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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Gkn Driveline Deutschland Gmbh, Offenbach, DE;
Herbert Cermak, Bessenbach, DE;
GKN Driveline Deutschland GmbH, Offenbach, DE;
Abstract
A shaft connection, e.g., for a motor vehicle driveline, comprises a metal shaft tube material and a metal connecting element. The connecting element comprises a connecting portion with an outer toothing which is pressed with a press fit into a connecting portion of the shaft tube so that an interlocking connection effective in the circumferential direction is formed for torque transmission, wherein the connecting element comprises a maximum outer diameter in the region of the outer toothing; wherein the shaft tube comprises an axial connecting region which is formed radially inwardly into a section of the connecting portion that is reduced relative to the outer toothing so that an interlocking axial connection effective in the axial direction is formed between the shaft tube and the connecting element for transmitting axial forces. A drive shaft can have such a shaft connection.