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US 2003/0171154 A1Published application
Propeller shaft assembly
AssigneeGKN Automotive AG
InventorsLouis M. Farrace, Salvatore Leone, Albert Darby Webb, Ramon C. Kuczera
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Abstract
An improved propeller shaft assembly includes a first propeller shaft section having a first plunging joint affixable thereto, a second propeller shaft section having a second plunging joint affixable thereto, and a connecting member coupled with the first and second plunging joints.
Claims3
An crash optimized propeller shaft assembly, comprising:
- a first propeller shaft section having a first plunging joint affixable thereto, the first plunging joint oriented in a first direction;
- a second propeller shaft section having a second plunging joint affixable thereto, the second plunging joint oriented in a direction opposite the first direction;
- and
- a connecting member for affixing the first and second propeller shaft sections.
1 more element
An crash optimized propeller shaft assembly, comprising:
- a first propeller shaft section having a first plunging joint affixable thereto;
- a second propeller shaft section having a second plunging joint affixable thereto;
- and
- a center bearing affixable to the first and second plunging joints,
- wherein the plunging joints are oriented in opposing directions.
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A crash optimized propeller shaft assembly, comprising:
- a first propeller shaft section having a first end affixable to a drive line module and a second end affixable to a first plunging joint;
- a second propeller shaft section affixable to the first propeller shaft section, the second propeller shaft section having a first end affixable to a power take-off unit and a second end affixable to a second plunging joint,
- wherein the first and second plunging joints are oriented in opposing directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.