Method of manufacturing a valve for an internal combustion engine

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PATENT NO 9015940
APP PUB NO 20140283384A1
SERIAL NO

14350205

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A method of manufacturing a valve for an internal combustion engine, comprises: (i) a primary step of forging a bulging portion at one end of a rod material to form a generally disk-shape valve head of the valve having a tapered periphery; (ii) an thickness adjustment step of machining an excessively thick portion of the valve head; and (iii) a secondary step of forging a peripheral region of the valve head to create radial slip deformations therein to form a valve face of the valve head. In the step of thickness adjustment, only the front end of the disk-shape valve head is machined without harming dense grain flow lines induced in the tapered face (16a) in the primary forging while advantageously saving the valve material and reducing thickness adjustment time. In the secondary forging, the hardness of the valve face is further enhanced.

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NITTAN CORPORATIONHADANO-SHI KANAGAWA 257-0031

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kurahashi, Kazunori Hadano, JP 11 20
Mikami, Maiku Hadano, JP 6 10

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