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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Dana Automotive Systems Group, Llc, Maumee, OH (US);
Philip A. Eversole, Toledo, OH (US);
Christopher B. Corpus, Grand Rapids, OH (US);
Bradley S. Jones, Waterville, OH (US);
Blake T. Garretson, Liberty Center, OH (US);
Dana Automotive Systems Group, LLC, Maumee, OH (US);
Abstract
A tube yoke for a driveshaft assembly includes a tube seat. The tube seat comprises a base, a wall, and a plurality of stiffening ribs. The stiffening ribs extend between an inner surface of the base and an end surface of the wall. Each stiffening rib comprises an outer end portion which is attached to a middle portion and a pair of side portions. The tube yoke also includes a pair of lugs outwardly projecting from the tube seat. Each lug has a crosshole and the crossholes are aligned so as to have a common centerline. Each stiffening rib is oriented at an acute angle with respect to the common centerline of the crossholes and each stiffening rib gradually decreases in thickness from the side portions to the outer end portion and from the middle portion to the outer end portion.