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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Dale E. Murrish, Troy, MI (US);
John B. Fisher, Flint, MI (US);
Scott A. Hucker, Ortonville, MI (US);
Amit Kumar, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Balakrishna Chinta, Troy, MI (US);
James Dwight Cremonesi, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a crankshaft assembly includes configuring a crankshaft with a crankpin journal having a cavity extending at least partially from a first axial side to a second axial side of the crankpin journal, and opening at at least one of the first axial side and the second axial side. The method includes disposing a core plug in the cavity. The crankshaft has a first density and the core plug may have a second density which may be less than the first density. A crankshaft assembly includes the crankshaft and the core plug.