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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:
John C. Hibbler, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Inventor:
John C. Hibbler, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 48/06 (2006.01); B60B 35/12 (2006.01); B60B 35/18 (2006.01); F16H 48/08 (2006.01); F16H 57/037 (2012.01); B23K 20/12 (2006.01); B60B 35/16 (2006.01); F16H 48/42 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 35/125 (2013.01); B23K 20/12 (2013.01); B60B 35/16 (2013.01); B60B 35/18 (2013.01); F16H 48/08 (2013.01); F16H 57/037 (2013.01); B60B 2310/302 (2013.01); B60B 2360/102 (2013.01); B60B 2380/70 (2013.01); B60B 2380/90 (2013.01); F16H 2048/082 (2013.01); F16H 2048/087 (2013.01); F16H 2048/426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for forming an axle shaft that includes friction welding a tubular shaft to a shaft portion of a wheel flange. Portions of the joint members on the tubular shaft and the wheel flange are extruded into an annular weld cavity in the wheel flange during the formation of the friction weld. A related axle shaft is also provided.