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US 2018/0172063 A1Published application
Motor shaft assembly and assembling method with an insert that provides a fluid conduit
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsCyrille Goldstein, Joel Hetrick, Edward William Haran, Elizabeth Rose Bifano
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Abstract
An exemplary shaft assembly includes an outer shaft rotatable about an axis, and a shaft insert that provides a conduit for a fluid and blocks the fluid from flowing radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft relative to the axis. An exemplary shaft assembling method includes positioning a shaft insert within an outer shaft. The shaft insert has a fluid conduit and is configured to block fluid from communicating radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft.
Claims20
A shaft assembly, comprising:
- an outer shaft rotatable about an axis;
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- a shaft insert that provides a conduit for a fluid and that blocks the fluid from flowing radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft relative to the axis.
A shaft assembling method, comprising:
- positioning a shaft insert within an outer shaft, the shaft insert having a fluid conduit and configured to block fluid from communicating radially between the shaft insert and the outer shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.