IP Library Granted Patent US 12697656
Granted Patent B2
US 12697656 · App. 18/287,050 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Method for producing a component which has a toothing profile, and tool device

Inventors: Patrick Hoferer (Oberkirch, DE); Michael Schlosser (Bietigheim, DE); Wilfried Schwenk (Achern-Mösbach, DE)
Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12697656
App. No.
18/287,050
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a component which has a toothing profile includes, in a first step, inserting a component blank into a mounting of a tool device configured to receive a pressing force during a movement of a pressing part of the tool device in a vertical movement direction, and, in a second step, pressing the toothing profile into the component blank using a rotational body which is coupled to the pressing part via a joint rod. When the pressing part is moved in the movement direction, the rotational body is pressed in a direction of the component blank and rolls along the component blank such that the toothing profile is formed.

Claims (25)

1 . A method for production of a component having a toothing profile, comprising

in a first step inserting a component blank into a mounting of a tool device configured to receive a pressing force in response to a pressing part of the tool device being inserted in a vertical movement direction,

in a second step, pressing the toothing profile into the component blank using a rotational body coupled to the pressing part via a joint rod, wherein, when the pressing part is moved in vertical movement direction, the rotational body is pressed in a direction of the component blank; and rolls along the component blank so that the toothing profile is formed.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational body directly has a negative mold of the toothing profile on an outer circumference thereof.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the tool device is implemented as a progressive tool.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the toothing profile is formed in a plurality of cold-forming stages, wherein one respective rotational body is coupled to the pressing part via on respective joint rod for each cold-forming stage.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein each of the rotational bodies includes, on a respective outer circumference thereof, a negative mold of a respective toothing profile corresponding to the respective cold-forming stage.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the negative molds corresponding to each cold-forming stage differ in terms of at least one of a toothing diameter and a toothing depth.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the component blank is elongated and, in the first step, is inserted at an angle oblique to the vertical movement direction of the pressing part.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein, in the first step, the angle is between 20° and 50° relative to a horizontal plane defined by the tool device.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the rotational body is guided in a housing while rolling along the component blank.

10 . A tool device for producing a component having a toothing profile, comprising:

a vertically movable pressing part,

a mounting configured to receive a component blank, and

a rotational body and a joint rod which couples the rotational body with the pressing part, the joint rod connecting the rotational body to the pressing part in such a way that, when the pressing part is moved vertically to form the toothing profile, the rotational body is pressed in a direction of the component blank and rolls along the component blank.

11 . The tool device according to claim 10 , wherein the rotational body is connected to the joint rod via a bearing shaft.

12 . The tool device according to claim 11 , wherein the rotational body is guided in a housing while rolling along the component blank.

13 . The tool device according to claim 10 , wherein the rotational body is guided in a housing while rolling along the component blank.

14 . The tool device according to claim 10 , wherein the rotational body directly has a negative mold of the toothing profile on an outer circumference thereof.

15 . The tool device according to claim 10 , wherein the tool device is implemented as a progressive tool.

16 . The tool device according to claim 10 , wherein the mounting orients the component blank at an angle oblique to a horizontal plane defined by the tool device.

17 . The tool device according to claim 16 , wherein the angle is between 20° and 50° relative to the horizontal plane.

18 . The tool device according to claim 9 , further comprising a further rotational body and a further joint rod which couples the further rotational body with the pressing part, the further joint rod connecting the further rotational body to the pressing part in such a way that, when the pressing part is moved vertically to form the toothing profile, the further rotational body is pressed in the direction of the component blank and rolls along the component blank.

19 . The tool device according to claim 18 , wherein the rotational body has a negative mold of a first toothing profile on an outer circumference thereof, and the further rotational body has a negative mold of a second toothing profile on an outer circumference thereof.

20 . The tool device according to claim 19 , wherein the first and second toothing profiles differ in terms of at least one of a toothing diameter and a toothing depth.