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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2021
Neapco Intellectual Property Holdings, Llc, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nick Dubiel, Fenton, MI (US);
NEAPCO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A shaft and hub connection assembly including a shaft and a hub each extending along and rotatable about an axis. One of the shaft and the hub defines a male connection portion, and the other of the shaft and the hub defines a female connection portion. The female connection portion has a radially inner surface comprised of a plurality of inside faces. The male connection portion has a radially outer surface comprised of a plurality of outside faces that nest within the inside faces. A plurality of outside transition regions are located between the outside faces in a circumferential direction and are blended at an outside radius. A plurality of inside transition regions are located between the inside faces of the female connection portion in the circumferential direction and are blended at an inside radius. A gap is provided between the outside and inside transition regions.