Method for producing holder and holder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9441672-B2
Application number	US-201314384918-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2013
Priority date	Mar 16, 2012
Publication date	Sep 13, 2016
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016

Abstract

A method for producing a holder in which sagging is suppressed in a bent part to be formed into a flange portion, without using bulge forming and a split mold that restrains the inside of a working target article; and a holder. An upper punch presses and bends one end portion of a working target article inward, whereby a flange portion is formed in the one end portion. A smaller-diameter portion of the working target article is restrained from the inside and outside by a lower punch and split mold portions. Then, a peripheral surface portion of a convex portion of the upper punch receives the end portion of the working target article and applies an outward pressure to the end portion. A bent part is pushed toward a larger-diameter portion restraining part of a split die, so that sagging is prevented from occurring in the bent part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for producing a holder, comprising:
receiving an inner peripheral surface of at least a smaller-diameter portion of a working target article in which a flange portion is yet to be formed, by an outer peripheral surface of a receiving member inserted into the working target article, the working target article including the smaller-diameter portion, a larger-diameter portion, and an inclined portion that connects the smaller-diameter portion and the larger-diameter portion;
receiving an outer peripheral surface of the smaller-diameter portion and an outer peripheral surface of the larger-diameter portion of the working target article, by a die placed on an outer peripheral side of the working target article;
pressing, in the receiving state, an end portion of the working target article by a pressing member for flange portion formation; and
forming the flange portion while a peripheral surface portion of a convex portion formed in the pressing member receives the end portion and applies an outward pressure to the end portion.

2. The method for producing a holder according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion is pressed by the pressing member such that surface roughness of an end surface of the flange portion is influenced by surface roughness of the peripheral surface portion of the convex portion.

3. The method for producing a holder according to claim 1 , wherein the end portion is pressed by the pressing member such that a thickness of a bent part of the end portion is larger than a plate thickness of the working target article.

4. The method for producing a holder according to claim 1 , wherein
the die includes a movable split die, and
the outer peripheral surface of the smaller-diameter portion and the outer peripheral surface of the larger-diameter portion of the working target article are received by the split die.

5. The method for producing a holder according to claim 1 , wherein
the die includes a movable split die and a fixed die,
the outer peripheral surface of the smaller-diameter portion of the working target article is received by the split die, and
the outer peripheral surface of the larger-diameter portion of the working target article is received by the fixed die.

6. The method for producing a holder according to claim 1 , wherein the inclined portion of the working target article is formed by press working the working target article by using a rough finishing diameter enlarging mold member including an inclined portion forming portion having an inclination angle that is less than an inclination angle of the inclined portion of the working target article, at a stage at which the larger-diameter portion of the working target article is formed.

7. The method for producing a holder according to claim 6 , wherein the angle of the inclined portion forming portion is 40 to 70% of the inclination angle of the inclined portion of the working target article.

8. A method for producing a holder, the method comprising:
receiving an inner peripheral surface of at least a smaller-diameter portion of a working target article in which a flange portion is yet to be formed, by an outer peripheral surface of a first receiving member inserted into the working target article, the working target article including a first end portion, a second end portion, the smaller-diameter portion, a larger-diameter portion, and an inclined portion that connects the smaller-diameter portion and the larger-diameter portion;
receiving an outer peripheral surface of the smaller-diameter portion and an outer peripheral surface of the larger-diameter portion of the working target article, by a die placed on an outer peripheral side of the working target article;
pressing, in the receiving state, the first end portion of the working target article by a pressing member for flange portion formation;
forming the flange portion while a peripheral surface portion of a convex portion formed in the pressing member receives the first end portion and applies an outward pressure to the first end portion;
using the first receiving member when the flange portion is formed in the first end portion of the working target article, the first receiving member including: a smaller-diameter mold portion having the same diameter as an inner diameter of the smaller-diameter portion of the working target article; and a larger-diameter mold portion having the same diameter as an inner diameter of the larger-diameter portion of the working target article; and
using a second receiving member when the flange portion is formed in the second end portion of the working target article having the first end portion in which the flange portion is formed, the second receiving member including a smaller-diameter mold portion having the same diameter as the inner diameter of the smaller-diameter portion of the working target article.

9. A method for producing a holder, the method comprising:
receiving an inner peripheral surface of at least a smaller-diameter portion of a working target article in which a flange portion is yet to be formed, by an outer peripheral surface of a first receiving member inserted into the working target article, the working target article including a first end portion, a second end portion, the smaller-diameter portion, a larger-diameter portion, and an inclined portion that connects the smaller-diameter portion and the larger-diameter portion;
receiving an outer peripheral surface of the smaller-diameter portion and an outer peripheral surface of the larger-diameter portion of the working target article, by a die placed on an outer peripheral side of the working target article;
pressing, in the receiving state, the first end portion of the working target article by a first pressing member for flange portion formation, and simultaneously pressing the second end portion of the working target article by a second pressing member to simultaneously form a first flange portion in the first end portion of the working target article and a second flange portion in the second end portion of the working target article;
wherein the first flange portion is formed while a peripheral surface portion of a convex portion, formed in the first pressing member, receives the first end portion and applies an outward pressure to the first end portion,
wherein the second flange portion is formed while a peripheral surface portion of a convex portion, formed in the second pressing member, receives the second end portion and applies an outward pressure to the second end portion, and
wherein the receiving member includes a smaller-diameter mold portion having the same diameter as an inner diameter of the smaller-diameter portion of the working target article.

Assignees

• Ntn Toyo Bearing Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mano Yoshiya
• Nakahashi Hiroshi
• Kondou Kouhei
• Kawamura Hajime
• KINPARA Shingo
• Yamamoto Yasunori

Classifications

• B21D53/12 Primary

  cages for bearings · CPC title

• B21D41/026

  by means of mandrels · CPC title

• F16C33/543

  from a single part · CPC title

• F16C2220/42

  by working of thin-walled material such as sheet or tube · CPC title

• F16C19/463

  consisting of needle rollers held in a cage, i.e. subunit without race rings · CPC title