Arvin Meritor Technology, LLC

Christopher Steele

Anthony G Lentini

Robert J Ostrander

Dumitru Florin Patrascu

Dale L Kwasniewski

Kenneth G Lang

Bradley Stark

Dhanesh B Krishna

A slip yoke assembly having a shaft sleeve, a yoke sleeve, and a yoke. The yoke sleeve may have a set of yoke sleeve splines that may mate with a set of shaft sleeve splines and permit axial movement of the yoke sleeve with respect to the shaft sleeve. The yoke may be fixedly disposed on the yoke sleeve.

Slip yoke assembly

A vehicle component includes an opening that receives a plug. A relief valve is mounted to the plug and has at least one elongated passage extending through a flexible membrane that is movable between a venting position and a sealed position.

Relief valve for vehicle component

A yoke includes a body having a pair of yoke arms that are adapted to receive a cross member of a universal joint. The body includes a stiffness ring extending radially outwardly from an outer periphery of the body at least in regions of each of the yoke arms.

Yoke with stiffness ring

A shaft support assembly that may include a mounting bracket, a dampener, a bearing retainer, a bearing, and a deflector. The deflector may be spaced apart from the dampener and may include a seal that engages the bearing retainer to inhibit contamination of the bearing.

Shaft support assembly

A center support assembly includes a bearing that supports a driveshaft for rotation about an axis. A shield is fixed to the bearing and a seal is positioned between the shield and the bearing. The shield and seal cooperate to retain lube within the bearing and prevent external contaminants from entering the bearing. A lube passage is formed between an outer surface of the bearing and an inner surface of the shield. At least one externally accessible fitting is in fluid communication with the lube passage and is used to supply additional lubricant to the bearing when needed.

Re-lubeable center support assembly for bearing

A seal assembly includes a shield that is mounted to an outer race on each side of a self-centering bearing and a resilient seal that is mounted between a bearing inner race and a shield on each side of the bearing. The shield and seal form a protected annulus volume adjacent the outer race and ball bearing in which grease is packed.

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Lake Orion, MI, United States of America

Christopher Steele