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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
David W. Mikels, Northville, MI (US);
David M. Caldwell, Roseville, MI (US);
Young-jin Seo, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
David W. Mikels, Northville, MI (US);
David M. Caldwell, Roseville, MI (US);
Young-Jin Seo, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
An independently suspended, driven axle shaft set in which the axle shafts are driven by a differential which is rigidly connected to the body of the motor vehicle by a rearward torque arm, whereby powerhop is mitigated thereby. Where the axle shafts are torsionally asymmetric with respect to each other, the differential is a limited slip differential and the relative torsional stiffness therebetween is different by a ratio substantially between about 1.4 to 1 and about 2.0 to 1, wherein powerhop is mitigated synergistically by both the rearward torque arm and the asymmetric axle shafts.