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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:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
May. 14, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christian Gasch, Lohmar, DE;
Assignee:
Viscodrive GmbH, Lohmar, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
180248 ; 464180 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a drive assembly for driving the wheels of a four wheel drive vehicle. The drive assembly comprises a propeller shaft 8 consisting of two portions 9, 10. Furthermore, the propeller shaft 8 comprises a viscous coupling 14 arranged at one end of the intermediate bearing 13 and a joint 15 arranged at the other end of the intermediate bearing 13 and non-rotatingly connected to the viscous coupling 14. Such a propeller shaft 8 ensures quiet running of the bearings of the assembly and prevents the joint and viscous coupling from influencing each other.