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Patent No.:

US 9835197 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2015

Pinion assembly preloading system

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Peter Alexander Szpara, Livonia, MI (US);

Timothy John Reed, Kalamazoo, MI (US);

Troy Smith;

Julie Anne Sunstein, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Wayne Bennett Uhrick, Macomb, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

James Dottavio

MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Jun Yoo

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Szpara, Peter. (2017). Pinion assembly preloading system (U.S. Patent No. 9835197). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9835197

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