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US 12,392,402 B1Granted
Vehicle power transmission assembly and assembly method thereof
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSeung-Won Kim
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Abstract
A vehicle power transmission assembly includes a differential side gear transmitting power from an engine to wheels on both sides, a drive shaft coupled to the differential side gear to transmit, to wheels, driving force transmitted by the differential side gear, and a nut fastened to an outer circumference of the drive shaft to engage with the differential side gear.
Claims10
A vehicle power transmission assembly comprising:
- a differential side gear configured to transmit power from an engine to wheels on both sides;
- a drive shaft coupled to the differential side gear configured to transmit, to the wheels, driving force transmitted by the differential side gear;
- a nut engaged with the differential side gear which is coupled to the drive shaft;
- and
- a spring coupled between the nut and a body part of the drive shaft configured to resiliently support the nut.
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A method of assembling a vehicle power transmission assembly, the method comprising:
- slidably assembling, by an assembly device, a stem formed on an inner surface of a differential side gear transmitting power from an engine to the wheels on both sides, and a stem formed on an outer surface of a drive shaft transmitting, to wheels, driving force transmitted by the differential side gear;
- and
- fastening, by a fastening device, a nut coupled to an outer circumference of the drive shaft to a threaded tap formed on an end of the differential side gear;
- wherein the nut is resiliently supported by a spring coupled between the nut and a body part of the drive shaft.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.