Hybrid module shaft assembly
AssigneeSchaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
InventorKyle Nelson
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Abstract
A hybrid module shaft assembly includes a rotational axis, a housing with a tubular portion, a shaft extending through the tubular portion, a first seal, a first ball bearing, and a plain bearing. The tubular portion has a first distal end arranged on an engine side of the housing, and a second distal end arranged on a transmission side of the housing. The first seal is arranged to seal the shaft to the first distal end, and the first ball bearing is disposed on the engine side adjacent to the first seal to position the shaft in the tubular portion. The plain bearing is arranged at the second distal end to position the shaft.
Claims12
A hybrid module shaft assembly, comprising:
- a rotational axis;
- a housing comprising a tubular portion, the tubular portion comprising:
- a first distal end arranged on an engine side of the housing;
- and
- a second distal end arranged on a transmission side of the housing;
- a shaft extending through the tubular portion;
- a first seal arranged to seal the shaft to the first distal end;
- a first ball bearing disposed on the engine side adjacent to the first seal to position the shaft in the tubular portion;
- a plain bearing arranged at the second distal end to position the shaft;
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- a second seal disposed in the shaft on the transmission side of the first ball bearing and arranged to seal the shaft to the tubular portion, wherein the tubular portion further comprises a first drilled hole exiting axially between the first-second seal and the first ball bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.