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US 12,078,207 B2Granted
Production assembly and method for hybrid composite driveshaft tube
OwnerGizem Arslaninventor
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Abstract
A driveshaft has an elongated monolithic composite tube with a front joint at one end thereof and a rear joint at an opposite end thereof. The tube has an inner layer formed of glass fibers coaxially wound on top of one other. The tube has outer layer wound directly on the inner layer. The outer layer is formed substantially of carbon fibers. A ratio of a thickness of the outer layer to the thickness of the inner layer is between 0.8 and 1.2.
Claims5
A driveshaft comprising:
- an elongated monolithic composite tube with a front joint at one end of said elongated monolithic composite tube and a rear joint at an opposite end of said elongated monolithic composite tube, the front joint having a tube yoke, the rear joint being spaced by a distance from the front joint, said elongated monolithic composite tube having only an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer formed of glass fibers coaxially wound on top of one another, the outer layer wound directly on the inner layer, the outer layer being substantially formed of carbon fibers, wherein a ratio of thickness of the outer layer and a thickness of the inner layer is between 0.8-1.2.
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