- Patent Title: Propshaft assembly with yoke adhesively coupled to propshaft tube
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Application No.: US15229143Application Date: 2016-08-05
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Publication No.: US10400826B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Michael J. Leko , Jose Luis Medina , Jeffrey E. Rea
- Applicant: American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
- Current Assignee: AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: F16D3/38
- IPC: F16D3/38 ; F16D1/068

Abstract:
A method for forming a propshaft assembly that includes: providing a propshaft tube having a wall member that defines an inner tubular surface; providing a yoke with a yoke body and a pair of yoke arms that extend from the yoke body, the yoke body defining first and second locating portions and an adhesive groove that is disposed between the first and second locating portions; assembling the yoke to the propshaft tube such that the first locating portion engages the inner tubular surface in a slip-fit manner and the second locating portion engages the inner tubular surface in an interference-fit manner; heating the propshaft tube and the yoke; and injecting an adhesive through the propshaft tube into the adhesive groove when the propshaft tube and the yoke are at a temperature that is greater than or equal to a predetermined minimum adhesive injection temperature. A propshaft assembly is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170051791A1 PROPSHAFT ASSEMBLY WITH YOKE ADHESIVELY COUPLED TO PROPSHAFT TUBE Public/Granted day:2017-02-23
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