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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2017
Dana Automotive Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Jeffrey A. Dutkiewicz, Ottawa Hills, OH (US);
Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Abstract
A vehicle shaft assembly (). The shaft assembly includes a coupling assembly having a first (), a second () and a third () joint member. A substantially cylindrical body portion of the second joint member is drivingly connected to a first shaft () having an increased diameter portion. The increased diameter portion of the first shaft has a retaining member groove () circumferentially extending along at least a portion of an outer surface of the increased diameter portion. At least a portion of the increased diameter portion of the first shaft is drivingly connected to a crash collapse adapter () having a crash collapse feature circumferentially extending along an inner surface of the crash collapse adapter. A second shaft () is integrally connected to at least a portion of an outer surface of the crash collapse adapter (). At least a portion of a retaining member is disposed within the retaining member groove and the crash collapse feature.