Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Djamel Bouzit

Bill Ickes

Ariosto Mancini

Joergen Hilmann

Dominik Mueller

Dennis William Isken, Ii

Mark Thomas Weston

Wayne Uhrick

Istvan Somogyvari

Matthew A Vance

Kevin Brooks

Benjamin Graves

Deb Kumar Bonnerjee

Nathan Wieseler

An RDU detachment system is provided and includes a front RDU mounting bracket, a rear RDU mounting bracket, a rear cross member including an inclined face oriented toward the RDU and at least one bushing connecting the rear RDU mounting bracket with the rear cross member. A method of detaching an RDU from a rear subframe of a motor vehicle in response to an impact force transmitted to the RDU through a driveline is also disclosed.

Rear drive unit detachment system and method

A halfshaft assembly in a vehicle is disclosed. The halfshaft assembly includes a hub and a mating universal joint, such as a constant-velocity joint. The hub has a plurality of hub-teeth arranged annularly about an axis. The constant-velocity joint has a plurality of joint-teeth arranged annularly about the axis and engaged with the hub-teeth. Between each joint-tooth is a joint-root. The top, outermost surface of each tooth facing away from adjacent roots extends at a first angle with respect to the central axis. The root extends at a second angle with respect to the central axis. The angles are different such that the height of the tooth varies along the same tooth along the length of the tooth. Each tooth has involute side surfaces. The joint-teeth form a conical or inverse-conical shape.

Bevel facespline with line contact

A link is configured to mechanically transfer movement sensed at an axle suspension assembly to a center bearing bracket for a vehicle driveshaft.

Mechanically self-powered driveshaft center bearing height adjustment

A manual height-adjustment mechanism (MHAM) for a vehicle driveshaft, includes a movable bracket assembly configured to attach to the driveshaft and a vehicle cross-member; and a user input device remotely located with respect to the movable bracket assembly, configured to control the movable bracket assembly.

Remote manual driveshaft center bearing height adjustment mechanisms

A decoupler assembly for a motor vehicle driveline comprising a decoupler, an input driveably connected to a transmission output shaft and including a first connection that secures the input to the decoupler, and an output driveably connected to a final drive axle then to wheels of the vehicle, including a second connection that secures the output to the decoupler, and a support that provides bending continuity between the input and the output, the support permitting rotation of the input about an axis relative to the output, the decoupler, the first connection and the second connection providing resistance to such rotation.

Decoupling torsional disturbance in a vehicle powertrain

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