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US 2011/0011206 A1Published application
Driveline yoke with brake rotor
OwnerDonn C. Knight, Kenneth Pietila +2inventors
InventorsDonn C. Knight, Kenneth Pietila, Florin Patrascu, Christopher Steele
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Abstract
A driveline yoke is integrally formed as one-piece with a brake rotor. At least one caliper includes a friction element that selectively engages the brake rotor. In one example, the yoke is coupled to a front output of a transfer case and the caliper is mounted to a housing of the transfer case with the friction element engaging a braking surface on the brake rotor in response to a parking brake request.
Claims15
A vehicle driveline component comprising:
- a yoke for coupling a first rotating driveline component to a second rotating driveline component;
- and
- a rotor integrally formed as one-piece with said yoke, said rotor defining a braking surface to be engaged by a non-rotating brake component.
A vehicle driveline comprising:
- a transfer case having a housing, said transfer case including an input to be rotatably coupled to an output from a power source, a front output to drive a front axle, and a rear output to drive a rear axle;
- a yoke and rotor integrally formed with said yoke, said yoke having a shaft end that is coupled to one of said input, front output, or rear output;
- and
- at least one caliper mounted to said housing and including a friction element that engages said rotor.
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A method of forming a driveline component comprising the steps of:
- providing a yoke having one end for connection to a rotating driveline component and an opposite end to be coupled to a mating yoke;
- and
- integrally forming a rotor with the yoke to provide a single-piece yoke-rotor component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.