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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jeffrey Eliot Chottiner, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Rick L. Williams, Canton, MI (US);
John Edward Brevick, Livonia, MI (US);
Gregory Michael Pietron, Canton, MI (US);
Matthew David Hammond, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of balancing a crankshaft includes connecting a torsion-absorbing pendulum to a cheek of the crankshaft, which is coupled to a crankpin. As the pendulum connected to the cheek has insufficient mass to balance the crankshaft, a lightening bore is formed through a bisection plane of the cheek. In forming the lightening bore, enough material is removed from the cheek so that the mass of the pendulum becomes sufficient to balance the crankshaft.