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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl-Heinz Muller, Wissen, DE;
Assignee:
GKN Automotive AG, Siegburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7457 / ; 74572 ;
Abstract
A connecting part for Cardan shafts, with a centering member on a drive end, a radial flange and a connecting stub for connecting the Cardan shaft of a motor vehicle on the shaft end, wherein the flange is equipped in its radially outer region with a plurality of prefabricated apertures for balance weights as well as a method for balancing such a connecting part of plastic material, wherein balance weights are inserted into preformed apertures in the flange defined by rotational measurements and are secured in their position by plastic or elastic deformation of the flange.