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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:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2001
Donald Joseph Kurecka, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Karthik Sivakumar, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a tube assembly containing an extruded torque tube ( ) and two yokes ( ) welded to either end of the tube. The tube is made from a base material metal and boron carbide particles in a ratio of approximately between 2:1 to 10:1 by weight. In another embodiment, a driveshaft assembly includes the above tube assembly with a front universal joint ( ) and slip yoke ( ) attached to a front end, and a rear universal joint ( ) attached to a rear end. An axle yoke ( ) is coupled at the rear universal joint ( ).
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