and

wherein, in the second step or the third step, an input current is from 150 to 159 amperes (A), a positive voltage is from 5.6 to 6.2 kilovolts (KV), and a positive current is from 4.5 to 5.0 A.

2. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the second step or the third step carries out heat treatment up to a depth from 5.0 to 8.0 millimeters (mm) from outer surfaces of the journal unit and the connection unit except for a region of a spline provided on an inner circumferential surface of the hub unit.

3. The method of claim 2 ,
wherein the region subjected to heat treatment through the second step or the third step maintains Vickers hardness (HV) of HV560 or more up to the depth of at least 2 mm from the outer surfaces of the journal unit and the connection unit.

4. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the second step or the third step further comprises:
a tampering step of carrying out tampering at a temperature from 150 to 170° C. for 100 to 140 minutes.

5. The method of claim 1 ,
Wherein, when the second step and the third step are done, the outer hardness of the journal unit and the connection unit are formed from Rockwell hardness C (HRC) of HRC58 to 63.

6. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the first step has the trunnion made of a medium carbon steel (S50C to S55C) containing carbon of 0.2 to 0.5 wt % based on the total weight, and
the trunnion comprises: carbon (C): 0.47 to 0.58 wt %, silicon (Si): 0.15 to 0.35 wt %, manganese (Mn): 0.60 to 0.90 wt %, phosphorus (P): 0.030 wt % or less (more than 0), and sulfur (S): 0.035 wt % or less (more than 0).

7. The method of claim 6 ,
wherein the first step adds at least one of Mn, chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), molybdenum (Mo), and boron (B) alloy elements to the trunnion.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
a fourth step of rotating the hub unit at a set angle to thermally treat the other journal unit when the heat treatment (the second step or the third step) for one journal unit is done.

9. A trunnion manufactured by the method for manufacturing a constant velocity joint of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Corp
• Seohan Ind Co Ltd
• Korea Flange Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jeong Lyul
• Ban Wonkew
• Yim Hyun Ho
• Lee Chang-Gu
• Kim Min-Gyu

Classifications

• C21D9/40 Primary

  for rings; for bearing races · CPC title

• C21D1/18 Primary

  Hardening (C21D1/02 takes precedence); Quenching with or without subsequent tempering (quenching devices C21D1/62) · CPC title

• C21D1/42

  Induction heating · CPC title

• C21D9/0062

  Heat-treating apparatus with a cooling or quenching zone · CPC title

• F16D3/2055

  having three pins, i.e. true tripod joints · CPC title