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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Franz Schneider, Munich, DE;
Johannes Mintzlaff, Hoehenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn, DE;
Wolfgang Streinz, Landshut, DE;
Josef Hofstetter, Wimpasing, DE;
Assignee:
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 3/026 (2013.01); F16C 3/02 (2013.01); F16C 2326/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid shaft is provided, particularly a hybrid shaft for a vehicle, for transmitting a torque. The hybrid shaft includes a hollow shaft made of metal, wherein the hollow shaft has at least one reinforcement layer made of fiber-reinforced plastic on an outer surface of the hollow shaft in at least one reinforcement section. The hollow shaft has an external diameter varying in a longitudinal direction of the hollow shaft inside the at least one reinforcement section.