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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2018
Applicant:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Michael J. Leko, Traverse City, MI (US);
Lance M. Kujawski, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/38 (2006.01); F16C 3/02 (2006.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B23K 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/387 (2013.01); B23K 20/129 (2013.01); F16C 3/023 (2013.01); B23K 2101/005 (2018.08); F16C 2226/52 (2013.01); Y10T 403/478 (2015.01);
Abstract
A propshaft assembly that includes a propshaft tube and a weld yoke. The propshaft tube has a wall member. The weld yoke has a yoke body with an annular outer surface and an annular inner surface. The propshaft tube is welded to the yoke body such that a portion of the propshaft tube is disposed radially between the annular outer and inner surfaces and embedded into an axial end of the yoke body.