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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cyrille Goldstein, Dearborn, MI (US);
Joel Hetrick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Edward William Haran, Northville, MI (US);
Elizabeth Rose Bifano, Garden City, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/02 (2006.01); B29C 39/10 (2006.01); B29C 69/00 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/023 (2013.01); B29C 39/10 (2013.01); B29C 69/001 (2013.01); F16C 2326/06 (2013.01); F16H 57/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary shaft assembly includes an outer shaft rotatable about an axis, and a shaft insert that provides a conduit for a fluid and blocks the fluid from flowing radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft relative to the axis. An exemplary shaft assembling method includes positioning a shaft insert within an outer shaft. The shaft insert has a fluid conduit and is configured to block fluid from communicating radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft.