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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Dustin M. Schroeder, Milford Center, OH (US);
L. Tyler Farrar, Marysville, OH (US);
Assignee:
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 9/08 (2006.01); F16C 3/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/24 (2006.01); B60K 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 9/08 (2013.01); B60K 17/22 (2013.01); B60K 17/24 (2013.01); F16C 3/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A front final drive assembly for a vehicle can include a housing and a first shaft rotatably supported inside the housing. The first shaft can include a breaking portion such that when a reaction torque applied to the first shaft exceeds a predetermined threshold the first shaft fractures at the breaking portion. The breaking portion can be a reduced diameter portion, and the breaking portion can be positioned inside the housing.