Gkn Driveline North America, Inc.

Arthur J Ball

Craig Andrew Campbell

Crittenden A Bittick

Michael James Miller

Robert Genway-Haden

Varadarajan Balaraman

Gavin B Streather

Robert Genway-Hayden

Robert L Weiss

Leonard R Elias

Jerry E Shory

Michael J Miller

Craig A Campbell

Gavin Streather

In at least some implementations, a bracket for a rotating shaft includes a base and a retainer. The base has a mount body and a receiver having a first portion coupled to the mount body, a second portion extending from the first portion at a first end of the second portion to a second end of the second portion, a seat and an opening. The opening is defined at least in part by an inner surface disposed around a center axis. The retainer has a first surface engaged with the seat and a second surface engaged with a retention surface of the mount body and the retainer prevents separation of the seat from the retention surface by a distance greater than the distance between the first surface and the second surface.

Bracket for a rotating shaft

A damped automotive driveline component can be propshaft, a bar shaft, a torque tube housing, a power transfer unit (PTU) housing, or a final drive unit (FDU) housing, among other possibilities. The component is equipped with a dampener in order to dissipate vibration experienced during use of the component. The damper includes metal wire strands. Relative movement among the metal wire strand is believed to damp the vibrations.

Damped automotive driveline component

A composite tubeshaft comprising a composite substrate defined by a first surface and a second surface; and a metallic substrate having at least two teeth. The teeth of the metallic substrate engage the composite substrate such that at least one tooth is positioned over the first surface and at least one tooth is positioned over the second surface.

Composite tubeshaft to metallic interface

A shaft assembly is provided to reduce breathing mode vibrations and resulting noises. The shaft assembly includes a shaft member having an outer surface and a damping member constructed at least in part from a damping material and including a substantially annular body and generally opposing ends. The opposing ends are biased such that at least a portion of the damping member engages with the shaft member.

Breathing mode damper

A vehicle driveline includes a tubular member () having an inside surface () and an axis, a mounting base () coupled to the tubular member (), and a plurality of resonator members () each having a first end (), a second end (), and a center portion () interposed therebetween coupled to the mounting base and extending therefrom.

Drive shaft with array tuned absorber

A shaft assembly includes a shaft member having an inside surface and defined by an axis, an absorber assembly disposed within the shaft member and including a cantilever device spacing a mass member away from a base and including damping material disposed around the cantilever device.

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Oxford, MI, United States of America

Arthur J Ball