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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Edmunds Dowling, Jr., Saline, MI (US);
David Joe Sell, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Perry Edward Phelan, Harsens Island, MI (US);
Kin Sang Yeung, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/18 ;
Abstract
A tapered spline which allows members to be selectively coupled and which further allows energy to be selectively communicated by and between these members