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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Gkn Driveline North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Craig A. Campbell, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Arthur J. Ball, Oxford, MI (US);
Michael J. Miller, White Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
GKN Driveline North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/02 (2006.01); F16F 15/129 (2006.01); F16F 15/32 (2006.01); F16F 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 15/129 (2013.01); F16C 3/02 (2013.01); F16F 15/1207 (2013.01); F16F 15/322 (2013.01); F16C 2233/00 (2013.01); F16C 2326/06 (2013.01); Y10T 464/50 (2015.01);
Abstract
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.