Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular hybrid electric vehicle rotor hub
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Application No.: US15404472Application Date: 2017-01-12
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Publication No.: US10731741B2Publication Date: 2020-08-04
- Inventor: Steven A. Frait , John E. Brevick , Keith A. Devereaux
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: MacMillan, Sobankski & Todd, LLC
- Agent David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: F16H45/02
- IPC: F16H45/02 ; F16D33/18 ; B60K6/405 ; B60K6/48 ; B21J5/00 ; B21K1/76 ; F16D25/06 ; B60K6/387

Abstract:
A method for forming a rotor hub that includes a sheet metal cylinder including spline teeth including angularly spaced crests and valleys, a tube surrounding the cylinder, secured to the crests and supporting a rotor thereon, a hub secured to the cylinder and supported for rotation, a torque converter, and a flex plate secured to the hub and the torque converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170122421A1 MODULAR HYBRID ELEXTRIC VEHICLE ROTOR HUB Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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