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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Peter Alexander Szpara, Livonia, MI (US);
Timothy John Reed, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Julie Anne Sunstein, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Wayne Bennett Uhrick, Macomb, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 43/00 (2006.01); F16C 25/06 (2006.01); F16C 19/54 (2006.01); F16H 57/022 (2012.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); F16C 19/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 25/06 (2013.01); F16C 19/548 (2013.01); F16C 19/182 (2013.01); F16C 2229/00 (2013.01); F16C 2361/61 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0221 (2013.01); F16H 2057/02043 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49776 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53061 (2015.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to pinion assembly preloading systems and methods of operation. Disclosed are systems including a press actuator that applies an axial force against a pinion assembly; a force sensor that measures a reaction force at the pinion assembly; and a method of controlling the press actuator according to a change in the reaction force.