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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Steven A. Frait, Milan, MI (US);
John E. Brevick, Livonia, MI (US);
Keith A. Devereaux, Roseville, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16D 33/18 (2006.01); B60K 6/405 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B21J 5/00 (2006.01); B21K 1/76 (2006.01); F16D 25/06 (2006.01); B60K 6/387 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 45/02 (2013.01); B21J 5/00 (2013.01); B21K 1/762 (2013.01); B60K 6/405 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); F16D 25/06 (2013.01); F16D 33/18 (2013.01); B60K 6/387 (2013.01); B60Y 2304/076 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/426 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0215 (2013.01); F16H 2045/0221 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y10S 903/914 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method for forming a rotor hub that includes a sheet metal cylinder including spline teeth including angularly spaced crests and valleys, a tube surrounding the cylinder, secured to the crests and supporting a rotor thereon, a hub secured to the cylinder and supported for rotation, a torque converter, and a flex plate secured to the hub and the torque converter.