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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Dana Automotive Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Inventor:
Philip A. Eversole, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/02 (2006.01); F16D 3/38 (2006.01); F16C 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/387 (2013.01); F16C 27/066 (2013.01); F16C 2326/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-piece driveshaft assembly () includes a driveshaft assembly (). The driveshaft assembly comprises a yoke () provided at an end thereof. A universal joint () is attached to the yoke. A coupling shaft assembly () includes a tube yoke () and tube (). The tube yoke is attached near an end thereof to the universal joint and at or near an opposite end thereof to the tube. A rotational support member () is attached to and surrounds a portion of an outer surface of the tube yoke.