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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Applicant:
Arvinmeritor Technology, Llc, Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yang Zhai, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Richard A. Dlouhy, Pinehurst, NC (US);
Assignee:
ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/19 (2006.01); B23K 1/00 (2006.01); B23K 1/20 (2006.01); G01M 1/32 (2006.01); G01M 1/24 (2006.01); B23K 103/04 (2006.01); B23K 103/06 (2006.01); B23K 103/18 (2006.01); B23K 101/06 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/19 (2013.01); B23K 1/0004 (2013.01); B23K 1/203 (2013.01); G01M 1/24 (2013.01); G01M 1/32 (2013.01); B23K 2101/005 (2018.08); B23K 2101/06 (2018.08); B23K 2103/04 (2018.08); B23K 2103/06 (2018.08); B23K 2103/18 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method and a system of balancing a shaft for an axle assembly. The method may include using an electrical resistance welder to weld a balance weight to a shaft proximate an imbalance location using an insert or brazing material. The insert material may have a lower liquidus temperature than a liquidus temperatures of the shaft and balancing weight.