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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Richard M. Kleber, Clarkston, MI (US);
Tomasz Warzecha, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Silviu A. Pepescu, Ajax, CA;
Mark T. Riefe, Brighton, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A number of variations may include a brake disc may include a hub portion and a cheek portion. The hub portion may include a receiving flange for mechanically engaging the cheek portion. The cheek portion may include an upper cheek and a lower cheek connected and separated by a web, and an inner flange extending radially inward from the upper cheek to mechanically engage and communicate with the receiving flange of the hub portion such that the hub portion and the cheek portion form a single brake disc. The inner flange may include a at least one spline tooth circumferentially arranged around the inner flange and constructed and arranged to facilitate the mechanical engagement of the receiving flange and the inner flange.