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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2020
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Anoop Vasu, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Shizhu Xing, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Jifa Mei, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Chih-Hung Chung, Troy, MI (US);
Ravi S. Desai, Troy, MI (US);
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A weldment includes a first component, a second component, and a weld joint coupling the first and second components together. The weld joint forms a heat affected zone in the first component and creates residual tensile stress in the first component. The first and second components cooperate to define a pocket configured to position a highest magnitude of the residual tensile stress in the first component in a location that is outside of the heat affected zone of the first component.