US Patent Issued to NSK on Sept. 16 for "Staking assembly, staking assembly manufacturing method, hub unit bearing, hub unit bearing manufacturing method, automobile, and automobile manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,239, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NSK LTD. (Tokyo).

"Staking assembly, staking assembly manufacturing method, hub unit bearing, hub unit bearing manufacturing method, automobile, and automobile manufacturing method" was invented by Nobuyuki Hagiwara (Fujisawa, Japan) and Sonji Ryu (Fujisawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Axial relative movement of an auxiliary member (30) and a hub body (22z) is performed, the hub body (22z) and an inner race (21) are combined with each other in an axial direction, and a part of the hub body (22z) deformed by a blade (33) of the auxiliary member (30) is disposed inside an engagement co...