A method of manufacturing a steering shaft assembly includes inserting an inner shaft into an outer shaft along a longitudinal axis. The method further includes placing the inner shaft and the outer shaft into a tool having a staking tool provided with a staking feature; aligning a stake with a base of a tooth of the plurality of fine teeth of the outer shaft; and pressing the stake axially into an outer shaft first end to a predetermined depth using the staking feature.
STEERING SHAFT ASSEMBLY HAVING ANTI-PULL APART FEATURE
2018-10-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F16C SHAFTS , Wellen / B21D WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL , Bearbeiten oder Verarbeiten von Blechen, Metallrohren, -stangen oder -profilen ohne wesentliches Abtragen des Werkstoffs / B62D MOTOR VEHICLES , Motorfahrzeuge |