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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Xi Lin, Northville, MI (US);
Haimian Cai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Puqiang Zhang, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D 19/04 (2006.01); B22D 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid yoke for a vehicle driveshaft assembly includes a cast iron portion having a pair of opposed yoke arms at a first end. The hybrid yoke also includes a steel portion having a yoke end and a shaft end, the shaft end for coupling to the driveshaft assembly and the yoke end for insertion into a second end of the cast iron portion.