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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Miloslav Petrzelka, Much-Kranuchel, DE;
Werner Hoffmann, Siegburg, DE;
Thomas Schafferus, Rheinberg, DE;
Assignee:
GKN Automotive AG, Siegburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; F16B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403274 ; 403277 ; 403285 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a locking connection for transmitting torque in driveshafts and the like. An internally and/or externally positioned metallic connecting element having a hub journal is inserted into or slid onto a tubular shaft made of a fiber composite material. The wall of the hub journal is radially plastically deformed, its surface being made to establish a locking connection with a surface of the shaft.