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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2002
James Alexander Lyon, Troy, MI (US);
Salvatore Filippo Leone, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Daniel Reibscheid, Rochester, MI (US);
Ramon Christopher Kuczera, Clarkston, MI (US);
J. Todd Lee, Forest, VA (US);
James Alexander Lyon, Troy, MI (US);
Salvatore Filippo Leone, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Daniel Reibscheid, Rochester, MI (US);
Ramon Christopher Kuczera, Clarkston, MI (US);
J. Todd Lee, Forest, VA (US);
GKN Driveline North America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A frangible grease cap for use in a collapsible constant velocity joint. The frangible grease cap includes a body generally having a circular shape. The frangible grease cap includes an orifice through a center section of the body. The grease cap also includes at least one reduced thickness groove on a surface of the body of the constant velocity joint grease cap. The grease cap has a circumferential flange extending from an end thereof. The grease cap includes reduced thickness grooves having predetermined shapes which will peel or rupture when a predetermined axial load is applied thereto. The grease cap is secured to an inner surface of an outer race through any known securing method which also influences when the grease cap will fracture during or completely release during a crash event when a predetermined axial load is applied thereon.