Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Replacement tool for driveshaft yoke bushings
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Application No.: US15006418Application Date: 2016-01-26
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Publication No.: US09956674B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Curtis M. Hargrove , Robert B. Sunde , Mark E. Urbaniak , Scott Blevins
- 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, Sobanski & Todd, LLC
- Agent James Dottavio
- Main IPC: B25B27/28
- IPC: B25B27/28 ; B25B27/02 ; B25B27/06

Abstract:
A replacement tool removes an old bushing or installs a new bushing in a driveshaft yoke. A fixture has a guide chamber facing a bushing bore and a first threaded passage. A traveler mounted in the fixture has a plunger received in the guide chamber and a socket that holds the bushing. The plunger has a second threaded passage aligned with the first passage and having a smaller diameter. A set screw can lock the bushing into the socket. A removal bolt with a shaft matching the second passage is inserted through both passages. Turning of the removal bolt retracts the traveler and extracts the bushing. The tool is reconfigured with an installation bolt in the first passage only. A push plug is placed in the guide chamber to transfer force from the installation bolt to the plunger during turning of the installation bolt to press fit a new bushing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170209994A1 REPLACEMENT TOOL FOR DRIVESHAFT YOKE BUSHINGS Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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