Hollow rack bar and method of manufacturing hollow rack bar

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PATENT NO 9920826
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14435635

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A hollow rack bar and a method of manufacturing the hollow rack bar are provided. The hollow rack bar includes a hollow blank pipe portion having a uniform wall thickness, and a rack toothed portion. The rack toothed portion includes teeth, a flat portion having a flat surface and arranged side by side with the teeth in a direction along a center axis of the blank pipe portion, and a slanted portion provided at an end of the flat portion with respect to a direction perpendicular to the center axis and arranged to be lower than the flat portion. A length of the slanted portion projected on a straight line perpendicular to the center axis and parallel to the surface of the flat portion is longer than zero and equal to or shorter than the wall thickness of the blank pipe portion.

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NETUREN CO LTDTOKYO 141-8639

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aoki, Kenichi Tokyo, JP 31 264
Nomura, Makoto Tokyo, JP 52 187
Yamawaki, Takashi Tokyo, JP 33 168

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